To point out a strange fact, I have always been a sort of 'one shot' scene artist. In the past, I was prone to drawing character portraits or specific scenes with no sequence, all art that could be digested at once with little baring on the other images I might draw of the same characters. Now, it seems, a natural evolution of my artistic development has been a tendency to start thinking in themes, or series.
From a business standpoint, series are more marketable with the appeal of being able to buy a 'set' or to identify with that part of a series that represents you (ie. people love a birthstone series because that means there's something personal involved in the symbolism of a series that they can get for themselves or gift to a loved one). From an artist's standpoint, I'm enjoying the challenge of presenting a set of art with consistent quality that utilizes strong symbols and the potential to develop art with evolving symbolism.
My earliest attempt at such an undertaking has been a project that started out with indistinct roots in 2006. I was short on cash for the holidays and aching at the thought that I would be unable to provide any of the gifts that my loved ones deserved. I did, however, have some metallic cardstock and color pencils to my name. And so, in a torrent of sleepless nights and sketching, the first of the ongoing Christmas Project began.
(Read on at the
full blog post for images, analysis, & factoids)
Happy belated birthday, lovey *huuuuuugs*
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'Twenty years from now you'll mourn the things you didn't do much more than those you did do.
So throw off everything that ties you down and sail out of the safe harbour.
Feel the wind underneath your wings.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
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"The love of beauty is but the soul's remembrance of what it once knew before it was encased in flesh."
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"Deviance is the act of someone who is in a state of normlessness."
*I used to rule the world ... seas would rise when I gave the word*
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Keight
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"There aint no such thing as a free lunch." - R. A. Heinlein
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"The love of beauty is but the soul's remembrance of what it once knew before it was encased in flesh."
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