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CONTRACOMPOSITI.
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ACCOUNT FOR THE 'MODERN' ARTS.
(If digital art counts as modern. It probably doesn't.)

WORKING ON A GAME CALLED A FLOCK OF CHAIRS.
The vast majority of the art and ramblings here is related to AFC.

FREQUENT MUSEUM PHOTOS.
Everybody likes those, no?
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saw fire walk with me last night. i love you laura palmer
two sketches of Laura Palmer, wearing a black turtleneck. one sketch is a half-body depicting holding a red book against her chest, while the other one is a headshot of her smoking.
April 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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baked potato
Two figures of a woman dressed in a 20s swimsuit. The first one has her with a sun tan, looking at the viewer. The second figure has her sunburnt, writhing in pain. Both her hair and the background are in primary colours.
April 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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potato eater learns about rice
A Dutch 18 year old from the late 19th century eats rice for the first time. He has fallen in love with it.
April 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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here's the progress shots for the peafowl piece. there's not really a separate stage for shading/flat colours, since i was basically slapping around colours everywhere until it started to look right
April 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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a peafowl on a branch
A painting of a brown-haired woman dressed in a white dress sitting on a blue tree branch. All around her is yellow light, contrasting with the blues of the art.
April 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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POV: u want a beer but instead you get bad dutch language chansons by two guys attempting to sing in falsetto with striped shirts and fuckass bobs
A drawing of an annoyed 40 year old asking where his beer is. Unfortunately the bartender is on her laptop, for some reason.
April 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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went to utrecht today
a colourful tapestry from the interbellum depicting Tobias and the angel Raphael, after the book of tobit A cubist painting of saint Benoît Labre in muted colours. Painted by Otto van Rees Two paintings depicting a mother and her children. One has a darker atmosphere with the children looking straight at the viewer, while the other is a self portrait where only the artist herself is looking at the viewer while the children stand behind her. Both are painted by Charley Toorop A wall with various works of art depicting a mother and her child
April 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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i saw a tulip today
a photo of wild tulips blooming in the city, coloured white with red streaks while sitting against a faded brick wall
April 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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collage experiment from last night
A drawing of a pensive looking young man (Arie Vermaas) looking at a white flower sticking out of a primary coloured, rectangular vase. His clothes are a collage of Piet Mondriaan paintings, those being the following: Decaying Sunflower, Irises and Aronskelken
February 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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maison élémentaire (1928)
A sketch of a cube-shaped modern house made out of concrete set against brown paper. The walls consists predominantly of white, with some red, grey, yellow and blue squares visible to contrast against it. To imply that it's see-through, the floors and roof are painted in a darker colour. The colours are painted in a rough manner, giving it a sketch-y feel.
February 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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photocards but make it 1920s
A screenshot from Paint Tool SAI depicting two artworks, mimicking monochrome photos taken from the 1920s. One depicts a painter with his palette, while the other has a flapper with a scarf looking off into the distance
January 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Oooh, these are neat! They remind me of the book covers made by Dick Bruna (you should be able to find a bunch of them if you look up Kleine Zwarte Beertjes)
January 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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seaside villagers design sketches
A character design line-up depicting villagers from a Dutch seaside town. They all vary in sizes and ages, but share a red/yellow/blue/black/white palette. It consists of the following: a confident older woman dressed in traditional walcheren clothing, a woman carrying around multiple baskets looking surprised, a toddler holding a stick, a young boy with no shoes on, a girl dressed in traditional walcheren clothing, an older man dressed in traditional walcheren clothing, a fisherman with his face obscured and lastly, a baby girl dressed in traditional walcheren clothing.
January 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Visited Stedelijk museum Alkmaar yesterday. I'm still in awe of their modern art section...
A yellow room at Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar for the Bergense School, a Dutch art movement from the early 20th century. On the walls there is a video projected and some paintings hung up on the wall. A painting painted in luminist style, heavily inspired by Van Gogh. It depicts the waves crashing against the rocks at Cornwall, letting the whites seep over the brown-greenish rocks. The sea is a bright blue-green. Painted by Gerrit Willem van Blaaderen A painting done in the Bergense school style, depicting a forest landscape near a lake. The surface is reflected in the water, turning the brown tree trunks into blues mixing with yellow, green and oranges. Painted by Else Berg A realist painting hung against an industrial looking wall, depicting two cheese carriers carrying small cheeses. They wear shiny, navy brimmed hats and in the background you can see a church. Painted by Charley Toorop
January 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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marital bliss

