Cross-posted from "Monolith Hate" by @Maven@lemmy.zip in !curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2025
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Here more pixels
The original artwork itself without the tumblr fanfic:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210501082443/https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/n2e6y2/monolith_me_digital_ipadprocreate_2020/
I've seen the Tumblr post a bunch of times, but never the original image. The monolith has actual texture and doesn't just look like a red fill rectangle.