Welcome, Basic Glitch!
Black-and-white contrast paired with psychedelic and punk sensibilities is a loaded combination. The fact that you're using it to interrogate change and direction says something real about your work.
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The black-and-white contrast against psychedelic-punk is a wild combo and it works. How long have you been working digitally?
Hey Malcolm!
First off, thanks for the kind words. It's stuff like that comment that really keeps me going in terms of art and really just life itself. I have been working the digital format for about nine years. I started off just doodling around on my phone with the sketchbook app then moved to Ibis Paint which I still use from time to time today., but my daily driver is the open source program, Krita.
Like I said eaerlier, your comment put a smile on my face. One of my friends always said things like "This robot is wild af on his little horse and his tiny cowboy hat". So, that legit made my day seeing your comment.
Thanks
Black-and-white with psychedelic tension is a hard balance to hold. The contrast framework gives the chaos something to push against. What pulls you toward surrealism as the lens for where things are headed?
Hey Luther!
That is a really good question. I have always been a fan of Surrealism ever since I was in middle school. Many of my pieces have this dream-like quality to them along with occasional absurdity that helps fit in to the description. If you get some extra time, you can see a lot of my portfolio at https://basicglitch.art. I have a series called Sangre De Cristos where I take one view of the Sangre De Cristos mountains and transform it into nine different color palettes. Those images have a light, dreamy quality to them that I think fits at the looser, less cohesive end of surrealism.