Archive | Wyvern's Art Archive

This is the page of the actual archive. Posts are sorted in reverse date order, meaning that the newest posts will be on top and older posts will be towards the bottom. Each post should have links to the original source. All notes are my own, unless otherwise stated.

Post Number: 101
Original Source: Reddit
Title: Biblically accurate Angel
Artist: @wizardbutter on Reddit
Date Created/Posted: 2022
Date Archived: 4/23/2025
Notes: I can't believe I haven't put any biblically accurate angels in here. I love the concept, and the original Bible passage this comes from (Ezekiel 10:9-14).

Post Number: 100
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: @simkaye on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 3/13/2025
Date Archived: 4/14/2025
Notes: I've always had a fascination with dragons. To me, they represent humanity's imagination, but also the power of opinion. Dragons, classically, are seen as villains or monsters. In the oldest stories, they were a test of strength (think Beowulf). In the Middle Ages, dragons shifted to be a representation of moral evils: St. George had to slay the dragon to convert the village to Christianity (that part of the legend is often downplayed these days, but it's true!). Nowadays, dragons are more often represented as misunderstood, not evil (like the dragon in Shrek). This is all from Western culture; in Eastern culture, dragons are often symbols of luck and fortune.
This dragon specifically is more political than most dragons I like. It was particularly about the pressure on the LGBTQ+ community; the dragon's colors are supposed to evoke the colors of the trans flag. The artist themselves wrote, "The emboldened, rising tide of fascism in the US has me reflecting a lot about the importance of standing up for our marginalized communities in meaningful ways. There is power in unity - we must build our communities, support our neighbors, and stand together." This message of standing strong is a good one to leave this archive on, at least for now.

Post Number: 99
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: @ramonn90 on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 3/8/2025
Date Archived: 4/14/2025
Notes: I love the reflections on the side of the bag. I've posted several fish throughout this series, and I think it's because of the wonderful reflections they can have.

Post Number: 98
Original Source: Flickr
Title: This Island Earth
Artist: Leo Bodreau
Date Created/Posted: 11/4/2020
Date Archived: 4/14/2025
Notes: This sci-fi, absurd vibe is striking.

Post Number: 97
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: swagvo1d
Date Created/Posted: 3/14/2025
Date Archived: 4/13/2025
Notes: I love the shading on the beetle.

Post Number: 96
Original Source: Peculiar Manicule
Title: Astrologicalendar 1971
Artist: Peter Max
Date Created/Posted: 1971
Date Archived: 4/13/2025
Notes: This bright style is super cool.

Post Number: 95
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Please click on each image containing an adult deer.
Artist: @l0stvegas on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 11/28/2022
Date Archived: 4/13/2025
Notes: This is some stunningly weird digital art (it's not AI, but it is a comment on AI and captchas).

Post Number: 94
Original Source: jasongringler.info
Title: eBAY SCULPTURE (EXTENDED iPHONE) (47 CM)
Artist: Jason Gringler
Date Created/Posted: 2/16/2023
Date Archived: 4/13/2025
Notes: Sometimes, you need to read a really long text post. But you don't want to scroll. This is the solution.

Post Number: 93
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: If I stretch my arms as far as they go, I can feel the edges of the sky
Artist: Cosimo Galluzzi
Date Created/Posted: 3/11/2025
Date Archived: 4/13/2025
Notes: I just can't stop featuring Galluzzi on this blog. These works are all so inspiring.

Post Number: 92
Original Source: Colossal
Title: Unknown
Artist: Jan Kalab
Date Created/Posted: Unknown
Date Archived: 4/13/2025
Notes: This artist does a lot of wall or building-sized installations, this is one such installation.

Post Number: 91
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Mortal Coil
Artist: @niko4696 on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 10/9/2024
Date Archived: 4/13/2025
Notes: The movement and detail is so cool.

Post Number: 90
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: Helene Timma
Date Created/Posted: 8/14/2024
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: This was made as part of a challenge, and the artist fleshes out the concept of the dragon more in the notes underneath the picture on the original post.

Post Number: 89
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: pov you're me in 2008
Artist: @forystr on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 3/11/2025
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: I love the perspective, and all the little references to 2008. It's like a mini game of scavenger hunt.

