WHAT IS VECTOR HYPERREALISM?
WHAT IS VECTOR HYPERREALISM?

THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL

THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL – Hyper Realistic Vector Art by Cal, the Artist
THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL – Hyper Realistic Vector Art by Cal, the Artist

2025

vector hyperrealism

The Linework

26 452 hand-drawn elements
(visible elements after trimming: 41 146)

THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL – Hyper Realistic Vector Art by Cal, the Artist
THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL – Hyper Realistic Vector Art by Cal, the Artist

unminted. open for private sale.

The Details

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that strict, unforgiving composition - a frame so rigid it cages the viewer - evokes an unsettling sense of entrapment. the only traces of humanity linger in these weathered walls, their silence broken only by the artificial Matrix-green glow that stains the scene.

I had just watched the Matrix and was still wrestling with its dilemma: the willful choice between the brutal clarity of reality or the comforting illusion of safety.

here, free will is the vantage point, the perspective locked within. but the illusion? it’s embodied in a lock so fragile, so absurdly ineffective, that a single kick could shatter it, revealing just how thin the boundary between perceived security and inescapable truth really is.

The SPOTLIGHT

2025: Exhibition @ BYOD² in Tokyo, Japan

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