Sauron's Eye

Like in every good relationship, we decided to switch it up and walk in each other's shoes: this time it was Peter who sent something to me, Monika, and I had a go at his work which proved pretty challenging since I do not see myself as a digital artist really, but I think I got the hang of it now.

Sauron's eye is originally an acrylic painting of mine that was cut into a perfect circle with an added vortex and fitted onto the background Peter had provided. The background was digitally changed in colour and had similar vortex effects added to properly hold Sauron's Eye in the middle of the vortex.

"Never thought I'd be creating art side by side with an Ukrainian artist." - "What about side by side with a friend?"

(exchange between Monilas and Petrli, Lord of the NFTs)

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About PeterArt18: My creative pseudonym is PeterArt18.

I am a digital artist from Ukraine. I live in Kiev.

My passion is texture, color and contrast.

More of Peter's work on OpenSea: https://opensea.io/PeterArt18?search[sortBy]=CREATED_DATE&search[resultModel]=ASSETS&search[sortAscending]=false&tab=created

About MonikasArt:

My name indeed is Monika, and while I was born and raised on a farm in Germany, I had the chance to live and work abroad for 10 years in my first job. This led me to Austria, the UK, Dubai in the UAE, New Zealand, and -briefly- India.

I am now back in Germany with my husband and our six tortoises. We both share a deep interest and appreciation for other cultures and languages, and we try to build bridges whereever we can. A lot of inspiration comes from other regions of the world with an accent on Asia and Scandinavia.

I work as a doctor's assistant as a day job, and I have a little side business (just me) decorating cakes. You'll find my works on the web at www.tortenmaus.de and/or Instagram with the handle @tortenmaus.de for a look.

While I always created art throughout my life, I seldom dared to show it really, so the blockchain is indeed the first time I am 'outing' myself here - which is a huge step for me.

Driven by life-long struggles with my self-worth, depression and anxiety, creating always has been and still is a way of expressing what is going on inside and cannot be expressed by words yet. This sometimes leads to spontaneous, creative outbursts, often changing the flow from my original intention. In most of the cases, finding the words for the title in the end is the expression of what was previously unspoken.

I'm glad you are a part of this journey now. For this, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude.

More of Monikas's work on OpenSea: https://opensea.io/MonikasArt?tab=created&search[sortBy]=PRICE&search[sortAscending]=true