Post Number: 88
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: I NEED SOME SPACE
Artist: @8pxl on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 8/3/2024
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: Concept for a holographic charm. I love the pixel art look.

Post Number: 87
Original Source: Instagram
Title: Draconis Wisteria
Artist: Joss Ivanwood
Date Created/Posted: 6/27/2024
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: This artist makes beautiful Lego sculptures, often out of kits designed for other things. He has a talent for creating form out of these blocky shapes. This piece specifically was made as part of a challenge: each month in 2024, he would make a different dragon, since 2024 was the year of the Dragon in Chinese culture. As you can probably tell from the title, this dragon is made in the image of the Wisteria plant, a flower I've always had a fascination for. Ivanwood does too, which is why he decided to make this dragon. In his description of this image, he says, "I find the chaotic and semi random nature of roots and branches very freeing to sculpt." I very much agree. Organic shapes can be difficult to make look natural, but the randomness of nature and the time and effort put in always calm me down when I'm drawing or sculpting something from nature.
I have had a fascination with Lego sculptures for years. A year or two ago, the San Antonio Botanical Gardens had Lego sculptor Sean Kenney put Lego sculptures all around their botanical gardens. The artificial bricks of Lego contrasted beautifully with the flowering gardens, and Kenney made the inanimate objects look lifelike with gentle curves and amazing feats of balance.

Post Number: 86
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: @swagvo1d on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 3/6/2025
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: I like how this parodies the pictures of men with their "biggest catch" fishes, whether it was intentional or not.

Post Number: 85
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Tona
Artist: @corrodedparadox on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 3/2/2025
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: Another one to add to my surrealist fish collection! The alt text describes this fish as "skyscraper-sized" which I think is fitting.

Post Number: 84
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled (experimental thing from a while ago)
Artist: @em-iliart on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/11/2025
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: This reminds me of the Minecraft paintings and the actual paintings they were based on. It is digital art.

Post Number: 83
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Presence of absence
Artist: A. L. Crego
Date Created/Posted: 3/3/2025
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: This is a work only able to be fully realized in digital form.

Post Number: 82
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: The Torments of Creative Work
Artist: Leonid Osipovich Pasternak
Date Created/Posted: 1891
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: This is relatable to many creatives, and this was made thirty years ago.

Post Number: 81
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: We keep going
Artist: Cosimo Galluzzi
Date Created/Posted: 3/6/2025
Date Archived: 3/31/2025
Notes: A message of perseverance against impossible odds.

Post Number: 80
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: First Night in the City
Artist: @olliemnjones on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 3/6/2025
Date Archived: 3/23/2025
Notes: This is a very relatable feeling. Austin's many roads in the sky give me the same vertigo I get looking at this piece.

Post Number: 79
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: eevee's walk
Artist: @poqu on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/28/2025
Date Archived: 3/23/2025
Notes: This is a Pokemon fanart. I love the domestic scene, it really brings the characters to life.

Post Number: 78
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Dreamer
Artist: @dreams-incorporated on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/10/2025
Date Archived: 3/23/2025
Notes: I, personally, hate the suburban sprawl of cookie-cutter single family homes with just enough lawn to make you miss real nature. It creates a sense of total isolation from your neighbors despite being literal feet away, and only contributes more to the growing rates of loneliness in the digital age. This piece illustrates that beautifully. Everyone looks the put together and just-lively-enough on the outside (hence the suburban homes), but everyone is living individual and broken lives. As someone who grew up in one of these homes, the people living there like to hide anything less than cookie-cutter perfect from view.
I especially love the singled out home with the italicized font. Where every other message was about how the people living inside were somehow morally bankrupt, this one states something positive, yet equally hidden away: that the person being described still likes to dream. Because we do not just hide the "bad stuff" from view, but also the things that make us who we are. We hide anything unique about ourselves as a defense mechanism, but it only causes more pain.
This is an example of a "weirdcore" or "dreamcore" artwork, a type of art that fascinates me deeply. It often uses suburban liminal spaces (like the empty neighborhood shown here) along with sparse words that imply some kind of emotion or state of being. It often feels like an image you'd see in a dream, or remember from a dream, hence the name. Not all of them have to include the theme of dreaming directly like this one does, though.

