Austrian Artist Creates Nightmare-Inducing Illustrations And They’re Not For The Easily Frightened (30 Pics)
If you've been getting a night's sleep that's a little too good lately and are looking for something nightmare-inducing, you've come to the right place. Meet Stefan Koidl—an artist based in Hallein, Austria whose specialty is the unsettling, the creepy, and the weird.
While Stefan likes to carve sculptures out of wood and make other types of art as well, his digital paintings depicting nightmarish horror stories are loved by people from all around the world. This Austrian likes to play with human fears and imagination, so scroll down below to see his wonderfully spooky drawing ideas and vote for the horror characters that you like the most!
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"The other humans are starting to freak out.. they are fearing for their own lives.. we need to be more careful, and do less at a time..." - the next animal meeting after this happened
I actually feel like these are tackling social issues. Me being me, I see weird interpretations for these that showcase the problems in society. Like, for this one, the hunting industry. The deer is watching humans strung up on display. Seems like horror, but... lots of people have deer heads on their walls too... just play that uno reverse card
"I loved to draw and paint since I was a child," Stefan told Bored Panda. "Unfortunately, over the time, I lost track and focused more on video games. There was a point 3-4 years ago when I told myself 'why not try painting again?' It was always my dream to paint as good as the artists on, e.g. 'Magic the Gathering.' So I began learning digital art and painted on a daily base. I am currently focusing on digital art and still love to create new dark drawings every day," the artist tells us.
More like freaky, that silhouette doesn't appear entirely human with those elongated fingers..
Load More Replies...I almost expect this to have some inspirational message from religious superstition.
WOW,AWESOMENESS, Straight out of my game of Skyrim! I thought one of my dragon’s disappeared!
If I came across this I wouldn't be scared, dragon bones are worth like 250 gold man!
OK, who took pix of my cat & I; Then posted them without our permission???
"I have two jobs," Stefan told us. "My first job is carving Krampus masks out of wood (a really big tradition here in Austria), my second job is painting these scary characters. I wouldn't call myself a full-time freelance illustrator. It's a job and a hobby both at the same time."
It reminds me of that one scene in Harry Potter where dumbeldore drinks the emerald potion
i was just about to say something about the Dead Marshes! haha
Load More Replies...Dont look at the lights, less you join them and make little conjurers of your own.
she's fine, she has her protective blanket... every child knows that
"This is what can happen when you pass out after your one night stand? What possibly could go wrong besides a few passionate scratches on your back."
Load More Replies...This is what happens when the pillow is warm on both sides.
Load More Replies...I recently dreamt that I was in my bed and I was awakened when a body fell on me. It felt real so I woke up, only to find myself in the middle of sleep paralysis.
I am awake right now because I was jarred into consciousness by a hand grabbing and tugging at my heel, since I had foolishly let my foot dangle over the edge of the bed. The scary thing is I actually saw my foot moving up and down before I jerked it back under the covers.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of when I awoke to see my psycho-alcoholic fuckbuddy standing over me on the bed. She smiled and told me I was dreaming. I found myself unable to move, and she stood there a full 15 minutes, smiling the whole time. When she was done she lied down next to me and kissed me on the nose.
Made me think of Harry Potter and the goblet of Fire when the kids are under water and the contestants had to save them
With silver bells and cockleshells and pretty maids all in a row
Load More Replies...Does anyone else realize that they kind of look like they are protecting her
Actually, it's because the last time I was at the beach it was stingray mating season and when I got about waist-deep my footing swam out from under me. I was like NOPE and quickly exited the ocean, never to return.
Load More Replies...S**t like this is why I quit diving. I started seeing things I could not explain, things that did not belong in the sea. WTF are they doing down there?
Bored Panda asked Stefan how does he come up with themes for his scary drawings and he says that "most of them are random creative ideas. Of course, I'm also searching for a lot of reference material online to give me inspiration," the artist reveals. "I also get inspired by movies and video games, like most of the artists out there."
Oh, cool; so that's what my cat stares off in the distance at. Got it.
everytime i see the cats i just picture them saying 'yea, ok...just feed me and clean my litter'
I have a room exactly like this with a cat exactly like this and am putting my house up for sale right now.
Listen Fluffy, don't give me that look. You know I have to go out and eat some humans if I want to get paid. Daddy will play with you later. Don't pee in my shoes.
Kitty "Purrfect! Thanks for killing that psycho coyote chasing me!"
Load More Replies...Kitty! Get back under this bridge! You could be seen by humans!- That's how we discovered cats
"Meow" "No i don't have any food for you" "Meow" "Please don't look at me like that" "Meow"
monster's face is like shocked and screaming murder, somehow doing it both at the same time and cat is like" i will sit here and watch you scream lol"
Load More Replies...This is what happens when you wake up a not really morning person
"I told you to HANG THEM OR CRUSIFIE THEM! Not to crusifie them hanging upside down, idiots! Get the @#$ latter and fix it, now!"
Load More Replies...What an lovely picture... wait is that DEAD PEOPLE HANGING ON POLES!!!???
"Damn X-girlfriend that I ran over keeps haunting me!"
Load More Replies...That first and last time I hooked up with some goth chick on Tinder who said she wanted to go out in the woods and get high on our first date.
That's creepy because the kids are running towards it. But my first thought was 'Wither', because of the three heads on body
Zombie Teletubbies - Po, Laa Laa, and Dipsy looking for their lost friend Tinky-Winky asking children to help.
Load More Replies..."Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand." https://poets.org/poem/stolen-child
Oh no, the horrible children have us surrounded. Now they're going to make us watch their Tik Tok videos.
