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In Honor Of Halloween, Artists From DesignCrowd Combine Classical Paintings With Halloween Pop Culture (30 Pics)
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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!
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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."
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
When you discover the girl you kissed in the dark was actually a dude.
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."
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Lisa Durrant 4 years ago
Are we able to copy this? Who would get the credit? Is it all photoshop?
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Kate Johnson 4 years ago
I don't know why, but this one actually does freak me out a wee bit...
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
She would need to have bones made of rubber for that to be true
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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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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
And they say his first wife cried when he divorced her, I think they ment she cried from joy.
Brent Kaufman 4 years ago
(Viewed from inside of a car) "Yeah so, you wanna, go about a mile, till you get to the sign, then turn left and you'll see it right up ahead. Oh and speakin' of which, if you happen to pass a head, just lyin' there in the road, can you just move it over to the shoulder so it doesn't get run over?"
Reid McMasters 4 years ago
We're reading the legend if sleep hollow and the devil and Tom walker in English for halloween
LJ Robinson 4 years ago
Almost a perfect fit, the orange needs to be a bit darker I think. Great idea!
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
They say Van Hals had 30 degrees of black, but this one must be the blackest.
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
Sargent's dark history in Europe. At least he didn't have sex with the queen.
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Henny Hana 4 years ago
I can't tell if you're a zombie or are you just rolling your eyes on me.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
💭 Cutting my ear off on the night of the full moon appears to have been a major mistake! 💭
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mcborge1 4 years ago
That's actually a plushy facehugger if you look closely. My daughter bought me one. :D
Emily 4 years ago
It's not a picture it's a painting, looking closely isn't showing you it's a plushy, it's just art.
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LJ Robinson 4 years ago (edited)
If you make this into a print, I want one! I'd put a big baroque frame around it.
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Now we know why she looks so enigmatic...turns out she was from Tatooine and didn’t know the local language
Markus Goldschmidt 4 years ago
I flip ur chair Da vinci says but she says no i want to be FAMOUS
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago (edited)
"I'm doing this for a noble cause not because I'm a necrophile".
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
"It's not my fault it's the 15th century and they didn't invent a cure for Syphilis yet ! "
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago (edited)
Simonetta Vespucci and Pazuzu just had a baby and it is ugly.
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago (edited)
The other face of Henry VIII. That's what happens when you marry your brother's wife.
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Markus Goldschmidt 4 years ago
Gunshot to the shin hits through the leg bone and cuts through many vains SERIOUS MEDICAL CONTAMINATON!!
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Juririn 4 years ago
Every morning BC (before coffee)_mood for someone like me😑
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FLOOFDOGGO 4 years ago
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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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Klimt was one of my favorite artists right up to the point where I saw this...
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
I guess this was the reason why Caravaggio was sentenced to death, the guy in red is defenitely the pope.
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
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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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
La bella ferroniera is a vampire ! Carmilla your place is in danger.
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
And they wonder if Bouguereau was a pedophile! Maybe that wasn't his biggest problem.
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
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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jamil bellagha 4 years ago (edited)
Don't worry, impressionism will come and you'll have nothing to be ashamed of.
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
"I promise you Mr Snuffles, next Halloween you'll choose the grave and I'll do the digging"
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
Shall i compare thee to a sommer's day Thou art more pale and more stinky.
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jamil bellagha 4 years ago
God forbid a Medici look like that, we need Bronzino, he'll know what to do.
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Charles Bosse 4 years ago
Uh, yeah? I mean, I'm a little surprised we didn't see a few other classics, but I definitely am not surprised to see multiple Mona Lisa based pics.
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Brian bell 4 years ago
Some of these are funny but now I am starting to realize I am going to have some nightmares later...
Charles Bosse 4 years ago
Uh, yeah? I mean, I'm a little surprised we didn't see a few other classics, but I definitely am not surprised to see multiple Mona Lisa based pics.
Load More Replies... Brian bell 4 years ago
Some of these are funny but now I am starting to realize I am going to have some nightmares later...
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