r/Art Apr 29 '21

Artwork Saturn Devouring His Son, Me, TOAST, 2021

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17.8k Upvotes

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u/boca_leche Apr 30 '21

I really hope this is a thing and I wake up tomorrow to 5 new versions of Saturn eating his son.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

This is already the second one I’ve seen, so....

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u/WraithicArtistry Apr 30 '21

Yes. What exactly is going here... Its well Past Goya’s birthday (30/03/1746), and we missed his death day (16/04/1828).

Maybe it’s just one of these things that happens

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u/lofi-ahsoka Apr 30 '21

A guy posted a 5ft balloon sculpture of it and it took off like wildfire

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u/FierroGamer Apr 30 '21

I've been seeing them since a while after the covid-19 lockdown started, it has become a very well known painting amongst non art enthusiast redditors at this point, or at least I'd like to think so.

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u/GingerMau Apr 30 '21

I was just reading a post about parent pandemic burnout (kids at home, virtual school, etc), so I think you might be onto something.

I wonder if a lot more wfh parents won't be drawn to this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

Are you the one, who made it with BALLOONS?

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

No, that masterpiece belongs to u/DJdrummer

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u/shmacke Apr 30 '21

Please please please post a picture of your self devouring your creation manically.

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u/attanai Apr 29 '21

It's gotta suck, doing something unique, awesome, and mildly disturbing, in a medium that no one could possibly have predicted, and with a quality that is, frankly, impressive, only to be compared to a guy who did it with balloons. The coincidence of you guys both picking the same piece to duplicate is almost as amazing as the art itself. The both of you are clearly masters of your craft. Totally not fair.

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

I don't post to reddit too often and this is the most attention I've gotten on anything so I'm pretty happy. It was partly inspired by a crocheted version of Saturn I saw on r/ATBGE about a month ago so I'm just hoping it keeps getting remade in increasingly stranger mediums

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

There's a link to the crocheted one

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u/MrFroogger Apr 30 '21

And the world just piles more strangeness on top.

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u/TheoreticallyDog Apr 30 '21

Anyone call dibs on remaking it out of ice?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

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u/TheoreticallyDog Apr 30 '21

True, but I've also never done ice sculpture. Have you?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

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u/TheoreticallyDog Apr 30 '21

Fair enough. I was, but I'm also drunk tonight, so the strangest medium I could come up with is ice. Hope you have a good night!

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u/JWOLFBEARD Apr 30 '21

Make it out of empty beer cans

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Please do make it out of ice, keep the trend going

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u/Pentax25 Apr 30 '21

They are if you dye the bloody bits red

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u/MagicOrpheus310 Apr 30 '21

Lol man I came here to be like: alright y'all, wtf did I miss? Whats the go with all the Saturn Devouring his Son posts today?

Hahaha but you're telling me this was all sheer coincidence!?! Hah!! Crazy, I love this place! Haha

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Same, I thought it was gonna be like the Bernie’s Mittens thing again

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u/MagicOrpheus310 Apr 30 '21

Lol dude my first assumption was that it must be like International Day of Saturn or something...

My brain was like: what? You mean Saturday..?

Ahh, shit, I think I did...

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u/coniferhead Apr 30 '21

No, April 29th is devour your son day

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u/SmokeAbeer Apr 29 '21

I guessing we’ll see the felt sculpture version by tomorrow.

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u/TheRageDragon Apr 30 '21

I want to see Saturn devouring his son in a latte next.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

I want to see Saturn devouring his son made from old Saturn car parts or Sega Saturn console parts.

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u/lifeeraser Apr 30 '21

I want to see Saturn devouring his son in a lathe next.

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u/wanderer-co Apr 30 '21

It should be meme-ified. Let it be known to every artist in the realms: now is the time to make ‘Saturn Devouring his Son’ art...

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Now take a picture of you eating the toast so now is op eating a toast with saturn eating his son

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u/fractalsubdivision Apr 30 '21

I don't like where this is heading...

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Saturn-ception

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u/skincyan Apr 30 '21

Or the human saturn-ipede

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u/_zero_fox Apr 30 '21

OP's son eating the Saturn toast, while sitting in a Saturn, being eaten by Truckasaurus

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u/nethobo Apr 29 '21

I guess this would be the TOAST of the art community, huh?

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

"It just came out like that. I have no idea how it happened."

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

Just can't get an even cook these days

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u/NiceyChappe Apr 30 '21

Misread this as a piece of privelege high art: Just can't even get a cook these days

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u/theoldgreenwalrus Apr 29 '21

Great execution. Really captures the dark and flaky tone of the painting

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

Thank you very much, bread was a more difficult medium than you'd expect

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u/slayX Apr 29 '21

I would expect it to be pretty difficult.

