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"Tentacles on the brain" Prismacolor pencil on black A3 paper, 297 x 420 mm, (11.7 x 16.5 in) |
This is not it, but soon, I will try to move away from tentacles, but I will fail. They are even in my dreams, and daydreams, from octopus, on the streets like rats, to becoming nothing but giant fat tentacles swiftly moving through air vents.
I do have tentacles on the brain.
20 years ago, I would use plant vines, the same way I use tentacles today. Back then I was influenced by trees and vines, twisting around themselves like the Wisteria that grew beside our childhood home. I love trees especially gum trees, even more, when they are disfigured, twisted. A tree that has been knocked down by the wind, survives, and continues to grow, creating this "U" shape.
Now it's tentacles, they make a great filler or filter, filling up negative space, they are great for replacing penises.
Oh my god, penises, I must be a dick hater (Methinks thou dost protest too much) in the world of ratings, here in Australia in the past anyway, on tv, you could see boobs, butts and vagina, vagina only if obscured by bush, no dick... then dick on SBS, limp dicks that is, never an erect penis, that would make it rated xxx I believe. When using references I don't want to stare at a dick all day, they are not pretty, I might one day get into dick, I have seen some nice drawings of them.
The brain reference was great, nice and shiny, with underlighting, and it will not be the last time I use this reference.