I don’t see myself as anything extraordinary.

February 14, 2021 9:57 AM

Julia Lillard is retired energy analyst, who started making digital collages in her 60's.
Self taught, living in Oklahoma and influenced by Hannah Hoch and Max Ernst, her output is a nostalgia of dada and surrealism from another era.
posted by adamvasco (9 comments total)

Wow! Fantastic!
posted by The Half Language Plant at 10:03 AM on February 14, 2021

I like these a lot. Thanks for this post!!!
posted by emjaybee at 10:30 AM on February 14, 2021

These are really good
posted by latkes at 10:39 AM on February 14, 2021

These are very good. I’m impressed that she’s self taught and shifted from an unrelated field to such a different one after retirement. I like reminders of later-in-life renaissances.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:51 PM on February 14, 2021 [3 favorites]

These are stunning.
posted by scruss at 2:13 PM on February 14, 2021

Wow, so good. Feels like her career as an energy analyst informs this work, with the way she works with scientific illustration and illustrations of technology.
posted by BrashTech at 2:28 PM on February 14, 2021 [1 favorite]

These are great!
posted by sepviva at 7:28 PM on February 14, 2021

I had never heard of digital collage. Thanks for the post, OP! How is it even possible to make this stuff? It’s amazing.
posted by Bella Donna at 12:14 AM on February 15, 2021

Technically, this is not that difficult. Hi-res copyright-free images are freely available, more so than the original print copies, then silhouetting in Photoshop. The art is in taking a finished, balanced composition and disrupting it. I love this.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 7:56 AM on February 15, 2021 [1 favorite]