Amphibian friend - three

Amphibian friend - two

Amphibian friend - one

Recent sightings have got me back sketching frogs and toads. A few weeks break have left me a little out of practice . . perfect!

Etsy Shop

And finally the Etsy site is up and running!

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https://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleDeesign

 

 

Much thanks for everyones Blogger support!

Girl portrait 3 - Finish

Decided to curb the deadline on this piece, but pleased with the different stroke effects.

30cm x 45cm / wood / acrylics

Jon Jones - draft

Pepper one

Paints up next.

Portrait two

Paints up next.

Blocks two

More roughs coming up soon.

Immigration Foliage

Spending a few hours at the Immigration Office in Tokyo gave me more than a few hours to get out the sketchbook and pen.

 

 

Nothing mind blowing, but prepping for the foliage on the Sekaido canvas seemed a good idea.

 

Didn't have time to apply the deterioration concept to each piece, but did get a visa renewal.

 

Sekaido - day 1

Day one - just laying the foundations. Getting the perspective down was pretty smooth sailing, pixels up next.

 

Finding a strong foreground visual was pretty tough. Going with the theme of digital dreaming or digital deterioration was always the concept but having a human element always draws the viewers attention.

Fishnets and drippings (and whiskers on kittens)

I'm still failing to capture the essence of deterioration that I was looking for.

Using a dripping effect might complicate what I'm going for but it'll help convey movement.

Contours seem to be the most logical approach, creating a fishnet effect and working outwards.

Some flowers.

Deadlines looming mean I'm going to have to go under cover for the next two weeks and focus on the final canvas.

Sekaido Sketching - Ideas

3d pixel deterioration. Just some preliminary ideas.

Deteriorating visuals like this should be easy, but I've been struggling a bit.

Undercomplication is where I'm at currently, knowing that complex isn't really my forte - looking to experiment a little more before going to board.

Slicing and Dicing

Settled on a theme, time to get pencil to pad.

After a bit of experimenting with grids, dabbled with the sliding pixels.

Cubes add depth to the work - previous attempts pixelating visuals into 2d didn't work out. 

Maybe it's getting a little muddled, but dripping and drooling is gonna add to that floating effect.

Slices

Sliced is a theme started a couple of years back, focusing on contours and form.

Floating is an element that I hadn't really explored, so looking into it now should breath new life into it.

The apple melting from a few weeks back got me into the blobs look.

It's another way to describe the form and emulate movement.

Sketches

Thanks to a national holiday here in Japan managed to get a few more hours of sketching down.

Hoping to get these acryld up by the end of the week..