Features
- Fantastic, metaphysical and surrealistic subject matter
- Kaleidoscopic, fractal or paisley patterns
- Bright and/or highly contrasting colors
- Extreme depth of detail or stylization of detail. Also so called Horror vacui style.
- Morphing of objects and/or themes and sometimes collage
- Phosphenes, spirals, concentric circles, diffraction patterns, and other entoptic motifs
- Repetition of motifs
- Innovative typography and hand-lettering, including warping and transposition of positive and negative spaces
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