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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Traditional ArtEnglish · 7 months ago

Victor Hugo is best known as a novelist, but he was also a master illustrator. 70 years before the surrealists, he painted these with ink, soot, coffee, and blood

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Victor Hugo is best known as a novelist, but he was also a master illustrator. 70 years before the surrealists, he painted these with ink, soot, coffee, and blood

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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Traditional ArtEnglish · 7 months ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65239995

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    Imagine what this guy could have done if he could afford some paint!

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    This is cool, but I will be real: anyone painting with blood is like, a massive humungous red flag. Like, redder than red. Could not possibly be any farther from green.

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    Going from thumbnail to full size made me realize Slender Man is octopus inspired

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    The rest of these are ok, but that first castle one, that’s fucking awesome

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