Text-Oriented

Text-Oriented

Words with the art

A compilation series

Explained at bottom of page

#177 Hustle

#179 What the Fuck

#180 Consistently Inconsistent

#182 Closing In

#190 It's Over

#191 It's Over, Nocturnal

#214 crookEd

#217 F**k the World, Brent Faiyaz

#266 Murky

#267 Hey Now

#268 All Smiles

#269 For What

#270 Paranoid

#271 Sosa

#272 Who Dat Boy, Tyler The Creator, directed by Wolf Haley

#273 Jackboys, Jackboys

#274 Burning Up, NardoWick, directed by Cole Bennett

#275 GO:OD AM, Mac Miller

#281 Dreams

#282 Room to Breathe

#283 Things & Bullshit

#284 Home

#294 Stop

#295 Content

#296 Dawg

#305 There's No Fun in Knowing

Explained

The context to this is that I hate graphic design. I respect it, don’t get me wrong. I could do it for a job. But, as an artist, I hate the corporate lens and the process of restricted creation. So, a big part of graphic design is words, and naturally, as I was making these wild visual art pieces, words were not in the cards to be included.

Eventually, I realized I could use them in cool ways if I wanted to. I just wanted to make sure I didn’t turn my art into a graphic design-type piece.

I also viewed this as a way to push myself artistically. For 10 pieces between #266-#275, I forced myself to use text in the work. After that, as I had hoped, text became something I knew I could use, and thus dabbled with it occasionally to elevate the visuals. My next goal with it is to make it present, but less in your face, like #268.

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