I painted this really awesome denim jacket for a commission! It's painted with acrylic paint and is a memorial portrait of Gregg Allman.
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I decided to pay homage to one of my biggest inspirations by doing an illustration. Porter Robinson recently released an animation from his collaboration song with Madeon, titled, "Shelter". I've linked the animation below, check it out because it's beautiful. Here's a quick step-by-step of how I illustrated my interpretation of the video. I recently had the opportunity to see Porter live at EZOO with my best friend, Russell. I really love Porter and this was truly one of the most emotional experiences I've ever had. We were there specifically to see Porter, but the whole ambiance was like a beautiful dream. Porter's aesthetic resonates with me mainly because it's about a longing for a lost world; it's also vaguely anime inspired and filled with nostalgia.
There are some videos of the experience, but you can't capture the atmosphere of hundreds of people singing along, bursts of flames, projections and the imagery. This was also the last time he'll be playing Worlds, so that made it even more impactful. He'll be touring again at the end of September, but I'm so happy to have seen him play Worlds live. I'll say also that I was hesitant to go because I've been so busy with everything and concerts can be pretty intimidating. Luckily, I went. For me, the concert really felt like the culmination of a long Summer of hard work. If you have the opportunity to step out of your comfort zone and go do something that you want to, go and do it. "The ones that make it complicated, Never get congratulated" I've been thinking a lot about overarching ideals in painting and this lyric from Kid Cudi really spoke to me. For painting, there's plenty of rabbit holes to go down in terms of technique, but I've only found them all to be detrimental. The best technique is the simplest.
Personally, I use a full palette ebauche applied in a frottis (rubbing) manner. This is something I've applied from Bouguereau. There's a lot more to painting, obviously, in terms of colors, brushes and mediums, but what I'm saying is that the physical application of paint is all that matters and must be direct as possible. There's no fancy technique that you can hide behind. Go out there and apply paint directly and don't make it complicated. |
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