Disconnection

Disconnection is the third entry in the 8 Deadly Sins of the Modern Era series.
The artwork features a cracked, emotionally vacant figure, with eyes closed and a dimmed face, its presence flickering. Social media icons float in the void around them like ghosts of interaction, hollow reminders of a once-vibrant inner life. The deep green and black palette bleeds into silhouettes of other blurred figures, suggesting a crowded room where no one is truly present. It’s isolation by saturation. Stillness mistaken for peace. A slow erasure of the self.

We used to call it laziness.
But what we’re really experiencing is numbness.

This sin isn’t about sloth in the traditional sense; it’s about emotional avoidance, digital escapism, and the quiet epidemic of self-abandonment.
You’re not lazy. You’re detached.

We scroll instead of feel.
We ghost others, but worse—we ghost ourselves.
We’re “too busy” to engage, but deep down, we’ve checked out.
We’ve traded attention for distraction, and now we’ve forgotten what it’s like to be here.

Disconnection has become a survival tactic.
But it’s also the slowest form of self-erasure.

This piece is a visual confession of that truth.

Details

Technique:

This piece began with a base illustration created in Procreate on an iPad Pro, but was built to feel raw and painfully human. This entry evolved differently from the others. The subject’s closed eyes set the tone immediately; this wasn’t anger, or hunger, or thirst for approval. This was absence. That feeling when the lights are on, but your soul quietly stepped out the back door. We layered shadowed silhouettes behind the subject to evoke the illusion of a social presence that feels empty. These aren’t companions—they’re outlines. The icons, repeated from Validation and Consumption, float unengaged. No dopamine hits. No messages. Just static.

Colour played a key role. The eerie green evokes both artificial glow and emotional decay. It’s not restful. It’s haunting. The typography and icons were completed in Adobe Illustrator, and the poster was assembled in Adobe Photoshop.

Dimensions:
24″ x 36″

Date:
2025