Opium Fields: illustrations

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Sunday, 22 May 2011

Malíř Karel Balcar

Karel Balcar (born in Lanškroun in 1966) is a Czech painter. In 1992 he was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under professor Zdeněk Beran and graduated in 1999. Most of his exhibitions since then have been in Prague, including venues such as the Liechtenstein Palace, town hall and the Rudolfinum but also the cities of Brno, Hradec Králové and at the Czech Centre in New York City. Many of his paintings have grotesque or sadomasochist themes, and he often portrays feelings of anxiety. via

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Sunday, 9 January 2011

Saturday, 3 July 2010

Talonbraxas

http://talonabraxas.deviantart.com/ / http://talonabraxas.blogspot.com/

Sunday, 23 May 2010

Zhaokui

Another artist I have no information about, all I know is that he(?) is from China. Any into is much appreciated!!! (his deviantart link -> http://clytze.deviantart.com/ thanks anon!!!!)

Sunday, 4 April 2010

Maloon

I have no site or anything for this artist, I found these pics ages ago on a Russian site, all I know is that the artist is from Poland, any info on this artist is much appreciated!

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Esao Andrews

Esao Andrews grew up in the Arizona desert, and moved to New York in 1996 to complete his BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. After graduating in 2000, he spent the next few years working as a flash animator while painting in his free time. Andrews exhibited his oil paintings in coffee shops and group shows before landing his first major two-person show at Fuse Gallery in New York alongside John John Jesse in 2003. He has since collaborated with Tara McPherson for a DC Comics project, and has created album artwork for several bands, as well. Esao Andrews has developed a signature cast of dark and surreal characters, blending erotic and sometimes frightening surrealistic images, in a manner that is often compared with other American artists like Mark Ryden and John Currin.

Andrews participated in the 2002 BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London and cites Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Alfons Mucha, and Joe Sorren as major influences.

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Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Saturno Butto

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Cult painter Saturno Butto portrays fetish alongside religious ritual, painstakingly executed in oil by a classically-trained hand. Here forceps and gags are sacred, eating, masturbation and bondage are divine ceremonies and provocative harlots are saints. Butto's use of fetish tools as religious objects and vice versa moves beyond simple shock value; he elevates the themes that classic religious painting deemed taboo, undressing martyrs and placing pleasure on its rightful throne. Gold and vermillion, royalty and blood, ecstasy and violence converge here to build shrines to beauty, seduction and power all the while demolishing altars of dogma.
Zoetica Ebb

pics after the click are nsfw.

Monday, 15 March 2010

Michael Parkes

Michael Parkes is an American-born artist living in Spain who is best known for work in the areas of fantasy art and magic realism. He specializes in painting, stone lithography and sculpture. Parkes' work is widely available in the form of self published mass production poster prints and nine published books.
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Friday, 19 February 2010

Friday, 11 December 2009

Saturday, 28 November 2009

I don't know much about this artist except that he's from Hong Kong and that some of his works have been published on an artbook named 鶯~Erotica. I find his more erotic illustrations to be truly breathtaking, enjoy!
(please note some of the pictures below are NSFW)

Sunday, 11 October 2009

James Jean

Monday, 5 October 2009

Marie Ochi

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Takatora

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Thursday, 1 October 2009

Maya Kulenovic

"I look into the darker side of humanity because I cannot pretend that I don't see it - and the only way to cope with it is to understand it better."
Maya Kulenovic