Conceptual artist Anastasiya Landasseln, originally from Uzbekistan, explores the fusion of industrial machinery and organic matter in her fantasy characters. Her work transitions between traditional drawing and digital tools, with Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint as her main allies. The result is creatures where the living and the artificial intertwine without visible seams.
From charcoal to pixel: the technical flow of her studio 🎨
Landasseln starts from life studies to capture organic forms and then distorts them with technological references. In her piece Absetzer, a traditional sketch inspired by a real excavator, she shows a mass of human biomatter fused with gears and mechanical arms. The process combines layers of ink and watercolor with subsequent digital adjustments, creating textures that blend flesh and rust without relying on automatic filters.
When your left arm is a backhoe 🦾
You look at Absetzer and think: this is what happens if you ask an engineer to design a human with spare parts from a demolition. Landasseln makes a fusion of flesh and steel seem almost functional, although I doubt anyone would want to test the grip of that crane-hand. Luckily, it all stays on paper: the ergonomics of these creatures would be a disaster for health insurance.