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Ycel Eva Cardona Mendez
• Oct 30
FUTURE BOTANY
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artificial Life
FUTURE BOTANY is a fictional Victorian botanical encyclopedia exploring an alternative evolution of technology. It imagines modern devices as living organisms, reinterpreting familiar inventions as flowers, fungi, vines, and other botanical species.
I created a custom Recraft Style inspired by 19th-century botanical chromolithography and historical scientific illustrations. Using this style, I developed a cohesive collection of artificial life specimens, each designed to feel like an authentic entry in an antique natural history archive.
Why I built it
I wanted to explore the intersection of nature, technology, and historical visual language. Rather than simply recreating vintage illustrations, I imagined what a botanical encyclopedia might have looked like if scientists from the Victorian era had discovered artificial life.
The result is a visual world where the boundaries between organic and mechanical life disappear. Images of style results & creations on comments!
Created for the Recraft × Contra Styles Challenge.
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