Surreal scene of two identical men staring across a warped bar table with a floating coffee cup between them
This moody surrealist digital artwork features two identical serious men facing each other across a swirling, distorted wooden table inside a dim vintage bar. A floating white coffee cup hovers mid-air between the pair, while melted, warped wood architectural details and subtle glitch effects give the scene an uncanny, dreamlike atmosphere. Deep warm brown, black, and soft cream tones paired with dramatic low lighting create a tense, contemplative conceptual scene.
Close-up surreal double exposure portrait of a woman with wet dark hair next to her fractured, glitchy mirrored reflection.
This atmospheric conceptual fine art portrait uses double exposure and glitch effects to show a woman with glistening wet dark hair positioned nose-to-nose with her fractured, layered mirrored reflection. Moody warm and cool muted tones, soft golden bokeh, and dramatic side lighting create an intimate, introspective mood, with dewy skin texture and pixelated details emphasizing themes of self-perception and identity. The tight close crop and hazy, glistening surface effect gives the piece a dreamlike, ethereal cinematic quality that feels raw and emotionally charged.
[Wide-eyed astonished woman looks up at a surreal glitching New York cityscape warping and dissolving into floating pixel ...
This striking surreal glitch art depicts a wide-eyed, shocked woman standing at the 23rd Street NYC subway entrance, as the surrounding Manhattan cityscape bends in impossible fisheye perspective and crumbles into floating pixel fragments. Classic New York landmarks including the Flatiron Building, yellow taxi cabs, and vintage traffic lights appear distorted, set against a bright partly cloudy sky, with a tense, uncanny, apocalyptic mood of collapsing reality. The moody warm and cool tonal palette amplifies the disorienting science fiction aesthetic of a failing virtual or physical urban world.
[Panicked disheveled man reaches out to the viewer as a glitching, crumbling surreal city collapses behind him.]
This cinematic surreal apocalyptic digital artwork features a wide-eyed, dirt-streaked man extending a grimy outstretched hand directly toward the camera, conveying urgent, panicked desperation. Behind him, a warped, glitching urban landscape disintegrates, with floating cars, clocks, and silhouetted figures spiraling above a curved fractured city street, lit by dramatic warm golden light. The first-person perspective creates an intensely disorienting, tense mood of collapsing reality and surreal urban disaster.
Elegant woman in black lace gown views distorted glitching self-reflections in an ornate cracked antique mirror.
This atmospheric surreal dark artwork depicts a sophisticated woman in a beaded black evening gown standing before a gilded vintage mirror, where her reflection splinters into uncanny distorted, glitchy alternate versions of herself. Moody low-key chiaroscuro lighting, rich warm sepia and deep black tones, and details including cracked mirror glass, pixelated digital glitches, and small vanity trinkets create an eerie, introspective mood exploring themes of fractured identity and distorted self-perception. This hyperrealist digital painting blends classical baroque portraiture styling with surreal horror and tech glitch aesthetics for a haunting, thought-provoking visual.
[Close-up portrait of a young man, half his face dissolving into glitch digital distortion, holding an intense direct gaze]
This striking conceptual glitch art portrait shows a close-up of a young dark-haired man, where the right half of his face dissolves into dripping, fragmented pixel distortion while the left side retains hyperrealistic, photorealistic detail. Moody low-key lighting highlights the man's intense green eyes, stubble, and skin texture, offset by rich, saturated glitch hues of deep purple, burnt orange, and inky black. The surreal, haunting piece explores themes of digital identity, mental fragmentation, and moody cyberpunk aesthetics.

charlypalermo on BudgetPixel

@charlypalermo · 7/1/2026

QT: Different ideas for DC Reality Glitch

Surreal scene of two identical men staring across a warped bar table with a floating coffee cup between them
This moody surrealist digital artwork features two identical serious men facing each other across a swirling, distorted wooden table inside a dim vintage bar. A floating white coffee cup hovers mid-air between the pair, while melted, warped wood architectural details and subtle glitch effects give the scene an uncanny, dreamlike atmosphere. Deep warm brown, black, and soft cream tones paired with dramatic low lighting create a tense, contemplative conceptual scene.

