I wish my cat had a gas mask too

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From Canadian artist Francis Koch at Uberbrain, art that mixes Art Nouveau design, steampunk elements and a post-industrial grit. It's like Alphonse Mucha with sinister animals instead of languid nymphs.

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Those are beautiful! The overall design and palette, the earth tones and use of strange overlays of splotches (is that a coffecup stain in the top right corner?) are all cool elements.

The birdbot thing is my favorite, though the X-ed out eyes of the other birds are a bit freaky.

We saw a horse gas mask at the AMNH...apparently they were all the rage during WWI! Nothing as artistic as these though...=)

It's interesting that the "illustrations" are so much stronger than the "paintings." I notice, too, that your selections are drawn from the former pool. What's my point? Dunno.