This Artist Made Visual Representations Of Social Media Apps And They're Spot-On

    It's a metaphor, you see?

    Andy Golder
    by Andy Golder

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Like it or not, social media is a pretty unavoidable part of life now.

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    Artist and designer Ben Fearnley wanted to examine how people interact with sites/apps like Facebook and Twitter.

    The result: these stunning 3D illustrations of "sculptures" that represent the major social media brands.

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    Fearnley used CGI to make these images, placing each piece on a pedestal and adding lighting and texture to create a "gallery vibe."

    Fearnley created these illustrations with the specific traits of each platform in mind. For example, Facebook has a bit of a voyeuristic connotation to it.

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    "You log onto Facebook and it's basically like watching people's lives through the content they post," Fearnley told BuzzFeed. "You find out someone has moved to a new city or got engaged before you even see them in person, hence the Facebook branded viewing scope to visually represent this idea of 'watching.'"

    Then there's Twitter, which is a giant megaphone...and yes, those are hashtags pouring out the bottom.

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    "The megaphone for this object represent[s] people trying to be heard, but the thousands of Twitter hashtags falling out of this like verbal vomit," Fearnley explained.

    Snapchat is especially tongue-in-cheek: The shredder concept obviously represents how Snaps disappear...

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    ...But the note on the side makes a statement about the kind of content you get on Snapchat, 99% of the time.

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    And finally there's Instagram, which is a heaping pile of likes to "Insta-feed your ego."

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    Fearnley notes that he uses social media plenty himself, so this project isn't meant to denigrate the platforms or people who use them.

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    "Personally I don't dislike any of the social media platforms, the project isn't meant to be having a stab at any of these companies," he told BuzzFeed. "It's just seeing them in a different way that I find interesting and amusing."

    You can check out more of Ben's colorful work on his Instagram.