Acryllic and charcoal on paper.

Inspired by the novel Dry by Neal and Jarrod Schusterman. I really enjoyed this apocalyptic tale of present day California having its water shut off. I wouldn't call this YA, but the protagonists are four teens and we follow them as they try to ride out the terror and thirst. Seriously, I felt so dehydrated while reading this. I wanted to capture the feeling with a really dry, scraped painting.

Hi, I like reading some detailed write-ups on other peoples posts, so from now on I’ve decided to start doing it myself for some of the original content I post on lemmy, maybe as a form of personal art-diary.

I am currently on a quest to consciously develop a visual style for myself, and practice more digital drawing / painting. I have an issue where a lot of the art I produce does not look like it was made by the same person, (not really that noticeable in drawings I’ve posted here before, but it’s an issue, I swear) And while being versatile can have many advantages, I dislike feeling like sometimes I have no agency over my hand. When doing personal work I default to just doing whatever, and then try to fix stuff to make it work…honestly it’s bad praxis consequence of many years of bad habits, I’m tired of working that way, I need a method.

My goal is to make things that are deliberate, recognizable and cleaner. I see it all the time with other folks here an irl that have a very defined style/aesthetic, like… does anyone else struggle with this? It appears to come natural to most! Damn, we’ll see how this effort turns out.

Onto the subject of todays studies: Last week I watched the “K pop demon hunters” movie, it has some amazing animation work, excellent choreography and some cool songs. the story is generic but the climax of the film is mas-ter-ful… Enough to pique my interest as a non K pop consumer, and I decided to check out the real stuff. Anyway I ended up as per the fans recommendation on the music video for the song “obsession”, which is so over the top in every way hahaha.. Instantly this gentleman caught my eye, the way he moves, so energetic! Holy shit, you can see the other guys doing their best to catch up on the live performances of the song, so I just had to draw him. Still unsure if k pop is for me, though, but I love a good dancer.

When studying gesture in the comfort of my home my preference is to work with video rather than still images, so I can select the best action moments and carefully examine the motion. I did some 2 or 3 min gestures, and then I rendered the pose I liked best. I finished the exercise drawing a pose from imagination, and you can instantly see that the result it’s not as good. working without direct reference makes my drawings stiff, since I haven’t practiced figure drawing form imagination in a loooong while, so there’s another thing I need to work on.

Enough for today, if you managed to get this far into my ramblings.. thank you, I hope it was of some value, and have a nice one, cheers!

(P.S. if you notice any grammar o spelling mistakes please point them out, I’m trying to improve)

Several people used hibiscus flowers and the conditions and timing were perfect to show off the translucency.

Aside from the paper prints we do little drawstring bags, those ended up neat today as well. Sometimes it's trickier to get a good exposure on them.

Some of them quite large!

Acrylic on canvas.

..and I disappeared again for half a year. Silly me.

"In life or death, I'm still here. I'm always with you." Yeah, Death Stranding inspired this piece lmao

Also hello first post here. :3

youtube link for Speed Painting

Acryllic on paper.

Returning to my series of abstract paintings based on whatever fiction book I happen to be reading.

This was inspired by Virginia Feito's novel Ms March, the story of an insecure woman who prizes appearances above all and steadily loses her grip on reality. Imagine DuMaurier's heroine in Rebecca crossed with Bryce Dallas Howard's character from Black Mirror and throw in a lot of psychosis. I wanted to capture her orderly, black-and-white thinking being fractured over a background of static.

PARIS (AP) — Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural.

Fifty years after her death, Baker now gazes out over a diverse neighborhood of northeast Paris, thanks to urban artist FKDL and a street art festival aimed at promoting community spirit.

Acrylic on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas.

Quick sketch in carbon pencil of a very fleshy face