My Unsuccessful Submission To Happiness Comix.

"Alone and Forsaken" by 16 Horsepower

screenshot study of Lestat from IWTV, done with paint pens

Scarf for a cousin, #4.

Reblogging for the daytime

CHARITY ART COMMISSIONS!

I’m opening 5 slots for 5x7in painted portrait commissions (in this style). Each piece is $45, $20 will be donated to @RAICESTEXAS, $20 will be donated to @AmazonWatch, $5 will be used for shipping the piece.

Email me at panicvolkushka@gmail.com or DM me

Patrons will receive the original painting, a high-res scan of the painting, and a screenshot receipt of the donation to RAICES and Amazon Watch.

You can make your own prints, put it on a shirt, use it as an avatar, as long as I’m credited. I will not sell prints of the pieces, I just ask that I’m able to post the image to my tumblr and other social media sites.

Dreamed that I opened a book an there were beetles hiding in the pages. I turned the page and there was a snake. I flipped the book over but the snake came at me. I grabbed it’s tail and smashed it against the wall but it wouldn’t die. I wrapped it up in plastic bags to suffocate it but I could feel its body thrashing. I felt terrible. I didn’t want to prolong its suffering but I didn’t want it to hurt me.

Dreamed that there was a tornado outside the house. Everything was dark and the whole house was shaking and when I looked out the window, I could see the tail of the tornado dragging down the road. I lay down on my stomach and put my hands over the back of my head. My grandmother walked through the dark and shaking house as if nothing were wrong.

details from "Amateur Psychoanalysis."

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So I’ve scanned the pages of my risographed fashion study zine (you can buy that here)

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Between my internship and the Asbestos Apartment Boogaloo, I haven’t really gotten to work on a painting since March.

My first run at this portrait, about 2 hrs of work, not including the initial sketch. Trying to get faster and looser with portraits.

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"Sharpen and Blur"

acrylic on canvas board, 16 x 11

This is one of those pieces that... doesn't really have a deeper meaning behind it. The body is my favorite subject for art, so the way that scar tissue can alter it fascinates me. I realized I'd never done a painting of someone with a facial scar and decided to do one. As the painting progressed, I started thinking of how my great-grandmother described the experience of having cataracts -- she said it was like seeing through layers of veils. So I smeared the hell out of the background and added layers of matte medium over the sections of the image that I wanted to push backwards.

And so that's how this came about.

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I HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO RENDER HAIR

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