>More than just a mannerist collage of the nostalgic aesthetic belonged to the millennial generation, Fashwave also operates to force classicism free of the post-modernist stranglehold that academic progressives have maintained over it, for a nearly a century. We would be mistaken to claim that the antiquated speculative nature of Fashwave betrays the aesthetic as a thing only predicated on nostalgia. While it might be considered a collage of sorts, stitched together from pieces of 80s and 90s pop-culture; VHS tapes, video game soundtracks, neo-noir landscapes, neon, lasers, synthesizers, streaking brake lights and 8-bit arpeggios—Fashwave only operates modally to subvert the mainstream progressive agenda by way of nostalgic cues to the otherwise uninterested.
>The real strength and fascination of the aesthetic lies in its ability to draw a parallel between anachronistic futurisms; that is to say, what ideals were once held for tomorrow and have since fallen either out of favor, out of fashion, or out of plausibility—and icons of western art now so unpopular in the mainstream circles of acceptable media. Hovercrafts, jetpacks, Bond gadgets, terminator technology, apocalyptic analogues—dreams made into memories.
>By carefully conflating these two ideas we might touch on the birth of a new mannerism: anachronism becomes the mode by which the canon of western thought and artistic enterprise suddenly and altogether vaults over the rhetorical barriers set in place by post-modernism and manned tirelessly by the drones of academia, to re-establishes itself as a countercultural force.
>So it was that Piranesi’s Veduta di Roma series painted an image of Rome so fantastical that Goethe himself—a fan of Piranesi’s work—exclaimed his consuming disappointment upon first visiting the city, for it was less impressive than Piranesi’s drawings had led him to dream.
ADDITIONAL ARTISTS >PERTURBATOR >IRVING FORCE >MIAMI NIGHTS 1984 >LE CASSETTE >NIGHT DRIVER >ARCADE HIGH >Waveshaper >Zombie Hyperdrive >Raydar >M|O|O|N >Robert Parker >Daniel Deluxe >Alex >Trevor Something >Meteor >S U R V I V E >Mitch Murder
It's a google doc, so ALWAYS sign out of your main gmail account before you go in there. It's an incredible, insightful read.
Nicholas Green
I stopped making images because this faggot makes these threads and doesn't post OC.
Nathaniel Stewart
What do you mean? I've created a few pieces of OC the past couple days. Also, not the only one posting these threads.
Samuel Reed
>"Finally, an explanation of what the fuck fashwave is supposed to be!"
>"...... I still don't know!"
Luke Long
See the Google Doc.
Caleb Gutierrez
have some bumps, OP
Andrew Gonzalez
Need to know, any online fashwave/synthwave filters, or is that strictly a PS feature?
Jacob Diaz
bumpity bump bump
Colton Jenkins
big bada bump
Angel Edwards
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Jeremiah Morales
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Carter Brown
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James Lopez
They're available in GIMP, with colorize, guassian blur, fog, and video distortion being the main ones.
Elijah Wood
>GIMP Cool, thanks.
Isaiah Anderson
that's all i got
Josiah Wright
Friendly reminder that aesthetics is a real thing and can really make or break whatever message you're thing to send; it's not just a >m e m e When creating these images white space (negative space) is huge, clutter = amateur hour. Rule of thirds: 3x3 grid on image to help sort content in most appealing manner (symmetrical and centered is gross looking, most of the time, and placing things such that they are where multiple cells of the grid meet is a good idea). Careful with colors, it's too easy to just pick bright obnoxious colors and be like >muh a e s t h e t i c When they often look better with some being slightly muted. Yellows are not a part of this color scheme. Can offer more advice if wanted. Pic related is my fav example of fashwave so far
Brandon Cox
Also try and find some new font/typefaces as its getting repetitive. Oh and inb4 some faggpt points out that my example didn't follow rule of thirds, there are always exceptions. Portrait style images typically do not follow rule of thirds
Joshua Gray
I've been working on some stuff with less fash focus, but you guys might appreciate it anyway. You have the right idea about style.
Lucas Nguyen
And this.
Colton Jones
Making some stuff for /cpd/ threads that would look good fashy, thanks for the insight.
David Mitchell
Also whatever app is used to generate these is a bit played out at this time, fucking learn photoshop you retards
Evan Martinez
I try to espouse a facist aesthetic in my daily life, by being big tall and muscular and kinda half marching when I walk.
Evan Morales
I like it!
Another thing that would help this movement is if we appropriated some of the design aspects seen in trendy shit coming out of Jew York and LA. For example in the Tay Ride the Tiger pic I just posted, that uses the same typeface as that brand Supreme which has niggers, nigger lovers and leftist aristocratic spawn throwing their shekels away. If we manage to lift, tastefully and significantly, enough style from these trendy fashion areas it will only help attract normies to the movement
Jacob James
And my last post for this thread. Once I finish up my term in school I plan creating a shit ton of fashwave content, just too busy right now
Luis Garcia
Bump
Josiah Gutierrez
Advertising is a good source of inspiration honestly.
