Who Said that a Little Competition Was a Bad Thing?

You can ask those around me...
it is all relative to my mood :)

Do you think I look monsterous here?

The Makings of a Monster

Truth be told, I made the beginnings of this a while back, when I was having a discussion with a student. He had said some bitter things, that are relatively common for the younger guys. I know I was like that when I was younger. Headstrong, brazen and full of this personal truth that I find trying now.

That being said, the guy I was talking to meant well. I am just not a proponent of hate. I don't stand by it. I am a firm believer in love being the law, and that we all have have a lot of growth that needs to be done so that we can retrain ourselves.

It is funny that we were discussing how even the average person can be a monster. It all depends on what you see as monstrous. But the original sketch started off with that in mind. The drawing has been transformed a number of times but this most recent one is perhaps my favorite. Beauty from pain is always positive.

Baby steps.

Monstrous Serendipity

In any case.

This piece was created from mixed media. It has never been on Steem before. I have used the base sketch as a base outline for things in digital art, but not in any way that it would be connected, recognized or considered recycled, I don't think. The actual stitching, the colors and the style was fully inspired by the Beautiful Monster contest.

I started with a sketch that I did that kind of looked like me. I then did a layer using a picture of me that I had ran through toolwiz photos and softened my own features of the photo image to make it look like it was less of a photo and more of a painted piece.

I then layered them, added color digitally, painted it with my fingers in filters and shades. I also moved the lines and began to create the stitching. I didn't count the layers, sadly. I wish I had been more attentive and aware of being in the moment.

What do you think?

I think there was at least 15 layers there but I could be wrong.

I have been using a combination of program apps to do this kind of art including Pixlr, ToolWiz Photos, and Google Edit.

Isn't it amazing what you can do with images these days?

In any case, I finished the piece with more color, more stitching. @Juliasponsford has a contest going on...

You can see it here...

It was just the right incentive to get it done and I won't lie, I am glad that I did. It makes me think of Halloween and oh the lovely things I could do with my dreadlocks!

Feedback is always appreciated!

Thank you for reading!