Mexican contemporary artist Emil Melmoth creates uncanny, hyper-realistic sculptures that look like surreal specimens straight out of a 19th-century medical museum.

Blending dark baroque aesthetics with Mexican death culture, Catholic iconography, and medical anatomy, his hand-sculpted works explore universal human anxieties surrounding mortality, faith, and bodily decay.

Using epoxy clay, varnished wood, and metal, Melmoth completely handcrafts these macabre figures without using molds—featuring tropes like bleeding hearts, crucifixions, and mutated anatomical structures.

Instead of disrespecting sacred beliefs, he views his creations as philosophical essays on human psychology, belief systems, and the inevitable fear of death.

His sculptures have been exhibited in iconic dark art venues such as the Last Rites Gallery in New York and the Beinart Gallery.

I really enjoyed rewatching the film in theaters, Guillermo del Toro is one of my biggest inspirations.

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This was inspired by my favorite Creepypasta internet character, use to scare me lol

Sketch for part of a new painting.