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drewtheunquestioned OP t1_j38s03l wrote

Reply to comment by SkullBongus in Who goes there? Digital painting by me by drewtheunquestioned

I think that was definitely an inspiration I just couldn't remember where I saw it. Such a simple yet powerful image that stays with you.

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Negation_ t1_j39bq29 wrote

Yours is definitely better because you added something in the darkness. I hate turning up the brightness on my phone only to be disappointed lol

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ChangelingFox t1_j3aqb66 wrote

Honestly I disagree greatly. Being able to see the "threat" in pictures like this diminishes it immensely in my opinion. Pictures like this are more frightening when the mind is left to invent what's waiting in the dark. No dot eyes or spooky face matches the anxiety of the unknown.

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MoeKara t1_j3bgt2y wrote

Im 100% with you. In a similar way, most of the scariest horror movies and books have left a lot to the audience's imagination.

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insaneinthecrane t1_j3bmesw wrote

Kinda like how when the mechanical shark from the first jaws movie kept breaking down they realized it’d actually be scarier and more tense if you rarely ever saw the shark

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