i recently found your art via pinterest and just found your tumble through it and i just wanted to say how blown away by how amazing your compositions are, they’re so complex and detailed at the same time!! I truly aspire to have the same level of greatness in my own art.
if you don’t mind me asking are there any specific techniques you use to create your compositions?
Hi!! Thank you!!!!
So, composition...
I don't have a specific technique, as a self taught artist I usually make lots of experiments to see which shape I like better.
(It's a true pain when it comes to anatomy, (i did follow an anatomy class but I keep forgetting the basics) and I'm quite sure I'm still making mistakes,,,,)
I cannot do a proper tutorial on how I think my composition, but I can show you some examples, hoping they can help a little:
Lately I'm experimenting composition through color contrast!! Cold vs Warm, for example. (And to think I used to say I'd be stuck with gold forever,,,)
So..........hope I didn't bring you more questions than answers! Maybe one day I'll make a better teacher than 'look at these shapes...they're...shapes.'
But yes this is how I think things usually -- doesn't mean I'm 100% right (o´▽`o)
the fact that mark bition was yelling stuff at the fix that was so full of self hatred yet no one caught that ambition had been corrupted by self loathing is soo interesting. because ambition and self loathing are not similiar concepts per se but look how easy it was for ambition to continue neglecting what's good for the self, how they tied their self-worth to their achievements, how they started to punish the big guy for failing to achieve their ever raising goals. look at how easy it must've been to blame the self for everything that went wrong, to start loathing yourself, "elias hodge is the big guy's biggest problem."
in case you haven't watched Boy (2010) with director's commentary, here is a taste of what you're in for:
(Taika speaking in character as Alamein, who is based on his own dad, in order to talk about said dad's behavior and internal life, then singing [still as Alamein] to distract from the intense scene between dad and son)
Something about New Life Game Player Gem going absolute feral with the red bloodlust makes me feel many things.
Something something everyone else has felt it running through their veins before and they know the nature of that whole song and dance something something Gem has no tolerance for it and instead revels in the bloodshed like everyone else did the first times something something Its Rubbing Off On The Rest Of Them.
Taking advantage of James after he arrived from tour was one of your favorite things in the world. He was in equal measure tired and needy, you take care of him the days after he arrived, yet sometimes you couldn't help but tease him a bit.
That morning, you had woken up with his arms around you, his erection pressing against your ass.
You smiled and turned so you could see him, you left soft kisses around his face, you played gently with his hair and caressed his arms, of course, that woke him up, he barely opened his eyes and chuckled when he felt your touches.
"Good morning to you too cutie" He murmured closing his eyes again and letting you spoil him. Your hand came down to caress his length over his sweatpants, he grunted, fixed his gaze on you and raised an eyebrow.
You winked mischievously and kissed his lips briefly, your hand reaching under the waistband to wrap around his cock, stroking him up and down, twisting your wrist and collecting the drops of pre-cum with your thumb. He bit his lip to keep from grunting shamefully needy, he swallowed saliva as he drew you closer to him, kissing and nibbling the sensitive skin of your neck.
You knew from his moans that he wouldn't last long, he was biting you a little harder as his hips moved into you in search of more, his cock throbbing in your hand as you jerked him off.
James was feeling that familiar warmth forming in his belly, his abdomen contracting as he closed his eyes, ready to cum and make a mess on the bed.
You smiled to see him so eager, and just as he was about to shoot his load on your fingers, you withdrew your hand and pulled away from him.
A gasp of protest left his lips as he looked at you in annoyance, you raised your eyebrows mockingly and laughed a little. You got out of bed, stretched and looked over your shoulder.
"uhm, I need breakfast.... I'm starving" His face was of pure surprise at your indifference to the situation, his cock still rested hard on his thigh, he snorted in disbelief and he was about to start stroking himself to cum once and for all, but you were quicker, you leaned over and took his hand.
"If you do, there will be no sex for a week, do you understand?" he looked at you in horror and nodded frantically, you kissed his cheek and started walking towards the kitchen.
"You can be bossy sometimes, you know that?" You smiled innocently and blow him a kiss, giggling all the way to the kitchen.
Making James desperate for your touch seems like fun.
I had Worlds Beyond Number thoughts about Suvi and Ame and just Ame putting all of her mischief and everything she has had to grow out of and put aside into the Fox
And Suvi seeing that and not understanding that the Fox is both a full person and also part of Ame and just thinking that the Fox is a part of Ame that Ame makes excuses for
And Ame being able to physically hold a manifestation of her childhood self
And Suvi telling Ame to just chuck him through a window to solve a problem
And Ame accidentally renegging on basically a promise to herself (re: trash pile)
And between the two I'd say Suvi has given up a lot more of her childhood to grow into adult Suvi and just what if instead of carving out all of the bits what if she was able to put it into something wild and cautious and loving and kind and gentle as she was and on days when her friends didn't understand why she killed people, why she didn't react to the blood staining her hands, what if she could hold that soft bit of her that stuck things she loved in her hair and needed her mom to fix her glasses and have it tell her what young Suvi would have needed to hear to feel alright
What if instead of killing the softest parts of herself, she could just hold them