My Surrealist/expressionist work

Spenner · 10-20-2010, 12:14 PM

WELL I went through a phase way back when I had a good handle on dissociating to the point in where I couldn't see much of anything around me, just had music playing that was synesthetically visual, and used my hands as sort of a fishing line for the biting creatures of my subconscious reaching up from under the page.

When in that state of trance I generally began to see things in a deconstructive manner-- abstract things; emotions, small creatures, parts of the body, etc. So what most of the items in these drawings consist of is an abstraction of a certain quality. I'll give a brief phrase with the rundown for each, if I remember them (some of these are two years old and I don't really recall what I was going for). I was also really bipolar back then so deal w/ it antineuroticnerds

These are in the order in which I drew them, so the cruddy ones are first.

Depression, fleeting anxiety
I don't know
Progression of the feeling of "love" from left to right
Anxiety
Determination, patience at the worst of times
Men (stereotyped)
Anxiety associated with an unknown presence
Human
Astral Projection
Acquaintances
Cricket, arm bone, half of human figure (from left to right, duh)
Fear and anxiety
Unknown instances at the subatomic level
First humans
Confusion with lust and love
Overwhelming anxiety and depression
Butterfly and rose with partial auras
Astral Projection 2
A deconstruction of the mind in a worried/anxious state
Half human half crow
Overwhelming dissociation
Mirages in the reflection of water in middle of ocean when alone
Walking to your sanctuary from your troubles
(picture is sideways, sorry) Bliss after the worst
(again sideways) Baby in the womb
Gecko is curious and sees the world unlike we do
Stress

I do NOT expect you to look through all of these. Highlights would be "Walking to your sancturary" and "Deconstruction of the mind", but maybe that's just because I like those the most.

I'm not in any way saying these are excellent in quality. I cherish them for the fact that they have personal meaning and are pretty damn interesting, seeing as I was barely paying attention when making them.

Umm, yeah.

Xx{Midnight}xX · 10-20-2010, 12:19 PM

Neato.

**makdaddy** · 10-20-2010, 01:06 PM

hell yessir, I've never been one for surrealism, but I really like these.

**darkshark** · 10-20-2010, 03:20 PM

You should really consider taking these concepts into digital form, I would love to see these colored. With your digital art skills I think you could definitely pump these up a notch or ten.

My favorites are Astral Projection 1, and First Humans. They have that certain feel of just enough coherency to let your mind begin to piece everything together and make up a story behind it.

**Mythix** · 10-27-2010, 04:52 AM

My favorites were First Humans and Walking to your sanctuary from your troubles!

Sanctuary made me troubled, and draw a happy picture nao =\

Spenner · 11-2-2010, 04:28 PM

Why thank you ^_^

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkshark

You should really consider taking these concepts into digital form, I would love to see these colored. With your digital art skills I think you could definitely pump these up a notch or ten.

And yes, that is my inevitable goal, to be able to make these nice in a digital form or in a painting. At the moment I really REALLY suck at digital painting so if anything they'd probably be on canvas for the time being, but yeah, these are definitely just brainstorms for bigger ideas.

Quigly · 11-2-2010, 04:35 PM

Needs some COLORRRRRRRRRR.

And you should try experimenting with paint.

**zadkiel91** · 11-2-2010, 06:49 PM

wow, you are good! I really enjoy this type of art the most, and you express it at best =]

Spenner · 11-2-2010, 07:17 PM

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

And yes Quiggers, colour's something I definitely need to work with more. I find I'm hesitant most of the time because of being colourblind BUT it's a reality I have to face.

I've done like two canvas paintings in my life, one of them's not very good, but here's one that I did in grade 12:

****ty picture but I don't have it back yet so I cannot take another one :l

Oh and here's a ****ty paint doodle I did on my hand on new years because I was bored :s

...But there's not much colour there.

Quigly · 11-2-2010, 07:22 PM

I think the fact that you're colorblind will make your pieces even more interesting, so I definitely urge you to use more.

Possibly a very large canvas piece, and go crazy with it. ;D

Spenner · 11-2-2010, 08:21 PM

I like the sound of that for a future project :B

Also, turns out I had a picture of this other one I had 7 hours to finish before school >_> so it looks a bit rushed.

