jenn schiffer 🕷️🕯️

renaissance goblin using my two compsci degrees to make art and broadcast opinions that are absolutely shared by my employer my homepage: jennschiffer.com read my blog: livelaugh.blog buy my art: bugsrock.online sing for me, nyc: robotkaraoke.live

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deceive my eyes, please

trompe-l'œil, french for deceive the eye, is a very old - i'm talking ancient greek old, not hit clips old - artistic technique where 2d surfaces (like paper, canvas, walls) are turned into 3d works o…

May 14·3 min read·462 words

boterismo makes me smile

i have wanted to talk about the art of fernando botero for a couple weeks and part of me wanted to wait until i spent a day with my dear pal, juan, who i had not seen in person in at least a year unti…

May 5·1 min read·104 words

very good neon

one of my favorite things to look at are neon light sculptures. there was a time where most lights you saw outside were glass and gas, even behind plastic grocery store letters and deli signs. then LE…

Apr 1·1 min read·95 words

hand tremors and other physical disruptions to making art

a few years ago i was diagnosed with hashimoto's, an autoimmune disease of the thyroid, with one of the most self-disrupting symptoms at that time being hand tremors. when my hands shake, it makes for…

Mar 29·1 min read·94 words

finally looking up guy pouppez

i was listening to the strokes' "under the cover of darkness" which i think is my favorite song of theirs. i always enjoyed the angles cover art, but it never occurred to me to learn more about it unt…

Mar 26·1 min read·97 words