Clip art taken from Microsoft Office that has been exploded via Adobe Illustrator’s distribute tools. It’s an exploration in using software tools incorrectly to achieve new forms of making.
Individual paths within the clip-art can also be manipulated by hand to make other franken-forms.
nicole: All I did was open some vector clip art in Illustrator, ungrouped all the objects, got rid of clipping masks and compound shapes, and then used Illustrator’s Distribute tools:
Just wanted to say that this is a really great concept for graphic imagery. You are able to create a form of a person and you could show what they are really like, character wise by placing a new character or perception on the inside of this starting image. For example the nice aristocratic lady in the ball gown as the outside form and the wild unchained girl on the inside. —What a really great idea.
I came to your site to see your awesome Princess peach shirt and discovered this. I am always playing with microsoft clip art files.
But I have never done anything even remotely as awesome as this. I love how abstract the images have become but while still holding true to the original character.
Thanks for sharing!
love your work — we looked at it today in Piotr Szychalski’s class
Wow You rock its so original and nice
These are amazing!!! Are there any tutorials on how do do these things??
[ni{cole♥}]
nicole: All I did was open some vector clip art in Illustrator, ungrouped all the objects, got rid of clipping masks and compound shapes, and then used Illustrator’s Distribute tools:

Víola!
this stuff is so great, really original
Just wanted to say that this is a really great concept for graphic imagery. You are able to create a form of a person and you could show what they are really like, character wise by placing a new character or perception on the inside of this starting image. For example the nice aristocratic lady in the ball gown as the outside form and the wild unchained girl on the inside. —What a really great idea.
I came to your site to see your awesome Princess peach shirt and discovered this. I am always playing with microsoft clip art files.
But I have never done anything even remotely as awesome as this. I love how abstract the images have become but while still holding true to the original character.
Thanks for sharing!
uhhh
i like some of em
theyre cool
but if itz too distored then i dnt like them
but hey! thtz just my opinion
i love the otherz tho!!
keep it up
x]
~TheKonnArtist
Great job!