LAN Connection
Acrylic, image transfer, collage, markers, coloured pencils on paper, 25cm square, created 2022.
I consider myself an average tech savvy person living in the 21st century and consider my cables frenemies; during the pandemic apparently many people had to learn that wireless LAN is perhaps not the best choice for performance-heavy tasks. But, putting a cable to a computer? Just to make it work? Gosh. Never. Anyway, in this piece I tried image transfer techniques - which were new to me and will probably solve quite a few of my problems when wanting texture in traditional media - and the resulting surface was a nice background for an AI generated portrait I whipped up. Really mixed media piece, this one. I also created a walkthrough with my findings on transfer material, https://www.artstation.com/artwork/vJeVda and the original artwork is for sale, https://www.etsy.com/listing/1348333974/anime-cyberpunk-portrait-painting-and
