Young girls in dark dresses with black hair around their doll-like faces - these are the main characters of Italian illustrator who creates surreal drawings with a touch of horror.

Virginia Mori, 36, lives and works in Pesaro and Milan, Italy. Her favorite media are pencil, ink, and ballpoint pen on paper. The artist gain following because of her unique, dark and surreal style and imagery. "I can’t say how I arrived at this style," Virginia told to stylenochaser. "It has been a long and slow journey filled with a lot of research, but everything came very naturally, in a very instinctive way. I just followed what I like to do."

Artist's illustrations often have a melancholic or the nightmarish feel to them. "I am not trying to explain anything with certainty with my art. I just want to suggest strange feelings and situations in a metaphoric way."

Below you can find some of her works. Which one is your fave?

More info: Instagram | virginiamori.com (h/t Style.No.Chaser)

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N G
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yeah, and never use razor wire as a skipping rope.

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earringnut
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what's surreal about this. i'm asking as a former cat owner.

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varwenea
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This almost looks like an eyeball with a face for the iris.

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birdhouse
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scroll up and down really fast! Looks kinda cool.

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Moglin Sin
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Extreme sleep paralysis is what this makes me think of. I get it sometimes and it's really a weird feeling.

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Mika N
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if it means anything that all the other legs have long pants and different shoes than hers/the front legs..? If they're not all "her legs" in a sense, it feels uncomfortably vulnerable, feeling like you can't get away, no privacy, aren't allowed to control the direction of your own body. That's what I get from it anyway.

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varwenea
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this condemning education that is too rigid, book-centric, and not enough creativity?

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varwenea
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dreams. Sometimes they are positive and floating. Sometimes they are negative that you want to hide from under the bed.

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varwenea
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My immediate feeling is that father is with a new family, and she's the daughter from divorced family wanting father's attention. My second feeling is this is on the street; the man is a potential predator and girl's face in the window is someone seeing danger.

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Mika N
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes me think of all the different "selves" we project for different people, in an attempt to hide and protect the real inner self.

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Honesty Olishia
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The oranges in the bottom left corner look a bit like something else...

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Mika N
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nature looks ominous and dangerous to some people (the trees are dark and like spikes), but to others you can find your space there and it's a place of peace and rest.

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UniversalMel
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people are like glass... You can see right though them

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Anon Y. Mous
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Happy 35th birthday (did I get that right?)!

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Anon Y. Mous
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"And this, kids, is why we don't throw paper airplanes. Any questions?"

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Anon Y. Mous
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ariana Grande fans watching while someone is being molested.

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Anon Y. Mous
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my god there are other heads on the ground what is life.

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Anon Y. Mous
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you do not like Ariana Grande... She will find you... And she will kill you.

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Anon Y. Mous
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like this is implying one of them is dead.

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Karma
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's what I call a red flag relationship

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Terror from Beyond Space
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can hear Gloria Estefan singing, "The rhythm is gonna get'cha"

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S A M
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*has to wake up at 5AM* *goes to sleep at 4:45*

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Magdalina777
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a sweet one :) Sleep sets your mind free, letting it wander away to magical worlds.

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Dotzilla
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's the video! Of the guy fake swimming on his bed!

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S A M
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me about to read Harry Potter: the order of the phionex during a math lesson

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N G
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Practice makes perfect

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Fiona McCulloch
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So creative! I love the concept. Her illustrations of water though somewhat annoy me on account of their synthetic appearance, but it's still cool.

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Nina Cordova
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can bearly keep my head above water. Another inch and I drown...

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Nina Cordova
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am behind French doors but can't get them to close. The lions will eat me...

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