Geo Exposure 4: Silence is golden.

"Silence is golden." made it just in time before 2014 ended. There were interruptions during the process that it took me to finish it in nearly three months. I had some crazy office work to accomplish for most of that time and then spent many days doing Christmas-related errands.

This was like a puzzle I had to solve.

Geo Exposure 3: Distortion

I just recently finished "Distortion" and it features a view of the surrounding area and the nearby
Taguig City that I see from a certain side of the office. The company I work in currently occupies two floors of the building - 16th and 23rd. The reference photo was taken after a meeting in a room of the 23rd floor.

Kind of powdery.

Geo Exposure 2: Macro Micro

A little more than a month ago, I finished the second piece entitled Macro Micro for the Geo Exposure series. I took a different approach to overcome the challenge that this work posed to me. 

First time to use an artist grade set of colored pencils.

Geo Exposure 1: Folia

The self-portrait from the previous post was highly inspired by geometry and the double exposure photography technique. It actually set off this series that I am currently working on. Geo Exposure is the working title and it is my first (serious) themed series of colored pencil artworks.

  

Geo Exposure (working title) is my first themed series of colored pencil artworks. The first piece is called Folia.

Pilot: Self-Portrait

This is a brief post about how I came up with my self-portrait. I have not had a hair cut since December last year. Some months ago, there was one night that I was checking the length of my hair, trying to sport the bun look and documenting the progress using my phone's camera. The thought crossed my mind that since I was getting more serious about my art, maybe I can introduce more of my creative side by means of a self-portrait.

My face, getting a geometric treatment.

Marine Spiral

The world under water is teeming with diverse fish species. Try typing 'tropical fishes' on your search engine and you might find yourself astonished and overwhelmed by their huge number and wide range of colors that characterize them. As for me, that is what happened after I decided to take fish tails as my next subject. 

Some Psychedelia

Let me clarify myself first. First of all, I understand that Psychedelic Art is defined to be an art that is inspired by psychedelic experiences induced by drug substances. Second, I am against drugs. Lastly, I just like seeing things differently, not wanting to confine myself in seeing things as they are in reality. I can say that I was inspired by psychedelic art that I applied some of its characteristics on the next pieces which tackle the desire to see the world and man's individuality.

The first one, called "Journey", is inspired by the wanderlust movement that started a few years ago. This is my interpretation - the big guy that blows the cubic bubbles represents one's consciousness. Everyone is aware of the vast world out there. Everyone has a dream to go to a place he/she wants to see. The platform above the guy's head shows the readiness of a person to move from where he/she stands. The nearer the person is on the edge, the readier he/she is to jump and take on his/her dream. The gears of the bubble depict the things that will help him/her to get going, while the goblet head is the vessel that will be filled with the taste of his/her experience along the way and in that place.

Journey, watercolor pencils, 7 x 10 sketch paper.