#SpectralWeb

[laramzp]

The Archive Whispers Back (2024)

There is no recovery, only the act of dwelling in what lingers. What does it mean to archive when the act of storing only amplifies the loss?

[fletchfeathers]

Tag (9) people you'd like to get to know better!

Tagged by: @danniiiyyyl to whom i am infinitely mysterious and closed-off and who doesn't know me at all in any capacity <3

i'm actually gonna put this under a lil read more bc i started rambling a ton lmao so !! buckle in

Currently reading: i am. so. so bad at reading actual books bc executive dysfunction has nuked my brain from orbit lol SO i'm gonna tell you the fun webcomics i'm reading at the moment:

golden shrike - i am OBSESSED i tell you OBSESSEDDDD with this one. it's fantasy deer, the art is unbelievably beautiful and the story is fantastic, and it fully takes me back to being obsessed with the blackblood alliance comic as a teen LOL but it's so fuckin' good please read it and then yell about it with me

what happens next - holy moly talk about the most scathing, unflinching depiction of Terminally Online Culture i've ever read - PLEASE heed the content warnings before diving in bc it really doesn't shy away from the stuff it warns for, but holy shit it is the webcomic equivalent of watching a car crash and being unable to look away, it's fuckin' incredible

how to be a werewolf - just a real feel-good fun werewolf comic that also has just a really great engaging story and gorgeous art, we love to see it !

questionable content - a fuckin classic, been reading this since like 2009 and it is 100% my comfort webcomic, but if you're diving in for the first time be prepared for a LONG HAUL bc it's been running every weekday since i think 2003 so there is a BACKLOG. it's so cool watching the art improve over the years though!

Currently watching: a lot of dropout and drawfee mostly! i'm a little bit between shows right now bc i really need people to sit me down and make me watch things, but i have Vague Intentions to watch ted lasso and d20's dungeons and drag queens once my brain allows

Current Obsession: my d&d blorbos, as ever, but i'm currently playing nier: automata for the first time and having an absolute Blast with it

Tagging people I want to get to know better but also people I know already oops: @justagoos @jelliclesong @bibufflizardwizard @spectralwebs @lehamite @thevastnessof @rotanawrites @fabricandcircuits @wheatley-the-boi and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it!

(i just grabbed people i see in my notes a lot who weren't already tagged by dany LMAO so no pressure, just if you wanna!)

[laramzp]

Graveyard (2023)

This is a 3D-rendered diorama designed for The Cave, a space where visitors can immerse themselves in a digital landscape and explore its eerie, interactive environment. Inspired by gothic aesthetics, video game level design, and net art’s haunting digital memory, this piece reimagines the graveyard as a liminal space between the physical and the virtual.

By walking through the diorama, the visitor becomes part of this haunted architecture, navigating between decayed remnants and neon-lit pathways that blur the line between virtual reality and digital afterlife.

[laramzp]

# guardian...angel<3 (2024)

A simulated dialogue between memory and machine, between ghosts of the internet and the users still searching for them. This interface is a séance for the digital age where spectral voices speak in system fonts, and the past is only retrievable in fragments.

The guardian...angel<3 connects in hyperlinks. Its language is broken up between formatting buttons and misplaced emoticons. A UI built for interaction, but the conversation is determined.

A system message warns: "Your connection to the past is fading... reboot nostalgia.exe." But nostalgia is not something you reboot. It is already running in the background, embedded in the code.