Had to draw a section from this drawing, which I guess also belongs in this thread :P

http://oi56.tinypic.com/o0z7lx.jpg (blurry pic, eww)

And what the hell I'll post this one too

And what the hell I'll post this too. It's a quick painting I did on the inside of a ripped Delissio pizza box

Well actually there's some pencil in there some places too but oh well.

**darkshark** · 11-3-2010, 01:00 AM

Your work looks soooo much better with color. Seriously I want more of this, it looks so much more vivid!

Spenner · 11-5-2010, 10:35 PM

That's good to hear

I'll definitely try working with it as much as I can.

These are not so colourful. BUT HERE THEY ARE:

And this one's a rough for a bigger illustration I have to do in my class:

And a quick little test, not finished, might do more with it etc but yeah whatever:

Colour = good. I can already tell even adding the yellow makes it SO much bolder and juicier.

DJMillaMusic · 11-6-2010, 03:13 PM

All the pictures above me look AMAZING. What pen are you using? And the second to last one is my favorite. The one I'd call "Factory". Your really talented, and I'd love to see you incorporate color into the ones above this post.

-Nathan

Spenner · 11-6-2010, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJMillaMusic

All the pictures above me look AMAZING. What pen are you using? And the second to last one is my favorite. The one I'd call "Factory". Your really talented, and I'd love to see you incorporate color into the ones above this post.

-Nathan

I'm happy you enjoy them

and it's great that you'd call it Factory because that's exactly what my chosen theme was for the project :P

For the time being I'm using Pilot technical pens ranging from 0.1 to 0.8 size

And yeah, working with colour for a few little things, I'll update if anything decent comes out of that :P

DJMillaMusic · 11-6-2010, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spenner

I'm happy you enjoy them

and it's great that you'd call it Factory because that's exactly what my chosen theme was for the project :P

For the time being I'm using Pilot technical pens ranging from 0.1 to 0.8 size

And yeah, working with colour for a few little things, I'll update if anything decent comes out of that :P

I'mma have to get me some of those pens. I love pen drawings. And surrealism, and the quality of your pieces is great.

**Brycexx** · 11-6-2010, 04:35 PM

you have a real talent can't wait to see some more from you

esupin · 11-6-2010, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spenner

I'm happy you enjoy them

and it's great that you'd call it Factory because that's exactly what my chosen theme was for the project :P

I agree, Factory is dope. All of those B&W faces/body parts are really great as well.

Spenner · 11-7-2010, 02:03 AM

Also, here, did this today.

!!COLOUR!!

DJMillaMusic · 11-7-2010, 02:52 AM

I'd make those reds, blacks.

10-20-2010, 12:14 PM	#1
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 2,396	My Surrealist/expressionist work WELL I went through a phase way back when I had a good handle on dissociating to the point in where I couldn't see much of anything around me, just had music playing that was synesthetically visual, and used my hands as sort of a fishing line for the biting creatures of my subconscious reaching up from under the page. When in that state of trance I generally began to see things in a deconstructive manner-- abstract things; emotions, small creatures, parts of the body, etc. So what most of the items in these drawings consist of is an abstraction of a certain quality. I'll give a brief phrase with the rundown for each, if I remember them (some of these are two years old and I don't really recall what I was going for). I was also really bipolar back then so deal w/ it antineuroticnerds These are in the order in which I drew them, so the cruddy ones are first. Depression, fleeting anxiety I don't know Progression of the feeling of "love" from left to right Anxiety Determination, patience at the worst of times Men (stereotyped) Anxiety associated with an unknown presence Human Astral Projection Acquaintances Cricket, arm bone, half of human figure (from left to right, duh) Fear and anxiety Unknown instances at the subatomic level First humans Confusion with lust and love Overwhelming anxiety and depression Butterfly and rose with partial auras Astral Projection 2 A deconstruction of the mind in a worried/anxious state Half human half crow Overwhelming dissociation Mirages in the reflection of water in middle of ocean when alone Walking to your sanctuary from your troubles (picture is sideways, sorry) Bliss after the worst (again sideways) Baby in the womb Gecko is curious and sees the world unlike we do Stress I do NOT expect you to look through all of these. Highlights would be "Walking to your sancturary" and "Deconstruction of the mind", but maybe that's just because I like those the most. I'm not in any way saying these are excellent in quality. I cherish them for the fact that they have personal meaning and are pretty damn interesting, seeing as I was barely paying attention when making them. Umm, yeah. __________________

10-20-2010, 12:19 PM	#2
Xx{Midnight}xX FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 31 Posts: 8,548	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work Neato.

