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Floaty Compositional Bits


Rovina Cai

A more clickbait title for this post would be “the ONE TRICK artists use to make things look more polished!”. Luckily, I’m not here to write clickbait, but this post actually is about a trick I use to give my illustrations the finishing touch, so let me introduce you to the concept of... "floaty compositional bits"! Essentially, these are abstract graphical elements added to an image to create visual interest or noise. If an image…

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Brainwyrms


David Palumbo

May 24, 2023 - When I was approached about doing this piece for Tor Books, the concept was relatively narrowed down. Essentially, the brief asked for a portrait of a woman covered in worms and noted some references to 70s and 80s horror posters. This was a strange crossroads for me as I feel very at home in horror and creepy art, I enjoy and was already familiar with most of the mood pieces sent, and I'm also really grossed out by bugs and worms. Mild phobia territory. I've managed to overcome this to some degree over the years, but photos and close contact with crawly things still give me a little bit of a panic. So of course I was an enthusiastic “yes!” It doesn't hurt to feel the horror a little bit to make a good piece.…

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