Stefan Koidl and horror art

This is going to be a very short post about the work I was doing during quarantine. It's all in response to Koidl and it's not work that I feel is meant to be explained, only interpreted. Hope you enjoy both the work and the influences.

The work below is in direct response to the Pinterest board linked above, mainly made up of Koidl's work, with a few other influences, such as Tim Burton.

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