Well, folks, it's been a long time coming, but recently I've just felt my art has been getting stale. Why all these complex features, shading, and of course the overly complex bondage... Ugggghhhh... Who wants to see that?
That said, from this day onward I will be focusing ALL of my efforts to Cubist Bondage portraiture I think most people will enjoy this sudden, but needed change in style. After all, Abstract art IS the way of the future. Times they are a changing, and so must I.
What could possibly be considered my magnum opus, "Woman in web" was the start of my journey into Cubist Portraiture. Usually something I tended avoiding in my prior arts, I purposefully found ways to not only work with, but incorporate tangents into the work, For those who may not know, tangents are points where lines touch (Most noticeably in this piece where the chin meets the bottom of the hair) In most art forms these points would be avoided as they tend to flatten an image, making it hard to differentiate between parts of the body, the background, etc. But in cubism, the art is almost meant to be flat, or at the very least there's supposed to be no visible, cohesive "order" to shapes, or to shading. This, along with bold, contrasting colours creates a striking composition in which you can get lost within the frame, your eyes being constantly led and dragged form shape to shape.
Alright... in all seriousness, though, I had a ton of fun working on all 3 of these pieces going out today. Not only just for the challenge of stepping outside of my comfort zone, but... it's SURPRISINGLY more difficult than you can imagine. There are strange intricacies to it that you don't really get until you study it and try it yourself. What started off as a joke quickly turned into a lesson on the history of not only Pablo Picasso's work, but cubism as a whole. I really enjoyed watching video essays on the subject, as well as just trying something new. As Picasso himself said "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like an artist." For the initial sketch of each of these I took out the largest, chunkiest graphite stick I owned and just went to town with my sketchbook until I had these three that I was happy with. it took me 5 pages of sketches to come up with 3 abstract portraits I liked. I guess I was eating my words when I said "It looks so easy anyone can do it... Isn't it amazing what you can do with a bit of study and the will to learn... rather than depending upon some AI software to shit out pictures for you?
It's really given me a new appreciation for the abstract, And for the painter himself, at least in his methodology. And like Picasso... I too enjoy working on my artwork while in my underwear...
I've said too much...
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That said, from this day onward I will be focusing ALL of my efforts to Cubist Bondage portraiture I think most people will enjoy this sudden, but needed change in style. After all, Abstract art IS the way of the future. Times they are a changing, and so must I.
What could possibly be considered my magnum opus, "Woman in web" was the start of my journey into Cubist Portraiture. Usually something I tended avoiding in my prior arts, I purposefully found ways to not only work with, but incorporate tangents into the work, For those who may not know, tangents are points where lines touch (Most noticeably in this piece where the chin meets the bottom of the hair) In most art forms these points would be avoided as they tend to flatten an image, making it hard to differentiate between parts of the body, the background, etc. But in cubism, the art is almost meant to be flat, or at the very least there's supposed to be no visible, cohesive "order" to shapes, or to shading. This, along with bold, contrasting colours creates a striking composition in which you can get lost within the frame, your eyes being constantly led and dragged form shape to shape.
Alright... in all seriousness, though, I had a ton of fun working on all 3 of these pieces going out today. Not only just for the challenge of stepping outside of my comfort zone, but... it's SURPRISINGLY more difficult than you can imagine. There are strange intricacies to it that you don't really get until you study it and try it yourself. What started off as a joke quickly turned into a lesson on the history of not only Pablo Picasso's work, but cubism as a whole. I really enjoyed watching video essays on the subject, as well as just trying something new. As Picasso himself said "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like an artist." For the initial sketch of each of these I took out the largest, chunkiest graphite stick I owned and just went to town with my sketchbook until I had these three that I was happy with. it took me 5 pages of sketches to come up with 3 abstract portraits I liked. I guess I was eating my words when I said "It looks so easy anyone can do it... Isn't it amazing what you can do with a bit of study and the will to learn... rather than depending upon some AI software to shit out pictures for you?
It's really given me a new appreciation for the abstract, And for the painter himself, at least in his methodology. And like Picasso... I too enjoy working on my artwork while in my underwear...
I've said too much...
If you enjoy my content and would like to Support me further, consider joining my Subscribestar:
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http://www.ko-fi.com/spiderweber">www.ko-fi.com/spiderweber
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Category Artwork (Digital) / Abstract
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Female
Size 1881 x 1959px
Why is this so silly, but perfect~?
You always do great stuff!
You always do great stuff!
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