this week has been hard for me. started this mixed media attempt as a form of art therapy. i plan to confidently paint a figure with acrylics and oils without getting too detailed too fast. i think i've used the term "loosening up" a lot recently. trying to trust in my artistic instincts more. for example, painting over a sketch and trusting myself to refine the figure over time instead of painting using a color-by-numbers approach. i'm not happy with the figure sketch; i'm definitely not keeping these clothes. i sketched the pose from an old unsplash ref, and i'd like to make it more fluid.

i want some hot pink peeking thru the oils so i added them on the final acrylic layer. i mixed up some purples and realized i can make magenta with this powder pigment i got in france when i was 14

sort of figured out the underpainting. i gotta try some stuff digitally to see what i wanna do with the head and negative space

i gotta plan this one out more because the composition feels lacking. it probs doesnt help that im blocking out the values in a completely different color.

had to stop working on this sketch to calm down

trying oils again. repainting an old idea for a bedroom decoration

got a little blacklight so i can finish my hypnotic ass painting

trying oils again. i need a better gamsol container my head hurtd

i was pulling out old collages to decorate my kitchen cabinets, and i was wondering why this one was peeling so much from the backing paper. apparently past me taped this one to my first attempt at oil painting. that. explains it

started a new painting using looser techniques. one big brush, thin layers and visible brushstrokes

reorganized the art space/office today. some household tidying was in order. our new son pigeon found the book shelf nap spot.

finally rolling up this painting that i started like. four years ago and didn't realize the canvas frame was warped. this tool i got at a work conference helped a LOT

Darkness Emergent LA is over, and through i may weep, that means i can finally share my new poster design! last time i played my underground sensation CYAN, i got the idea to design and print posters that i could hand out and sign for my "fans". they were a hit, so i felt i needed to go all out on the next set. these were printed with silver foil on the front, where the white areas are. sadly i ordered too many and have about 100 left, but they still function as very fun business cards. i'm so proud of the design and the little easter eggs i included

a doodle page comm i swore i posted. realizing the move impacted my art tracking work more than i expected. i got to RP with this player at the recent Darkness Emergent LARP in LA. sad it's over so soon!

A two-page doodle page spread from last year