Winter tree

 

Well the winter storm was (thankfully) a bust. We did get some snow but only a fraction of what was forecasted. It was nice to get some snow days out of it!

Girl in field

 I am so curious about this picture. My grandparents had a framed artwork of a girl in a field that hung in the bedroom hallway of their house, and as a kid I'd always stop to look at it. They both passed away roughly a decade ago, and my best guess is the artwork was donated to a thrift store after the house was sold. I've always wondered about this artwork. Where did it come from? Who painted it? Who's the girl in the painting and what is the story behind it? And where is it now?

All I have of this artwork is a very crude reconstruction that I pulled from a photo it happened to appear in, so that's what my painting is based on. I've always wanted to make my own version of it, with my personal flair of course. Maybe someday I'll find out where the original picture came from, and even if I never find out, that's okay. The mystery is part off the intrigue, but more importantly, it's a nice reminder of my grandparents.

Star lotus

 

Turii panta rhei

 

Remake of an old doodle from 10-ish years ago, featuring a scene from my OC lore. The song Turii Panta Rhei by Akiko Shikata inspired this idea.

I don't have much attachment to the original context of the song, which has its own story altogether. When I listen to it I imagine vivid scenes from my own story.

I bring light.

 

I've been wanting to redo this certain old piece of Link that I've always been fond of. It deserved an update and I'm quite pleased with the result~ Years ago, I spent that summer playing Majora's Mask to 100% completion, so it was fresh in my mind. What an awesome game. It's definitely one of my all-time favorites.

Here's the original, if you're curious.

A very funky alien party

 

Here's the biggest (...and maybe the oddest) artwork I've done in quite a while, HIGHLY personal and self-indulgent. Let me explain:

I made my new Deviantart account in September 2009. It was a rebirth of sorts, leaving my old account behind. This year, my "new" account turns 12. It was freeing to start over on a new account and it brought a significant turning point in my artistic journey. It was so meaningful to me that I make a habit of acknowledging the date, every year. It serves as a yearly reminder of my artistic journey and the excitement and freedom I felt.

It also marks the birth of my three alien OCs, featured in this artwork. From left to right: Crescentius the snowy owl, Apollow the barn owl, and Allessandro the eagle owl. I tried to incorporate some of my other fascinations from the time, as well as several of our family cats. (The black kitty is Zoey and the one under the table is Nikki. The white one is just a cute scottish fold I saw on Youtube that I was obsessed with.)

My main inspiration for the artwork itself was Louis Wain, particularly his artworks of cats having tea parties. I'm obsessed with that guy.

Tree

 

One time, I dreamed I was playing Silent Hill 3. I was inside a very dark room with rusty red highlights. It was a large, spacious, empty room. During my dream, Tree by Aphex Twin was playing in the background. It continued to play even after the scene faded.

For me at least, the track evokes that same sense of eerie loneliness as the nightmare worlds of Silent Hill 3. Alone in a dark, abandoned, industrial wasteland. Concrete, metal, blood, and rust.

I highly recommend you give this track a listen. It's one of my favorite tracks on the album, which is incredible as a whole. The album is Selected Ambient Works Volume 2. Honestly, even the album art reminds me of Silent Hill 1 and 3. It has that same rusty red aesthetic going.

This was a pretty quick piece, but I really wanted to evoke how that dream made me feel, and attempt to depict what I saw in my dream.