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A Pattern of the Beautiful and the Macabre in Helen Vine’s Black and White Drawings

July 14, 2013 |

Author: Philip Dennis

The gruesome and the mysterious are finely inked together in Helen Vine’s black and white illustrations. In designs reminiscent of woodblock prints or decorative mural art, geisha with spiked limbs stare back with hollowed-out eyes.

They collide in a wonderful pattern of the beautiful and the macabre. Scroll down for a glimpse of drawings in progress that reveal the work put into the detail.

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© Helen Vine, 2013

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Filed Under: Ink Illustration, Pencil Illustration, Pens and Markers Tagged With: Black and White, dark, detail, geisha, Helen Vine, Horror, ink, japanese, Pattern

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