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An Interview with Chris of Misanthropic Art

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Chris of Misanthropic Art creates detailed ink illustrations focused on dark imagery and inspired by the heavy music scene. We had a short chat with Chris on how he creates and what influences him in the process.   What projects are you working on at the moment? Are there any specific pieces or bodies of work you can discuss? Shirt designs, a logo redesign, cover art and a few layouts. I can’t really get into detail about it until it’s actually finished and I have the Ok to release the art. What dark, outsider, or occult themes do you employ in...

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From Ash to Flames: Exhibiting Artist Josh McAlear Interview

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Dark Art and Craft invades the West Coast in but sixteen days with an art exhibition for the fifth-ever Midnite Communion. The one-day event is packed with music, vendors and an art installation featuring dark artists from all over the world. One of which is New England painter, illustrator, and tattooer Josh McAlear. He humored us with some responses to some questions about his work, horror movies, metal, and the changing digital landscape and its impact on both tattooing and illustration. 

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An Interview with Fred Grabosky of FTG Illustration

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Fred Grabosky (FTG Illustration) was kind enough to answer some questions about his art and process for Dark Art & Craft. Fred creates his dark organic illustrations with pencil and micron ink pen. Beyond Arthe produces music in God Root and SADGIQACEA.

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Autopsies of The Soul: An Interview with Vincent Castiglia

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Vincent Castiglia is an artist intently focused on the human condition. Castiglia's work viscerally meditates on the various intersections of body and mind. He creates using a mixture of blood and water, a simple yet emotive material when applied to paper. We had a chance to meet Vincent at this year's Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore. Please also enjoy a selection of related images provided by the artist. 

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From the Depths: An Interview with Lucas Ruggieri

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As part of our series of interviews with artists in our upcoming show, "From the Depths: Scenes from Below" at Ars Memoria, we had the opportunity to interview the talented Brooklyn-based illustrator Lucas Ruggieri about his work and upcoming projects. What does dark art mean to you? For me, dark art can be a huge variety of things, whether its an artifact thats function was malevolent or a painting that just makes you feel scared or anxious for no explainable reason. It can be very rare that I have a negative or dark emotional reaction to a work of art...

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