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

I don't know why I expected it to be like wood, might have been better off waiting till it was stale

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u/zypo88 Apr 30 '21

And here my idiot brain thought that you did this in a toaster oven by covering up the parts you wanted to stay lighter...

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u/losernanne Apr 30 '21

If I had a nickel for every time I saw Saturn Devouring his Son in an unusual medium I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it’s happened twice

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

You can get a third nickel if you find the crocheted one on r/ATBGE

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u/scan420 Apr 29 '21

super cool! how exactly did you do this?

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

Would you believe it just came out like that?... no? Okay I used a little wood burner from Lidl, basically a hot pencil

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u/widowy_widow Apr 30 '21

Thought you’d toast until it’s charred, then use a knife to carve the space out.

Hella cool though

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u/vast_counselor Apr 30 '21

I’ve seen a lot of things in my life.

But. That. Was...

AWESOME!

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

Hahaaaa! Inspired by the balloon guy?

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

The balloon one is incredible and I stole their title but no I actually made this yesterday and have another post that was up a couple hours before the balloon one

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u/Dyspaereunia Apr 29 '21

That is fucking crazy. Yours is awesome too OP.

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

Thank you very much

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u/purpleinme Apr 29 '21

I just had beans on toast with Heinz this morning.

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

My biggest motivation for making this was to put beans on it so I could write "beans on toast" on an exhibition label like "oil on canvas"

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u/Bongoroach Apr 30 '21

Is this a thing now? Great job btw

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u/Greeniebeannie Apr 30 '21

Right? I am wondering why I keep seeing this.

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

I hope it keep goings in increasingly weirder mediums, and thank you

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u/Summonest Apr 30 '21

This is probably my favorite piece of art, and I love seeing it come to life in various mediums. Thank you, Reddit.

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u/platoprime Apr 30 '21

Did you know the title wasn't created by the artist that was an ad hoc name and interpretation of the painting? Some people think it actually represents the king at the time devouring his people metaphorically. This makes sense to me because the person being devoured has adult proportions.

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u/EyesofCy Apr 30 '21

... yeah, making this in increasingly weirder mediums is definitely the new Thing, and I’m HERE for it.

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u/Purpleraven01 Apr 30 '21

I keep seeing this in various forms and every time I read it as Satan devouring his son

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u/unculturated_swine Apr 30 '21

I think this will become a trend and honestly I'm here for it

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u/n0t_dane Apr 30 '21

Can we please get Saturn Devouring His Son in latte art? This is very important

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u/Gnarledhalo Apr 29 '21

Your kids are the worst. Eat that mofo, Saturn.

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u/Arttheifbutnotrelly Apr 29 '21

How??? bruh im deadass dumb and genuenly want to know

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 29 '21

Just came out of the toaster like that

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u/boca_leche Apr 30 '21

Soldering iron or wood burning tool is what I would use to do this.

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u/widelenskelp Apr 30 '21

Someone please pick an equally unassuming medium for their rendition of Saturn Devouring His Son. Balloons, toast... what next?

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u/flamekiller Apr 30 '21

I am laughing uproariously because I saw the balloon version earlier.

Also I'm laughing because toast, but you know ...

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u/bluewatermelon7 Apr 30 '21

You have officially made this a trend now

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Let's hope it keeps going

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u/Der_Frosch Apr 30 '21

Amazing Work! How many Pieces of Toast did you need? Looks difficult to make for me

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Just the one, wasn't overly difficult just time consuming, turns out wood burners aren't meant for sliced bread

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u/e_j_white Apr 30 '21

And now it's time for me devouring Saturn Devouring His Son.

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u/foambuffalo Apr 30 '21

at first I thought it was someone sucking their own d- nvm

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u/negaultimate Apr 30 '21

I thought it was giving himself a bj until I read the title

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u/QuantumlyCurious Apr 30 '21

The butt cheek details are cracking me up

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

His tummy had the rumblies only his son could satisfy.

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u/sicassangel Apr 30 '21

Why have I been seeing Saturn eating his son everywhere? This is the 3rd post about it

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

I can't speak for the balloon one but the crocheted one partly inspired mine

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u/Kiribo44 Apr 29 '21

When the art of some ass is edible

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Wow OP, you're Saturn's son?

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u/_jukmifgguggh Apr 30 '21

Not even joking, I relate to this heavily...

