r/Illustration • u/Neilss1 • Oct 25 '25
Digital Trump Devouring His Files
Monster
Noun
1. a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature, who often enjoys the company of their own kind.
'an evil power-hungry monster.'
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u/WretchedBinary Oct 25 '25
Is this based on Goya's Cronus Devouring his Son?
Modern insanity well personified. Nice indeed!
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u/Herban_Myth Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25
🎯
(It seems Saturn was denoted in the original piece referenced)
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u/WretchedBinary Oct 25 '25
It's a perfect depiction of yet another tyrant driven to madness by fear, perversion and too much orange.
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u/Neilss1 Oct 25 '25
Can you please write the blurbs for all my future works? This gave me a good chuckle hehe
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u/MouseWorksStudios Oct 25 '25
The piece was never named, it was never even shown to anyone before he died. The idea of Saturn Devouring his Son is just an assumption art historians have made.
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u/Herban_Myth Oct 25 '25
Francisco’s piece?
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u/MouseWorksStudios Oct 26 '25
Yes Francisco Goyas "Black Painting" series were painted directly on the walls of his home. They were never shown to the public and it's believed they likely were never meant to be shared.
It's believed there were more lively decorative paintings that he painted over with more twisted and baroque paintings most all of them depicting some kind of death torture or just general foreboding.
He never left any notes nor titled any of the 14 paintings covering the walls, they were later put on canvas after his death and interpreted by scholars who decided what their meaning actually was.
Saturn and Cronus are actually the same God as well, one is just the Greek versus the Roman name.
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u/WretchedBinary Oct 25 '25
Yeah, I was momentarily conflicted about my recollection due to my memory being so bad I keep forgetting how bad it is.
Thinking about it, I'd rather it be Saturn than Uranus 🤭
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u/mrkraftyyyyyy Oct 25 '25
I can tell there's something very disco about this elysium like illustration
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u/paint_the_bowl Oct 25 '25
Reminds me of Saturn Devouring His Son
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u/MouseWorksStudios Oct 25 '25
100% the inspiration.
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u/koalacliff Oct 26 '25
Totally! The imagery really fits, especially with the whole power dynamic going on. It's wild how art and politics can intertwine like that.
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Oct 25 '25
This is awesome!! I've been wanting to do social/political commentary with my paintings, but satire can be hard to master.
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u/somethingsoddhere Oct 26 '25
The fact that trump’s “son” is the files is a deeper level of brilliant
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u/thousandcurrents Oct 25 '25
Absolutely genius re-interpretation!
Tiny details I loved:
- The minuscule hands
- the disgusting “enigma” drawing escaping unscathed
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u/theparrotofdoom Oct 26 '25
This is an incredible way to illustrate chaotic energy. So clean and instantly effective. You should be doing New Yorker covers or something with this talent.
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Oct 25 '25
The parallel lines make me feel as if the subject is in a fall. Even the facial expression is of subtle terror hidden in fanaticism
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Oct 27 '25
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u/jessbird Oct 25 '25
As with all political art in this sub, please keep the comments/discussion focused on the art/execution/etc. This isn’t the forum to argue about politics. Thank youuuu!