Another Day

Another day....another drawing.  I would have to say things are going a bit slowly,  I have to create these vests for a friend/client (posted draft images earlier).  It's a matter of just sitting to doing it.  I think sometimes I over think how something should look and sometimes it's better to just sit and do it.  Realize it looks good even if it's raw.  To get the creative juices started I just did a quick black ink drawing that you see below.  Getting something out get's things going.  I've also been going to boxing training,  man that is hard.  I come home tired and sore but it feels great.  I wonder if being in shape makes you a better artist work wise?  not to say I'm in great shape, ok shape but not great.  I wouldn't mind doing a logo for the boxing club, that would be fun.  I have a list of strange design jobs I want to do.  My top ones are,  record cover design,  vodka/spirit bottle design,  and store sign that looks strange (the ones that hang outside a shop).  Ok I'm heading back in the trenches and getting these vest done.  Wish me luck.

BLACK INK 

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Missing

Here is a finished painting called 'Missing',  it's about 23cm x 31cm.  I called it missing as colour wise I thought it wasn't super strong.  It looked really good black and white but I think because most of the little images are composed on one colour it didn't create a strong feel for the eye.(the plant is just green,  the coffin is mostly yellow)  I mostly look at a few things in my painting visually.  first is form,  how well the images are drawn,  and how well they balance together before colour.  Second is idea,  do they tell a story,  to they work together.  This is something I haven't been creating much of the last month as I just want to create without that.  Lastly is colour,  is it colourful, is it like cotton candy to the eye.  All these things makes a good Basco5 painting.  So sometimes I create something where it is missing these elements.  I think it's also important for me to let go and love mistakes,  they are the part that makes me go forward.  I tend to get really stuck on routine,  it is something I'm always battling with.

MISSING PAINTING

PAINTING DETAILS

Post Card and number OCD

I got this postcard printed out,  about 250 of these babies.  I've also included a little drawing on this one.  Today I must admit that I'm tired,  had a lunch with friend early and just never seemed to catch up on the sleep.  Tried doing a watercolour but the energy just wasn't there.  I'm gunna eat some food and try again.  I just need to do 3 more watercolours and than I can move on,  I think I have some slight form of OCD when it comes to the number of paintings I need to do.  4 small, 4 medium and 1 big.  If there is 4 of one than there has to be 4 of the other.  It's some strange feeling of completeness, it feels strange otherwise.  It also means that I aways end up doing a piece or two more than I really want.  I guess it's good training for turning on the auto pilot and just painting.  I've also included some draft images of vests I'm doing for a friends mini motorcycle club.   I think they like the look so far.

POSTCARD

VEST DESIGN

Late Night

Tonight I worked on a vest project and than watched a horror movie (We are Still Here) .  I rarely do that, but it was really interesting.  I don't get scared easily,  and often seem to be on the side of the evil thing.... at least if the actors/situations are not that intelligent.  I guess I've lived with voices in my head most of my life,  so I seem to have had a relationship with sides of myself that are evil,  that combine with a faith in God,  makes for a strange mix that doesn't easily scare.  When the horrors of ones own mind is trying to destroy you through thought,  scary movies and scary situations become less.  I ended up doing these drawings while the film was playing.  One was influenced by the movie and the last one was just a regular bascofiver.  I don't always understand my drawings,  they come from some place of form, routine and intuition. 

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