Kilian Eng's Artwork is Surreal and Psychedelic
Meghan Young — November 30, 2011 — Art & Design
References: behance.net & neatorama
For all those 80s kids out there, the Kilian Eng's psychedelic, sci-fi illustrations will definitely be a trip down memory lane. Inspired by "circuit boards, science fiction and the finest graphic artists of the 1980s," as Neatorama so aptly reports, Kilian Eng's artwork is a mishmash of various retro influences. Kilian Eng's illustrations are especially reminiscent of French legend Moebius's work.
Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Kilian Eng is an illustrator, animator and graphic designer with a pension to create surreal images that follow rather fantastical story lines. Although the images are rife with vibrant Technicolor, there is a dark element to both, as though Kilian Eng has somehow managed to venture into the deepest part of the human mind and emerge to document his radical findings.
Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Kilian Eng is an illustrator, animator and graphic designer with a pension to create surreal images that follow rather fantastical story lines. Although the images are rife with vibrant Technicolor, there is a dark element to both, as though Kilian Eng has somehow managed to venture into the deepest part of the human mind and emerge to document his radical findings.
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