Tags: surreal art, mirrored portrait, floating coffee cup, uncanny valley, glitch art, vintage bar interior, surrealism, tense portrait, warped wood table, dramatic low lighting, identical twins, dreamlike artwork, conceptual art, dark aesthetic, digital painting

Close-up surreal double exposure portrait of a woman with wet dark hair next to her fractured, glitchy mirrored reflection.
This atmospheric conceptual fine art portrait uses double exposure and glitch effects to show a woman with glistening wet dark hair positioned nose-to-nose with her fractured, layered mirrored reflection. Moody warm and cool muted tones, soft golden bokeh, and dramatic side lighting create an intimate, introspective mood, with dewy skin texture and pixelated details emphasizing themes of self-perception and identity. The tight close crop and hazy, glistening surface effect gives the piece a dreamlike, ethereal cinematic quality that feels raw and emotionally charged.

Tags: double exposure portrait, surreal fine art, intimate close up, glitch art, self reflection portrait, moody photography, wet hair portrait, introspective art, identity theme, cinematic portraiture, bokeh background, abstract portrait, mirrored reflection, atmospheric photography, conceptual art

[Wide-eyed astonished woman looks up at a surreal glitching New York cityscape warping and dissolving into floating pixel ...
This striking surreal glitch art depicts a wide-eyed, shocked woman standing at the 23rd Street NYC subway entrance, as the surrounding Manhattan cityscape bends in impossible fisheye perspective and crumbles into floating pixel fragments. Classic New York landmarks including the Flatiron Building, yellow taxi cabs, and vintage traffic lights appear distorted, set against a bright partly cloudy sky, with a tense, uncanny, apocalyptic mood of collapsing reality. The moody warm and cool tonal palette amplifies the disorienting science fiction aesthetic of a failing virtual or physical urban world.

Tags: surreal digital art, glitch art, new york city apocalypse, distorted cityscape, collapsing reality, 23rd street subway, Flatiron Building NYC, dystopian art, uncanny surrealism, fisheye perspective, Manhattan street scene, sci-fi city art, virtual world glitching, apocalyptic illustration, fantasy urban art

[Panicked disheveled man reaches out to the viewer as a glitching, crumbling surreal city collapses behind him.]
This cinematic surreal apocalyptic digital artwork features a wide-eyed, dirt-streaked man extending a grimy outstretched hand directly toward the camera, conveying urgent, panicked desperation. Behind him, a warped, glitching urban landscape disintegrates, with floating cars, clocks, and silhouetted figures spiraling above a curved fractured city street, lit by dramatic warm golden light. The first-person perspective creates an intensely disorienting, tense mood of collapsing reality and surreal urban disaster.

Tags: surreal art, apocalyptic digital art, collapsing city, glitching reality, panicked man, outstretched hand, cinematic artwork, surreal cityscape, existential horror, first person perspective, disaster art, fractured reality, urban apocalypse, dramatic lighting, sci-fi concept art

Elegant woman in black lace gown views distorted glitching self-reflections in an ornate cracked antique mirror.
This atmospheric surreal dark artwork depicts a sophisticated woman in a beaded black evening gown standing before a gilded vintage mirror, where her reflection splinters into uncanny distorted, glitchy alternate versions of herself. Moody low-key chiaroscuro lighting, rich warm sepia and deep black tones, and details including cracked mirror glass, pixelated digital glitches, and small vanity trinkets create an eerie, introspective mood exploring themes of fractured identity and distorted self-perception. This hyperrealist digital painting blends classical baroque portraiture styling with surreal horror and tech glitch aesthetics for a haunting, thought-provoking visual.

Tags: surreal art, dark fantasy, glitch art, fractured identity, distorted reflection, ornate mirror, uncanny valley, digital painting, baroque portraiture, gothic aesthetic, self perception, cracked mirror, surreal portrait, dark aesthetic, vintage vanity scene

[Close-up portrait of a young man, half his face dissolving into glitch digital distortion, holding an intense direct gaze]
This striking conceptual glitch art portrait shows a close-up of a young dark-haired man, where the right half of his face dissolves into dripping, fragmented pixel distortion while the left side retains hyperrealistic, photorealistic detail. Moody low-key lighting highlights the man's intense green eyes, stubble, and skin texture, offset by rich, saturated glitch hues of deep purple, burnt orange, and inky black. The surreal, haunting piece explores themes of digital identity, mental fragmentation, and moody cyberpunk aesthetics.

Tags: glitch art, surreal portrait, digital distortion, photorealistic portrait, conceptual art, cyberpunk art, fragmented identity, face glitch effect, digital portrait, man portrait, surrealism, dystopian art, modern digital art, glitch portrait edit, abstract portrait

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brazilianel

👏👏👏

archangeltara

Excellent work I Like 5 & 4

justrob

so good 🔥

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