Lights On, Masks On!
Hasty judgement
Frowns of disgust
Thoughts full of contempt
Hides
Swollen despair
Pale insomnia
Blushing Excitement
Stops
Obstructs?
Deforms?
Preserves?
Smooth as porcelain
And just as fragile
I keep it always at arm's length.
Every day I polish the wrinkle-free surface.
Blood leaves stains that are hard to remove
Acid sweat bites through the hard coating
Tears leave dirty smudges
I think it's starting to wear off
I'm starting to use it only for Special Occasions
Casual Conversations
Family gatherings
It's no longer as white and shiny as it used to be
It's weighing me down more and more
It used to fit like a tailor-made suit
And now?
It bothers me
Slipping away
Maybe it is no longer mine?
An intricate web of experience covers my tired face
The lines of wonder run farther and farther
The crease of anger is getting deeper and deeper
The plains of a smile seem more and more vast
I no longer look for pretty phrases that make me look good
Wise quotes, high-flown words
I don't have to change the world into my shape
I don't have to shape myself to fit the world
I'm no longer afraid.
Not anymore.
Masks, whether metaphorical or colourful like a carnival, have always intrigued me. Hiding one's thoughts or even one's identity seems a bizarre desire. And yet! This is what we do every day. It can be tiring...
About the drawing
This time I am not including a reference photo(or rather the two I used) because of the nudity. I think drawing the naked body has paradoxically little in common with photographing it. In both cases, we can play with light and mood - but I feel that photography captures a very precise moment in the model's life, whereas drawing willy-nilly represents a spectrum, especially when drawing from nature. The model cannot stay in one position for too long, especially when it is 'unnatural' for the body. The body 'settles', changes alignment slightly and almost shape over time. This gives us an image composed from a certain stretch of time, rather than a very specific moment in time. I often think about this when drawing.
In the original pictures, the posing girl had strings attached to her joints like an animation puppet. I decided to free her from the bonds and leave only their marks on her body. I think the impact of the 'conducted' pose itself is clear enough. Bluntness can sometimes be too painful, even when it's just a line on paper.
Working with a tablet gives me a lot of new opportunities. Lately I've been spending quite a lot of time playing with animation. I think I will soon switch to a slightly more sublime medium(than Canva;), but for now - it gives me a lot of joy:)
As always - I wish you a lovely week!
Yours,
Strega Azure
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| Exposure vol.1 |
I started working with soft marker tool, but I didn't like the effect, so I swapped to
'pencil'
So I deleted whole layer, and started over with a pencil tool.
Below you can see a drawing without the first layer with a preliminary sketch.
I used open source program 'Krita'
and Kamvas 13 tablet Huion
Animation was made in Canva
