Google "Helios 44-2 bokeh" and look for portraits with a blurry background. The "swirly" effect is the artsy element. Add the fact that these lenses were mass-manufactured back in the day and it means that you can get them pretty cheap.
Every few months, I will get tired of the current look of my status bar in i3 (or sway on my laptop). For the icons I will go to https://www.nerdfonts.com/, search for ones that look cool, and copy paste them to the relevant-ish sections.
Apparently I'm qualified to be a designer for Apple.
Except you're still protected whenever a website gets breached and all their passwords are dumped. Sure it's still a single point of failure but at least it's with a company dedicated to password security.