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    In March 2024, when I was laid off from my job as a UX designer, I knew I’d have some time on my hands for a while. I excitedly got back to work on a long-running instrumental music project, and, needing a break from recording one evening, I started working on album cover art, which soon turned into something bigger.

    Since I first used Photoshop in the late 90’s as an architecture-turned-advertising major focused on web and graphic design, I’ve been obsessed with layers and transparency, textures, and ways of making digital art look analog. Although my dreams of being an architect quickly faded—thanks to miserable math skills and the intimidation and complexity of physics—the inspiration of architecture and architecture-inspired art never went away. The interactions of shapes, colors, and textures I enjoy so much were born out of that inspiration.

    I’ve also been intrigued by code-based art for years. In 2024, I bought a pen plotter and soon found my way into building JavaScript tools to create algorithmic pen-based art on paper. It was as much a spark as that night I worked on album graphics, and across the following months, I continued building tools that augmented what I was doing in digital applications. It’s been an unexpected and creatively rewarding combination of passions, to say the least. I shared a bunch of this many months ago in the generative thread, and if anyone is reading who encouraged me to keep pushing what i was doing, massive thanks to you.

    Until May 2025, I thought this would only be images I’d post to Instagram and other sites. With the encouragement of numerous friends and strangers who asked if I planned on printing any of it, I wondered if it could be more than that - and now it is. I never imagined myself as someone with an art store, but I’m giving it a go, and I hope you enjoy it. Hundreds upon hundreds of hours, and late nights have gone into this. The printers I'm using (Artelo) only do fine art prints, and the quality is phenomenal. Everything is printed on Epson Somerset Velvet paper, with great texture that really bring out the textures in the images.

    Thanks so much for checking this out. I'd be grateful for some follows and such. Lots more to come.

    https://www.shapeandplace.com
    https://www.instagram.com/shape_…

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