Sorry no banana for scale, had to use a ruler today. ~24cm long.

The lowercase t is one of the most difficult to bend, and uppercase S isn't exactly easy either, so I spent about a week with that as a backburner project in mind, like how to simplify both first letters at once.

This is my final result, and it threw my mind for a few loops because I'm not at all used to starting with the second letter, only to loop back to the first letter...

I randomly came across a guy on YouTube who was chanting Hindu mantras and playing a cool musical instrument called harmonium (depicted here). I thought it made a nice scene to capture in a drawing.

Graphite pencil on A5 paper, drawn from a video reference

Throw back to a painting I did in 2024. Trying to get the CRT glow was a challenge.

I was trying to capture that "now what?" late summer night feeling of my youth, finishing a rented video game with hours before it was due back and absolutely wired from sugary drinks and candy all night.

I began a Crayola crayon practice recently. Occasionally I use some colored pencils also. Here's drawings from the previous few months. I didn't purchase the color calibration sheet for the scanner yet; didn't want to wait for it.

I'm influenced by the concision of abstract art, like Piet Mondrian's neo-plasticism, though also love the lush, organic fields of color like in Impressionism.

I was using Crayola's 24 box previously.

I had a more lyrical style before settling on predominantly more simple geometries.

This one's titled Māra. Māra is typically framed like the main antagonist in Buddhism; is a personification of the world and its endless rounds of rebirths that is called saṃsāra. According to the Vimalakīrti Sūtra though, he is actually a bodhisattva rescuing beings from suffering; I take refuge in Māra. Drawing for me functions as a syncretic religious practice. In my nonstandard personal view, the Mesoamerican deity Huēhuecoyōtl is a form of Māra; Huēhuecoyōtl is a deity of the arts, amongst many other things. I didn't consider this composition as supporting a Māra reference until well after finishing though.

Sometimes more neo-expressionist figures emerge from the drawings, perhaps unaware to me until after finishing it.

This one's titled Bird over Fence. I draw in my backyard and get to see several kinds of birds visit. A hummingbird is one of my biggest supporters, who cheers me on from a nearby tree as I draw, unless I'm misinterpreting : ).

This one is titled 0¢, in reference to Jean-Michel Basquiat's Everybody's 2 Cents. It's also a celebration of the Crayola crayon. I'm heavily influenced by Basquiat, including his visual dominance hierarchies, color schemes, & motifs.

Some drawings turn out resembling faces or heads.

This one's titled God knows your suffering too.

This one's titled Musulundha, who is the ruling god of the Heaven Free from Strife per the Saddharma­smṛtyupasthāna. I don't see depictions of Musulundha anywhere, though it loosely reminded me of him, so this is a retrofit artistic rendition (as is the previous drawing).

This one's titled Auspicious Time & Resplendent, who are a bodhisattva swan & peacock, respectively, residing within the Heaven Free from Strife.

That's an overview some of the kinds of drawings. I'll start using a more sporadic order.

This one's titled Mm.

This one's titled Cross in Alcove

Canyon Rivers

The image upload button stopped working for some reason. Idk if there's a max image amount per post. Maybe I'll share some remaining previous drawings along with newer ones in future posts. Thanks for viewing.

A little thing I'm making into a small story based on this mixed piece I did tonight/this morning.

The drawing above I had the goal partway through to use all 65 crayons though only once each; realized afterward accidentally put two melons.

From a few days ago.

Another minimal one.

(my photo)

Cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51709216

I really do need to get a sketchbook lol

I did this quick new Mass Effect-inspired painting, acrylic on 8x10 canvas panel. I really want to get it on a shirt. I wonder if Avina could point me in the right direction?

I'm hesitant about continuing to share art; am unsure if people are becoming intolerant of me to where I can't share anymore. People also have disliked me asking for permission for things like this, so I also shared this drawing anyway too. With permission, I want to add other drawings from the past few days in the comments.

ChatGPT introduced Sonia Delaunay & the Orphism movement as precedent. (I think people are too mean toward ChatGPT.)

Drug me to sleep forever more

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/71062955

You can start seeing dew in early morning! Integrelle and Summatia go to watch sunrise.

(Timelapse will be available when I find good music to go with it)

The voices compel me, even though I don't want to die.

Wife of Izzy Patoka, I'll post below

Whin jumping these adorable little critters can use the webbing between their toes for extra reach and slowed descent.