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Spanish Illustrator Challenges The Minds Of His Audience With 27 Thought-Provoking Illustrations
Rafael Alvarez is a Spanish illustrator whose works portray painfully familiar scenarios. Except the artist creates his illustrations in a way that highlights a completely different angle. An angle that is usually quite shocking.
The ability to shock seems to be a vital component of the artist's illustrations - even required to challenge the minds of content readers whose attention span gets only smaller with each passing day. According to the artist, although it's difficult, it's important to tell the difference between sensationalism and truth or else we run a risk of losing our critical thinking and ability to care about anything at all.
So scroll down and see for yourself!
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Actually selling this kind of "mobile phone holder" would probably lower the number af accidents
Looks like the federal reserve eating away at retirement savings by printing more money & causing inflation.
So, that geek is actually a sexual predator who is looking at his new victim?
If the girl's coloring suggests she's "Little Red Riding Hood", then the boy's wolf-silhouette -- along with his sweat drop and her gaze -- represents his desire to be her "friend" was purely carnal in nature. The glow from the computer screen revealing his "true nature" could means that this was how she found out.
The boy at the computer recognizes that the girl is already in the clutches of the wolf. He's sweating because he sees her danger but doesn't know what to do.
80s Teen Horror B-Movie in a drawing: Guy with hat is actually a werewolf whom inner instincts are trying to tell him to unleash the beast. We clearly see he's sweating like mad after a glimpse at the popular girl in the school. She's way out of his league but strangely seems sensing something fierce, wild coming from the "loser"...like a supernatural force. Will she allow his fangs near her ? (cue some cool synthwave love song....)
I think the student at the computer (a geek because he studies the sciences?) is seeing her with the taller guy (stereotypical jock) and that is who the predator is. The positioning of his hand over her breast of off-putting. The young woman is looking at him with longing and a bit of "save me." If the seated student were the predator I think there might have been some indication in the content on the computer, on his walls, something.
Could be that he's planning a school shooting in revenge for her rejecting his advances?
I thought the same thing. The wolf represents his rage.
Load More Replies...It could be hinting at what he uses the computer for. Maybe he's an internet scammer, or catfish. This might be more suggestive of all the harm someone can do with technology than him being an unpopular geek.
Load More Replies...They used to be friends before she started hanging out with the cool kids.
Damn when I looked at the phone though. This shows people marry for the wrong reasons and are not ready to get married. She can't even realistically love her new husband. Eventually the VR glasses will have to come off.
So depressing these illustrations. I'll go and see the cute foxes pictures by the Finnish photographer.
I really like this one but if it has a message other than romance is nice I'm missing it.
The freedom of the press is grave danger. The pOTUS bans certain reporters because they challenge him. If you can't stand up the press, how can you stand up to the rest of us? People are being told don't believe the press, fake news. There has always been propaganda and lies (remember the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?) However, we have stood up to it. Now the press is being silenced. Welcome to the Gulag.
the same pic, two times? and a german text above? I don't think this one is from the spanish illustrator, especially because they look alike but have different styles.
The only meaning I get is that the "painter" (very unskilled) just used an "artistic" pretest to see the girl naked, like the ancient excuse "I'm a producer and I'm going to make you a star". After some time she'll ask him "how it's going?" and he, with a long string of drool next to the side of his mouth..."hmmm ? ah yes! fine, very fine". Just a simple pervert, no hidden powerful message hidden anywhere.
I think this is very few people are real anymore or very few people see things as they truly are.
We've strayed from the true spirit of Christmas for the sake of material things.
The decisions and mental health of past generations can have an impact on the future.
Another illustration for the short story "Circuit Builders" by Don Peteroy, published in Playboy Magazine.
Victims are everywhere and the other half of the population is only now starting to wake up to that. (Hint: Look at the two women. They both look worried. The men have their backs turned and seem oblivious except for the one reading the paper.)
Wow, thought-provoking illustrations that are about the evils of technology! Haven't seen this on BP before..... That being said, the non-technology ones were pretty good and definitely well-drawn.
These are very moving and thought-provoking. I had to actually study some of these at length to understand the ideas being presented in the illustrations.
The illustration style is gorgeous but some of the messages could be a little more nuanced...
Good news: no facebook logo this time. Bad news: still too heavy emphasis on smartphones.
I find it annoying that someone ALWAYS uses the first comment to explain what the picture is about. It's either so obvious it doesn't need any explanation, or it's not, and I'd like to think for myself, thank you very much. It's not really subtle; it's like explaining a joke you just told : "Got it ? Got it ?" Eyeroll...
That's what comments are for. Don't look until you've ruminated.
Load More Replies...Wow, thought-provoking illustrations that are about the evils of technology! Haven't seen this on BP before..... That being said, the non-technology ones were pretty good and definitely well-drawn.
These are very moving and thought-provoking. I had to actually study some of these at length to understand the ideas being presented in the illustrations.
The illustration style is gorgeous but some of the messages could be a little more nuanced...
Good news: no facebook logo this time. Bad news: still too heavy emphasis on smartphones.
I find it annoying that someone ALWAYS uses the first comment to explain what the picture is about. It's either so obvious it doesn't need any explanation, or it's not, and I'd like to think for myself, thank you very much. It's not really subtle; it's like explaining a joke you just told : "Got it ? Got it ?" Eyeroll...
That's what comments are for. Don't look until you've ruminated.
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