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elli / i love to draw / formerly pirikko links/prints

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The staff 'we fucked up post' with its little 'we still wanna do it though and we WILL try again 🥺👉👈' addendum also being tagged #old features is crazy. The notes system is THE feature. It's the entire draw and function of the site you fools

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Honestly I’m obsessed with paper mache… It’s literally making garbage into art. Pulverize ur junk mail and make it into something useful, like a giant bug. Hang the giant bug on your wall!!! It’s so cheap and can look so sick. A top tier recession craft. Get your friends 🫵 have a paper mache party 🫵

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The Bird of Self Knowledge ✨✨✨

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Quilt dreams

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maybe it’s confirmation bias since I’m very into it right now, but I love seeing a lot of people embrace prehistory in their art, it’s such a hopeful fascination. Cradling the first spark of humanity in your mind’s palm. Like yes our ancient ancestors were getting eaten by sabertooth tigers BUT ☝️ also they draw horse. much like I myself, draw horse

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not like the other girls 🦇

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The very beginning of a new paper mache project im working on based off an old folk art motif, "The Bird of Self Knowledge", which i first saw in the above 1600s painting by Vogel Selbsterkenntnis. In my little bit of research into it I read it represents the sentiment of knowing yourself, and therefore being able to free yourself. And yes, knowing yourself DOES sometimes feel like a giant bird pinching the fuck out of your nose (you both are the bird and also a victim of bird 😔 rip). Anyway I love it, I find it so compelling and funny and im gonna hang this goofy thing on my wall

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Lizard Dreams (2024)

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Adventures in paper mache!! I have 1 million ideas for more >:)

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Wishful thinking insomnia dog 😵‍💫

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process sketch for a big, ridiculous wrestling painting, like three feet across. I think in my head it was supposed to be way sillier, but I made them too tough n cool and dramatically lit. This is the problem when doing digital sketches for a physical painting. The colors are fun, but I think the lighting needs to be flat for what I’m going for and the characters even more stylized, with most of the visual interest in texture maybe a little collage. Tralalala wrestling ya feel me. Still like this drawing though :)

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i love ur manticore and their child art, the colours and textures are so wonderful, it reminds me of a needlepoint artwork almost very cooool

Thank you very much!! 💚 that’s neat it made you think of needlepoint, I love a good textile :)

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higgs

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I just purchased a canvas print of your Paleolithic Horse being abducted. I’ve never been so drawn to a piece of art before. Love it. Amazing. Please continue the amazing artwork <3

Thank you so much, that means a lot 🥺😭 I hope you enjoy your print! ❤️‍🔥

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mama and her little guy

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Aliens abducting a Paleolithic horse 🐴✨🛸 PRINTS

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I've made prints for anybody interested, available on my inprnt! :)

Paleolithic Horse Being Abducted by Aliens , an art print by Elli Rhodes

This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks.