"The Biologist"

"The Biologist"

[sources: x / x / x ]

Digital collage made in GIMP. Inspired by The Biologist from "Annihilation" by Jeff Vandermeer. Made with stock images from pexels.com.

"Plastic Hearts (Part I)"

PNGs of pink iridescent plastic hearts. Photos taken by me, then turned into pngs with GIMP.

[They are intended to be used as a resource, for example for moodboards or digital collages. You don't have to, but I'd be very happy if you credited and/or tagged me if you use them, I would love to see what they get used for!]

I saw these at a store in August and just had to get them and make some pngs out of them. They are so kitschy, I love it.

There is going to be a part 2; I just had so many pngs that I didn't want to put them all into one post.

"Lorem Ipsum"

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Album/playlist cover made in GIMP with stock images from unsplash.

I actually almost finished this one a few days before preparing this post already, but never could quite figure out what to do with the text. I got the idea to just add plain white text and go a bit of an 'anti-design' route lol. I originally wanted to try out making some grunge-style art and really liked the colors in this one.

Nothing fancy, but I still like this one and wanted to share it.

"Wheeliam #2 - Variation (Front Facing)"

[sources: x / x Sycamore trees, Arkholme by Ian Taylor]

Digitial collage made in GIMP using its dithering option, with stock images from pexels.com and wikimedia commons (license). Depiction of the character 'Wheeliam' from the videogame 'Who's Lila?' by Garage Heathen.

Further thoughts below the cut:

A variation of a collage I posted earlier, this one has Wheeliam directly face the viewer of the picture instead of solemnly looking towards the Sycamore trees. Made just because I wanted to see what this variation would look like.

"Phone" - Pixelart, Frame + 5 Variations (Frame without display; solid gray display; transparent display; dithered displays)

Pixelart made in Aseprite.

Fun fact about the transparent screen (variation 3): It works! I can kinda use it as a filter in a way, I just put the png over an image or background and you get an altered effect. I tried this - fittingly - with my pixelart of the Rolling Giant:

(something something The Authentic Wyatt Experience.)]

Phones seem to be one of the easier shapes to turn into pixelart, at least for me - very geometrical, even though this one needed some tinkering as well, but not as much as for the ladybug; the ladybug took 2-3 hours, this one more like 1-2.

I had a lot of fun working on the screen, and the transparent option brings me a lot of joy because it means I could pull this little thing up and use it for other art pieces, as demonstrated above. Makes me wanna make pixel TVs and screens and the likes.

I also like that I could turn this one into a pattern and put different pics on the displays, or even use the phone as a 'canvas' to make small art pieces. I'm very giddy about all the possibilities.

"Who's Lila? - Martha Jennings" aesthetic/moodboard

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Aesthethic/Moodboard made with GIMP using stock images from pexels.com and unsplash for the character "Martha Jennings" from the videogame "Who's Lila?" by Garage Heathen. Both the game and this piece of art make use of 'dithering'.

This one took me longer to make than the other ones; only when I accidentally found the 'love' decoration did I get to finish it tbh. I am glad I managed to find enough pictures to do so.

I didn't want it to solely focus on the (possible) fate of Martha, but like with Mike, I wanted to try and include what little we learn about her; 'fast food for breakfast' and all that. The picture of her opening her eyes wide is more about the confrontation on the roof for example.

One of the more difficult aesthetics I have made, but I like interacting with the game and its characters in this way, it makes me more aware of some of their characteristics and quirks.