This artist draws famous figures as modern-day 'hipsters'

Tel-Aviv-based illustrator, content creator, and character designer Amit Shimoni has two passions: history and hipsters. Since 2014, he's been working on a series of illustrations called "HIPSTORY" - a reimagining of iconic historical figures as modern-day hipsters. And with almost 20,000 Instagram followers, he's quickly gaining a large following for his work.

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Everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Hillary Clinton is fair game for a Shimoni-drawn transformation: JFK gets a hipster haircut, Queen Elizabeth dons a flower crown, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rocks black lipstick.

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Keep scrolling to see some of Shimoni's coolest "hipstorical" portraits:

• Donald Trump

"Hipster" Donald Trump fashions an ironic Hawaiian shirt — and an even bigger hair swoop.

• Hillary Clinton 

It's important, says Shimoni, that the illustrations still convey the essence of the person. Hillary Clinton looks pep in Purple dip die hair.

• Barack Obama

Each figure's new look is carefully crafted, and Shimoni has an eye for detail. 

• Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo's tattoo of her husband, Diego Rivera, on her left arm shows Shimoni eye for details. Kahlo was known for her portraits, and she often incorporated the face of her husband, Rivera, into her art.

• Kim Jong-un

Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, sports a blonde hair streak. Shimoni says he chooses to include controversial leaders, like Jon-un, because they will "shape the future of tomorrow."

• Einstein

Check out Einstein's "E = mc2" neck tattoo. 

• Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela rocks a "fade" haircut, a staple of the 1990s that's recently been revived by hipsters.

• Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth swaps her usual hat in favor of a flower crown.

• Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln looks fittingly debonair.

• Vladimir Putin

A gold chain peeks out of Vladimir Putin's hip bowling shirt

• Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel rocks dark lips and platinum hair.