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Quirky Illustrations by Virginia Mori Blend Melancholy and Surreal Humor

Using simple line drawings and pared down images, Virginia Mori captures complex human emotions. Though many of Mori's illustrations lean toward the melancholy with themes of isolation and anxiety, moments of levity and escapism can be found, especially in her works that feature books. Mori's artworks tend to feature just one person, often a young female protagonist, or a few people who aren't quite interacting. The artist lives and works in Italy, and in addition to her pencil and pen drawings, she also is an animator. Recently, Mori's illustrations were the inspiration for a photo series with the fashion brand…

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Fantasies and Fears Surround the Beds of Illustrated Characters by Virginia Mori

We love the illustrations of Italian artist Virginia Mori (previously) who adds a subtle hint of dark humor to her quirky illustrations of young women and men. Recently the artist has been drawing scenes that revolve around the unconscious thoughts that spring to life while in bed. Each illustration presents an improbable or unique vision of a bedroom—from a bed composed of live grass, to another balanced on the tips of four trees. The illustrations seem to peek into her subjects' dreams, projecting their hidden hopes or fears onto their surroundings as they slumber. You can see more of her…

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Illustrations Brought to Life in Picture Book ‘Vento’ by Virgilio Villoresi and Virginia Mori

In a style reminiscent of Edward Gorey's dark illustrations in Victorian settings, Virgilio Villoresi and Virginia Mori have created a book that becomes animated once an optical film is placed over the pages. The technique—which dates back to pre-cinema—allows the characters' shadows to flicker gently, hair to rustle in the wind, and waves to crash gently against a rowboat found within the books' pages. Titled Vento, the picture book is a result of Villoresi's animation and Mori's illustration, the Italian duo inspired to produce the book as an homage to the relationship between image and movement. Vento is the first…

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