Post Number: 77
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Personal Work
Artist: Min.K Shin
Date Created/Posted: 2024
Date Archived: 3/23/2025
Notes: This piece has beautiful, warm colors. It's a house I want to live in.

Post Number: 76
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Sketch Paintings 2025
Artist: Robbie Aldis
Date Created/Posted: 2/2025
Date Archived: 3/23/2025
Notes: I already put in one artwork from Aldis, but this one really struck me. The subject of this piece is something I've tried to draw many times, but I've never gotten it to look how I see it in my mind. This is exactly what I was thinking when I tried to draw it.

Post Number: 75
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Cosimo Galluzzi
Artist: Red means go
Date Created/Posted: 3/2/2025
Date Archived: 3/4/2025
Notes: I love the lighting coming from the star in the center of the creature.

Post Number: 74
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: love you forever no matter what
Artist: thirdtimed
Date Created/Posted: 3/1/2025
Date Archived: 3/4/2025
Notes: I love the message of the post. I will always love my dog, no matter what, and she will always love me.

Post Number: 73
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Faint aurora over Juneau, Alaska
Artist: @highways-are-liminal-spaces on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 12/3/2022
Date Archived: 3/4/2025
Notes: I love seeing auroras in different forms; sometimes they are bright and many-colored, and sometimes they're a faint green. It doesn't make them any less magical.

Post Number: 72
Original Source: NAME
Title: Untitled (very hard to do)
Artist: @anasabdin on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 3/1/2025
Date Archived: 3/4/2025
Notes: This is 40 frames long, but they somehow only used 7 colors. I especially love the light reflecting off the snow.

Post Number: 71
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Dolly Purrton
Artist: @vadowdy on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/25/2025
Date Archived: 3/4/2025
Notes: She's a very cute cat. Also, this was made in Procreate, a digital art program. I thought it was made with pastels when I first saw it.

Post Number: 70
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Corinne taking shelter from the rain
Artist: @coffeecakecafe on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/19/2025
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: I love this comic book-illustration style art; it is detailed, yet not overly so, and conveys emotion without being too busy.

Post Number: 69
Original Source: dottech.org
Title: How did someone hang a monitor from power lines…?
Artist: @Ashraf on DotTech
Date Created/Posted: 4/16/2013
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: This certainly wasn't meant to be a piece of artwork, more just a funny moment to share with the Internet. But this image has circulated online for almost 12 years, and one commenter from Tumblr reframed it in a beautiful way, saying "An angel got stuck on the way back to heaven". This follows a common theme of using technology as a symbol for the divine, especially angels. Back in some of my first posts on this archive (post number 2, even), Tumblr users compare vintage or extremely complex technology to angels--unknowable, yet beautiful in an abstract sense. This image fits that theme in an unexpected way; instead of appearing as an all-powerful, "do not be afraid" type of angel, this humble vintage monitor hangs by only a hook many feet into the air on a power line. Below it is a light, possibly glare from the photo or a blurred image of the moon. It might also be part of the computer, hanging by a near-invisible string in the grainy photo. It only adds to the angelic feeling; perhaps this light is the angel's halo. The low resolution of the image from what seems to be a traffic camera adds a "found footage" effect, adding a sense of seeing something that wasn't meant to be recorded.

Post Number: 68
Original Source: MutualArt.com
Title: Sfumato
Artist: Salvador Dali
Date Created/Posted: 1972
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: It's a famous piece, and for good reason. The lights and darks combine beautifully to create form.

Post Number: 67
Original Source: Tumblr
Title:
Artist: @yuumei_art on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/22/2024
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: The contrast of the fox on the white background works really well with the subtle colors used in the white.

Post Number: 66
Original Source: Twitter/X
Title: Untitled
Artist: @mme_daigaku on Twitter/X
Date Created/Posted: 12/24/2024
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: The artist does a whole bunch of artworks in this style, and I find the combination of mediums fascinating, much lik epost number 23 which I went into detail on.

Post Number: 65
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: my great pee paw twigglesnort god rest his beautiful soul he died fighgting in the great vietgnome war stepping on a deliviish Sugarstick Trap that just destroyed his tiny body may his legacy live on 🙏
Artist: @deepseasmetro on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 11/21/2024
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: This is a hilarious post, beautifully rendered.