80s ads give you colour patterns and layout styles to use that fit the vaporwave thing. But also look to the golden age of posters from the 40s to 60s for some great inspiration.
Asher Adams
It looks childish and kinda dystopic, like Pop art for 80s/90s nostalgia with a superficial fascination for antiquity. Everything looks derivative and mass produced, would be nice if there was something in accordance with reactionary thoughts, not an artistic reflection of an urban faggy consumerist hellhole.
Adam Nguyen
Muh Northern Turk feels?
Justin Perez
>Ahmed's opinion
Jonathan James
Your lifes are shit and meaningless, just like your art and your copy/paste style of argumentation.
>you and your allies charge antifa with this song playing
Christopher Hughes
Thanks to be populated by low IQ, violent, Mestizo savages the 80's were not good to you, don't blame the capable white man for the failings of your incapable peoples.
Jeremiah Brown
AESTHETICALLY APPEALING
Brandon Jackson
VISUALLY STIMULATING
Nicholas Lopez
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Logan Smith
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Oliver Cook
THOUGHT PROVOKING
Ryder Miller
Fashwave will save us.
Samuel Morgan
Cast away modernity.
Sebastian Jones
R.I.P. Captain Codreanu We will never forgive your sacrifices you've done to Romania
Elijah Scott
Destroy liberalism.
Jose Price
Kill you enemies.
Jeremiah Thomas
Aesthetic memes from the 90s mean a lot to me and visually represent, to me, what is the unmasking of artistic enterprise, creative thought, for profit.
We can acknowledge it, subvert it in turn back to something with intrinsic value (not monetary value).
Currently reading about the jewish conversion of western artistry to be akin to banking, stock markets and demand--makes me sick that they undermined our ancestors, our futures, by taking our most holy ability and squirreling its fruits away in temp controlled storage containers.
Outside of fashwave, the art will continue to be enslaved by shekel hording assholes. Art is not meant to be a secondary vehicle for currency. As OP says, art is a manifestation of the will; artists inspire engineers and architects, beautiful harmony and simplicity.
Thank you for sharing this. I have never seen this one before--so fucking sharp man. I'm an older dude, but I have so much respect and sympathy for Gen Z. Not sure if you're gen z, but I remember what it was like to be the only kid in school that didn't want to drink, didn't try to have sex on the first date, didn't disrespect my parents and teachers, didn't shirk my responsibilities.
I made it through high school thanks to police cadets. Unfortunately, a lot of lib cities are purging this program for youth. The want our cops to be good little (((Sociology))) graduates.
Nathan Allen
>bampu
Brandon Gutierrez
:'(
Thomas King
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Charles Stewart
personal favorite of mine
Ryan Thomas
and another
Jayden Price
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Jaxson Roberts
and some oc
Benjamin Morales
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Nicholas Gutierrez
Hey you fucks he has a point. OG RWDS here calling him a kanaken is not an argument. Some DO look mass produced. Sometimes that is the point.
Tldr when someone isnt just pure trolling try and see what they have to say.
Juan Long
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Asher Martin
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John Ross
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Adam Walker
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Jordan Bailey
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Julian Sanders
a font i have been recently using is MS Mincho. if it looks familiar it is used heavily in the Monogatari anime series and is very good for english/japanese typeface crossover. pic related
/3/ here. I've been working a day job and self-studying modeling for about five years. Gotten pretty decent, and I'm at the point where I'm deciding where I want to go, what I want to try to do with my art.
The WESTHETICA document you included is incredible. THIS is the style, THIS is where I'm headed. Art with substance, and maybe a kernel of that European spirit that still hangs on within us.
Fashwave is fun and vibrant, but that purpose lurks right underneath the surface.
Thanks man. I honestly feel some new energy; all this time it's been about drudging up old icons, remaking the past. Let's make the future.
Cameron Collins
Fuck yeah dude
Samuel Murphy
I like this one desu
Zachary Flores
Emergency phone bampu
Evan Nguyen
Not really related to your message, but it has the same cool aesthetic.
Xavier Young
>lifes he can't into english guys is ok is very hard for non-european to learn
Kayden Morris
Don't make fun of Ahmed. He's trying.
David Barnes
Freshly made.
Xavier Russell
Oooooh, that clock/time font. Good choice. What's the name of it so we can get it out into circulation for use?
Austin Lewis
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Lucas Nelson
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Isaiah Harris
Not sure, sadly. Was bored at work and only had Pixlr on hand. It's one of their fonts. Didn't catch the name.
