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Michael Metler
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Art Major - UMich 〽️
Mixed Media Illustration and Collage
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Retail therapy at a sheep shop 🐑
Animals shopping at a yarn store. A dog browses full shelves in the upper left, as a ball falls and rolls off the lower left corner, leaving a trail of yarn behind. In the top right corner, a hamster sits in a rocking chair knitting a long scarf out of the display skeins on a table to his left. In the bottom middle, a sheep stands at a counter, wool being gathered through a spinning wheel. On the other side of the counter a cat waits patiently to purchase a few balls of yarn.
February 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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It’s #portfolioday !!

Couldn’t pick a medium to save my life, but I’m all about color these days
January 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Probably my favorite piece I made during art school: a three layer lamp featuring #koifish pond ripples and lilypads
I gifted the original to my mom for Christmas, but I desperately want a copy of my own, so I’ll remake it eventually 🤞
#art
A three layer lamp. The inside layer is blue vellum with orange koi fish, the middle layer is a shell in the shape of water ripples, the external layer is green vellum lilypads surrounded by more water ripples. There is a strong white light in the center which illuminates the lamp, making the colors appear almost neon. The vellum is semitransparent so you can see shadows of the water ripples and some orange from the fish through the lilypads above them. The lamp sits on a square base of inch thick white wood, which has a divot through one side to allow for the light’s cord.
December 27, 2024 at 3:37 AM
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Got more traction on here than I ever did on Insta (not v hard tbh) so I guess I’ll keep trying??
Here’s the progress pics for my #stilllife #valuestudy #art
Burnt Sienna under painting of a still life Progress picture of a still life. Five objects are partially grey while much of the background and highlights still show the burnt sienna underpainting Progress picture for a still life. All five objects are grey, the floor and part of the wall still show the burnt sienna underpainting. Rendering isn’t yet done, but is in progress. Finished still life and value study. Five greyscale objects: pear (front left), metallic pitcher (front right), tall black bottle (back left), medium grey vase (back middle), small white vase (back right). Light comes from the upper right, casting long shadows through the lower left corner of the painting. The background is a collage of four overlapping grey rectangles
December 23, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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Thought I’d start out my bluesky attempt with a classic #stilllife #art
Do people even still like still lives? Did people ever like still lives?
Greyscale painting of a still life. One pear (front left) and small metallic pitcher (front right) in front of a tall black bottle (back left), medium gray vase (back middle) and short and skinny white vase (back right). The light comes from the upper right, casting long shadows through the lower left corner of the painting. All the objects sit in front of a collaged backdrop of large white, grey, and black rectangles which overlap each other.
December 22, 2024 at 3:45 AM