Artist I Love: Nicholas Di Genova

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I found this tiny little booklet in the back of the Union Square Forbidden Planet.

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Designing monsters and uncanny animal things is something I’m interested in learning more about, and it’s surprisingly hard to find resources on the subject.

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But Nicholas Di Genova‘s stuff has such a level of obsessive virtuosity to it that it’s the perfect thing to have around for inspiration. Like, maybe someday, if I work really hard, I can be like 4% as good at this as this guy is!

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Or not.