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Strange Creatures
Evolution proves to be more powerful a force than conscious intention.
As a result, this work has an organic mind of its own.
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It began as an exploration of the strangeness of the natural world: the bizarre creatures that actually exist, defying fiction, truly being as weird as any human imagination could concoct.
![Originally the Darwinistic journey of an imagined explorer, the words of this fictional journal started seeping onto the pages of the drawings.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595836f32e69cf918e981005/1499514111847-4NTP60VB6D1GY73M6HDK/AF-2.jpg)
Originally the Darwinistic journey of an imagined explorer, the words of this fictional journal started seeping onto the pages of the drawings.
![The interweaving of imagination and a living, breathing reality combined into something new: an exploration of the subconscious and the evolution of the line from words into image.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595836f32e69cf918e981005/1499514114232-NZMTKZCC2EXIWH3UWGG0/AF-3.jpg)
The interweaving of imagination and a living, breathing reality combined into something new: an exploration of the subconscious and the evolution of the line from words into image.
![As a journey is built of layers: of days, of miles, these images are the result of the layering of many cycles.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595836f32e69cf918e981005/1499514122075-N7P6OLY2O0AO6YMLTHZF/AF-5.jpg)
As a journey is built of layers: of days, of miles, these images are the result of the layering of many cycles.
![They began as very basic pencil drawings of interesting animals, which were then scanned, printed, drawn on again, scanned and printed in repetition.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595836f32e69cf918e981005/1499514119530-HHR1YMS9JFV3611Q97TE/AF-4.jpg)
They began as very basic pencil drawings of interesting animals, which were then scanned, printed, drawn on again, scanned and printed in repetition.
![In the process, as the line of unconscious inspiration is blurred, so is the line of the drawing itself: its origin and its completion.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595836f32e69cf918e981005/1499514123863-5DKC4B3LRIWXEUEOL6OO/AF-6.jpg)
In the process, as the line of unconscious inspiration is blurred, so is the line of the drawing itself: its origin and its completion.
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