We nerds have different ways of populating our personal spaces with our favorite characters from pop culture. For some people, it’s action figures. For others, it’s Funko Pops or LEGO. However, we’ve ...

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Gustave Courbet claimed to paint only “real and existing things,” yet an 1864 photograph of his studio suggests otherwise. In it, a life-sized female effigy sits propped against the wall. Not even ...

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On the subject of his unique fan art, Maraio told Nerdist, “After college, I started in costume design and cosplay, which then led into creating Lifesize character displays. In the beginning, it was ...