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When Our Hands Were Not Enough
At some point in human history, our hands were not enough. Humanity shaped stone into a tool, creating an Extension of the hand that allowed us to do what out bodies alone could not.
For this piece, I did not try to physically transform the Flint into a futuristic version of itself, Instead,.. I carried its fundamental meaning into the future: (The Human Recognition Of Our Limitations... and Our Instinct To Create Tools That Extend Our Capabilities).
In like a 100yrs to come, that Idea becomes a tool for RESTORATION... allowing humanity to reconnect & restore damaged/disturbed matter rather than simply replacing it.
The Original Reference: Tool, Paleolithic-to-Neolithic, ca.
90,000-5,000 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The original work and its imagined future evolution are shown together, not as a transformation of its appearance, but of its meaning & purpose.
Its workflow will be displayed in my response below.
And finally, here is my 3rd & final Entry @FLORA
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Adding the original Met references for completeness:
When Our Hands Were Not Enough
At some point in human history, our hands were not enough. Humanity shaped stone into a tool, creating an Extension of the hand that allowed us to do what out bodies alone could not.
For this piece, I did not try to physically transform the Flint...
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I think we're heading towards a stage where everyone will have their own unique tools and workflows, which they won't even bother sharing or selling, knowing others can simply reverse-engineer and adapt them. Feels like we're entering an era of truly unique creativity.
Why is making a new thing look old, harder than making it at all?
I spent the day iterating on a landing page I'd previously built, adding new elements and illustrations into the page using Cursor’s Annotate feature. Nearly every note I drew was something along the lines of “rougher,” "More worn," "make it look like its been there 200 years."
All in all came away impressed with how well Annotate handled the challenge.
What would you mark up? #cursor
#cursor #webdesign #motiondesign #designtools
Amazing! The Esoteric (Book of Enoch) like aesthetics brings a lot of curiosity. The ancient world and the origin of our culture is such an interesting topic.