Bayu Ismail (@bayuismail)
slow living, quiet sounds, & digital crafts 🦉
DO NOT CROSS | LMAC Freestyle
Hi everyone! It’s been quite a while since I last made something for LMAC. I’m back again, slowly trying to put myself back together and find my way into creating things again. Lately, I haven’t ha...
A Cup of Tea | LMAC Freestyle
I've always felt that being calm doesn't necessarily mean being somewhere completely quiet and peaceful. Sometimes, maybe peace is simply about finding a little room to breathe when everything arou...
She Left, Then Came Home With Little Copies of Herself
Have you ever heard the story that when a female cat leaves home, she might eventually come back with a few little copies of herself? I honestly never thought much about it. Until it happened to me...
Chaos in Red | Digital Art
Hello, Alien Art Hive! For this project, I feel like I may have put a little too many elements into a single image. At first, I only had a few simple ideas, but somehow one idea kept leading me to ...
MULTI-PERSONALITY SYSTEM | LMAC Freestyle
Hello LMAC friends! This time, I wanted to bring a digital theme into a slightly surreal world. In this piece, I used three interconnected monitors. They all come from the same body, but each one h...
Watching Your Memories Fly Away...
Some time ago, I came across an artist on YouTube whose music somehow helped me get through some days that felt really exhausting. Not physically exhausting. It was more the kind of tiredness that ...
A Happy Mother
This is a happy mother. 🐱 So, last Thursday, around 2 a.m., I woke up because one of my cats was meowing loudly on my bed. I immediately knew what was happening. I had a feeling that the time had ...
Time Keeps Moving | LMAC Freestyle
Hey, LMAC friends! Another day, another new collage style. I really can’t seem to stick to just one style, so this time I decided to follow whatever felt right for my mood while creating this piece...
CORRUPTED ANGEL | ASCII Art Experiment
Hello everyone! This time, I wanted to create something that combines angelic imagery, cosmic space, and a little bit of mystery. The main idea was simple, what if an angel wasn't actually a divine...
CHAMELEON | LMAC Freestyle
Hello everyone! This time, I’m back with another new artwork, and for this one I wanted to try something simple and playful. The main idea came from one thing: a chameleon that is camouflaging itse...
EVEN ANGELS GET LONELY | ASCII Art Experiment
Hello everyone! For this project, I’m once again using an ASCII Art approach, similar to my previous work. I’m still fascinated by how an image can be constructed from a collection of characters, d...
Bloom | LMAC Freestyle
Hello everyone! When I saw this theme, "Bloom," the first thing that came to mind was, of course, flowers. However, I didn't want to create an artwork that simply showed flowers in full bloom. Inst...
First Experiment with ASCII Art | The Spider 🕷️
A while ago, I accidentally came across a piece of art with a very unique look. Although I completely forgot where I first saw it, the visual instantly caught my attention. It looked neat, minimali...
Lady Pigeon | LMAC Freestyle
Hi Hive friends! How is everyone doing? Hope you're all having a great day. Today, I want to share my latest freestyle collage for LMAC, which I actually finished yesterday afternoon. I was suppose...
Too Close to the Sun | Surreal Digital Art
It has been nearly a month without a single drop of rain in my region. The sun’s heat feels overwhelmingly intense, the soil has hardened, and the local water sources around my house are slowly dry...