Some Paintin's

[BrassFusion]

I painted these with Elmer's Painttastic brush pens. I love those fuckin' things. They're sold at Toys R Us for about 4.29.

This first one followed what was probably my single heaviest binge week. It IS symbolic, but such that I didn't grasp the symbolism till a while later just sitting and looking at it. Does that make it more meaningful or less meaningful, y'think?

This one is the ghost of Liza Minelli after getting punched in the mouth, I guess.

[sass_in_the_pants]

FUN!

I love the first one!!!

You have quite a talent there missy.

[Destroit]

The bunny in the first one makes me happy.

[BrassFusion]

FUN!

I love the first one!!!

You have quite a talent there missy.

Thank you... i appreciate sincere compliments... would you like a free commission of any particular subject? <)

The bunny in the first one makes me happy.

which one, the fuzzy yellow one, or the idol to which a virgin's been sacrificed?

[creatureofthenyte]

I think they're great.

I also think that When you grasp the symbolism,

shouldn't matter, you grasped it, thats all that should matter.

my 1 cent.

[BrassFusion]

Thanks!!!

That said, the Liza Minelli one isn't symbolic of anything at all...

YET...

[creatureofthenyte]

Thanks!!!

That said, the Liza Minelli one isn't symbolic of anything at all...

YET...

You are quite welcome...

[Amerist]

I like the second image. The lines-into-whitespace really produces an interesting effect, especially because my eyes are first drawn to the red lips. While I've noticed instantly that it is a face, the fact that half of it is not visible to me produces an interesting effect -- my brain already added the second half, but I've seen it before when someone looked at me and half their face vanished into a shadow/bright light.

Looks kinda sad, pouted. Although, I didn't quite think "being punched in the face" until I looked back, quirked an eyebrow, and nodded.

I suppose that I'm most intrigued when images are made from collusions of broken lines set on whitespace, shape being affirmed by the extensions of what's there but not by distinct outline.

[BrassFusion]

Thanks for the descriptive critique. =) When I said, "Liza Minelli having been punched in the mouth," it was more a jab at my lack of skill. It wasn't intended to be any particular woman, known or unknown... and I didn't know I was drawing half a face until I had everything done (except the green of the eyes and red of the lips) and looked at it and just... it felt done.

I think I was inspired partly by the movie poster for Chinatown, where Faye Dunaway's face is disembodied in Jack's cigarette smoke. But now I kinda wanna try more of the same technique with a more definite subject matter. And with a better media. Paintastics are fun to use, but they kind of came out looking like marker.

[Sybil]

I painted these with Elmer's Painttastic brush pens. I love those fuckin' things. They're sold at Toys R Us for about 4.29.

This first one followed what was probably my single heaviest binge week. It IS symbolic, but such that I didn't grasp the symbolism till a while later just sitting and looking at it. Does that make it more meaningful or less meaningful, y'think?

This one is the ghost of Liza Minelli after getting punched in the mouth, I guess.

**claps**

You are very good.

[phee]

*phee approves*

[JaneDead]

i got my own very weird idea of what the symbolism in the first one is and just from that alone it made me like it even more - and i have no idea if what i am thinking matches with what it is supposed to be at all

[Msterbeau]

I was trying to fathom what was going on in your head when you did the first one and.... *head explodes*

[BrassFusion]

I love you guys! I gotta paint some more. I already put up another in my gallery on here, that was for a special friend who was in my thoughts at the time