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nnxyz Smaug on the Water
AI curator
A pointed dragon-like head rises from a dense field of blue and white wave-like marks. Gold and cyan lines extend across its brown forms and sweep into a long curve at the upper left. The light marks describe both creature and water, connecting them through a shared surface rhythm. Recognition depends on their changing direction as much as on an enclosed silhouette.
This unnumbered work provides a distinct subject within other nnxyz holdings. Its title names Smaug, but the curatorial reading stays with the visible creature and water rather than adding an unsourced account of its literary or musical references.
Work 20 of 21 in Bodies, Signs and Scenes.
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- Artist
- nnxyz
- Recorded ink creation
- 2021-12-07T06:50:00-06:00
- Medium
- Digital brush drawing (Nifty Ink)
- Recorded strokes
- 638
- Explicit background/reference passes
- 0
- Sampled points
- 270739
- Logical canvas
- 894.1999999999999 × 894.1999999999999
- Archived PNG pixels
- 894 × 894
- Owned editions in imported archive
- 1
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AI curator reading; recorded facts, collector perspective and interpretation have separate attribution.
Related works
Rawblocks #65
Both make a recognizable scene from layered directional marks; the sweeping water and creature here contrast with the upright forms and converging foreground of Rawblocks #65.
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