Full Bars

Title/Artist: 'Full Bars' by Artstralis

Medium: Digital Illustration
Year Created: 2021

Size (W)x(H): Various: A4 = 29.7cm x 21cm, A3 = 42cm x 29.7 cm

More Info: @artstralis

Artwork/Artist Description: This is the most detailed and personal piece I have yet created. With greater demand for uninterrupted reception on devices the placement of phone towers will clash with the need to preserve heritage.

Flinders Street Station is the main train station in my home town of Melbourne. It is a major meeting point in the city (people often saying “I’ll meet you under the clocks” when catching up with friends). This is a tribute to the city I love and to the building that I have extremely fond memories of.

I’m a self-taught creative living in Melbourne’s western suburbs. I’m strongly influenced by Australian culture, science fiction, cyberpunk and vaporwave aesthetics, and dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction. While my work tends to reflect the darker elements of life I love sprinkling humour and motifs throughout. Iconic figures from Australian history and culture feature heavily in my pieces: Ned Kelly, Vegemite, and even Bubble-O Bills. All of them standing out in late-stage consumerist Hellscapes that are beautiful in their over-developed decay. Basically, I was motivated to create the Australian sci-fi dystopia I always wanted to see but I was sick of waiting for others to create it.

**Colour quality of prints may differ from the digital image due to printer colour correction