#losing face

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"Losing Face"

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Glitch art/ditherpunk art made in GIMP with a free stock image from pexels.com. Makes use of (fake) pixel sorting. (Open in new tab for best resolution)

I stumbled over 'pixel sorting' and remembered there is a filter in GIMP that gives a similar effect. Played around with it, and looked at glitch art/pixel sorting and the phrase 'losing face' popped into my head, so that was how I got the idea to make this piece.

I then also played around with dithering options and arrived at two versions I really liked, one of which you can see here - the second one will likely be posted in the future.

I think ppl know what it is like to be so embarrased you want to disappear, to mess up in a way that feels like makes you lose a part of your confidence - maybe even your sense of self (in how others perceive us).

Fitting to make this piece in a Glitch Art style then, as this art style (from what I read) is meant to embrace imperfections and mistakes.

[fernlessbastard]

I've been following this blog for well over a year and had definitely heard you talk about "Losing Face" before, but just today, it sunk in that youre the writer of one of my favorite fics. I genuinely had no idea that the fic I loved was written by you until today when I was browsing my A03 bookmarks for the first time in ages.

Anyways, you're a lovely writer and a lovely artist. Always a pleasure to see you on my dash. Have a lovely day/night!

LMAOOOO that's funny

Yeah no I'm the author of that cluster-fuck-of-a-writing-process fic, glad you enjoyed the demo version, and I hope the actually planned out version is even better :]]]]

[alexmelrose4]

It's so painful to know how much I relate to wilbur's songs

[tomoleary]

Tom Mandrake "Black Mask: Losing Face" Batman #386 Title Splash Original Art (DC, 1985) Source

[ax-writes]

masterlist

your city gave me asthma series (i'm not like her)-

jubilee line- talking about london and how he got asthma and the poor people who committed suicide on the line.

saline solution- he's struggled with intense health anxiety for a very long time: health anxiety meaning that he's constantly afraid that he's sick, dying or suffering from some other medical issue he isn't aware of. the lyrics detail his constant grappling with these ideas..

since i saw vienna- visiting austrian capital vienna, while simultaneously experiencing loneliness, companionship, and the urge to keep travelling.

losing face- getting broken up with his partner and being told to wait for them, only for his ex to immediately get a new partner.

your sister was right- this song is about the singer feeling dejected and insecure in himself because he's a bad lover. he treated the girl he loved incredibly poorly despite how he feels for her, and feels guilty because she ignored the warnings from ger sister that he would hurt her.

la jolla- about a man who doesn't feel good enough and has distant dreams if leaving to start fresh somewhere different.

i'm sorry boris- singer becomes torn between leaving the united kingdom when the uk government is struggling to do good for the uk and staying home because his loved ones are there and he doesn't want to leave them behind.

[willtheweirdrat]

Reblog if you struggle with loneliness, substance abuse, or a desperate need to escape London

[toastyliltoasts]

My favourite lyrics from each Wilbur Soot song from YCGMA;

(Im so bored pls help-)

"Shout at the wall, 'Cause the walls dont fucking love you" - Jubilee Line

"If I could just break one more night, Maybe I could wake up and feel alright" - Saline Solution

"Treating my memory of you like a fire, let it burn out, dont fight it and try to move on" - Since I Saw Vienna

"First and foremost, let it be said, my dear, I was gonna wait for you. So this is not an act of spite, Its a visceral coming-to" - Losing Face

"I've lost a piece of me in you, but you've lost all your past" - Losing face

"Every time that I miss you, I feel the way you hurt" - Your Sister Was Right

"I dont deserve you, you deserve the world" - Your Sister Was Right

"You know I've tried hard to love me too. It always seems to fall in, through" - La Jolla

[al3x-always]

ALRIGHT GAYMERS

took me 7 FUCKING HOURS TO LEARN SO I DO. NOT. CARE. IF THE RECORDING IS SHIT

Losing Face by Wilbur Soot