SWIMMING AGAINST THE CURRENT

Here's some recent stuff created at a time when I seem to be in a daily battle within my mind. Very unproductive of late but things will improve.




This is my first attempt at a hand cut stencil.

FINGER LOOKING GOOD

Its good occasionally to just play randomly within limitations and put yourself to the test. Like starting a drawing from a scribble or drawing without looking at the paper. All these things will break you out of your 'auto-pilot' response to any drawing problem. Relying on your habitual drawing ticks can make for really boring solutions. That's why playfulness and doodling are so important. When people say how do get your ideas, the answer is simple: you don't think - and then they come.

Here's some instant responses to fingerprint shapes - thinking time 2 seconds, drawing time 30 seconds at most.

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Welcome to the new decade. I'm going to be more productive and make bigger finished works this year and the coming ones. Here's some journal pages and painting ideas I've been playing with over the break.

WOOD PAINT STENCIL

I'm thinking of doing more of these, quite like the process. The thing is to find interesting old bits of wood.

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Finished this morning last of 52 titlecards (there is only 50 here) for the series GASP! screening soon on Australian TV.

YULE-TIDY

Working on a christmas themed promo. This is a concept for the 3D location. All assembled from bits and pieces.

MORE JOURNALISM

I am trying to make some kind of mark daily that isn't influenced by commerce or ego. Its important, I believe, to try to make pure images unhindered by any factors which may corrupt them.