The past has long vanished into dust and smoke, where are you looking now?

Poetonic emerged as an art project shaped by enigmatic impulses that guide the artist, akin to an external puppeteer, blending chaos and consciousness to craft creations that defy understanding. Rooted in a break from traditional influences, the art rejuvenates practical and theoretical realms. Originating from textures captured in Shanghai's urban tapestry in 2019, Poetonic fuses visual and emotional expressions. 

Exploring the ways in which seemingly random and disordered elements can be weaved together to create something unique and meaningful.

Poetonic - Shēngxiào

S6 - SloPpi Poes

Sloppi Poe #154

Poetonic's Scrapbook is an art collection that emerges from the depths of absolute freedom and intuition. Each page within this digital anthology represents a profound scrap of my thoughts, ideas, memories, and aspirations, a testament to the essence of my artistic journey.

Poetonic - Scrapbook

Poetonic - Pimp My Bill

"Seeds" is a collection of previously curated assets. Seed owners have the exciting opportunity to participate in a raffle EVERY WEEKEND for a chance to win a unique 1/1 artwork from one of Poetonic's collections.

Poetonic - Seeds

This collection was created by embracing the unknown, the shadow, the yin... It is often in these places where the strongest forms of energy can be found. 

Behind the backdoor is a story divided into three chapters (The past, the present, and the future). There will be 10 frames (pieces) in each chapter. Each frame will tell a piece of the story (in the metadata). To have the entire story one must obtain every frame. 

-- The Process --

Chapter 01  - The Past

I first made an illustration/collage on A4 paper using paint, pens, oil pastels, tape, and sometimes pages from a book or parts of my own photographs to create the work in its initial form (which you can view in the Scrapbook collection). Later on, these 10 A4 artworks were digitized using a Canon EOS 90d and a 24mm prime lens. Afterward, post-production was done using Adobe Photoshop 2023 Beta (with all of its compositing features including generative fill) and Adobe After Effects (for animation), on a 5000*5000px digital canvas. In order to make gifs that were lower than 15mb for fast loading times and easy sharing on social media, the final resolution was downscaled to 900*900px. Large-scale prints (50*50cm) can still be made from the original version.

Chapter 02 - The Present

The present leads to the future, and to get there I've designed 10 portals. These portals were made by creating photographic and video assets, which I later animated to design the portals. The assets were retouched in Photoshop and animated in After Effects.

S7 - The Backdoor

A photography collection based on Cork, which challenges reality to reveal unique beauty and personal meaning. Breaking free from societal norms of beauty, the images reflect the artist's identity by deconstructing everyday places.

S5 - Eolas

While I was at a gallery, I saw a statue of Venus and took a picture of it without giving it much thought. Later on, I read a book that explained how the feminine can be associated with Chaos and the masculine with Order, similar to the concept of yin and yang. The book, written by Dr. Jordan Peterson, inspired me to create chaotic versions of Venus, the goddess of love and a strong symbol of the feminine. 

S4 - Venus

This third season is called "Get Inked", mainly because of the large quantity of ink being used in every piece. Sound, memories, and gut instinct were utilised to achieve a fast paced workflow generating pieces that seek the opposite of perfection.

S3 - Get Inked

Season 2 is composed of 10 unique video art pieces. It was created with the idea of combining the worthless textures, graffiti, and shapes that could be seen on the streets with the priceless sculptures that could be seen in a museum. These two elements are separated geographically but it is hard to enter a museum in Cork without seeing or hearing or seeing some street art first. These experimental videos are the result of the tearing down of the walls of the Crawford Art Gallery to let the streets express themselves inside of it. With this in mind, I'll leave it to the viewer to create his own interpretation.

S2 - σύγχρονες γλυπτικές

This first season of Genesis is called “Graphic Poetry”, and each of the 100 pieces in this season is a unique artwork that comes with one short poem (in the metadata). The art is created using photography and watercolor painting, later on edited in a style that has the intent of giving a bold visual to the poems. 

With an instinctive creative process, pieces are made by the refusal of any form of thought. Even though the process varies according to mood, feelings, and instinct, the style remains similar throughout the entire series.

Poetonic - Shēngxiào

All Artworks (— items)