Art Showcase - The Human Experience

The following 2 are part of a 3 slides picture collection titled 'Winter'. Apart from being a collection about winter, all three feature dogs, which is an automatic plus.

Starting from the style itself, I like the use of the square brush, it gives this grainy pixelated feel around the edge of the lines that ends up making it feel cute and 'fuzzy'. As for the contents of the image itself, we can see the mountainside in the back, with its dead trees, judging from the slope on the right of the image, we can maybe even assume this is a town near or in the mountainside. From how tall the snow is piled up we can guess it snows pretty heavily in this town. There is also the detail of the ground still being wet from the snow that had melted. All of these details making you immersed in the scenario of the drawing.

Here we see a foxman (I will be referring to any OC or character in general terms) either thinking about something or simply resting their mind, as they sit on the edge of what I can assume is a bridge, that has been tagged with various graffiti. I specifically like the setting in this one, sitting on the edge of a place that can be dangerous to fall down from can bring you to various trains of thought. Overcoming the stress and anxiety of potentially falling down to your death can be kind of therapeutic, and also euphoric if you're an adrenaline junkie. On the other hand, sitting on a bridge is also generally not the place where you'd find lots of people, so the contrast between that solitary, calm feeling and the fact of still being on a major piece of human infrastructure I find interesting.

Yet another furry artwork, this time of a dogman, standing on a balcony of their house or based on the sprawling forest and mountains in the background, perhaps even a fire watch tower. He is looking out into the nature in the distance with a cup of tea by their side and radio that may or may not be turned on. I think the addition of old-looking radio helps sell that relaxed atmosphere, due to its disconnect from the overstimulation of modern technology.

This one is just of what I'm assuming to be a wolfman, enjoying a big bite of a delicious looking burger, with some sauce, a side of fries and a cold carbonated beverage. I like eating good food, doesn't even have to be something fancy, nothing wrong with enjoying a good burger, not much more to say.

In this example we have a cute, low poly 3d render of a cat, listening to some music while getting some work done. The sun already set, the last moments of light in the day passing as we see outside the windows the sky already beginning to darken, small table light on. The vibes are comfy and immaculate and a situation that I think most people can relate to.

This piece is a fanart of Danmeshi characters. I really like the genre of people drawing characters from media, in contexts that don't really function within the world that they are originally set in.
I also like how we have these two together, resting on this bench, despite the fact that neither are actively engaging with each other and are doing different activities. A bonus is the fact that it's set in autumn, objectively the best season.

What I liked in this set of pictures are specifically pictures 1 and 2. The lack of oversaturated colors and the use of regular imagery helps the moment feel less romanticized or inauthentic and instead feel more genuine. Not to say there isn't a place for more colorful portrayals of these types of things, but to me for this one, that fact plays into it's strengths.

I like the lack of detail and even color in this one. It gives more attention to the moment itself, the context of which we can't even be entirely sure of. We don't know the type of relationship these two people have, we don't know what or why exactly the person here is shedding a tear. They could be riding a bus or something, one of them tired and resting, while the other is listening to a sad song or something akin to that. They could have been watching a movie, one of them too tired to continue watching while the other is already too invested and has put on headphones in order to finish the movie without disturbing the other. I like the inherent freedom of interpretation given here, no matter if it was by design or not.

This next one takes a little step back from reality, as we see our main character onboard some type of train on the surface of mars (concluded from the text on the TV screen). In this image this may not even be a single ride, but a place of either temporary or permanent residence. This vibe is calm, relaxing and cozy. It reminds me of another rabbit hole I like to go down every once in a while, and that is mobile homes. I'll drop some links of videos I watched related to this semi-recently down here too.

extra links:
Bus Off with Josie
MinivanLife

I like all the pieces in this collection. We see the various activities in the daily lives of this couple. I love the way these works showcase their various ways of spending time together, enjoying each others presence in their everyday lives, drawn in this 'messy' art-style, giving the works a mix of silly and dreamlike feel, which reminds me a tad bit of Tsukimizu's works. The nice and cute representation of what I assume is a lesbian couple is also a nice bonus.

This one feels very wholesome, I love how homey it feels. It feels as if the photo was taken suddenly and unplanned, like the person taking the photo got the sudden idea that they want to capture this moment with their friend, yet the person in the background seems to be generally unaware that the picture is even being taken. It feels like a spontaneous moment of appreciation and presence, It's really cute.

This time we have a still life drawing. The reason why I included this one is because, while going through my likes and retweets, looking for art that fit this showcase, I stumbled upon this drawing, and thought it was really cool that someone decided that for their still life drawing, they'd paint 4 tomatoes. I think it's cool that for whatever reason this specific fruit (I won't go into the classification discussion) got the attention in the artist's brain for them to make this piece. Personally I've done a little bit of gardening work myself and have taken care of and picked tomatoes from a garden, so maybe there's something subconsciously reminding me of those days here, too.

Now, I'd like to shift the focus to a couple of more abstract examples, by examining light and photography. For this artist, what's probably instantly noticed is his use of lighting, specifically how it's edited in post. His intensification of the lights, the bloom and glow, that oftentimes makes for an automatic contrast in many of his pictures stand out. But there are two types of his photos I'd like to talk about specifically, and those are photos that include what are really ordinary subjects, and those of the sky and clouds.

Ordinary objects - For these, I don't have too much to add other than that, similarly to the still life painting of the tomatoes, think it's really interesting when someone simply spots something that to them is unusually cool, most people can recognize something visually appealing, but just looking at the ground, seeing a shadow be formed in a specific way, and decide to capture it along with some of the other elements around it, is a neat thing.

Sky and clouds - Speaking of something generally appealing, pictures of the sky I think are universal, just about anyone with a phone has a multitude of them even if they don't have any interest in actual photography. That being said, what sticks out to me, from the pictures of this artist, is the feeling that they give me. His style, the strong light and saturation give a kind of Frutiger aero type of cleanness to the images, cleanness that is paired with a more surreal feel. I also like how for some of them, the sky itself feels like it is moving, the composition itself gives you a sense of direction and velocity, making you imagine a kind of 'mental timelapse' of the clouds moving and the days passing by.