SDL2025-G01C01-I10 Pastiche In The Diche

Pastiche in the Diche, a piece from 1994

Item Identity: SDL2025-G01C01-I10

Title: Pastiche In The Diche

Artist: Sam Diellor Luani

Collection: SDL InnerSpace Origins

Section: Vector Vintage

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• Stylized fish outlined in red and blue

• Intricate textures: dots, V-shapes, geometric fills

• Mosaic-like background

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Artistic illustration of a fish outlined in red and blue lines, set against a background of repeating geometric tile-like shapes. The fish is decorated with intricate textures, including small ‘V’ shapes and dots, and features a distinct tail, body, and head with a black teardrop-shaped eye. The image is signed with a logo with the initials SDL.

Pastiche In The Diche – Anatomy of Clipart

This 1994 piece is one of my oldest intentional pastiches in digital art, designed to pretend to be highlighting the anatomy of digital clipart. It doesn’t depict a fish—it depicts the idea of a fish as a clipart object, complete with textures and assembly logic. The image playfully suggests how such graphics are “served” in digital editing, without irony or caricature. It’s a visual essay on the nature of digital representation, where every shape and fill is a deliberate choice. The title itself is a linguistic twist, echoing the playful spirit of the work. This is not just a fish—it’s a conceptual dissection of digital art.