#aflockofchairs #ocart
A sketch of a man set to a neo-plastic background, in which yellow and red feature prominently. The man is smiling but part of the face is obstructed by a tall rectangle. Inside of the rectangle, the rest of the man's face is drawn looking somber.
January 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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how do I explain that I bought this for meme purposes fml
December 17, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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To those interested, I just opened comms to buy an art history book! Comment or DM me if interested ;)
December 14, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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visited the stone press museum today
a wall with various stones with drawings on them, ranging from advertisements to portraits and labels Two print ads, one in Dutch designed by Jan Toorop and the other by a French artist. A photo of a stone press, in which you can see various artworks on the wall in the background. A wall with three framed pictures, all depicting the same ad of a woman kissing a lipstick. The first one is a sketch/study, the second large frame is a draft version of the final ad and finally the small frame depicts the actual ad. The colours red and blue are strong here, meant to evoke contrast.
December 3, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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james joyce fanart in 2024. why not.
A teen is sitting in a confession booth, illuminated by red light. He looks sorrowful as the text 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' is displayed next to him.
November 20, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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benjamin

#lobotomycorporation #libraryofruina
a drawing showing three characters from project moon: Benjamin, Hokma's lobotomy corporation and library of ruina incarnation. Notably, Hokma is depicted as an old man.
November 19, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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normally i'd link my th since that has significantly more info but basically, this guy is Kraaienvlaai. he's the founder of an indie magazine about art (and paints too) but unfortunately he has a penchant for arguing too much with people.
Kraaienvlaai masks the pain by quite literally wearing a mask. Luckily, his mask knows how to smoke too. It's windy in a Dutch style canal, with Kraaienvlaai holding onto his hat. He's determined to sketch his environment which is shown by the large sketchbook he's holding. A young woman is running up to him, probably calling out for him. Kraaienvlaai demands to be taken seriously by holding a sign echoing said demand.
November 16, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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hehe, thank you! that's arie vermaas, he's a dutch painter who tries to make it big in the 1920s but it's not really working out. not that it matters, since his peers seem to admire his work.

he's from a game i'm working on which is pretty much pathetic artists: the game

i'll toss you another one
a man who's about to have a mid-life crisis in eight years blends into the red background, looking with interest at an excited young man "THAT'S MY DOG, ASSHOLE" cries Arie out. He's not looking happy. Meanwhile, a shady man is running off with a relaxed dog. A comic where one man steals the nose of the other. "Got your nose, hehe" said Blume happily. His friend has other thoughts. "Blume... aren't you too old for pranks like these?" Blume puts his hand on Kraaienvlaai's shoulder. "Oh no, you're wrong! It's not a prank,, it's DADA!". Some kind of critique of society, honest! It's silent for a moment. But Kraaienvlaai eventually has an epiphany. "I get it now! Gahaha, you're a genius!" What it is supposed to mean is never elaborated on. A very concerned looking man is yelling. His pipe is almost falling out of his mouth
November 16, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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50+, zero social skills and a broke artist
A painter paints sadly as his more youthful peer is romancing a lovely girl An apple is launched against the head of an older man, who is caught off-guard by said apple A man going through a mid-life crisis proudly stands besides a mondrian-like painting. It's pitifully small. A reference sheet of the man in the previous pictures. He's shown wearing a brown suit, holding a cane and smoking a cigarette.
November 16, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Visited Deurne today! the tapestries were so pretty...
November 15, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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just came back from a museum. I feel like the colours here feel very cunty (they had an exhibition focused on textile art)
November 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM