The hottest Visual art Substack posts right now

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Julianna Ham: Starterpack

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. The post discusses a future scenario through the lens of a professional managerial class woman's belongings. It explores themes of scarcity, automated labor, and a commercialized spirituality.
  2. The image in the post is a mix of digital composition, sculptures, and photographs. It blurs the lines between real and fake, future and past, rich and poor.
  3. The artwork is created using a variety of materials like Crystal Clear film, Rockite cement, pink marble, and mid-20th century glass, highlighting a blend of modern and traditional elements.

DJ Meisner: Burning Houses and How to Paint Them

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. Discussion on various topics like supply chain issues affecting medication availability, AI in drone strikes, therapy for mental health, and personal experiences.
  2. Reflections on art, vulnerability, and how creative expressions can capture intense emotions and loneliness.
  3. Exploration of complex societal issues like surveillance, mental health, climate change, and capitalism, leading to introspection and unanswered questions.

Troy Scully: Selected Works

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. The artist explores the human impulse toward comprehension and how it is affected by the constantly changing landscape of information.
  2. The works by Troy Scully reflect themes of political anxieties, ecological autonomy, and content fatigue.
  3. The artwork presents fragmented narratives and didactic suggestions, hinting at complex societal issues and individual experiences.

Logan Bruni: To The Heavens

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. An artist created a digital art piece featuring 3D scans of cultural objects from different sources like historical art, public app uploads, and everyday items.
  2. The digital art piece includes a mix of spiritually driven objects, kitsch toys, and everyday items such as a toothbrush and wallet.
  3. The background of the art piece is a video of a 13th-century painting of a space shuttle launch, accompanied by Britney Spears' song Everytime.

Paige K B: laugh(riot)

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. The artwork created by Paige K B in 2021 included a seven-foot-tall digital print on vinyl and two smaller drawings with a predominant color of yellow, referencing political imagery like the Gadsden flag.
  2. Paige K B's work aimed to offer a facetious take on significant events like the Capitol riots, combining humor with elements of tragedy and personal experiences with art institutions.
  3. The artwork by Paige K B incorporated intricate details, textures, and symbols such as the crane, bridging connections between internet memes, historical references, and future technological developments.
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DJ Big Dumb Idiot: Parasite

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. DJ Big Dumb Idiot's work is both deeply serious and deeply unserious, making them embolden each other.
  2. The author struggled to incorporate new knowledge into their existing art practice and needed to become DJ Big Dumb Idiot to finish their project.
  3. Parasite, a jungle tune, mourns lost futures and Mark Fisher's work, aiming to be part of a world that could be free.

Ruba Al-Sweel: The Map of Hell

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. The Map of Hell project is inspired by works by Sandro Botticelli and Caroline Busta, reimagining the internet as a deepening geological structure with different levels of access.
  2. The art project layers retro Khaleeji music and Arabic pop from the early 2000s, connecting it with the broadband internet era and the global culture created through BitTorrent and Youtube tutorials.
  3. The project sets its absurd journey in an oceanic setting, reflecting the dominance of aquatic terms in internet lingo and hinting at vast undersea cables.

Sketchbook: Abbey Pusz

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. Sketchbook consists of eight vertical video art pieces capturing spiritual desires and radical political demands for a postcapitalist future.
  2. The works in Sketchbook were originally presented as Instagram stories and serve as digital inspiration for promotional purposes.
  3. The series includes a mix of artwork and promotional content for DoNotResearch.net or the artist's physical exhibitions.

Sjef van Beers: Gamer Keyboard Wall Piece #1

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. Online culture often portrays gamers in a negative light, highlighting stereotypes such as being socially inept and aggressive.
  2. The _Gamer Keyboard Wall Piece_ series reimagines the gamer stereotype using gamer subculture visuals to give it a new political identity.
  3. The artwork _Gamer Keyboard Wall Piece #1_ uses RGB lit keys of gamer keyboards as pixels in a video installation that addresses themes like loneliness and anxiety.

Jane Balfus: Office Luck and Bounty

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. The post 'Office Luck and Bounty' reflects on the notion of freedom amidst mundane office materials and the avatar of a weeping secretary.
  2. The work explores historicizing everyday moments as precious gifts, regardless of their nature, through the lens of an ordinary worker.
  3. Collaboration with Sam Balfus, along with music by Galen Tipton and Elusin, adds depth to the artistic portrayal of themes like cuteness with violence and flirtation with hysteria.

David Noel: Loli No Knock

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 20 Apr 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. David Noel is exploring an emergent warrior culture with a focus on firearms and tactical equipment through a visual narrative.
  2. He has been collecting thousands of images from online spaces to share on social media since 2018.
  3. The video 'UtopiaExit.mov' is a key part of his re-presentation of these images based on his experiences as a veteran and online gun community participant.

The Creative Wisdom in The Art of Poster Design

Multimodal by Bakz T. Future • 0 implied HN points • 17 Feb 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. Craft, style, and concept are the three key elements in poster design. A strong concept can make a design work even if the craft and style aren't perfect.
  2. It’s important to integrate fonts and lettering early in the design process for better composition. This helps to avoid fonts feeling like an afterthought in the final piece.
  3. Using colors other than black can create more interesting designs. Dark blues or purples can add depth, making the artwork stand out more.

Canon R3 + New Lighting Setup

laserllama's blog • 0 implied HN points • 03 Jul 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art
  1. The Canon R3 camera is great for photography, especially for indoor shots with low light. It offers fantastic image quality without needing expensive gear.
  2. A good lighting setup is important for taking good pictures of small items indoors. The use of affordable softbox lighting can make a big difference.
  3. The autofocus feature on the R3 is really impressive, locking onto details like the eyes of action figures. This makes capturing sharp images much easier.