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In light of recent events, it's imperative for artists to use their creativity to counter propaganda and expose the truth about figures like Putin and Trump. Let's refuse to let the Kremlin or political agendas distort reality. Every contribution to the resistance matters. ✊

My latest video artwork, 'Freiheit,' draws inspiration from the courageous words of Sophie Scholl, a young German who defied the Nazis and paid the ultimate price. 'Freiheit,' meaning liberty and political freedom, echoes her spirit of defiance. Delve into the piece to uncover its myriad elements, each speaking to the fight for justice and truth.

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NFT available at Objkt! Ten percent of the purchase goes to the Ukraine Defense Fund.

У світлі останніх подій митцям вкрай необхідно використовувати свою творчість, щоб протистояти пропаганді та викривати правду про таких діячів, як Путін і Трамп. Давайте не дозволимо Кремлю чи політичним планам спотворювати реальність. Кожен внесок у спротив має значення. ✊

Моя остання відеоілюстрація «Freiheit» черпає натхнення у сміливих словах Софі Шолль, молодої німкені, яка кинула виклик нацистам і заплатила найвищу ціну. «Freiheit», що означає свободу та політичну свободу, перегукується з її духом непокори. Заглибтеся у твір, щоб відкрити безліч його елементів, кожен з яких говорить про боротьбу за справедливість і правду.

References:

Putin and Trump artwork courtesy of Olena Horiainova via Vectorstock. License upon request.

Trump indictment newspaper article headlines via CNN and USA Today.

Navalny heart photo via the Moscow City Court Press Service.

Sophie Scholl’s Chief Prosecutor Document, reverse side, Institute of Contemporary History, Munich Germany

 

I wrote this digital poem called "Dreaming I'm Awake" based on my blissful experience snorkeling in Carribean waters.🐠

I designed the graphic part of the poem using Procreate, Premiere Pro, and Adobe Express.

Available as an NFT at Objkt, only five editions, for 6 Tezos.

War is Hell is a digital art piece based on the life of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. Available as an NFT at Opensea!

Digital art based on the life of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. How is it that a man who was an overt racist helped end the Civil War and, by extension, slavery? Why did a man who loathed war conduct it so furiously? I am fascinated and unnerved by Sherman's contradictions, as they seem to reflect the contradictions and tensions tearing our world apart now. "War Is Hell" is an attempt to recreate Sherman's contradictions: toward enslaved African Americans, towards violence, and ultimately, toward himself.

I created the background fire image using Adobe Firefly. The three busts of Sherman are based on photos I took at the General Grant National Monument in New York City using an iPhone 14, color-corrected and repaired in Lightroom, then enhanced in Photoshop, Procreate and Premere Pro.

Credits: Enslaved farmers photo courtesy of the Library of Congress taken on 8th April 1862 by Henry P Moore, the enslaved person being whipped graphic is circa the public domain 1850-1865.

“Immersion” is a digital art triptych exploring obsession's duality. When I am obsessed, I feel like I am in a different world, sometimes pleasurable, sometimes horrifying, and always fascinating.

4000x2248 created in Photoshop, ProCreate, and Premiere Pro. Female nude drawing via Pixelbay. Crying baby and motorcycle image via Dalle 2.

Available as an NFT at OpenSea

Collection: Decentralized - “Decentralized" is a love poem I wrote to my wife in the language of Web 3.0. I created four "decentralized" works of art based on individual poem verses, two “digital writing” microfilms, one AI-generated piece of graphic art, and a gif.

Within each digital piece, multiple formats have been used; writing and drawing in Procreate, photo art in Photoshop, and video editing in Premiere Pro. As such, the collection is in itself decentralized.

First Verse - Calligraphy, drawing, and animation via Procreate. Music and video editing in Premiere Pro. 816 × 1088.

“Parachains of Intimacy” Verse 4 -AI-generated art via Dalle-2. Textual elements added in Photoshop.

“Is There a White Paper Addressed to Our Souls?” Verse 6 - 1340 × 1690 animated gif. Word doc edited and animated in Procreate. Based on the Ethereum white paper.

Final Verse - The base layer of this video is a wedding photo of my wife and me. The image was enhanced and stylized in Photoshop, and then I added calligraphy,  drawing, and animation via Procreate. I did some music and video editing via Premiere Pro. 784 x 1082. 

Collection: Digital Automatic Writing - Digital Automatic Writing is spontaneous micro-journaling that utilizes aspects of drawing, sketching, painting, and video. D.A.W. writing is created in a layered format, often using Procreate and a stylus. The final product is rendered as a timelapse video highlighting the writer's consciousness stream.

Collection: Suffragette City - Irreverent graphic art depicting American Suffragettes. A "suffragette" was a member of an activist women's organization in the early 20th century who fought for the right to vote in public elections.