This Artist Layers Traditional Ink With Digital Glows To Quest Unconscious Realms Of Surreal Meaning

Ben Bauchau, Brussels-based Belgian illustrator and concept artist, quests for meaning in unconscious realms via traditional ink on paper layered with digital colors, crafting dreamlike surreal worlds inspired by ukiyo-e, engravings, comics, past cultures, war, nature, movement.

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