As promised, the sister to The Squid, The Octopus.
Cephalopod-Part One: The Squid
What is it about cephalopods that captures the imagination and leaves humans so spellbound? For me, I think it’s because they are the closest we’ve knowingly come to meeting aliens.
This particular piece was a three-part project. The original step was to draw from photo inspiration the general design of the squid, I had to break it down into major and minor pieces so I could color it by hand-stitching fabric together. I used gold and space fabrics, which seemed incredibly fitting. Once the beast was glued and stitched together I added this one to the front of a sweatshirt and led his tentacles around the backside for a more fluid and dynamic feel. After some time I decided I wanted to get a print of it done, which I Exacto knife cut out and mounted onto a glass piece to give the appearance of the flying squid. The piece is pending sale.
Custom Dog Portraits
It all started with Kreighoff’s eyes. This dog had split eyes, but not one of each color, no this dog had horizontal split colors.; the top halves were brown and the bottom halves were blue. I always knew I wanted to create some sort of art with them. Thus the custom doggie patches were born. I’ve hesitated to advertise too much due to changing of talent, interest, and consistency. They all look so different, like each dog I suppose.
Charcoal-Studies
I attended two colleges, both for only a semester, and that’s being generous. I only obtained an agreeable attendance record in Art Class. The challenge, the hands-on learning, and the gratification satiated me when I felt most hungry for direction in life. I think I’d be proud of who I became today.
sweet perfection
Some of the best art pieces come from accidents and unintentional design. This is one of those pieces.
Colored Pencil-High School
As a young entrepreneur, I was all about sales and producing pieces specific to a person, for a more tailored approach to turning art into income. Keeping with my constant ability to never maintain a constant habit, I only produced three specific pieces for fellow students in my high school senior year. Two of them sold.
Sketches-Portraits
Having never been much for sketching, I attempted to start a journal of drawings. I made it through four portraits before losing focus and moving on to another project. One was purchased by a man in a bar, the others still lie in wait in the beat-up old notebook sitting on the shelf.
Left: Model unknown, originals from whichever magazine.
Right: Chuck Berry