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French surrealist Guy Billout is responsible for some of the most awesomely thought-provoking illustrations you'll see out there. The key to his meaningful artworks is that they don't just shout "surrealism", but usually feature settings that look totally realistic until one detail turns everything around.

Guy Billout finished his art training in France, in the city of Beaune. Which then led him into advertising, where he spent a few years before coming to New York City in 1969. That's where his career really took off after a successful publication of his unique art in the New York Magazine.

This allowed Billout to express himself freely in his meaningful drawings, unleashing his surreal mind which the artist later shared with the biggest US media outlets like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and many more, including even several books, like the collection of Greek mythology.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    even though you may feel broken outside sometimes, your true self is well put together.

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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is that what happen after a huge rain and the sewage system can't handle it?

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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One assuming they need to go great distances. In hind sight, it's closer than one may think.

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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd hate to be the guy getting stuck behind the truck in traffic.

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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i loved this one, for reflection, about war.. and what is best on our wonderful blue planet

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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    " Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my rag time gal!"

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