I’ve explored the feeling of being watched and observed quite often in my art. It seems to be a topic that I always come back to. In fact, the more time goes on, the more relevant the theme of surveillance becomes. Like many people today, I have this weird anxious feeling of constantly being observed and tracked online. I practically live online, and maybe that feeling of being constantly surveilled subconsciously influences my art.

I mean eyes can be beautiful but also disgusting depending on the context. When you take the eyeball on its own as an organ, it’s pretty gross, and I wanted to explore that with this collection. Sometimes I just want to make art that makes people feel uneasy, other times I want to make art that is more pleasant to look at. Depends on my mood.

My earlier 3D work, which I am harkening back to with this collection, was all heavily inspired by those old PS2 ads. It’s nostalgia I suppose. I just love that they were being weird with their marketing. Everything feels very clean and polished now. Back then stuff felt raw and interesting.

I’ve been open before about my tendency to drift between styles and try new things, and I just felt the desire to get back to this style again. I’m still at the very start of my journey as an artist, I can’t overthink styles too much, so I just make what I feel like making at any given moment. Who knows what will come next.

I often see people using my art as their pfps, especially on instagram, which is really cool. So I thought this time I would sit down and make some art that’s specifically designed to be used this way. Eyes just fit so well for this, they are bold, immediately decipherable etc. I’m sure people will have their preferences and choose the eye that suits them best.

I’ve used Blender and Photoshop for pretty much all of my work. Blender is great for getting a first pass, but it always needs to be taken further in Photoshop. The textures, grain, colour adjustments etc. that’s when I can tune the collection toward the aesthetic I’m going for.

The hardest part about 3D is adding imperfections. If there are no imperfections, things look too perfect, too plastic. So that’s why it’s important to add a bunch of texture and grain in post. It gives life to the image.

I’m all for larger collections but it’s just not what I want to produce right now. The small scale makes things feel more personal and curated. I think the large scale collections tend to feel a bit more like collectibles, which is cool, but not aligned with my goals at the moment.

I would say it’s more of a reflection than a critique. I’m constantly battling with the idea of my online identity and what it means to be constantly observed online, especially as someone with an audience. I’m not critiquing it, more just exploring the idea subconsciously.

Definitely. I’ve been working privately on some physical pieces which also explore this theme, and no doubt it will continue to appear throughout my work moving forward.