The ability of artists to make marble look soft and/or alive and/or see-through will never not completely floor me.
Marble scatters and transmits light in a similar sort of way that flesh does
They didn't have porn, so getting good enough to justify the live models was a great motivator!
Me at 38

another innocent victim vitrified. when will it end?
i wish I had your talent
You look great.
Nice Art!
This is the 15 years of experience at the age of 25 the industry demand.
That bernini detail is actually insane. Marble work blows my mind.
Medusa is out there seducing all the artists.
Packs of roaming gorgons used to be a real problem back in the day.
They both in pic2
If I had to pick a stone to be for eternity though, marble ain't bad.
Eh, live fast die young leave a great-looking stone corpse!
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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