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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65239995

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 166d

Imagine what this guy could have done if he could afford some paint!

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 166d (1 reply)

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.

sharkfucker420@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 166d
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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 167d
starik@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 167d

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

Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 166d

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