This one I really enjoyed making because it has two of my creations in it, Hamlet and Horatio (the hands). This art piece features a geometric human head that's been opened for tampering. The techniques I used to make this project what it really is were crosshatching and geometric shapes. I used the occasional colored pens for the blood, brain, strings, eyes, and the ribbons that are sprouting from the hands. I drew this because I was going through a lot during this period of time with family issues and was really just brain dead. (I like how the left ear is smaller than the right, that makes my day-)
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For my free choice drawing, I decided to draw a squizard which is a squid, but also a wizard. With his trusty side kick Clamedes (A play on Archimedes, Merlin's owl, it's terrible, I'm sorry-) they can accomplish anything, even homicide. The techniques I used in this piece features line and an attempt at perspective. I drew everything in a vary simplistic and cartoony style which resonates with what I usually draw in my free time. I chose this for my free choice drawing because I had a dream about this creepy squid that killed Merlin and Archimedes, taking the place as the royal wizard without anyone realizing it. He ate the bird and Merlin only keeping his feet. It was a fun dream.
For my block print, I wanted to make something fun and creepy so I chose to focus on creating a ton of eyes. The smaller eyes around the biggest eye actually came out looking like teeth much to my surprised satisfaction. I struggled with putting the sketch on the block at first but eventually got it down. For the carving portion, I usually used the thin carving piece to ensure I got the detail I wanted. Lining up the block with the print was a lot less difficult than I expected it to be. I made sure to lay it down slowly and went over it with a dry roller to make sure that the paint I wanted got onto the print. For the final layer of paint, I enjoyed carving the majority of the block off and really like the messy look it gave the painting. I didn't at all at first, but it grew on me. All in all, I just like creepy evil thing and enjoy incorporating it into my work.
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