When I read/watched James Bridle's Waving At The Machines one of my favourite parts is all his talk about pixels and pixelated art showing up everywhere. I love the aesthetics of pixels, and "voxels" as 3D pixels are called, apparently. The animal sculptures by Shawn Smith are amazing, and what I want to go for with project 5.
When browsing about the New Aesthetic blog, there were quite a few things I like and that worked with the pixelated visuals I like so much.
This is a repost of a tattoo by Roxx of 2Spirit Tattoo. The blog links to 2Spirits Facebook page, and a lot of their tattoo art, especially ones by Roxx, have these intense geometrical designs and loads of dots and solid black areas that take years to complete. This one was based on Huicho art, which also have these amazing geometric designs, mostly bead work.
This picture appeals to me and the new aesthetic because the edges look pixelated, and the shading and squares are just perfect. And the idea of how much time and pain it takes to complete a tattoo like this is amazing.
