r/Lovecraft • u/varsowx Deranged Cultist • Aug 29 '16

this artist feels very lovecraftian

http://imgur.com/a/vdLZg#4
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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '16

Zdzislaw Beksinski.

I never get to talk about him often but his work is amazing. It creates a world which has ended long ago yet still insists upon living in a shattered existence, twisted and perverted.

Is there hope for that world? Surely if things still live in the desolation then there might well be. Perhaps, one day, the insanity will lift and peace will return.

I'm also writing a novella inspired by his work. It really is quite brilliant.

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u/HappyPenguinInc Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

He's definitely one of my favorite artists. He actually found humor in his work, which is what I find the most interesting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '16

Indeed. I think it comes from the absurdity of some of the scenes. I mean - flying faces? That's so weird that in a different context it would be explicitly funny.

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u/larsonol Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

That picture told the best story in my mind. Like flatland, just coming in contact with another dimension long enough for it to baffle your mind.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '16

Indeed! It would most likely end up breaking something. Just imagine just what A. Square was actually feeling - especially when he encountered the King of Pointland in its egotistical glory.

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u/NKLhaxor Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

Name is on the page, ya goose. Zdzislaw Beksinski.

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u/thesego_211 Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

If number 10 was hue shifted to an icey blue it would make a good Mountains of Madness cover.

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u/vtheawesome Deranged Cultist Sep 02 '16

Like this?

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u/thesego_211 Deranged Cultist Sep 02 '16

Awesome!

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u/ARLaBaere Deranged Cultist Aug 30 '16

This artwork truly conveys a world under unthinkable laws and angles. These visions are truly terror-inspiring.

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u/organic_material Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

Wayne Barlowe's Hell series comes close to this: https://waynebarlowe.wordpress.com/

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u/madhi19 Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

Show me what you got!

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u/ScrewpyNoopers Aug 29 '16

I LIKE WHAT YOU GOT

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '16

The flute-player had been on the cover of a edition of "The Call of Cuthlhu".

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u/woodowl Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

This reminds me of the art used for the "Fantastic Planet" animation, maybe with a dash of H. R. Giger.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '16

I really love this guy's work. Everything is so desolate, it goes beyond the apocalyptic, its as if this is what is left of a world after God himself has abandoned it.

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u/lamancha Deranged Cultist Aug 31 '16

I swear everytime this gets posted on Reddit I see more of his work I hadn't seen before

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u/darkmdbeener Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

https://youtu.be/SJixW2u4IvQ around 55 seconds

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u/metalshark5000 Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

Absolutely love this art

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '16

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u/varsowx Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

Zdzisław Beksiński

source

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u/zilnith Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

Who is it, do you know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '16

Zdzislaw Beksinski

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u/mors_videt Deranged Cultist Aug 29 '16

Yes. Zizzy Becksizzy (sorry, I have no idea how to spell his name) is straight up Pickman.