Yoann Lossel

Award-winning artist ⟡
Sculptor of memory, thresholds, and unfinished worlds.
Creator of Labyrinth.

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Late.
The map looks different at night.
I'm not sure it's the light.

Fragments of the Labyrinth — note 12
#labyrinth #fantasyart #worldbuilding

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Before the Labyrinth, I was already painting what waits.

The faun holds time still while the nymph moves toward him
across the distance between two paintings.
They will never share the same frame.

In the Labyrinth, figures like this
were watching long before you arrived.

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The map is done.

Almost.

Three places I've never been.
I left them empty.

Now, the gold.

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Some days, it feels less like drawing a map and more like listening to one.

The Labyrinth is too vast to reveal itself all at once.

So I work slowly.

Photo by Psyché Ophiuchus

IX

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#labyrinth #fantasy

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This world has a center on the maps.

I don't know if that's a habit
or a fact.

Eight directions.
One leads home.

E7-C8

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@illusionteasoul I'm deeply inspired by Art Nouveau patterns, and I spent a lot of time studying them

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Before the Labyrinth, there was Diane.

Hunter and hunted. Neither mortal.
Condemned to replay the same scene forever.

A world where the cycle has no moral.
Only a rhythm.

Diane - 2013

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Before the Labyrinth, I painted thresholds that smiled before closing.

The Morrigan

She invites. White birds. Purple silk like blood.
You walk toward the goddess, past the flowers.
Later, you notice the red at your feet.

A door identical to your dream
An exit that is a test

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Fragments of the Labyrinth — Note IX

Some routes were erased from official maps.

I marked them anyway.

The crossings between eras still exist.

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@mattievictoria9 Thank you very much ☀️

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@illusionteasoul Thanks a lot!

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E3-C6

the arena doesn't move.
the cartographer does.

↺

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@paolini Thanks a lot!

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@Orionunevi Totally!

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Fragments of the Labyrinth — Cartographer's note 7

I stopped mapping what I see.

I started mapping what recognizes you.

*(it knew your name before you arrived)*

#labyrinth #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #fantasyart #arg

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Before the Labyrinth, there was Thanatos.

Graphite, gold leaf and hydrangea petals on Arches paper.

Looking back at this piece now,
I realize I was already circling the same threshold:

the moment when identity loosens,
when something crosses,
and the masks no longer hold.

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https://t.co/5z7megIF8V

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https://t.co/osHiYohvhE

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The notebook stops mid-word.
No one knows how far he went.
Fragment 05 — Mercator’s Map.

https://t.co/rABgGWBU3m

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https://t.co/ziTDaWc7eG