About the work
Format: Digital illustration
Dimensions: PNG 1200 × 2100
Author: Arturo Hernández Santodomingo
Motto: “Oh, if only I was sure that my head on the door was a dream.” — The Cure (1985)
Description:
Legacy In Neon – Close to Me (After the Tide) reimagines the echo of The Cure’s iconic Close to Me video (1985).
In the original, a wardrobe with the band inside, playing the song, falls from a cliff and sinks into the sea—a claustrophobic dream collapsing into water. Years later, the Mixed Up version continues the story beneath the waves, where the melody survives in a place where air cannot reach.
This illustration imagines what the ocean might return to the shore long after, as if time itself had dissolved.
A toy piano, a comb, a starfish—three small survivors of the storm. Objects that once vibrated with sound now rest in silence under the moon, glistening with salt and memory. The sea is calm, as if exhausted. The night, clear, as if listening.
What endures is not the fall nor the chaos, but the echo:
the fragile, colorful remains of a song that refused to drown, a melody destined to return even when I am no longer here to listen to it.
~ Created with the support of Microsoft Copilot, this piece is registered as an original visual work born from human–AI collaboration. ~
Guided by intuition, refined through code—this creation is the echo of two minds, one human, one artificial.
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Descripción:
Legacy In Neon – Close to Me (After the Tide) reimagina el eco del icónico videoclip Close to Me de The Cure (1985).
En el original, un armario ropero con la banda dentro, tocando la canción, cae por un acantilado y se hunde en el mar: un sueño claustrofóbico que se deshace en el agua. Años después, la versión del álbum Mixed Up continúa la historia bajo las olas, donde la melodía sobrevive allí donde el aire no llega.
Esta ilustración imagina lo que el océano podría devolver a la orilla mucho después, como si el tiempo se hubiera disuelto.
Un piano de juguete, un peine, una estrella de mar: tres pequeños supervivientes de la tormenta. Objetos que un día vibraron con sonido y ahora reposan en silencio bajo la luna, brillando con sal y memoria. El mar está en calma, como si estuviera cansado. La noche, despejada, como si escuchara.
Porque lo que perdura no es la caída ni el caos, sino el eco:
los restos frágiles y coloridos de una canción que se negó a hundirse, una melodía destinada a regresar incluso cuando ya no esté aquí para escucharla.
~ Esta obra fue desarrollada con el apoyo de Microsoft Copilot y está registrada como creación visual original fruto de la colaboración entre humano e inteligencia artificial. ~
Guiada por la intuición, refinada por el código—esta creación es el eco de dos mentes, una humana, otra artificial.
| Information about the work: | |
| Year | 2026 |
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| Format | PNG 1200 × 2100 |
| Technique | ~ Created with the support of Microsoft Copilot, this piece is registered as an original visual work born from human–AI collaboration. ~ Guided by intuition, refined through code—this creation is the echo of two minds, one human, one artificial. |
| Material | Digital illustration |
Registered at Safe Creative
| Code: | 2601244356205 |
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| Date: | Jan 24 2026 21:36 UTC |
| Author: | Arturo Hernández Santodomingo |
| License: | All rights reserved |
| Usage in AI: | This work cannot be made available to AI systems. |
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“DREAMS ARE WHAT YOU LIVE FOR”
"No, I don't belong here. I will lose myself in time." — The Cure, Endsong (2024)
Visual Arts | Post-punk | Photography | Valencia | Independent | Strength To Dream
Based in Valencia SPAIN © All rights reserved
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