In Digital Media, My Hands Still Get Dirty

in art •  7 years ago 

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Much of my work these days is created and delivered in digital form. I enjoy adding layer upon layer of digital "paint" to create the psychedelic visions in my head, many of which are inspired by incredible stories it is my privilege to illustrate.

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Each piece does start life as pencil drawings, though, and I'm inclined to let my drawing hand drag across the paper. I find it interesting to incorporate accidents of smudges and unplanned textures. It is with graphite-blackened hands that I scan the art, and the technique of adding colour is not that different from how I create actual oil paintings, starting often with monochrome underpainting and adding colours with layer upon layer of thin glazes.

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