It's Pancake Day! Here's a Bunch of Unbelievably Detailed Animals Drawn Entirely in Pancake Batter

Originally posted on 4th March 2014

We've probably all made a few pancakes in amusingly shaped blobs, but Nathan Shields takes the humble pancake to a whole new level of art. The illustrator, former maths teacher, and stay-at-home dad makes pancakes with his kids that range from Star Wars tributes to portraits of Isaac Newton to animals painted in stunning species-level detail.

There's a whole lot more amazing pancakes at his blog Saipancakes, but here are some of our favourite pancake batter recreations of the natural world. [Saipancakes]

All images via Saipancakes