Since fall is around the corner, I suppose I can post this here :)🍂🍁
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Finally had a chance to finish detailing the frames for these two @sanctus-ingenium prints I got a while ago!!
(breakdown of the process under cut)
The original frames were just a flat, plain black and white. So the first step was spray painting them neutral gray primer, then with a black, faux "hammered" paint.
Once that was dry, it was doing the subtle, gray fillegree/detailing on the front and sides with acrylic paint (freehanding it initially for the Pantera-themed frame, then getting smart about it and making stencils for Leun's (it went much faster)).
Next was cutting out the cardstock, coloring them with alcohol markers, and detailing with microns and white ink.
Trying to mimic the headpieces of each Holy Beast for the tops of the frames with some reference to their element in the side bits. Flowing acid for Leun and a smoke for Pantera's flames (which I think could have been pushed a litle more and I may redo one day).
Each part is typically a double layer of cardstock for a smidge of depth, but Leun's headpiece ended up being three.
Then it was just using double sided tape to attach big pieces, and gluing all the smaller, fiddly-bits.
Overall, I like how they turned out. Still might redo Pantera's to up the color's contrast to better match Leun's.
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Thinking of all the people who are now disabled in Gaza due to injuries and trauma, in addition to the numbers of those who are killed. Israeli violence has been causing disabilities in Palestinians for decades. You don't see those numbers as much as you see the deaths.
A few years ago, there was a situation where Israel released years worth of mail from warehouses to the West Bank. A lot of packages and letters were damaged. Some were moldy. They were kept in horrible conditions. One of the things that stood out was a wheelchair. Someone bought a wheelchair and Israel just kept it in storage for 3 years instead of delivering it. There was medicine there too. Things people bought and ordered online.
This is old news, from 2018.
What I mean to say is. When we have a ceasefire, don't forget that the status quo, the "normal," is also full of abuses.
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