Muhammad – No. 72 – Mascot Mashup by Ian Cavalier – Translating famous characters into 8-bit art

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Click the link to see the artwork. It’s a shame that extremism becomes a vicious downward spiral. They are ugly, so they take beauty out of the world, then they seem beautiful because there is not true beauty, and they make themselves uglier. 

Muhammad – No. 72 – Mascot Mashup by Ian Cavalier – Translating famous characters into 8-bit art.

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