Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare, or a witches sabbath or a portrait of the devil; but only a great painter can make such a thing really scare or ring true. That's because only a real artist knows the anatomy of the terrible, or the physiology of fear. H.P. Lovecraft
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An artist is someone who has the ability to capture the intense emotion of horror because they have an understanding of how horror affects people. Artists are great at understanding the psychology behind their work. They are able to use their knowledge to portray these psychological elements in a way that can be understood by others.

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