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NNOTB #196
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The rounded form holds two competing zones: a spiraling dark interior that pulls inward, and a right-side grid of black lines packed with clashing reds, yellows, and greens that push outward. Yellow arcs bridge the two, keeping the eye moving. The loose cyan loops at the left edge feel quieter, almost detached, giving the image an unresolved tension between compression and release.
Between NNOTB #195 and NNOTB #197 in the owned title sequence.
Work 30 of 30 in Looking into Circles.
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- Artist
- nnxyz
- Recorded ink creation
- 2022-07-26T20:09:50-05:00
- Medium
- Digital brush drawing (Nifty Ink)
- Recorded strokes
- 137
- Explicit background/reference passes
- 2
- Sampled points
- 36108
- Logical canvas
- 742.05 × 742.05
- Archived PNG pixels
- 742 × 742
- Owned editions in imported archive
- 1
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Related works
NNOTB #195
Both works use a black rectilinear grid over layered color, but #195 sits on a warm orange field while #196 uses a dark ground, making the interior lines read differently in each.
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NNOTB #197
Both #196 and #197 place a large rounded form at center with spiral loops nearby, but #197 opens onto a flat teal background where #196 keeps the surround dark and compressed.
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