Varis (Hooded crow) Oil on canvas. 54 cm ⨯ 65 cm. Painted in a hobbyist class in Helsinki. Used a number of Google image search results as reference but not any in particular.
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Varis (2022)
Author: Lauri
Software developer, visual arts enthusiast
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The Infinity Suite EP Cover Art (2022)
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Pillar of Salt (2022)
On late summer evenings, the gnomes gather near a giant rock salt formation shaped like a boy to tell the tales of old forbidden places. To turn back is dangerous but to remember is vital. Every young gnome must learn that you cannot step in the same river twice.
Pillar of Salt (2022) is an 8 track original MIDI release inspired by video game soundtracks. It’s the result of my first 7 months of learning music for fun. The full album is available for free on Soundcloud.
I also designed the album art.
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Kalmari (2022)
Kalmari (Squid) Oil on canvas. 27 cm ⨯ 35 cm. Painted in a hobbyist class in Helsinki. Used a reference photo by Betty Wills.
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Art that inspires me
Games
- Myst & Riven (1993 & 1997)
- Half-Life 2 (2004)
- Fez (2013)
- Obduction (2016)
- Outer Wilds (2020)
Music
- Plutonium 74
- Dirt Poor Robins
- Lemon Demon
- Eppu Normaali
Films & TV
- Stalker (1979)
- Twin Peaks (1990-1991 & 2007)
Books
- East of Eden (1952)
- The Cyberiad (1965)
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1988)
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Ahven (2021)
Ahven (Perch) Oil on canvas. 41 cm ⨯ 33 cm. Painted in a hobbyist class in Helsinki. Used a number of reference pictures, mainly the one in this article.
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Mustekala (2021)
Mustekala (Octopus) Oil on canvas. 27 cm ⨯ 35 cm. Painted in a hobbyist class in Helsinki. Used a reference photo by Erik Tanghe.
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Saapas (2021)
Saapas (Boot) Oil on canvas. 27 cm ⨯ 35 cm. Painted in a hobbyist class in Helsinki.
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Romanesco (2021)
A repeating surface design based on Roman cauliflower. This is the harvest of a design idea that I’ve tried to grow since Kernel of Truth (2018). It also bloomed into Pandemonium (2020) and Hydra (2020) along the way. Now it is ready to fill the plane the way it was meant to.
The printed fabric is available for purchase on Spoonflower.
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Curated lists
Here I have collected lists of things I like
Spotify playlists
Hazardous Environments
Anything that sounds like it could be on an official Half-Life soundtrack, but isn't. Listen on Spotify
We Have Gone Too Far
The soundtrack to the end of ages. Listen on Spotify
Steam collections
Mystlike Collection
Myst was the best selling PC game of the 20th century, but it can still be hard to find similar games. Here's a list of the good ones I have played.