Dreamscape

Still refining this one. Slowing the pace to get meticulous with subtle features. Really teaches me, how even minute shift in value or hatching density (spots of white paper) can dramatically influence our perception. Also playing with "uncanny valley" effect here. I like the idea of picture being a "polaroid" of a dream. Think of getting it further.


Nose and ears are my my weakest areas. Despite me having done quite good cast studies of facial parts in Academy of Arts, I still shied away from putting enough effort into rendering these, leaving them at the stage, where imagination automatically filled the missing bits in. That's why we need to train our eyes to see what's actually there instead of what we want there to be.

Getting this blob into shape.

Tactile joy of pen drawing

A bit of a motivational spacefiller, new pictures tomorrow.

I need my scanner back. Drawing really loses it's quality, when taken on camera.

Abstract work in progress

Concept art?

I don't want to "face reality"

I can't stop listening to this song. It kind of so painfully connects with my mood right ow. Being estranged from my family, because I have to lie about studying at university and now about still having a job, I am scared to face the future. Will I be able to support myself with my art Or it is just a utopian dream of my naive mind and I'll end up on the street?

The soundtrack for last winter

Talking about drawing my heart off, I can't avoid mentioning the way singers like Anthony or Bjork approach what they do. I really feel it.

Unfinished bits from November 2010

I don't like coming back to my old stuff, but these two are quite meaningfull to me. They reconnected me with love for graphite after almost half a year of doing simplified line drawings. I started these pictures in November, right when first ideating the decision to leave university. I was sleep-deprived, dedicating all free time to drawing and experimenting with ink at that period, it was the only way to relieve the mix of emotions.
Not really finsihed at this point, but I can read some symbols there. I think it's worth taking time and getting back to that clutter of drawings and ink blobs to produce something finalised.

Hope

Amost on my own in UK. I have a month to find financial support.