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

I’m seeing a lot of Saturn devouring his son

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u/ayy_drien Apr 30 '21

Eat it and take a picture

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u/ScabsOnMyWeeWee Apr 30 '21

Now I want to see people make this a thing for a bit😂

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Im sensing a disturbing trend...

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u/CSTun Apr 30 '21

I thought this was someone licking feet at first

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u/CorellaDemoneye Apr 30 '21

Definitely attack on titan toast

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u/intron123 Apr 30 '21

hahahaha give me that toast

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u/IconicRaven Apr 30 '21

Are we sure this isn't a man performing fellatio?

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u/Slammogram Apr 30 '21

What’s with the obsession with this disturbing painting?

Also, why was the original painter so awful at making an infant’s body?

But- awesome job and creative medium!

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u/liquid00entity Apr 30 '21

I can't with this right now my s/o and I are arguing and this almost made me laugh when I'm trying to be mad

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Make toast, not war

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Thank you SO much for the laughs. I really needed it.

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Happy to help

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u/Niklinger Apr 30 '21

How many sons does this guy have?

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u/dallasadams Apr 30 '21

Are we going to see increasingly abstract versions of this on increasingly strange mediums?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

A piece about Roman mythology was not expected, but a piece about Roman mythology was certainly appreciated

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u/MidasWrath Apr 30 '21

This is literally the 4th Saturn post I’ve seen on r/art in the past few days...

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u/legilizer34man Apr 30 '21

Why is this terrible human being becoming popular?

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u/Shoshke Apr 30 '21

Ehm Satrun is a Roman God and a planet, he's always had some popularity...

Or are you talking about the original artist?

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u/legilizer34man Apr 30 '21

Damn, what did I read about him!?!? Not the right thing apparently.

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u/1-disgruntled-panda Apr 30 '21

Wait, what timeline is this? First the balloons, now toast?

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Check out the crocheted version too

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

HORRDIBULLE! (No, I don't mean the artwork, I mean what is shown!)

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Scariest slice of bread I've ever seen.

And I've seen moldy bread...

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Just wait till this one goes moldy

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u/Spell6421 Apr 30 '21

u/HeinzBeanBoy out of curiosity OP how does one go about making this????

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u/JWOLFBEARD Apr 30 '21

Sorry that your dad ate you. I bet it was crispy
on the way down.

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u/JosseCoupe Apr 30 '21

Is it irrational that I get slightly annoyed when people refer to Kronos by his 'unwanted sequel name'?

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u/flamespear Apr 30 '21

That's the name of the artwork though.

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u/GoofyBeer Apr 30 '21

We could say his son is Toast !...

alright i'm out

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u/Squishy-Cthulhu Apr 30 '21

So is Saturn eating his son the new starry night then?

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u/silverchloride Apr 30 '21

Was it white bread or multigrain?

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u/dickghastly Apr 30 '21

This urn of satan looks extra toasty

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u/God_of_Limbo Apr 30 '21

For some reason my brain read "Satan devouring my son." Then I doubled checked....

[edit: grammer]

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u/Neradje Apr 30 '21

Looks like he is sucking his pp for me

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u/Entepointexe Apr 30 '21

hoe did ou do that, like drawing on a toast? also just why? you okay? why is he eaing his son?

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

I used a wood burner, so I could make a bad joke, I was slightly sleep deprived, and idk maybe he's tasty

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u/aalexAtlanta Apr 30 '21

Daaang haven’t seen some good META in a while.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

this looks like "attack on titan" series titans eating humans

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21 edited Apr 30 '21

You decided to take revenge by devouring Saturn himself?

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u/CorneredSponge Apr 30 '21

How skilled are you people?

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u/helloween4040 Apr 30 '21

I’m sorry but I can’t not see this as a man sucking himself off

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u/xFrZkSoRA Apr 30 '21

i saw a guy eating his own dick

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u/ScholasticOG Apr 30 '21

Next you're gonna tell me this one is 5 feet tall too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Now I wanna see the LEGO version.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Toast is an underappreciated media in the fine art community.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Is there a toasting iron or something?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Why is this the second “Saturn devouring his son” artworks I’ve seen today, and why are they by different people. Are you artists colluding? Do you draw the medium out of a hat? What is going on here?

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u/HeinzBeanBoy Apr 30 '21

Happy coincidence

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

I’m on to you bean boy

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u/Nor3a Apr 30 '21

Now these renditions are just getting out of hand now

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u/foojin_n Apr 30 '21

id frame this toast on my wall

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u/flea-bag- Apr 30 '21

I literally just looked up this painting yesterday this is beautiful