10-20-2010, 01:06 PM	#3
makdaddy FFR Veteran Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Age: 32 Posts: 1,688	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work hell yessir, I've never been one for surrealism, but I really like these.

10-20-2010, 03:20 PM	#4
darkshark Nothing. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Pacific Ocean Posts: 4,189	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work You should really consider taking these concepts into digital form, I would love to see these colored. With your digital art skills I think you could definitely pump these up a notch or ten. My favorites are Astral Projection 1, and First Humans. They have that certain feel of just enough coherency to let your mind begin to piece everything together and make up a story behind it.

10-27-2010, 04:52 AM	#5
Mythix FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,045	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work My favorites were First Humans and Walking to your sanctuary from your troubles! Sanctuary made me troubled, and draw a happy picture nao =\ __________________

11-2-2010, 04:35 PM	#7
Quigly nah Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nah Age: 30 Posts: 3,506	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work Needs some COLORRRRRRRRRR. And you should try experimenting with paint. __________________ nah

11-2-2010, 06:49 PM	#8
zadkiel91 IMMA FIRIN' MAH LAZOR! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 273	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work wow, you are good! I really enjoy this type of art the most, and you express it at best =] __________________ ''I am matter... I am antimatter... I can see your past... I can see your future... I consume time... And I will consume you!'' 2nd Place D1 : The Slayerific Phantominaizer New Year Tourney! 1st place D2 : FFR Classics Short and Sweet Tourney

11-2-2010, 07:17 PM	#9
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 2,396	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work Thanks, I'm glad you like it! And yes Quiggers, colour's something I definitely need to work with more. I find I'm hesitant most of the time because of being colourblind BUT it's a reality I have to face. I've done like two canvas paintings in my life, one of them's not very good, but here's one that I did in grade 12: **ty picture but I don't have it back yet so I cannot take another one :l Oh and here's a **ty paint doodle I did on my hand on new years because I was bored :s ...But there's not much colour there. __________________

11-2-2010, 07:22 PM	#10
Quigly nah Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nah Age: 30 Posts: 3,506	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work I think the fact that you're colorblind will make your pieces even more interesting, so I definitely urge you to use more. Possibly a very large canvas piece, and go crazy with it. ;D __________________ nah

11-2-2010, 08:21 PM	#11
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 2,396	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work I like the sound of that for a future project :B Also, turns out I had a picture of this other one I had 7 hours to finish before school >_> so it looks a bit rushed. Had to draw a section from this drawing, which I guess also belongs in this thread :P http://oi56.tinypic.com/o0z7lx.jpg (blurry pic, eww) And what the hell I'll post this one too And what the hell I'll post this too. It's a quick painting I did on the inside of a ripped Delissio pizza box Well actually there's some pencil in there some places too but oh well. __________________

11-3-2010, 01:00 AM	#12
darkshark Nothing. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Pacific Ocean Posts: 4,189	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work Your work looks soooo much better with color. Seriously I want more of this, it looks so much more vivid!

11-5-2010, 10:35 PM	#13
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 2,396	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work That's good to hear I'll definitely try working with it as much as I can. These are not so colourful. BUT HERE THEY ARE: And this one's a rough for a bigger illustration I have to do in my class: And a quick little test, not finished, might do more with it etc but yeah whatever: Colour = good. I can already tell even adding the yellow makes it SO much bolder and juicier. __________________

11-6-2010, 03:13 PM	#14
DJMillaMusic FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 62	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work All the pictures above me look AMAZING. What pen are you using? And the second to last one is my favorite. The one I'd call "Factory". Your really talented, and I'd love to see you incorporate color into the ones above this post. -Nathan __________________ MY BIG LINK!

11-6-2010, 04:35 PM	#17
Brycexx FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Age: 35 Posts: 438	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work you have a real talent can't wait to see some more from you __________________ Very Challenging AAA'S Turbulence

11-7-2010, 02:03 AM	#19
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 2,396	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work Also, here, did this today. !!COLOUR!! __________________

11-7-2010, 02:52 AM	#20
DJMillaMusic FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 62	Re: My Surrealist/expressionist work I'd make those reds, blacks. __________________ MY BIG LINK!

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