Gone are the days...

Gone are the days the atomic structure could walk freely. What's it mean? I don't know... This one literally just kinda popped in my head; color, style, and all. But, more interaction between loose digital ink lines and clean vectors. Also using the 2/3rds rule, balancing the negative space above. A bit of illustration and graphic design.

The birth of a thought.

This is an older digital work I did back around 2017 or so. I always liked this one and the simple loose style. Actually, this may even be a bit older now that I think about it, It was done on my old first generation iPad with some free paint software I downloaded. Pulled it back up on the computer today and added a little digital noise to break up the flatness. Love the thick round loose black line work.

Petals

Petals. Still life with flying insect. More Photoshop fun! Drew this bug a couple of times, clipped this one from another art piece I did. Not sure what kind of bug it is; but it has wings, so it flies.

It's in the soil

Spent a few hours the last two nights playing around with this one in Photoshop. The flower pattern was done in Illustrator and then I copied and pasted it in. Lately I have been experimenting with using clean vector graphics in contrast with very loose digitally painted elements; gonna keep messing with this as well as the distressed touches. Also playing with layer color filters, First and last photo.

420 Adventure

Not one of my better artworks, but had it lying around from about 2020 and never posted it. But here it is on 420... 2024. Added a motion blur filter last minute from one of the social sites and thought it worked well considering the topic!

Trash Talk

Bought some new markers and a scribble pad at the Dollar store, was testing the markers on the pad and this image came out (second photo). Just a random sketch, but I like it. Brought it into Photoshop and turned it into digital graffiti (first photo). Enjoy!

Id, Ego, & Superego

I dunno... more messing around with elements and styles.

You disappoint me rat.

Did this one last night, this was a lot of fun. Just looked over at my cat and this image started giving birth in my head. Hated it at first when I started with the cat's head, but keep on with it and I think it turned out pretty cool. It's the art you start and don't like that you end up loving if you keep going.

March '24 art dump

A few more random, quick & experimental pieces of this month of March. Second from the top is an old piece but I just messed with the colors and contrast a bit to see how it would play on social media.

1. "Window from a dream" Digital/Photoshop. I love how this one turned out, this was actually inspired from a dream I had as a kid. I wanna do some prints of this one. 2. "This ain't what I ordered" Hand drawn, an older work. 3. "Life plan Vol. 1" Digital/Photoshop. I like the individual elements, but don't like how it turned out overall. 4. "When I throw my sweat pants on the floor, they look at me" Digital/Photoshop. Happy with it but wish I would have used some different more contrasting colors. I saw it in my head in these colors.

Pillcandy

Not sure why I call this pill candy, should have been "walking with death" or something. More experimenting with styles, tight vectors with loose digital paint. I literally just threw this logo together without much thought just to get some vectors to play with, and I love it! funny how that sometimes just works. Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.

Art dump...

It's been a few since I posted last, and I have done a few pieces that I have already posted to all my social media sites, hence the art dump. Lately I have been trying to just jump into starting something and work real loose. It started with the piece "why?" from the Feb. 7 post, using the oil brushes & tighter line brushes in Photoshop, and this has been the result from the last week or so. I think i'm trying to find the magic style that everyone will go "wow, great!" but, it's not happening. Putting your art on social media sucks, at least with me, where I'm at now, no response. Or if there is a response, it is completely different on different social platforms. But, truth be told, what I do know in my heart is, I will probably newer have a set "style". As stuff pops in my head to create, a way to do it forms as well; wether loose or tight, cartoonish or graphic, simple or complicated, my idea also creates the style I want to do the work in. I have to keep telling myself to do the art for "myself" and not anyone else. That's all that really matters.

Secrets in the wall

A little something different, experimenting, sketch from a long time ago. Still like the looseness of the sketch.

Join the party

This is probably the prettiest picture ever taken of me, in a version of my life not too long ago. Transformed into a few propaganda style self promotion pieces. I have no shame. Join the party.

Do you think someone would wear one of these on a shirt?

Endure

ENDURE. A digital study I did last night, Messing around with style, texture, type, & color. I like where this is going, any thoughts?

Redbubble: [ FLY ]

To Fly- Please go check it out with all of it's combinations of different colors & product choices at my Redbubble shop here

 

If you name me.

 

The champ...

 

Pollination...

 

Back to drawing...

After a long time off of not drawing, I'm getting myself back into the groove.