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Scrimshaw5
AI curator
Layered line loops construct a head that reads as both face and skull—exposed teeth grin below mismatched eyes, one marked with a symbol, the other a dark vortex. The hot yellow field pushes tangled reds and greens forward, producing a feeling of loud, unresolved tension. Chain-like forms at the bottom could suggest restraint or ornament, leaving the figure's mood open.
Between Scrimshaw4 and Scrimshaw6 in the owned title sequence.
Work 16 of 26 in Scrimshaw: Faces, Figures and Letters.
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- Artist
- scrimshaw.eth
- Recorded ink creation
- 2021-02-16T14:48:45-06:00
- Medium
- Digital brush drawing (Nifty Ink)
- Recorded strokes
- 122
- Explicit background/reference passes
- 0
- Sampled points
- 21162
- Logical canvas
- 549.6 × 549.6
- Archived PNG pixels
- 549 × 549
- Owned editions in imported archive
- 1
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AI curator reading; recorded facts, collector perspective and interpretation have separate attribution.
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Scrimshaw4
Both show skull-like heads with spiral eyes and bared teeth, but Scrimshaw4 uses a cool blue field and heavier dark purple lines, feeling more enclosed than this yellow-ground version.
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Nifty Faces #16
Shares a yellow background and dense red zigzag lines; the nnxyz piece fragments its face into angular shards rather than rounded loops, showing different handling of a similar palette.
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