
In May we already briefly paid attention to the Twitter favorite (125,6 k followers) and Goth erotic artist Godiva Ghoul
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1) What call you tell us about your background (education, place of birth.....etc.)?
In the 90's I was born on a snowy day somewhere in Europe. I frequented a lot of schools because we moved around a lot but the most important ones were the Liceo Artistico (Italian high school focused on fine arts), the academy of fine arts, where for some reason I wasted three years studying architecture and design, and finally a short course in a private institute where I studied graphic design, illustration and comics
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2) Did you grow up in an artistic environment?
Sort of, my mother had artistic inspirations when she was young and kept many art books and paintings in our home, and since we didn't have many toys growing up and I was too introvert to go out and make friends, I spent most of my childhood alone just drawing on fax paper with bic pens. (depressing I know)
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3) You describe your art as a hybrid of goth nouveau erotica, and I also discern some Japanese influences (like manga). What are your influences? And how would you describe your style?
Goth nouveau erotica is a fun descriptive that sounds catchy, but that to an extent also describes all my influences, which include but are not limited to: Pre-Raphaelite, Symbolism, Japanese Art, Grotesque
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4) How would you describe your work process? Do you have a certain routine?
Chaotic and spontaneous, I don't have a set instone routine or any set of rules. Usually I just look for art that inspires me, look for models
5) What inspires you?
Everything everywhere all at once... but mostly women.
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6) Do you only work via digital media or also with traditional media? Which medium do you prefer and why?
I started abusing digital art just around 2016 circa, and almost never went back. While I have drawn with brush ink and paper most of my life, which you can also clearly see in my digital art method which is more focused on kind of traditional inking, I much prefer the benefits of digital art, which allows you much more of a margin for error.
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7) Are you familiar with shunga
I had a book of Shunga art
8) Who's (are) your favorite contemporary artist(s)?
Too many to list all of course, but the most influential on my art style are: Kerascoet, Mike Mignola, Bertrand Catignol, Nicolò Pellizzon, Joann Sfar, Bastien Vivès, Tsutomu Nihei and Daisuke Garashi.
Fig.7. 'My Heart Belongs to You'
9) Can you live off your art?
Certainly, if I was actually capable of eating art. But seriously I don't.
10) Do you feel limited by the sensitive nature (censorship) of social media platforms?
Yes of course, but I'm sorta lucky because I don't usually feel the need to depict explicit sexual intercourse, like some of my talented artist mutuals do. So it's easier to cover what might be too extreme for certain socials, especially the ones owned by “Meta”. But I also got some of my art deleted for it being too explicit.
11) What is your favorite movie?
“Portrait of a lady on fire” is my all time favorite film at the moment, and recently the film I loved the most is: “Everything everywhere all at once”.
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Fig.12. 'Bunhilde ' (5 April 2022)
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Fig..18. 'From the Deep'
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Fig..20. 'Demon of Sorrow '
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Fig.29. 'Fuck me like one of your demons
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Fig.36. 'Cry baby' (July 2022)
Fig.37. 'Are you approaching me?' (2 August 2022)
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Fig.39. 'Flowers'
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Fig.41. 'Confuse ' (18 Aug 2022)
Fig.42. 'Comfort tingles of sleep' (26 Aug 2022)
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Fig.44. 'Demon of comfort ' (3 Sep 2022)
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Fig.46. 'Horny ' (4 Sep 2022)
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Fig.51. 'Wyvern of darkness ' (22 Dec 2022)
Fig.52. 'Shy Vampire ' (24 Dec 2022)
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Fig.54. 'Burning the Midnight Oil ' (21 Dec 2022)
Fig.55. 'The Vampire ' (1 Dec 2022)
Fig.56. 'Goat Head ' (29 Nov 2022)
Fig.57. 'Horned ' (11 Nov 2022)
Fig.58. 'Sacred Sisters ' (25 Jan
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Fig.61. Maid of Marble (June 2023)
Fig.61a. Inspired by this 1917 magazine
Fig.62. The Cobweb (29 May 2023)
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Fig.63. The Mirror (28 May 2023)
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Fig.64 The Archfey (May 2023)
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Fig.65. The Dagger (23 May 2023)
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Fig.65c. One of the pulp novels that inspired Ghoul's The Dagger design
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Fig.67. The Therianthrope (21 May 2023)
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Fig.68. The Cloak (19 May 2023)
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Fig.69. The Stag (18 May 2023)
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Fig.70. Siren (13 May 2023)
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Fig.71. Curse (May 2023)
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Fig.72. Friday Look (5 May 2023)
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