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An illustration of two people cuddling in a bed with a green blanket. A red line drawing of a lion lies on the floor beside them in a room with colourful rugs and vases.

Maria Luque’s drawings of naked people hanging out with a grumpy lion

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Date
14 July 2014

As our online editor Liv Siddall said, “If you like sex and you like lions, you’ll like these drawings,” and I think she’s probably right. Maria Luque illustrates naked couples hanging out with what I imagine is a pet lion. Her characters lounge around in the nude, lying across big beds in breezy looking apartments filled with luscious vases and intricate carpets, always accompanied by a big, red quizzical king of the cats. Maria is from Argentina, and she says that she likes to make people laugh with her work. We like her child-like hand and summery colours, and the fact that she’s definitely succeeded in making us giggle.

An illustration of a person lying on a white sofa in a brightly coloured room. A large white lion rests on the pink floor in the foreground.
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An illustration of a person sitting on a patterned rug, hugging the head of a large white lion. In the background, a small table holds a vase of flowers next to a bed with a blue blanket.
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An illustration of a bedroom with purple walls and a bright yellow floor. A person lies on a bed while a large, red-maned lion stands facing them.
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An illustration of a person lying on the back of a large white lion in a bedroom. The room features a yellow bed with a blue blanket and a white sideboard topped with books and vases.
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An illustration of a pink lion standing on a yellow surface, playing with a small pink ball. In the background, a figure hangs from a palm tree while two people lounge in floating chairs against a pink sky.
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