Inktober, miniature.

Maybe you know about the Venus figurines like this famous Venus of Willendorf. But did you know that they are the absolute oldest representation of human figures that are three dimensional? They aren't hunters or warriors. They are women.

They were mostly made from. 40,000 to 10,000 years ago putting them in the Paleolithic and mesolithic periods covering the stone age right up until the rise of agriculture. They are only found in Europe because any not found in Europe would totally get a different name as that's how we roll.

You might know they were considered fertility gods but we don't actually know that. It's a guess. The people who made them were rude and didn't write down what they were for.

Banana for scale.

A5 paper, Micron 01 - 10.

I'm working on a new commission (client request was sunset at a drag race). This isn't my usual style so I'm feeling a little out of my element. Right now, I am not sure if I should keep it closer to how it is currently, or if I should try to add more detail and precision and try for more realistic.

Should I maybe add some cars or headlights/taillights?

Does it look like a drag strip?

Acrylic on 16x20 inch canvas

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mwyv7hpge226

“If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution — then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise.” – Aldous Huxley

Liked the idea of this profile with the face largely in shadow. The eye roll is a bonus.

Scroll art is made from program loops and print() to generate endless, scrolling animations. They are suitable for beginners learning to program, but can grow into boundless sophistication and creativity.

A5 paper, Micron 10 pen.

I kinda want to do this again one day but with a proper photographic reference so I can capture more detail. Which means I need an animal headdress, a model and a makeup artist and some rib bones. Maybe one day.

🍎Inktober day 1: Apple Lab🍎 I know day one was yesterday, but I got busy and couldn't post it then haha I'll be posting some whenever I can manage🥲

This prompt is basically code for "hey, draw some Pokemon"

From a YouTube tutorial on how to draw mech.

A5 paper, micron 08, 05, 03. This year I'm going to try to do a sub theme of mesolithic.

Buildings in Dallas (my photo)

Cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52628839

Artists! What (\n|.*)tober are y/y&/y'all/yall/we participating in?

Ours, is #FUCKTOBER, check the prompts here

Please read our pronouns before addressing us
#art, #october #artober

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mwrqpykyqk2k

New 16x20 acrylic painting. Spot the mashup?

Trying my hand at actual collage, thought this looked neat enough to photograph if not necessarily glue.