Shambhavi Sinha

Today’s the day! ⏰ My anticipated typewriter art of NYC’s iconic Times Square is here and it’s my most colourful and first night scene!🍏🗽 Look closely 🔍 what hidden typed messages can you spot? There are millions! Comment below! Congrats to everyone who guessed Times Square in my competition to win my original NYC taxi artwork. The winner has been announced in my newsletter 🎨 I’m so excited to announce this print is available from 25th June - 9th July. Only 100 prints available Hope you enjoy exploring my artwork as much as I did typing it! #typewriter #artistsoninstagram #artreels #reels #newyork #manhattan #asmr

what were your night drive back home songs? And no I don’t want current- I want like the ones you remember from when you were a kid. This is just the English stuff that my mom would play- obviously I haven’t included all of it and there should be a separate video on the Hindi because there also used to be a lot of RD Burman, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, etc. (Also yes I have zoned out at the back when the music thing comes on screen- what’ll you do about it 😡) #explore✨ #music #fyp

FONT FRIDAY - but let’s do it a little differently ✌🏻💕 ~ #branding #design #graphicdesign #logo #brand #logodesigner #graphicdesigner #designer #creative #brandidentity #logodesign #brandingdesign #freelance #logos #illustrator #typography #logodesigns #logotype #freelancedesigner #logoinspiration #freelancer #branddesign #tutorial #designwithme #smallbusiness #portfolio #graphicdesigncentral #font

PLEASE READ: this is inspired by the story of annapurna. it borrows elements of contemporary newari paubha art of kathmandu. in paubha paintings of annapurna, shiva is usually shown as begging to her. the story of annapurna is well-documented and if you want to read about it, you can search online. although many gods in kathmandu are adopted from india, they are depicted differently. depending on the story, different gods are given different positions in different paintings. some people think of these stories as mythology, while other people believe them as facts. if this doesn’t align with your opinion, please ignore this post. thank you. . . . #paubha #newariart #nepaliartist #exploreart #traditionalart #hindugods #annapurna #rajaykala

Ts too calm to pmo🥀💯. Life is pure chaos sometimes. Loud, fast, confusing. Everything’s happening all at once and it’s easy to feel lost in it. But then there’s drawing It’s still, quiet, intentional. It slows things down. reel shows that contrast the noise of everyday life on one side and the calmness of creating something on the other. That peace you find in the middle of the storm? That’s what this is about. I used Moonlight by the River by Mac DeMarco because . It’s soft and a little sad but in a comforting way, like floating above everything for a second. Music and art go hand in hand like that. They both hold space for feelings you can’t. A reminder that even in chaos you can find your quiet.#fyp #fypage #art #sketch #sketchbook #tour #grafiti #mac #design #marco#posca

💭THINKING ABOUT: HOW EVERYTHING LOOKS KIND OF LIKE “ART” IN TODAY’S VISUAL LANDSCAPE AND ITS MAKING EVERYTHING FEEL… SUPER FLAT (pun intended) 💭 
 That visual flatness has consequences: First, it suggests there’s no difference between ads, art & AI (slop or not). They look the same -> we think of them the same -> honestly we literally can’t tell the difference anymore without extra legwork. Very soon we’re going into museums and behaving like we’re in a boutique, like art is just another consumable. 

Second, it suggests that the Art that deserves to succeed is the Art that commands the most attention, even though that’s not what it’s for! Art is not trying to maximize conversion like an ad is, but by overly rewarding those Artists that float to the top in this visual ecosystem we lose a lot of the more interesting, risky work. 

The Art that stays with you is often the stuff that makes you linger, breaks your heart, leaves no easy answers… work that makes you feel a wider spectrum of feelings than just the positive ones (pleasure, entertainment, humor). I think this feeling of loss is what so much of the recent cultural decline discourse is trying to get at. People crave complexity, deep down (just look at the Sinners discourse) and the Art with the power to do that is what actually moves culture forward, not the most viral post on IG. References + further reading if you’re into that:
- “Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?” by Spencer Kornhaber @ The Atlantic
- “Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol” by Natasha Degen - “The Age of Average” by Alex Murrell
- “The Missing Piece in Conversations about Cultural Decline” by W. David Marx @ Culture: An Owner’s Manual
 #culturalanalysis #aiart #trendanalysis #arthistory #popart #conceptualart #takashimurakami #warhol #culturaldecline #superflat