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Halloween is just around the corner and everyone's excited to see some spooky and scary things. There is no exception for all the digital designers and artists out there. Many of them are already participating in Inktober 2021 and doing all kinds of other creepy, cool projects.

Well, DesignCrowd was inspired as well to bring some scary and creative challenges for their designers. They decided on combining famous and classic paintings that we all know with Halloween pop culture, characters, and other fragments. The designers submitted some pretty spooky stuff and we bring you the best ones on this list!

More info: designcrowd.com

We managed to get an interview from Jo Sabin, head of community and marketplace at DesignCrowd. We asked her why they decided to combine Halloween and classical paintings: "Because it's fun! DesignCrowd designers love remixing old and new ideas for fun, like giving classical paintings the hipster look, to reworking old paintings with a Halloween twist. The submissions have a fun and freaky Halloween theme and make you see the classical art in a new light."

Jo also told us how they came up with an idea like that: "Photoshop contests like the Halloween Ren series help to hone photo manipulation skills and were really popular on Worth1000, so DesignCrowd has continued the tradition of launching fun contests after we acquired the site in 2014."

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Jo tells us why she thinks Halloween is a great time for artists and designers: "Halloween gives designers a great excuse to use spooky ghosts, zombies, spiders in creepy logos to photoshopping skulls and giant pumpkins into classical paintings."

The competitions are great for designers all around. They help them hone their skills and share them with the world. You are given challenges, so no more of that 'I don't know what to draw.' Jo shared why she thinks these challenges are great for artists: "Anyone online can see the amazing creativity on display from DesignCrowd's 1M designers from around the world."

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Mary Rose Kent
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now we know why she looks so enigmatic...turns out she was from Tatooine and didn’t know the local language

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Markus Goldschmidt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gunshot to the shin hits through the leg bone and cuts through many vains SERIOUS MEDICAL CONTAMINATON!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The golden fairy is me when kids run past me and say "Lets go back to other houses for more candy!"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Klimt was one of my favorite artists right up to the point where I saw this...

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jamil bellagha
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess this was the reason why Caravaggio was sentenced to death, the guy in red is defenitely the pope.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First we thought she's his wife, then his daughter, then his protégée, i guess it was always clear she's his zombie_partner_who_actually_wants_to_eat_his_brain.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they wonder if Bouguereau was a pedophile! Maybe that wasn't his biggest problem.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They say Vermeer cut the ear of the maid who posed for this painting, i guess she didn't take it easy.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When your parents force you to kiss your grandma who pees herself

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't worry, impressionism will come and you'll have nothing to be ashamed of.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I promise you Mr Snuffles, next Halloween you'll choose the grave and I'll do the digging"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shall i compare thee to a sommer's day Thou art more pale and more stinky.

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