TY-04

My cyberpunk character TY-04 acts like a ninja. She sneaks around the Internet and into people’s computers, looking for what she considers the most valuable asset in the digital world: Photoshop brushes.

Indeed she is obssessed with these design tools, as each brush reflects a designer’s unique style and personality. TY-04 loves to paint, and so she is always on the lookout for more to add to her collection. In a black V-neck wrap tee and a pair of black pants, she tries to be subtle during the gathering process. Sometimes, especially when she gets inspired by some of the brushes, she would use the brushes to create artworks on computer desktops. She claims her works are masterpieces that everyone should appreciate, but normally computer owners are not very pleased when they see additional colors and decorative designs appear all of a sudden.

TY-04 dwells in a MacBook Pro from Taiwan. She likes to nap on the eraser tool in the laptop’s Photoshop CS4 because of its soft texture. If you can’t find her in the matrix, she is either dashing through the Internet or chilling in another computer. To TY-04, the matrix only provides her shelter; it does not limit her in any way.

The brushes that are taken away by TY-04 cannot be recovered in the computers. Users have to download the brushes again to get them back. TY-04 does not see this as a problem, however. She refutes the accusation of theft, because most of the Photoshop brushes are free and availible to everyone online. She says she just obtains the brushes through different channels, and that after all, everything should be forgivable for the sake of art.