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Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

🎨 Gave this one the meme treatment… please share!

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“The culture war has always been a convenient distraction. Don’t let them turn you against your neighbor and divide you with fabricated bullshit.”

#knowyourenemy

Techbro in VR headset sitting on throne overlooking the entrance to his city with skyscrapers towering behind him. Fire burns below his feet but he in unbothered as his disconnection from reality makes him invincible. Glowing cubes represent the algorithmic order that laid the foundations for his rise to power. Overlayed on the image are the words “move fast and break laws”.

February 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Control Alt Delete

👑 “Move fast and break laws…”

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #surrealart #artsky #techbro #broligarchs #technofeudalism #doge #feudalism #coup #america #corporations #ceo

Techbro wearing VR headset sits on a throne over the entrance to his corporate city. Fire burns below him and skyscrapers tower in the background.

February 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Feedback 🎸

🎵 “Where chaos meets creativity, and the only thing louder than the music is the existential crisis…”

#drawing #art #surrealart #artist #monochromeart #artsky #artists #guitar #music #lespaulcustom #lespaul #rocknroll #jamsession #jam #musical #instrument

Guitarist holding a Les Paul guitar surrounded by tangled cables, effects pedals, and a half stack.

February 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Gnome Agenda 🍄

🧚“Gnomes vs Fairies - because I guess every forest needs a little drama…”

#drawing #art #surrealart #artist #monochromeart #artsky #artists #mushroom #shrooms #fairy #fae #faries #gnome #gnomes #fantast #forest #pixie #magic

Gnomes and Fairies entangled in a monochromatic whimsical psychedelic design.

February 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

King Of Nothing 👑

🛰️“Crowned in the cosmos, ruling over the void - because someone has to pretend it matters…”

#drawing #art #surrealart #artist #monochromeart #artsky #artists #mushroom #shrooms #king #psychonaut #psychedelic #trippy #opticalart #aliens #ufo #ufos #weird #space #dna

Astronaut wearing a crown surrounded by mushrooms, dna, alien, flowers, a skull, a galaxy, and a comet.

January 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Stellar Oasis 🏝️

#drawing #art #surrealart #artist #monochromeart #artsky #artists #mushroom #shrooms #psychedelic #trippy #opticalart #aliens #ufo #ufos #weird

Trippy design featuring an alien and UFOs with a woman, mushrooms, a dragonfly, flowers and swirly abstract patterns.

January 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Sporegasmic 🍄

#drawing #art #surrealart #artist #monochromeart #artsky #artists #mushroom #shrooms #psychedelic #trippy #opticalart #surrealism #floating #bubbles

Woman with mushroom head floating in front of black and white stripes surrounded by bubbles.

January 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Breaking Ground 🌱

#drawing #art #surrealart #artist #monochromeart #artsky #artists #globalwarming #climatechange #climate #apocalypse #hope #growth #renewal

Woman wearing a gas mask and tending to a seedling near a destroyed city engulfed in smoke.

January 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Great Eggspectations 🥚

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #trump #eggs #inflation #birdflu #expensive #diamond #groceries #prices #america #shortage #eggprices

A diamond cracked open like an egg with egg whites and yolk oozing into a frying pan below.

January 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Lightbound 🌀

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #mindfulness #meditation #enlightenment #peaceful #light #bubbles #peace

Serene woman floating upward through a checkerboard spiral reaching for a bright light with bubbles floating around her.

January 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Limitless ⛓️‍💥

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #usa #america #ice #law #border #immigration #ice #humanrights #knowyourrights

Woman being chased and attacked at the US border by ICE and border patrol riot police. She is sweating, tired, and furious. Her rage is channeled into bolts of lightning that shake the ground as she escapes into the mist.

January 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Balancing Act ⚖️

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #usa #america #justice #privilege #justiceforall #politics #news #resist #equality

Lady justice standing blindfolded in front of American flag. In one hand, scales of justice weighed down on one side with a brick. In the other hand, an AR-15 assault rifle.

January 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Masterless Marionette ⛓️‍💥

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #breakfree #unchained #puppet #marionette #freedom #resist

Woman holding scissors on stage with angry puppetmaster behind her reaching out his hand. She has cut the strings, freeing herself from control, and left the wooden marionette controller broken on the ground.

January 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Trickling Down 🏥

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #healthcare #eattherich #healthinsurance #insurance #health #debt #medicaldebt

Rich businessman or politician opening a bottle of champagne in celebration as a sick medical patient dies.

January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Pillio’s: The Revolutionary Breakfast Solution for the Modern Family 💊

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #medication #adhd #depression #parenting #audhd #satire #ad #marketing #dystopia

January 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

From The Ashes ✊

#drawing #art #surrealism #artist #artoftheday #surrealart #monochromeart #artsky #artists #resist #revolution #fightback #freedom #spirit #empowered

Powerful, furious woman with her fist in the air standing in the street in front of a destroyed city and mushroom cloud from nuclear explosion with UFOs hovering in the sky.

January 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Brandon

@brandonswift.bsky.social

Hi #PortfolioDay ! 👋 I’m from Atlanta and enjoy making weird, surreal, and psychedelic art - generally in monochrome.

I sometimes feel like I have a lot to say, but words have never really been my forte… So here are some pictures…