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Share your artwork v. BL's got talent

On a 3D note...Im making a lotus blossom out of wire armatures and abaca paper. Doing this for my paper making class, so the paper i use to wrap the wire with i shape myself from pulp and wrap around the wire after i press it...but before it dries. So it dries and shrinks on the wire...warping it some naturally to give me the petal shapes.

Its not quite done yet!

Here are some of the individual petals
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Here they are woven together.

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Znegative said:
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Dear krist-That sleeping figure- It is absoloutley stunning! =D
Work with it! ;)

Znegative said:
Thanks man. To me, the last one begs the question:

"Artist with a drug problem, or dope fiend with a talent?"​
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That question is very limiting imo- is that the most important question you can ask about your life?

There is an infinite amount of questions that will drive your art(painful as they may be). Dont limit yourself-drive on! Is your talent dependent on taking something? maybe you have never sat with the fucked up part of yourself sober/patiently enough to realize that the sporadic talent is dependent on you.

Dont be a cliche...your talent has nothing to do with your drug problem-you are just fucked up, in a good way-you dont need an excuse to fit in to society by your art(if anything it will express what is hidden to yourself), just a means to express yourself,. ;)
<3

I don't mean to sound arrogant, obviously that question is pertinent to you now but it has been pondered- ''chicken/ egg''...it is the paradox that shields life's evolution from being questioned-gets one stuck in partiality.
 
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Asclepius said:
Dear krist-That sleeping figure- It is absoloutley stunning! =D
Work with it! ;)



That question is very limiting imo- is that the most important question you can ask about your life?

There is an infinite amount of questions that will drive your art(painful as they may be). Dont limit yourself-drive on! Is your talent dependent on taking something? maybe you have never sat with the fucked up part of yourself sober/patiently enough to realize that the sporadic talent is dependent on you.

Dont be a cliche...your talent has nothing to do with your drug problem-you are just fucked up, in a good way-you dont need an excuse to fit in to society by your art(if anything it will express what is hidden to yourself), just a means to express yourself,. ;)
<3

I don't mean to sound arrogant, obviously that question is pertinent to you now but it has been pondered- ''chicken/ egg''...it is the paradox that shields life's evolution from being questioned-gets one stuck in partiality.
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I agree, and was being partly sarcastic, but I was also not feeling to great about myself yesterday.. My point though was, can you really be both? Because I don't think it's possible to fully myself to my artwork while actively addicted to heroin. Everything, including art becomes a matter of money and glassine baggies. E best you can really do is keep your skill sharp by drawing yr surroundings here and there, and maybe passing off an intricate doodle as something more than it is.

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Btw, thanks for the compliment. I liked that drawing a lot too, I rarely use micron pens, I believe that was a .01 tip, or one of the smallest.. Im a big fan of Durer and Gustave Dore, I was trying to give it that etched feel, where the volume is built up with rounded hatches and such.
 
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They are actually flower petals. I was still in the process of weaving them together there.

Here's the finished piece, i decided at the last minute to make it a hanging 3D peice.

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Laika I'm really into that scratchboard.


I'm currently ankles deep in one that I'm really proud of. Hopefully I'll post it here soon.
 
batmanplaybaseball said:
Laika I'm really into that scratchboard.


I'm currently ankles deep in one that I'm really proud of. Hopefully I'll post it here soon.
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Thanks dude!
I hope you do post yours. I just recently got into them. They're a lot more fun when you're trying to switch it up. "The drawing that reveals itself."


tripnotyzm said:
Laika, you have serious doodling skills going on!!
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Hah! Thanks, that's what I'm good for!




And to custie, thanks for taking the time to comment. I haven't seen you around too much lately. I hope everything is going well for you!
 
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