Craft Works - Let's Get Creative!

[madmonday]

not far from the truth

[Cutlasshound]

Custom skull. Wife bought neva blank vinyl skull. Decided to customise it with a Karajishi botan design using marker. Difficult to photograph!

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[tmg]

That looks awesome, you've got some talent!

[Finkster]

^ agreed … rad skull!

[Cutlasshound]

Thanks chaps

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[A Former User]

Some new work, colored pencil and wax oil pastel on Lanaquarelle 300lb. (640 g/sm) cotton cold-pressed watercolor paper…

[seawolf]

@adam313  The best part about your beautiful work is, I have no idea how you make it. It adds to the mystique

[A Former User]

Thank you chief!

I have a few photos that could help illustrate the process.  These poor iphone pics weren't taken with a "step-by-step" sequence in mind (more just as a reference photo to keep me thinking while I'm at work), and I don't have photos of each stage, but hopefully these might give an idea of the evolution that the paper has gone through.  It's much like a pair of jeans hopefully, in that the paper reflects the life it has lived…Thanks for looking!

[A Former User]

[A Former User]

[A Former User]

So I would love some impressions, any impressions, bad, good, it all helps….I'm trying out some new possibilities.

This is going to be a new type of series for me -- as opposed to the artwork in the above post ^^^ which is more like a smorgasbord of colored pencil -- this series will be more focused and minimal.

Still in progress but close...

[A Former User]

Another one just finished…"Aftermath", colored pencil on Rives BFK (280 g/sm french mouldmade cotton paper normally suited for printmaking)

[Black Orchid]

I absolutely love the blue…beautiful clear,cool and calm

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[A Former User]

Much appreciation, @Black Orchid!

It's getting closer…

And this is the cotton paper pulp that gets ripped up during the process of drawing lines and writing/scribbling…

[A Former User]

[Finkster]

^ fascinating … keep it up!

[A Former User]

[A Former User]

And started a new one too.  All colored pencil on Arches 400 lb. Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper.  This is the 25oz. denim of the paper world!

[seawolf]

Thank you @adam313

That is such a wonderful and unique process. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing and giving us a glimpse into your process.

I think I know of a tool that you might find useful. I recently got myself a pair of these and they seem to have unlimited applications for people who use circles in their work. http://windfiredesigns.com/Tools/CircleTool/index.html

[Giles]

I need those like I need a hole in the head, but boy, they are things of beauty….