"Take a look into my Starnge Dream."My drawing portfolio is the host for my Strange Dream series, a collection of artworks centered around the theme of bizarre & melancholy moments shaped by my imagination.
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“Strange Dream”— 24×18 inch charcoal
This entire piece was done in charcoal and rendered with a kneaded eraser & blending stub. Various references were used to craft the gestures of the bodies and fish, but the rest was done from imagination. I wanted to draw what a strange dream felt like, and my goal was to make a bizarre environment seamlessly interact. This artwork was essentially my illustration of brainfogg and ideas slipping away like a fish.
This piece was created as a negative-space study from life (my backyard) in my drawing sketchpad. Originally, it was done in orange chalk pastel, but was later edited to grayscale to match my portfolio more. By focusing on negative space, I visualized a simplistic scene with soft values and a melancholy tone.
“Garden Party”— 18×24 inch Chalk Pastel
“Tiger Fairy Pond”— 24×18 inch Oil Pastel & Charcoal piece
Playing with the concept of layering in a physical artwork, I came up with the scene from my imagination. The idea was to render a playful moment of fairies playing with fish, but have a tiger hunting them in the background. Acting as a metaphor for human predators, the color scheme was kept to grayscale to challenge me to express color without directly using it. The fairies, leaves, and flowers in the corner were all cut out and pasted on top. The tree and pond was glued on top of the black paper to create a layer effect.