바다 × 萌え · est. 2026
a luminous tidepool.
A curated drift of subculture work — half sea, half neon. Look softly.
The Tidepool
12 pieces afloat
A small manifesto.
bada.moe is a tidepool — small, lit from within, and full of things that look back at you. We collect work that lives between 바다 (the sea) and 萌え (the fond glow of subculture).
What we drift toward
Quiet color, optimistic wonder, small scale. Pieces that reward a long look, not a fast scroll.
What we drift away from
Stock imagery, anxious gradients, infinite feeds, anything that asks for more attention than it gives.
How to submit
Send a link and a sentence to tide@bada.moe. Curation runs every new and full moon.