Visions Of Disorder

Digital artist JJ Low talks about his relationship with fashion as an artist, and how he uses his art to push boundaries.

-  Izwan Abdullah

Metallic Spines for Nicole Wong (@ncwong), Digital Sculpt, 2021

Of the rare upsides to emerge from this pandemic, the renewed investment in digital ideas across industries is easily one. Years ago, the notion of selling digital images in an auction would have seemed outlandish, if not impossible.

While the fashion industry has been historically reluctant to jump on the technological bandwagon, we have seen Fashion houses and designers alike in recent months during the pandemic experiment with various digital mediums from virtual runways and future-wearable NFTs (non-fungible tokens). As digital art becomes more prominent in the industry, its interest in art is now ever more restless and desired as it arrests opportunities at a whole new level.

Keen to depict the surrealism of worldbuilding through his works, JJ Low is at Singapore's forefront of digital art in fashion media. “The digital dimensions I create are usually ones that are disco nected from reality, says Low. “3D gives [fashion] that extra kick, spark, and flair which is just enough to catch your eye and pique one's interest. It brings a unique perspective to the image and departs from the conventional physical backdrops that people have gotten so used to.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH YOUR FANTASY WORLD, WHO IS JJ LOW AKA @JJLOWXYZ? WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND?

I am a self-taught, freelance 3D artist who specializes in digital environments, image-making, and 3D sculpting. I majored in Visual Communications during my polytechnic years where I studied graphic design, motion graphics, and photography.

DOES YOUR WORK SIMULATE AN ALTERNATE WORLD OR IS IT A MORE CRITICALLY AWARE VERSION OF THE ONE WE ALREADY LIVE IN?