Alice Hall

January 2025 Sketch Dump

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January was actually a pretty productive month. I’m trying to keep up the pace, I don’t want to end the year completely disappointed with how much art I made like last year. It would be the artistic equivalent of the fat lady who makes going to the gym part of her “New Year’s Resolutions” when … January 2025 Sketch Dump

De Soto De Sun

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I try so hard to contain the mess but there is no way… This was inspired by the sun that chases you around in that one Desert Level from Super Mario World 2, the one on the Game Boy Advance where Mario wears a tanuki/raccoon dog costume and can fly. Remember all ye that existence … De Soto De Sun

Conjuration of the Fire

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This 9″ x 12″ acrylic painting on canvas is inspired by the conjuration of fire from the Lesser Key of Solomon, a famous 17th-century grimoire on demonology and ceremonial magic. The Lesser Key of Solomon, also known as Lemegeton, is a collection of texts detailing rituals for summoning and commanding spirits, often associated with occult … Conjuration of the Fire

Lift & Disperse

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“To come to the end of a time of anxiety and fear! To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse—the cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory! This at least is one joy that must have been known by almost every living creature.” — Richard Adams, ‘Watership … Lift & Disperse

Kowloon Walled City

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Kowloon Walled City (Chinese: 九龍寨城) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Built as an imperial Chinese military fort, the walled city became a de jure enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898. Its population increased dramatically after … Kowloon Walled City