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Spiritual Series #005 : Faces in Posters

Visual Notes:

• Faces in advertisements

• Typography collisions

• Fragmented urban visuals

• Layered noise of city walls

Concept Notes:

• Identity and anonymity in public space

• Visual clutter and messaging overload

• Posters as temporary urban skin

Hashtags:

#SpiritualSeries #StudioNote #VisualReference #UrbanFaces #PosterArt #StreetObservation #VisualNoise #IdentityLayers #MonochromeZine

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Spiritual Series #004 : Signs and Shadows

Visual Notes:

• Bare tree branches, shadow lines

• Advertising panels and price tags

• Contrast of nature and commercial signs

• Textured ground reflections

Concept Notes:

• Urban nature entangled with commerce

• Visual collision of organic and synthetic

• Street fragments as visual poetry

Hashtags:

#SpiritualSeries #StudioNote #VisualReference #StreetObservation #UrbanNature #VisualContrast #MonochromeZine #CityFragments #TextureStudy #kabukicho

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Spiritual Series #006 : Words and Surfaces

Visual Notes:

• “PUNK” typography

• Urban surface textures

• Trees against sky backdrop

• Rough contrasts and organic forms

Concept Notes:

• Resistance aesthetics in urban scenes

• Nature entangled in city landscape

• Words embedded in environment

Hashtags:

#SpiritualSeries #StudioNote #VisualReference #UrbanResistance #TypographyInCity #StreetObservation #MonochromeZine #NatureAndCity #VisualNoise

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Spiritual Series #003

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Spiritual Series #003 : Posters and Walls

Visual Notes:

• Old wall textures, peeling paint

• Tour posters, fragmented faces

• Layered advertising surfaces

• Monochrome contrast, rough edges

Concept Notes:

• City walls as memory archives

• Time captured in torn posters

• Erosion as storytelling

#SpiritualSeries #StudioNote #InspirationMemo #ArtWorkLog #VisualReference #PosterArt #UrbanDecay #StreetObservation #MonochromeZine #WallTexture #VisualNoise #Erosion #UrbanArchive #StorytellingThroughDecay

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Spiritual Series #002 : Urban Fragments

Visual Notes:

• Street signs, cowboy silhouette

• Japanese typography, price signs

• Advertisement textures, cropped words

• Contrast between printed media and human figures

Concept Notes:

• Visual noise of the city

• Everyday fragments caught in motion

• Mass consumption, fast life, fast visuals

#SpiritualSeries #StudioNote #InspirationMemo #ArtWorkLog #shibuya,Tokyo #VisualReference #UrbanFragments #StreetObservation #TypographyArt #PhotocopyAesthetic #VisualNoise #JapaneseTypography #CityTextures #GraphicCollage #FastVisuals

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Spiritual Series #001

Title:

Spiritual Series #001 : City Layers

Visual Notes:

• Black and white photocopy texture

• Folded lines and paper wrinkles

• City posters, fragmented advertisements

• Layered noise of urban surfaces

Concept Notes:

• Memory fragments of street walks

• Everyday objects turned into visual poetry

• Decay and randomness as beauty

#SpiritualSeries #StudioNote #kabukichoTokyo #InspirationMemo #ArtWorkLog #VisualReference #UrbanTexture #StreetObservation #MonochromeZine #PhotocopyAesthetic #VisualNoise #UrbanDecay #ZineCulture #GraphicCollage #CityLayers

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale (2003)

Artwork by Neil Young

Visual Notes

• Hand-drawn map, intricate linework

• Golden yellow on dark green background

• Coastal town illustration, with forests, buildings, sea

• Industrial structures: factory with chimneys

• Boats, trees, houses, streets — full of detail

• Organic flow, imperfect symmetry

• Title: serif font, classic and bold

• Feels personal, like a notebook sketch of a town

• Imaginary map, but feels familiar

• Minimal color palette, focus on lines

Concept Notes

• Fictional town “Greendale” as a setting

• Environmental themes, small town life

• Commentary on family, community, and activism

• Storytelling through place-making

• Visualizing a narrative landscape

Music Connection

• Folk-rock, raw and narrative-driven

• Environmental concerns and political undertones

• Earthy, analog sound textures

• Music and artwork share the handmade feeling

Use for Future Artwork

• Map drawing as storytelling tool

• Limited color palette for strong identity

• Hand-drawn lines to create imperfect beauty

• Townscape as narrative framework

• Personal cartography, emotional mapping

Location Reference (Real / Imagined)

• Pacific Northwest atmosphere

• California coastline

• Oregon forests

• Small town America

#StudioNote #InspirationMemo #ArtWorkLog #VisualReference #Greendale #NeilYoung #CrazyHorse #MapArt #HandDrawn #StorytellingThroughArt #EnvironmentalArt #FolkRock #CartographicArt #ImaginaryMap #LimitedPalette #PersonalLandscape

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Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)

Artwork: Stanley Donwood

Observations:

• Fragmented words, chaotic flow

• Block typography, varied font sizes

• Bright colors: red, yellow, blue, green, orange

• Dripping black paint at the top

• Message overload, like city advertising

• Painted texture, hand-drawn feeling

• No fixed center, constant visual movement

• Keywords in the image: FEAR, ARMED, TV, TRUST, OIL

Conceptual Notes:

• Reflects media saturation and fear politics

• Post-9/11 climate of tension

• Collaboration with Thom Yorke for visual storytelling

• Propaganda aesthetics, consumerism critique

Sound:

• Dense layers of sound, industrial vibe

• Vocals feel like a broadcast

• Tension mirrored between music and visuals

For Future Work:

• Using text fragments as visual patterns

• Embrace rough textures and visible brushwork

• Layouts that feel like maps but stay chaotic

• Contrasts between control and disorder

Locations noted for reference:

• London (studio origin)

• Oxford (Radiohead’s home base)

• New York City (urban noise and media saturation)

• Los Angeles (advertising and consumerism)

• Tokyo (visual chaos, city signage)

• Global Cities (symbols of urban environments)

#Radiohead #HailToTheThief #StanleyDonwood #StudioNote #InspirationMemo #ArtWorkLog #VisualReference #TypographicArt #UrbanPalette #Propaganda #VisualNoise #London #Oxford #NewYorkCity #LosAngeles #Tokyo #GlobalCities

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#StephenPowers #ESPO #Brooklyn #NYC #Williamsburg #Bushwick #StreetArt #UrbanCulture #VisualNoise #SignPainting #GraffitiCulture #PublicArt #PopArt #Americana #DIYCulture #SubversiveArt #ProtestPoster #SocialCommentary #MessageArt #BoldTypography #ColorfulPosters #CommunityArt #StreetGraphics #CulturalCritique #ShepardFairey #JeanMichelBasquiat #KeithHaring #UrbanTypography #HandPaintedSigns #PoliticalArt #SatiricalPoster #CounterCulture #PublicMessaging #BMW #LSD #FreeHIVTest #TaxPreparation #AmericanJobs #CashOnly #NoRefunds #CityNoise #BrooklynArtScene #StreetMarket #PosterArt