Post Number: 64
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Mary Magenta
Artist: @cds-art on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/21/2025
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: A Minecraft stack of posts! The movement on this piece is spectacular. It's album art for another Tumblr user.

Post Number: 63
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Girl & Cat
Artist: Robbie Aldis
Date Created/Posted: June 2024
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: This is just one work in a series titled Girl & Cat. I don't know how to denote that this is only on eof a series, so I'm putting it in here. But I love the clouds and the overall composition.

Post Number: 62
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: .🎠✨.
Artist: @klimtsonian on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/6/2025
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: Fanart of Chappel Roan's outfit at the Grammys. I love the framing and the serenity in the face.

Post Number: 61
Original Source: thomasblackshearii.com
Title: Untitled
Artist: Thomas Blackshear II
Date Created/Posted: Unknown
Date Archived: 3/2/2025
Notes: I originally had another artwork in mind, but A) I couldn't confirm it was Blackshear's, since it wasn't on his website or other social media, and B) when I saw this, I fell in love. I'm a sucker for dragons, but the rendering on this is amazing.

Post Number: 60
Original Source: Twitter/X
Title: practicing stroke efficiency
Artist: @PluviumG on Twitter/X
Date Created/Posted: 10/6/2024
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: This is a good example of less being more. It looks photorealistic from a distance/at first glance, but as you look, you see the large, square pieces that make up the fish and the water.

Post Number: 59
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Mordred the Usurper
Artist: Anato Finnstark
Date Created/Posted: 2/17/2025
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: The figure is some type of royalty, judging from the branching crown, and it beckons the viewer forward.

Post Number: 58
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: @grotusrinocerose on Tumblr (deactivated account)
Date Created/Posted: 2022
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: This is a combination post with #57. Where keke's post was lighthearted and bouncy, grotusrinocerose imagines it as a darker samurai story.

Post Number: 57
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Be careful princess 🌸
Artist: @k-eke on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/16/2022
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: This is a combination post with #58. This one was done first, and keke often reanimates pictures of animals like this.

Post Number: 56
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: siphon
Artist: @mothtech on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/5/2025
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: The relationship between the two figures is clearly unhealthy, yet the figure on the bottom makes no move to resist the other.

Post Number: 55
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: travel cat
Artist: Elias Ericson
Date Created/Posted: 1/21/2025
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: This reminds me of piece number 21, both in the subject matter and the color scheme of the cat. But I want to focus on hte inking style here.

Post Number: 54
Original Source: Twitter/X
Title: plotblo0p
Artist: John Provencher
Date Created/Posted: 1/22/2025
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: This si a good example of resolution. What looks like a bbunch of dots at first slowly becomes a recognizable figure.

Post Number: 53
Original Source: New York Public Library
Title: Ballet production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Artist: NYC Ballet, photographed by Martha Swope
Date Created/Posted: 1966
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: This is a ballet, but the lighting, acting, and photography all worked together to make it look like a Renaissance painting.

Post Number: 52
Original Source: My photo
Title: Color Walk 4
Artist: Wyvern Of Whimsy (me)
Date Created/Posted: 2/16/2025
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: This is a playground that I saw on my walk last week. It is a smaller subsection of a larger playground, but this area specifically was closed off. I would like to draw your attention to the colors in this photo. The white sign stating to "keep out" draws the viewer's eye first, which leads the viewer to see the rest of the orange caution tape, clearly warning people to not use the playground. This protective barrier has clearly been here for at least a few days, since many of the railings have been knocked to the ground. What I find interesting, though, is that the wood on the playground is also very saturated. It has been stained a brighter shade of brown, likely to look more inviting and playful, thereby encouraging kids to play on it. I couldn't find a reason why the playground was closed; the wood looks sturdy and relatively new, and there isn't much that kids could hurt themselves on. But maybe there is some other issue with the playground not visible at a glance. The mainly gray surroundings from the mostly-barren trees to the desaturated wood chips only make the focus of the photograph stand out even more.
*Note: I blocked out the city name on the sign for privacy reasons.

