Murugiah reimagines George Orwell’s 1984 with psychedelic illustration and dripping paint

December 4, 2025

Murugiah reimagines George Orwell’s 1984 with psychedelic illustration and dripping paint

For the hand-painted cover, Murugiah recreated his digital mock up drawings onto heavy stock watercolour paper with red ink. After the ink drawings were done, they were then taped to the drawing board where Murugiah dripped paint and moved the paper around, applying randomised brush strokes onto the paper. The result is a richly textured

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