"I don't want to tell the viewer what he should think or associate with my creepy drawings," Stefan revealed to Bored Panda. "I just paint for fun, if people refer to a certain dream they had it's cool, but no, I didn't dream the exact same thing."
Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?
"Where's your sheet!? I TOLD YOU THIS was a SLEEP OVER!"
Load More Replies...aww man, she cant attend the ceremony because she forgot her blanket. the struggle is real
It's not my fault guys! I said i put my sheet in the dryer and it shrank!
my friend says (again i know): "me on my period and someone pisses me off"
when someone hurts my little bro in front of me. *megalovania intensifies*
Sadly when the Zombie Teletubbies couldn't find their friend Tinky-Winky with the help of the children, they hung them as decorations.
Load More Replies...Am I the only one who sees the corpses hanging off the big guys?
human: hey boy, time for your walkies! Dog: yay! Human: But..is it really that safe? I think i see monsters ahead Dog: (Growing furious) I WANT WALKIES NOW!!!! Human: you gonna get killed
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They’re all looking at him... take your dog and run dude!
I think the giants represent the people that people think are always watching them
I think they represent high-power lines that cause cancer and leukemia.
Load More Replies...It doesnt need to be based off of a video game you guys
Load More Replies...Looks like a (relatively) recent shipwreck; more sad than horrific.
Reminds me of that one point in the book, “hatchet” when Brian swims down and sees the dead driver in the plane
This reminds me of the music video for "Whatever It Takes" by Imagine Dragons
The one person brave enough to explore the Titanic came back. But people are convinced that he was reluctant to come back.
Sing a song of Sixpence, pocket full of rye, 4 and 20 blackbirds, baked into a pie...
And their was a boy standing near the window and he was like " hey Brad their are some chicks coming for some fun bro , bring some drinks"
Wow, a woman and her kids come out of the water, most likely bare naked, that's VERY scary
Our grandparents on the walk to school on the last day before Summer break (1932, colorized)
and they rose from their watery grave, his home was at the end of the path
The Amphitrite's always leave during the spring. No one knows where they go, no one wants to find out. And, no matter what, their hair is always wet...
Aww, this picture pulls on the ol' heartstrings, doesn't it?
Load More Replies...*Grabs Avery's arm and squidforms* Hang on tight, it's going to be a bumpy ride! *Squidjumps the heck out of there*
Load More Replies..."There! I told you all, that my X-girlfriend was a @#$ Demon from Hell!" - Instagram Post.
Load More Replies...She escaped time after time. But no matter what, the demons still come after her; they drag her back down to where she truly belongs.
"Dad?! When are we going to get to Death Valley? I'm starving to death!"
Load More Replies...And this piece ties directly to a novel that I'm working on now, called Walk. an apocalypse survival story about what happens when everything you believe in or are afraid of become real
The truck driver must be like " hey kids five Batman's out their "
"Uhh....Uhhh.... t's a .. Dementor! Dementor!" -Draco Malfoy Moments before he "almost got killed" by The Hippogriff
When the trees won't do, you make do. Good Job, Boys!
Load More Replies...They are used to hang people by the neck until dead. It's a form of execution.
Load More Replies...Day 87 and still no rescue. There are only four of us now. Which one will be the next meal?
School Bus Graveyard from Webtoon anyone. Or am I the only one who feels this.
haha same bur mie is high, drunk, and ready to yell lol
Load More Replies...Me when my son knocks on the bathroom door for the forty millionth freaking time! I said I'd be out in two minutes, kid, give me a break here!
*ME* Trying to have mommy time and one of my kids come in the bathroom asking for me to find the toy they lose every 5 minutes.
Sir ( i assume), there is not even a phone in this image. Not one.
Load More Replies...*disjointed, slightly out-of-tune ice cream van music echoes distantly...
The cages attached to that thing are super intriguing. What would it keep in them?
nOW thIS lOoKS lIKE "I am Legend" I was so sad when the dog died.
"Stupid Dog, can't he see I got a broken wrist and can't play ball anymore!"
Load More Replies...So he does not get poisoned by the toxic atmosphere?
Load More Replies...The morning after wild night on Tatooine's strip bars, Zombie Jawas awake to discover Rey has a serious drug and sex addiction problem. Now, if only, they can figure how to put her bra back on after her underwear they are good to go without upsetting Jabba Jr again.
Load More Replies...Great... another kink to add to my list. Now I have something to do this weekend ;p Zzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiipppppp...... lol
Load More Replies...Dale needed motivation to start working out and he got more than he asked for.
This one too could have come right out of my novel! you're an amazing artist
Maybe the boy is what you should really be afraid of.
Load More Replies...They are just checking if the light goes out when the door closes - all good.
Ikr!? He just looks like hes thinking "God damnit not these ghosts again."
Load More Replies...Imagine if the old man was real then it would be scary as hell...
'Woodhouse. I swear to god, if you're possessed I will rub sand in your eyes'
Really cool looking, I love the cats who are just staring at these things and not reacting nor caring.
I can just hear them saying "i ain't got time for dis s**t"
Load More Replies...Very creative and very well done. I'm glad I looked at them during daylight hours, though I still think I will get nightmares...
Umm, I think the artist really loves cats or really hates them...😬
I mean, what's wrong with Paranormal Activity and post apocalyptics?
What if the cats are creating these things and are just greeting their creations?
Really cool looking, I love the cats who are just staring at these things and not reacting nor caring.
I can just hear them saying "i ain't got time for dis s**t"
Load More Replies...Very creative and very well done. I'm glad I looked at them during daylight hours, though I still think I will get nightmares...
Umm, I think the artist really loves cats or really hates them...😬
I mean, what's wrong with Paranormal Activity and post apocalyptics?
What if the cats are creating these things and are just greeting their creations?