Post Number: 51
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: LAKE HOUSE
Artist: @trcshbirb on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/6/2025
Date Archived: 2/23/2025
Notes: Another creepy piece, but this one plays with shadows and material. The figure peels off of the block of water.

Post Number: 50
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Not a big fan of what melatonin has been doing to my dreams lately.
Artist: @draconym on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 7/16/2024
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: Once salmon lay their eggs/fertilize them depending on their sex, they die. And yet, they do so anyway, to continue their species.

Post Number: 49
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Insects - organic viruses
Artist: seok young choi_Insects
Date Created/Posted: 7/2024
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: This is delightfully creely, inhuman and yet terrifyingly humanlike.

Post Number: 48
Original Source: Instagram
Title: bed rot
Artist: Qualeasha Wood
Date Created/Posted: 2024
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: This has a similar vibe to the work by May Murad (post 5), but it conveys a sense of defeat instead of defiance.

Post Number: 47
Original Source: Instagram
Title: but i am safe in here
Artist: Glen Martin Taylor
Date Created/Posted: 8/2024
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: Staying in your comfort zone can only last so long.

Post Number: 46
Original Source: Instagram
Title: Untitled
Artist: Shou Xin
Date Created/Posted: 12/2024
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: Xin makes a lot of expressionist cats like this. I want to be able to convey complex forms using so few brushstrokes like this.

Post Number: 45
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: @maviyenot on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 12/21/2024
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: If this isn't the original photographer, please let me know. I tried to reverse image search it, but couldn't find anything. I love the creativity, though.

Post Number: 44
Original Source: DeviantArt
Title: kotik
Artist: @t-a-t-k-a on DeviantArt
Date Created/Posted: 9/10/2009
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: I didn't know this when I saw it for the first time, but this is apparently a meme; people will edit other things onto the cat, parodying the coriginal genuine message. I love the piece for its sincerity and its sense of mourning, and I kind of hate how its message has been cheapened.

Post Number: 43
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: @demiglint on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/17/2025
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: I'm starting to think I just really love this color combo of purple, pink, and blue. The added yellow creates more contrast.

Post Number:
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Ghost Guard
Artist: Puba 24
Date Created/Posted: 2/17/2025
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: This is from a video game made by the artist!

Post Number: 42
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Identity (David and Jean)
Artist: Lautaro Gonzalez
Date Created/Posted: 2/17/2025
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: These are character designs for a short fim titled "Identity" (not out yet).

Post Number: 41
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: 电线杆 (Telephone Pole)
Artist: Xiaohan Yu
Date Created/Posted: 2024
Date Archived: 2/17/2025
Notes: This telephone pole is an interesting perspective piece, and uses color so strongly yet subtly that it blends in with the rest of the piece to create a beautiful artwork. I chose it for this week because of its interesting use of color. The piece is almost completely blue (aka monochromatic), except for some red and light yellow highlights. The clouds and sky are, of course, blue, but that reflects onto the telephone pole. The shadows bring the telephone pole closer to purple, which contrasts nicely with the only bit of yellow in the piece: the highlights on top of the clouds. One of the most interesting parts of the piece is that the artist lined some of the clouds in red at their lightest points. Not only does this separate out individual clouds, but it also draws your eye even more fiercely to the clouds. The red is so barely-there it feels more pink, which creates an odd effect and makes it feel like the more saturated spot where light and shadow meet. The telephone pole itself also feels very grounded with its detailed electrical boxes. They are rusting over, as one would expect from a metal box sitting outside for years. And yet you can tell the pole is still operational because of the many cords coming off of it. The bird silhouettes also add a touch of humanity to the piece.

Post Number: 40
Original Source: maurocmartinez.com
Title: Trust
Artist: Mauro C. Martinez
Date Created/Posted: 2022
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: This is an oil painting on linen. This is one high-tech setup!

Post Number: 39
Original Source: LatAM Arte
Title: Untitled
Artist: Fabio Gomes Trindade
Date Created/Posted: 8/24/2021
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: Trinidad incorporates trees and plants into his murals, often making them hair.

Post Number: 38
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Silver moon dragon
Artist: qing ying
Date Created/Posted: 2023
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: The circular movement of the piece is amazing. It is also a dragon, which I am a huge sucker for.

