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Brian
Wolfe

crosshatch
ink
skate art
macabre
memento mori
humor
grit
texture
inking
inky
strange
odd
low art
creepy
weird
skull
gross
dripping
death
funny
uncanny
horrifying
toxic
stippling

Brian flashes a peace sign at the camera and grins, he is wearing a black shirt and his nails are painted black. The lighting is a blue-ish purple and a salmon pink.

Brian Wolfe is an illustrator that specializes in the gross and uncanny. Through juxtaposition and a gritty ink style he produces works that combine both creepy and comical elements. Brian can most often be found working on new stickers, or planning for his next D&D session.

Brian flashes a peace sign at the camera and grins, he is wearing a black shirt and his nails are painted black. The lighting is a blue-ish purple and a salmon pink.
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Brian clasps his hands in front of his body, looking confidently through his circular glasses. His hair is long and curly down to his biceps.
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In a relaxed pose, Brian's hands are in his jean pockets. His face is turned to his left and the bright orange-pink light illuminates the side of his face.
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With a small smile, Brian's hands are in his pockets and he stands facing the camera.
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 A digital illustration by Brian Wolfe of a pink colored dog with a long tongue and an eye on its collar.

What do you geek out about?

Brian: Games. Games are so cool in so many ways that I could talk about for days. A medium that allows the author to lead an audience through an experience, but include the audience in the experience itself, is just one of the reasons why i think games are so fantastically interesting as a medium.

If you could get critique from one artist (living or dead, visual or otherwise) who would it be?

Brian: Bernie Wrightson.

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I’ve long been inspired by what is traditionally referred to as ‘low art.’ My mission is to find ways to ‘elevate’ [forms like these] and give them the space I believe they deserve.

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What or who inspires you?

Brian: I’ve long been inspired by what is traditionally referred to as “low-art.” Doodles in margins, stickers on the backs of stop signs, or full-on street art. I love art that’s put up just for the sake of display or for self expression. My mission is to find ways to “elevate” forms of art like this and give them the space I believe they deserve.

What advice would you give your past self?

Brian: Never stop drawing.

What do you do to get “unstuck?”

Brian: Honestly? You just have to bang your head against the wall until something works. I have a small whiteboard and pen near my desk I’ll use when I’m getting severe artist’s block. The whiteboard makes it easy to hash out ideas over and over again in quick succession. Usually, after forcing myself to get all of the obvious or bad ideas out of the way, I’ll stumble upon something useful.

A sticker set by brian Wolfe shows three stylized heads , one with the middle section of skin on his face peeled back in a roll, the second showing the two halves of his face split apart, and the third depicting a face half dissolved. A digital illustration by Brian Wolfe of a pointillist pink dog head with large bulging eyes and a long tongue dripping with pink saliva A digital illustration by Brian Wolfe of a skull with no lower jaw. The tongue of the skull drips with liquid and is green, and the top half of the skull is disintegrating. A drawing by Brian Wolfe of a purple hand with rings and long fingernails with a hand in it's palm, a long dripping tongue extends and the teeth in the mouth are pointed. A tryptich digital illustration by Brian Wolfe with the words 'splitting headache,' showing three faces: one split in thirds, one exploded with eye tentacles extending out, and one liquifying and split in half. A illustration by Brian Wolfe of a red skull with a yellow tongue dripping with saliva. A detailed illustration by Brian Wolfe of a snail with gas lanterns hanging from its antennae, the top half of the snail's shell is splitting apart, revealing the branches of a tree. An illustration by Brian Wolfe of a purple and pink animal skull with sharp pointed teeth, eyes floating outside their sockets, a long curling tongue hanging below, dripping with saliva.

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