Dead Memes by Filip Hodas

Filip Hodas is a 28-year-old 3D artist based in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2015, Filip started a daily render project that lasted for almost 400 days and helped him gain initial traction online. Since then, he has grown to one of the most-followed 3D artists in the world, amassing almost 700k fans across his socials, which opened the door to collaborations with many international brands such as Adidas, Coca Cola, Samsung, or artists like Jean-Michel Jarre. Over the years, several of Filip’s renderings went viral and made front pages of numerous sites and social networks from Bored Panda through Hypebeast to Reddit. He was also featured in many magazines and art books including Plastik Magazine, Esquire, El Mundo, Daily Mail or Dreamscapes by Gestalten. In his work, Filip balances on the edge between reality and fiction with elaborate, detailed renderings. He is most known for his artwork series 'Pop Culture Dystopia', which envisions decaying pop-culture icons such as Mickey Mouse, Pacman, or Hello Kitty in desolate and abandoned post-apocalyptic landscapes. In 2019, he followed with a similarly popular series called Cartoon Fossils portraying realistic skulls of the cartoon characters from his childhood. Hypebeast Heritage, his latest series released in 2020, depicts modern clothing brands and their logos used on armors presented in typical 16th-century style, imagining how renaissance advertising would look today.