Post Number: 37
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: The Atlantic is an Eldrich God
Artist: @dorywhynot on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 2/1/2025
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: This strong expression of decay with two subjects complementing each other has a profound message.

Post Number: 36
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: Somewhere in the woods
Artist: Quentin Marsollier
Date Created/Posted: 2/2025
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: The warm collors of the piece make it inviting; if this had been in cool tones, or black and white, the feeling would be very different.

Post Number: 35
Original Source: ArtStation
Title: What used to be
Artist: Emilie Vaccarini
Date Created/Posted: 9/2024
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: Vaccarini has several environmental pieces like this, and all of them evoke a sense of mystery.

Post Number: 34
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled
Artist: @bogleech on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/7/2023
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: I love the way the moss drapes over the stone.

Post Number: 33
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Asking for Directions
Artist: @the-elf-draws on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 8/28/2022
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: At first glance, this piece seems to be about the beauty of space and the moon, and how angelic it is to see the world from such a perspective. It is enchanting, but looking a little closer reveals another, sadder meaning, and it all comes from this one detail: the astronaut's helmet is cracked. Someone with a cracked helmet obviously cannot live in the vacuum of space when they need air to live. This turns the piece from a heartwarming scene to a dark one: the astronaut is dying, and the angel is "directing" him to the afterlife. Presumably, the astronaut died alone, since we don't see any other astronauts or even a spaceship nearby. It is only the space-farer, the angel, and the cold emptiness of an uninhabited moon. The artist doesn't even show the Earth in the background to say that there is other life, even if it's thousands of miles away. The astronaut is completely isolated, except for this kind angel who came to show him the way to a new life. It's unclear whether the angel will be the astronaut's guide all the way to the afterlife, or if the angel's job is merely to tell them where to go and then leave. But I hope that the astronaut will at least find others once they reach their destination.

Post Number: 32
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled (Friends: Do some D&D art! Me: Like this?)
Artist: @contentious-shrew on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 6/12/2017
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: I just love the reflections from the translucent dice. This is a photorealistic piece, but I don't know whether this is digital art or painting. Edit 4/23/2025: it seems they've deleted this post, but their blog is still active.

Post Number: 31
Original Source: laceinthemoon.com
Title: Can I Please Eat In The Computer Room Tonight?
Artist: Nicole Nikolich
Date Created/Posted: 2025
Date Archived: 2/10/2025
Notes: I love the tapestries of different computer windows connected to the computer itself. The creative representation of the different things you could do on old computers brings nostalgia.

Post Number: 30
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: april storms and dragons like butterflies!
Artist: @swordandsnorcery on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 10/5/2019
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: I love dragons being compared to butterflies; it's not a comparison I would have made myself, but I can see it after this piece.

Post Number: 29
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Untitled (waterfall drawing i did yaaay)
Artist: @calware on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/29/2025
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: The subtle brush texturing creates a sketchy feeling.

Post Number: 28
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Such a vibe.
Artist: Hannah aka @gutlessdispair on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 11/23/2024
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: The perspective and the fog create a spooky atmosphere.

Post Number: 27
Original Source: fabioviale.it
Title: Untitled
Artist: Fabio Viale
Date Created/Posted: 1/13/2022
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: This is a marble sculpture, made to look like Styrofoam. Viale has many beautiful sculptures, but this is what I found him from.

Post Number: 26
Original Source: Unsplash
Title: Untitled
Artist: Danijel Durkovic
Date Created/Posted: 2/18/2019
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: It was hard to track down the original photographer. A lot of people use this as a "futuristic" image; this is actually from a real place.

Post Number: 25
Original Source: Flickr
Title: Mullae
Artist: Isaac Sachs
Date Created/Posted: 10/7/2019
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: This is a beautiful photograph. The composition and the subject material work together well.

Post Number: 24
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Tumble
Artist: @olliemnjones on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/26/2025
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: The faces are hilariously expressive despite being so minimalist. I think it's the contrast between them and the otherwise realistic painting.

Post Number: 23
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Creature
Artist: @charrfle on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 8/16/2024
Date Archived: 2/3/2025
Notes: This is made with acrylic paint. It is not digital art.

