Marto Z

Bulgarian nerd artist living in NYC. 

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Ugly and Beautiful Dark and Light Fear and Courage. Two parts of a whole. Everything is everything. The duality of things is unavoidable. One minute you’re Icharus flying high with the sun, the next you’re falling down plummeting into uncertainty. Expect nothing. Work relentlessly. Always get up. Be happy at the joys of life, and bring a raincoat for when sorrow rains down. You’re accountable for how you move through life. ☯️ . . . . . . . . #spiderlily #monster #beauty #dark #light #duality #equality #fear #courage #inkdrawing #illustration #art #instaart #instadrawing #instagood #style #concept #surreal #artist #painter #nycart #instanyc #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CoEh6chuppL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Another one of the ink sketches I was working on at the park the other morning. Feeling some ‘20s magic. . . . . . . #inkart #inksketch #inkdrawings #inking #1920s #roaring20s #redlips #sketchbook #art #relaxation #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CPthhRcB0t1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Plump lipped, bangs, blue hair, pale and blushing boy. . . . . . #inkdrawing #sketch #inksketch #traindrawing #inkart #inkcolor #theythem #queerart #queer #pride #lgbtq #notallboys #notallgirls #notallpeople #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CPoGlx4hK9l/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Sketches and doodles and whatnot while relaxing in the sun. . . . . #inkdrawing #inksketch #coloredink #drawing #sketching #figuredrawing #queerart #sketchbook #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CPoFq33BKXU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Baby Kodama around a Jizo Statue while a stone lantern does what a stone lantern does. The butterflies and Kodamas are outlined with metallic gold ink but it’s kind of hard to capture in a photo, but you can swipe to see the effect in the last photo. Pencils and ink for color. . . . . . . #japaneselantern #stonelantern #yokai #spirits #kodama #jizo #japanesefolklore #japaneseart #japan #jizostatue #pencilcolor #pencils #inkart #inkdrawing #colorfuldrawing #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CNLGZ16BuU1/?igshid=fdneuaicnx1z

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It’s all architecture. It’s all a kind of structure. It’s patterns and lines connected, colors composed into some shape or form of personal coherence composed into the voice that speaks to me. . . . . . . . #architecture #structure #construct #form #thoughts #monochromaticart #inkart #markers #abstractart #figure #identity #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CMs-B54BnDV/?igshid=krwfkb2sf6xe

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Everything that’s been through time eventually experience change. Every exterior hides an interior. Hidden beneath each face are the skeletons of our past - our memories, our motivations, our aspirations and our egos woven into the very marrow of our being. We lose our baby teeth as we do our innocence and naivety and we eagerly replace the missing gaps with golden teeth of ego and identity we carefully craft from everything we know. Our alchemy. Our magic. Our image and identities. . . . . . . . #goldenskull #mask #identity #faceoutside #facewithin #ego #skull #skeleton #masks #redmasks #inkwork #inkart #ornamentation #adorned #asabovesobelow #surrealistart #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CMrtnkJB2T4/?igshid=tw9wp1mv1xp8

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The Catholic Church said gay marriages can’t be blessed because they can’t bless sin. Plot twist: we’re all angels, every fabulous last fucking one of us. 👼🏽 We are #notasin We are valid, incredible, just as we’re meant to be, no more flawed or perfect than anyone else. I can love or fuck or marry whomever I want, and don’t need an outdated institution’s approval of my validly or place in this world. The Catholic Church can kiss my hairy ass. . . . . . . #littleangel #kissmyass #fuckcatholicism #notasin #gay #queer #lgbtq🌈 #proud #loved #blessed #beautiful #valid #powerful #strong #capable #gayman #inkart #inkdrawing #queerart #fuckhomophobia #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CMqGV2TBFMY/?igshid=tdkg5yb95s1w

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Thundergod of Spring Adorned with Sakura branch horns, a taiko drum to beat and make storms with a playful rhythm. . . . . . . #pencilcolor #inkdrawing #inkart #thundergod #sakura #divinechild #thunder #taikodrum #charactersketch #conceptart #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CMqEHeuh9aJ/?igshid=1avfh2llrmu71

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Spider Lily. . . . . . . #inkdrawing #markers #surrealism #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnHRmvpBjx/?igshid=z4t5rk7bog4y

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T A C H I K O M A . . . . #ghostintheshell #tachikoma #gits #kokakukidotai #battletank #inkdrawing #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxOQO0BIPc/?igshid=1j6obzg066iq4

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Holding Him was heavy. . . . . #horrorart #inkdrawing #pencildrawing #ghost #yurei #onryo #blackandwhiteart #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXSa2dHEP9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yntjjauvm8mi

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Holding Him was heavy. . . . . #horrorart #inkdrawing #pencildrawing #ghost #yurei #onryo #blackandwhiteart #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXSNR6n7mC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sy3fzuw5d8kg

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Kami. . . . . #horror #scary #horrorstory #conceptart #inksketch #inkdrawing #japanesehorror #onryo #yokai #characterdesign #conceptualart #kami #kamiyadori #nycartist #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/BtzBxTrHrvb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cne3tfuu7w8m

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Quick ink sketch. . . . . #ink #inkdrawing #doodle #sketch #nycartist #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/BtO3L3wnUPu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wlzzpzlt4ja1

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Door peeper. Knock knock You don’t know it’s there. . . . . #doorway #keyholes #peeper #peepingtom #spyingonyou #hole #paranoia #phobia #knockknock #shorthorrorconcept #sketch #eye #spyingeye #inkdoodle #nycartist #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs__O7ZHEaf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7z2i4bxcvu5s

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Boy relaxing by the side of a shrine. Concept sketch for a story. . . . #woodenshrine #shrine #unwittingboy #conceptart #horrorstory #japaneseshrine #inkdrawing #nycartist #marto https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs_-sHdHL_v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jm48thaaf7q3