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25 Illustrations By Santiago Bara That Might Make You Reflect On Life (New Pics)
In today's world, life can be pretty strange and absurd. This craziness isn't just new; it's been around for a long time, but it feels like it's everywhere now. While it might seem confusing and hard to make sense of, that's not always a bad thing. Some people, like artist Santiago Bara, use this absurdity as inspiration for their art.
Santiago Bara is an artist from Spain who started drawing these cartoons just for practice. However, his work caught on, and now he has over 8,000 followers on Instagram! His humorous and thought-provoking illustrations are simple but do a great job of making people notice the weirdness of modern life. We're excited to share more of his work with you, so keep scrolling!
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Floeckchen 1 year ago
I like to go out in the rain. It is much more serene and less people are around.
Santiago Bara is from Moaña, a small town in Spain, and has always been passionate about comics and drawing. Around 2010, he decided to focus on creating long-form comics, starting with small cartoons as practice. These early works have since evolved into something bigger.
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Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
It's sort of how I explained DnD ver 1 to new players in my campaign.
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Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
I look in the mirror and laugh at that old guy looking back.
Load More Replies...The positive reactions from his readers drive Santiago to continue. The artist finds it fascinating that the feedback he receives often surprises him, offering new viewpoints on his work.
"The reactions from my readers make me happy and encourage me to keep drawing. What I find most curious is that it is very common that the reactions are very different from what I would have expected. Readers often surprise me with their opinions and give me new points of view about my work."
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Kelly H. Wilder 1 year ago (edited)
The fulcrum is the heart. Only in perfect balance are both participants safe.
Shine Chisholm (they/ them) 1 year ago
Find a partner who doesn't make you feel like you're moments away from drowning at all times
Анна Саруханян 1 year ago
Hey guys, you need to swing to have fun, it's boring to sit like that
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Explaining his creative process, Santiago shared that he begins with notes on his phone. These notes evolve over time, often taking months before the final idea emerges.
The artist gets inspiration from real-life interactions. He also loves books on complex topics like the brain and artificial intelligence. "Something like Brian Greene's books, which I love because they explain very complicated topics to dumb people like me."
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago
This really hit home. When a child looks at something I tend to tell, that this is a dog, that is a cat etc. Instead of just looking with the child.
Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
Our brains are constantly trying to define everything we encounter. By the time you're middle aged, you aren't just good at it. It's compulsive.
Jim Guzzetta 1 year ago
Putting our labels/tags on things is what I call "The Language of Convenience" - easy to tag and talk about. The deeper relationship we can experience, looking through a child's eyes (which can also be our own) is "The Language of Relationship". As a World Society, we've become myopic. And, if we choose to, we can enter the Language of Relationship and see a world that is truly wonderous and miraculous.
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What fascinates Santiago is the fact that a reader connects with an author's idea. "I'm still in awe by the fact that I can come up with something that makes me laugh one morning, make the cartoon during the day, publish it in the afternoon, and someone in any corner of the planet sees it, identifies with it, and finds it funny. And if it can resonate with them for a while, even better."
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Christina Keenan 1 year ago
If only this was how you could help people , by seeing what they've seen...
Dying_Rainbow 1 year ago
In Victorian times a desperate attempt to identify Jack the Ripper was by photographing the eyes of the recent victims, hoping to capture the last image they saw. The art of Optography
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Judith Thompson 1 year ago
Wish it was only in mind…then I could just change my mind and walk.
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Jim Guzzetta 1 year ago
The symbol is one thing. But the source of placebic healing is in the belief that it can - which resides in us already.
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Craig J 1 year ago
Well, one interpretation: REAL self-help / deep personal development is challenging work. It requires stark reappraisal of the core self, tearing down old habits, detaching from comfort and inevitably transforming into a being you don't recognize. That can leave one feeling like the guy in the picture.
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Emma London 1 year ago
When you thought you had fallen to the bottom, but it was only the intermediate bottom.
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Lester the Space Duck 1 year ago
I just keep seeing the old Electronic Arts logo, but the circle and triangle are reversed.
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Ziggle 1 year ago
If only I could afford to usually eat out. Heck, I'll take every once in a while. 😂
Miranda Snow 1 year ago
Food is starting to become more expensive than a meal at a fast food place. Which is sad because fast food is going up too.🫤
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Rinso The Red 1 year ago
At first I thought it was mustache, mouth and soul patch.
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago (edited)
I didn't understand most of these but what I did understand I cannot stop thinking about.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago (edited)
I didn't understand most of these but what I did understand I cannot stop thinking about.
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