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I called it that because it's a landscape that I made into a button.

Made with a dip pen on handmade paper.

This composition, inspired by the eponymous track by the musician "Solvant", is a patchwork of symbolic elements borrowed from modular synthesizers and electronic sound creation. Made up of elements found in certain semi-modular synthesizer brands like Make Noise and their iconic designs, this work is a homogeneous and minimalist assembly of waveforms, electronic components, button symbols, jack cables holes, and other small details characteristic of these mysterious and monolithic instruments.

At the end of 2020, I owned a few semi-modular synthesizers that I would tinker with from time to time. I once had to make a choice between music creation or engraving. Rather than being mediocre in both areas, I chose to abandon one and focus on the other.

This work is therefore a small personal tribute to certain styles of electronic music.

Text is from an existing Air Service poster produced by Office for Emergency Management. War Production Board. (01/1942 - 11/03/1945) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:You_give_us_the_%22fire%22_we%27ll_give_%60em_hell%5E_Let%27s_go,_everybody_-_Keep_%60em_firing%5E_-_NARA_-_534753.jpg

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35028987

No spoilers tho

It's rare that I'm proud of my own art but I really like this one... I hope you do too.

Dip pen on handmade paper turned into a button.

AKA someone trusted me with a button maker for some reason.

Most of the buttons use paper that I handmade with dip pen and ink to do the actual art itself.

The exception being John who uses normal paper and a normal pen. I thought it would be humorous to make him the least interesting of the group but in doing so, that inherently makes him the most interesting.

Buttons shown:

Biggie Cheese Pneumonia - Go piss girl

John - Ibis Alba

Us - Hug Me Now Strawberry

Intentionally Left Blank - Totally Me When

Sonic Shadow - DEI Amy Rose

I said "what should I draw" and someone replied "spider" and then someone else said "a hot spider" and so this is what I came up with.

This is also my first time doing an ink wash on top of an already inked art work. I think it turned out nicely but I'm also sure I can improve on the process in the future.

Tools: dip pen, black and red inks, and watercolor paper.

I love this dip pen so much