This is my first entry for the surreal art contest held by @sethlinson.
I call it Metamorphosis
cropped view
I began with this portrait, i didn't quite have a plan when i started so i was just freestyling, this isn't really based on anyone!
Once i was done I let my imagination run wild and played around a little adding textures and patterns as I went. I ended up with this butterfly woman who i think qualifies as surreal :
This is the full image:
The image was created using digital painting in the infinite painter app, if you would like to see the other entries click here.
Please take this as a compliment because it is absolutely meant as one.
This is, somehow, one of the most unsettling things I’ve ever seen.
I’m not exaggerating.
I keep scrolling back up to look at it, even though it’s so unsettling that I get nervous and on edge just glancing at it.
This is somehow, both, at the nadir is my own personal uncanny valley, and, at the pinnacle of some kind of weird schadenfreude that, wow, hey, I am so insanely happy that this...human-like-creature has to suffer through life being that way, instead of me.
I don’t experience visceral emotions from visual art.
Except right now.
Oh. My. I looked at it again.
Whatever you’re doing, keep doing it.
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I actually love creepy and unsettling art so I do take it as a compliment :) Me and my boyfriend used to run an artisinal boutique and I had some sculptures for sale, one was a cat with a womans face, a girl came in one day and was browsing and she kept picking it up and looking disgusted and putting it down again. She ended up buying it and she told us she found it so disturbing that she had to have it! Art is supposed to provoke a reaction so wether good or bad I am happy to have made someone feel something!
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I remember that, she was disgusted by it, but she needed to have it....
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cool entry !! nice portrait the rest of it is what makes it surreal. The expression goes with the surreal feel because its kind of bland and the surroundings are not ! all the best
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Thanks vibvir, i look forward to seeing your entry for my contest!
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I literally was writing a poem last night about metamorphosis; how cool is this! You are very talented! I love the creativity I have seen on this platform. Truly amazing what you can find across the board! Enjoy your day!
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Thank you, challenges with a specific theme always seem to push me a bit to be extra creative :) Enjoy your day as well!
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It's awesome, what a beautiful face. Really cool to see how she is absorbed bu the background or trying to escape from it, nice set of colours!
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Thanks kerlund, I am trying to explore bright colours more lately as som of my past work looks kind of bland to me, bright colours really make it more fun!
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You are my favorite talented alien!
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Thank you isaria, my initial idea was to straight up do some kind of alien for the contest actually, though I suppose she could be from an alien planet?
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Oh yeah...she looks like she's from the planet Butterflyia!
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This is like a creature from some forgotten chapter of Greek Myth.
Lost chapters of the Odyssey - Odysseus wanders through the butterfly patch.
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It kind of does but modernized, i wish i had more time to write maybe I'd make an accompanying story :)
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:)
like an embryo .. I see green alien too and a blue horse ..
the slingshot woman .. about to be born
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:) greetings dear and congratulation for JUJU ..soo dope!!
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Beautiful!
I love the colors in the trippy draping parts!
Resteemed :D
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Thanks I appreciate it!
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Slingshot woman! I love it, thank you orelmely :)
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Your amazing piece is included in my most recent showcase of the contest entries. Check it out!
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Good post. Dont forget upvote my post @sijal
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You need to stop spamming in the comments like this you're going to get flagged, it's very rude to ask people to upvote you without adding any value to the conversation.
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You're so nice for commenting on this post. For that, I gave you a vote!
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Thanks i prefer to teach rather than flag if possible, maybe I'll get through to some of these spammers, sometimes i troll them a bit but they don't seem to notice :p
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The trolling is so fun though....
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Very unusual happened ...
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Yes it is unusual it's for a surreal art contest ;P
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beautiful painting I really like this hopefully you winner
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Thanks dude, not too fussed if I win or not but I appreciate it!
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Wow, it's amazing. Best of luck for the contest :)
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Thanks I appreciate it :)
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So interesting. Nice, she will fly up in the galaxies.
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Yes it looks that way, thanks!
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Cool and surreal. I hope you winner at surrealart contest.
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Thank you I just saw your entry and it's awesome, best of luck to you as well, we all made some cool art so we are all winners :)
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so true, @juliakponsford. we have won this contest by making this work wholeheartedly. thank you😉😉
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Very interesting your artwork, she's how the butterfly.
I like to much, good luck in the contest <3
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It absolutely has a surreal quality to it. I would love to see more of the environment that she is residing in where she is a less stand out in your face creature but hiding a bit in the surreal environment that surround ding her. Just a thought. Have a blessed day.
Brent
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Love the sureal artwork thank you, julia
With love,
harj : ) xoxo
Abstract artist
(My latest artwork is "Kurt Cobain emotion")
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Thanks I'll take a look at your art, you should join my weekly contest Art Explosion!
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love to know more about the art explosion and Thank you! juliakponsford great to get your interpretation on my last art post called "Kurtd Cobain" your insight would help us : )
With love,
harj : ) xoxo
Abstract artist
(My latest artwork is "Kurt Cobain emotion")
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Definitely surreal... wow! Good wholesome food for an altered state. :D
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At first glance, I thought (in appreciation): "disturbingly beautiful" only to find, that I'm not the only one. It has that... whatever it is, that just draws you in, and the more you look at it, the harder it becomes to look away!
And truly surrealistic too, kinda Max Ernst-ish, with clear elements (figure) and more texture based areas. Bravo!
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You won second place!
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