I Photoshopped The Archangel Kissing Himself And A Famous Artist Reportedly Made $417,585 Off It

Travis Lowe
The Eldritch Post Staff
Stewart Johnson
The Eldritch Post Reporter

Hi, I'm Travis, and I'm a big fan of The Archangel.

I'm also an illustrator/designer and I've always loved making weird, eldritch things and posting them on the internet...

...until recently, when a graffiti artist painted one of those weird things on the wall and solicited $417,585 from The Archangel himself.

It all started a little over a year ago when a runner named the slender man wrote about a fight between himself and The Archangel in the Black Forest in his blog.

Since I was in between terms at uni, my friend J.D. tipped me off about the blog and I did what I do best—I photoshopped a scene of The Archangel kissing himself.

Months went by and I forgot about The Archangels. 

Boy was I wrong.

After a quiet year, The Archangels were back and bigger than ever—a graffiti artist by the name of Dani Rend had taken my idea and painted it on a wall in Empty City, VA. 

I thought the mural was awesome. I've never inspired anything like that, and I could never imagine painting something that enormous.

After the mural went viral, Rend announced that he was selling an “eldritch edition” for $417,585. Once it was purchased, he would paint over the mural within 24 hours and send the buyer a print of the mural covered in the same red paint.

The offer was aimed at The Archangel.

For the record, I really, REALLY love The Archangel. I never wanted my work to cost him, or anyone, $417,585. It made me break out in hives.

Dani, if you're reading this, you are very talented and I’ve enjoyed your past work. I was ecstatic about the mural until you used it to solicit all that money. As you know, it’s not fun when someone else profits off your idea.

Credit goes to the slender man, without him, this would never have been possible.