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sesiondemadrugada · 8 months

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Ljuba Popovic.

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dirtybandshirtandcutepanties · 9 months

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Ljuba Popovic

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comfycreep · 1 year

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I used to draw creepy little portraits that were wickedly surreal (see below) and kinda gross but also kinda cute at the same time. I thought I and the habit itself was a little odd, but I had so much fun drawing them so I didn’t stop.

Drawings below made by @creepcavepainting

I found Da Vinci’s “grotesque caricatures” a few months after I developed the habit and it was a special kind of vilifying because I knew that I was just an artist and even the best artists get bored with traditional pretty things. That’s why we like drawing fat, wrinkles, rolls, gooey dripping flesh… it’s fun. There’s an added benefit to drawing weird stuff too that I didn’t realize until I did it, it’s a way to say “F you” to the “art scene” and “the man” and popular opinion in general. Artists are drawn to the beautiful, unique, and wondrous parts of humanity. That’s why landscapes and pretty people paintings are a dime a dozen. I can’t lie though, there’s a special place in my heart for artists who can appreciate and create things at both ends of the visual spectrum; beautiful to grotesque. In my research phase, once I really got intrigued with my “creeps” (what I called them) I later stumbled upon a very niche artist movement called mediala and one of its founding members Ljuba Popovic. (Read more about him here.) Ever since, I’ve been hooked and fascinated by the prospect of intermingling fear with desire. I want to create things that make people say “what the hell is going on here” That’s problematic for an artist who wants to sell but for me, a totally anonymous artist it’s been super fun. I’m still in my development stage and working on new conceptual ideas all the time. I’ve since switched from “creeps” to full on monsters juxtaposed with beautiful women. (It wasn’t a far jump.) Why, you ask? I forgot to mention I’m a mental health nurse too. I think my personal artist philosophy has everything to do with feminine desire, internal strife, the human condition, and the subconscious. An example of how those things manifest in my art are below. Im excited to see what comes next & I hope I inspired you to stop and appreciate all sides of the human condition today. We can’t have the best things in life like love, bravery, desire, happiness, passion, or a purpose without the other stuff: greed, fear, disgust, hate, sorrow, or even melancholy. It’s all a part of life. We couldn’t escape it if we tried.

Art below made by @creepcavepainting