# Analog Artwork Digital Artist Brenna Murphy Makes Mainframes Out of Ordinary Objects By Marissa Liu | Published 2009-10-02 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artist-brenna-murphy References: [wrongdistance](http://wrongdistance.com/?p=3008) & [flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/brennaaa/sets/72157607099222958/) Portland-based artist Brenna Murphy mostly makes [digital art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/layer-canvas) but every once in a whole she goes analog. Murphy seems mostly interested in art based around CAD drawings, Photoshop and the highly-pixelated digital debris often associated with Internet art. As an artist, Brenna Murphy clearly displays a digital world view. Occasionally this outlook is translated in way that even a Luddite could understand and appreciate. Murphy uses food, rocks, dirt, pencils, and anything else she can get her hands on to make several [large repeating, textile-like patterns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/texture-ware). ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.7/10 - Popularity: 22% | Activity: 20% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Modern](https://www.trendhunter.com/modern) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Analog Artwork:** Utilizing physical, everyday objects to create art with a digital aesthetic can disrupt traditional notions of media barriers. - **Digital Debris:** Transforming digital remnants into art, such as Brenna Murphy's pixelated formations, can disrupt artistic paradigms in the emerging field of digital art. - **Repeating Texture:** Creating repeating patterns from ordinary materials, as Brenna Murphy does, offers opportunities to disrupt traditional textile design through inventive techniques. ### Who This Affects Most - **Fine Arts:** Exploring ways to fuse traditional artistic mediums with digital aesthetics can significantly impact the world of fine arts. - **Textile Design:** Adapting repeating, digital-like patterns to textile weaving could disrupt traditional material manipulations and the textile manufacturing industry. - **Digital Art:** The emergence of digital and internet art opens up novel opportunities for inventiveness with unconventional mediums, offering diverse avenues for future growth and disruption. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Mineral-Inspired Digital Art Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/neogene-collection.md) - [Virtual Craft Fusions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/arnardo-collection.md) - [Textural Porcelain Vessels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tamara-efrat.md) - [Stunningly Ornamental Furniture Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/erm-studio.md) - [Digital Archetype Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/christian-rex-van-minnen-1.md) - [Digital City-Inspired Art Works](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grand-central-station.md) - [Analog Nostalgia Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/back-to-basics-ii.md) - [CD-Comprised Towering Art Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stratagems.md) - [Art-Tech Zine Collaborations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/twentynine-zine.md)