Post Number: 22
Original Source: Hope in the Dark
Title: Mushroomed, excerpt from Hope in the Dark
Artist: Rebecca Solnit
Date Created/Posted: 2004
Date Archived: 1/27/2025
Notes: The double meaning of the piece makes it a political cartoon in an unconventional way. It uses metaphor to enhance the message.

Post Number: 21
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: um................... can i help you
Artist: @lioram on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/24/2025
Date Archived: 1/27/2025
Notes: The artist doesn't take themselves too seriously, but their piece is well-rendered and has awesome perspective. I especially love the colors.

Post Number: 20
Original Source: Etsy
Title: Rat King Necklace
Artist: Karen Yost, Anomaly Jewelry
Date Created/Posted: Unknown
Date Archived: 1/27/2025
Notes: I love the concept of Rat Kings. This necklace brings order and symmetry to a chaotic concept.

Post Number: 19
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Feelin' so matryoska
Artist: @paperandpencilsandskips on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 11/25/2021
Date Archived: 1/27/2025
Notes: The loose, expressionistic limbs bring energy, and I like the outline style.

Post Number: 18
Original Source: Artsy.net
Title: Interior of a Mysterious Bus
Artist: Hyewon Kim
Date Created/Posted: 2023
Date Archived: 1/27/2025
Notes: The visual noise makes the piece seem dreamlike.

Post Number: 17
Original Source: annacalleja.co.uk
Title: Melancholia
Artist: Anna Calleja
Date Created/Posted: 2021
Date Archived: 1/27/2025
Notes: The framing of the light as off-center brings visual interest. This also reminds me of my dog.

Post Number: 16
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: LOVE LETTER TO THE ELECTRICAL GRID
Artist: @plasmometer on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/22/2025
Date Archived: 1/27/2025
Notes: This is one of 3 plexiglass etchings, but I chose this one to represent the three because of its chaos and yet its serenity.

Post Number: 15
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: My other car is a rainbow trout
Artist: @corrodedparadox on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 10/1/2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: Like the first Image of the Week post (Post #1), this one also plays off of a common phrase, although this one is a bumper sticker. The phrase "My other car is a _____" gives you insight on the driver's job, wealth, or humor. Some iterations say their other vehicle is a sports car like a Lamborghini. Others may say a school bus or a fire truck. This art piece plays off of the third genre, where people state that their other car is not a car at all: it may be a broomstick, the void, or (as in this case) a rainbow trout. Of course, most of these are joking; you can't drive a rainbow trout, right? This artist envisions what it would be like to have a car-sized, rideable rainbow trout, and it is absolutely stunning. The vibrant colors and realistic rendering (aside from the sparkles) had me thinking that someone actually made a car-sized fish. The artist's use of perspective and lighting do not go unnoticed, either. The parking lot around the shrimp is a lighter blue-gray, suggesting that the trout is literally glowing, or at least reflecting a lot of ambient light. The other cars are also rendered realistically, which isn't expected for a painting that seems to be joking around. The art piece considers a ridiculous situation seriously, and invites us to consider it as well.

Post Number: 14
Original Source: Instagram
Title: Untitled
Artist: @99nineix on Instagram
Date Created/Posted: 12/29/2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: The energy of the motorcycle and the shine on the guitar really make the piece pop and give it energy. Shadow the Hedgehog is one of my favorite characters.

Post Number: 13
Original Source: Instagram
Title: Untitled
Artist: @bluebescuits on Twitter/X and Instagram
Date Created/Posted: 1/3/2025
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: The religious imagery of angels is something I quite enjoy, especially subversive takes on it lik ehtis one. It uses a glitch effect to suggest that there is something not right about the angel, which is only further emphasized by the bloody halo. But the angel isn't the problem, but rather a victim, as told by the angel's expression.

Post Number: 12
Original Source: Twitter/X
Title: Metalllll (Nimona 🤍)
Artist: @bluebescuits on Twitter/X and Instagram
Date Created/Posted: 7/20/2023
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: Nimona, from the movie Nimona, is one of my favorite characters ever. This piece perfectly captures her rambunctious energy, and uses colors creatively as well.

