I often wonder what our lives would be like if digital computers and communities did not exist. 

If we were limited to only what we knew from the things we perceive in our corporeal environments.

There are actors in every facet of the digital society, some born in the flesh and some born through a code.

All have an objective, some benefit you, some don't.

But all corrupt, and all are closer than you think, seen or unseen.

Scratching, clawing, and picking at your sacred heart.



-Made fully from scratch using Blender3d

Corruption of a Sacred Heart

 It started with an image, a single click of the camera pointed towards a half naked woman, scars on her chest, the machine didn't like this, it demanded modesty. Techniques were used to appease the machine.

 Black boxes of obscuration were drawn until the woman was almost unrecognizable. The machine liked this. It filled the boxes with what it wanted, a dress, an inhuman waist, nothing of what was once there. 

 The question must be asked, is it still the woman, or is it something else, a mirror, a husk or a transformation.

Giving In

"The Fall" is a 3D digital artwork that investigates the duality of artistry today. It features an astronaut, a symbol of boundless creativity, and a more realistic figure representing the solemn, intellectual side of art. These two characters endlessly collide and separate, capturing the struggle between free artistic expression and the desire for a salient, resonant voice speaking directly to contemporary issues. Utilizing AI, motion capture, hard surface modeling, hand animation, and compositing, I've attempted to illustrate my digital art journey, touching on feelings of isolation, abrupt disruptions, and the whirlwind of emotions that come with new relationships - to people, to technology, and to the self. In essence, "The Fall" is an exploration of life, love, and the constant balancing act between the two sides of a modern digital art practice. This piece is a sincere attempt to encapsulate and share these rich and often conflicting experiences.

The Fall

The door is an introspective piece. I am confronting the idea of what it means to be a world builder and a storyteller in the modern era, using an array of software instead of a brush and canvas. How connected to the work are we when we utilize modern technology? Does this make our work less valid because of the lack of physicality? I don’t believe so. 

The stranger/ the visitor is a recurring character within my body of work, originally created as a metaverse avatar named the exo-1, they have taken on a life of their own. They are a visitor/ a vessel for many of the themes I am trying to tell through my body of work yet I have never confronted them directly. I have embodied them via motion capture technology and spent hours crafting them but never appeared in the same frame as them. The door is the idea of opening the barrier between the physical and digital world.

This piece utilizes many different softwares/ techniques and is a foray into a new line of work that is meant to close the gap between the fantastical and the real.

Softwares/materials used: Blender, wonder dynamics, after effects, mask prompter, substance painter, various plugins, rokoko motion capture suit, physical camera, vr headset, gaea, Polycam

The Door

Fuck You Light!

I Can Still Feel Your Touch

The lost ones seek the king of old, his armour, their destination.

It doesn't come without a price though....

Inspired by We are all Going to Die: https://twitter.com/wagdie_eth

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