Post Number: 11
Original Source: ssavaart.com
Title: Dragon Centaur
Artist: Scott Christian Sava
Date Created/Posted: 2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: Scott Christian Sava is an older artist that I follow on Youtube. He posted his process of making this painting, so I went on the journey with him as he posted. It made the final product even more impactful, knowing how much work was put into it.

Post Number: 10
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: brazil miku
Artist: @111papilio on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 8/24/2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: There was a trend a while back of drawing the famous Vocaloid character hatsune Miku as being from different countries. This is one of my favorites for the energy and color of the piece, although I would never play soccer (or footbal, if you're British) with only flip-flops on.

Post Number: 9
Original Source: The Louvre
Title: Beaker with Ibex Motifs (sometimes called Bushel with Ibex Motifs)
Artist: Unknown, from Susa, Iran
Date Created/Posted: ~4,000 BCE
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: This is a classic, in more ways than one. I learned about this in my junior year of high school, during AP Art History. I love the artistic abstractions of animals in the beaker, but my favorite part is from an association I used to memorize this piece. If you look at the main image the right way, it almost looks like a character from the video game Among Us, and it is from Susa, Iran. That cemented it as one of my favorite art pieces.

Post Number: 8
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: ms paint study from 2021
Artist: @void0m on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 1/9/2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: This is a redraw of a scene from Portal 2, a popular video game and one that I enjoy greatly. I can't believe this is pixel art, and on MS Paint no less!

Post Number: 7
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: An embroidery of the Wikipedia page for embroidery.
Artist: @maybeallieart on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 10/28/2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: I love creative uses of mediums like this. You will see several works that play on the use of mediums here, because I love subverting expectations through mediums.

Post Number: 6
Original Source: Instagram
Title: Closed
Artist: @_alariko on Instagram
Date Created/Posted: 8/31/2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: This is a second piece by alariko, and this one draws a contrast between a beautiful building and a horrific death.

Post Number: 5
Original Source: Artsy.net
Title: Je ne suis pas un robot (I am not a robot)
Artist: May Murad
Date Created/Posted: 2021
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: The artist is from Gaza, and now lives in France, and many of her works depict the unfamiliar world she has been cast into.

Post Number: 4
Original Source: Instagram
Title: Hollow Tower
Artist: @_alariko on Instagram
Date Created/Posted: 9/13/2024
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: I love artistic renderings of buildings. It reminds me of a Minecraft builder I like, BDoubleO100 (aka Bdubs). He is always trying out new techniques to build realistic buildings in vanilla Minecraft. The lettering and crumbling nature bring life to the building.

Post Number: 3
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: 3,090 Degrees Fahrenheit
Artist: Michael A. Davenport
Date Created/Posted: 1/19/2025
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: The fire of a person's soul burns brightly, but I like that it still casts a shadow.

Post Number: 2
Original Source: Science.org
Title: Untitled (A refrigerator festooned with microwave cables cools Google’s quantum chip nearly to absolute zero.)
Artist: Erik Lucero
Date Created/Posted: 2/22/2023
Date Archived: 1/24/2025
Notes: I love the aesthetic of wires and electricity. This gives a very steampunk-y vibe. I originally found this off of Tumblr, where someone compared images like this to biblically accurate angels. I can see the resemblance.

Post Number: 1
Original Source: Tumblr
Title: Snowball in Hell
Artist: @korppipoika on Tumblr
Date Created/Posted: 12/6/2022
Date Archived: 1/21/2025
Notes: This piece plays off of the common phrase of something having a "snowball's chance in hell" of working. The original saying means that it is hopeless: hell is famously made of fire, and snowballs melt in fire. This piece re-contextualizes the phrase, giving the snowball a cute, catlike countenance. Snowball is also a common name for cats, giving more credence to the theory. It is surprised and distressed, shown by its teary eyes. The fur sticking straight out gives it more similarities to a cat, but also emphasizes the snowball's shock. And the water droplets also shooting out energetically could be sweat from the shock, or it could be the snowball beginning to melt.
The fire contrasts beautifully with the snow-cat. Where the cat is all cool colors (dark black, bright white, and pastel blue), the fire is bright and saturated. Each lick of fire is distinct from its neighbors but is similar enough to be cohesive with the rest of the flame. It provides a noisy background to contrast the snowball's simplicity.