In nightmares, Jorge Luis Borges mentioned about the mesmerizing painting by Henry Fuseli, which inspired me to paint over my variation to reflect the current political atmosphere.
The reference image sources: incubus, statue of liberty, elephant.
2020-10-10
2020-10-09
2020-10-07
Zaris Mech
Portrait requires high precision to look right.
The lockdown has reduced my chance to draw people on-site, so I switch to photo references meanwhile.
2020-10-02
2020-09-30
Jefferson and Fallen Leaf
I noticed the intriguing configuration of utility poles around this street corner due to the down ramp on the other side.
2020-09-28
Books-round-over-table-corner dream
Around 6 am September 26 I recalled this dream about a bunch of books circling over the edge of the kitchen table without falling over.
2020-09-27
Feetcopter dream
I had this dream half a year ago on on March 27 2020.
Upside down helicopter man fly over a city.
Rotor stopped and dropped to the ground, captured by a GoPro camera.
Rescue workers brought a big net rushing towards the camera view, which I replaced by an ambulance view for easier drawing.
2020-09-26
A day of several drawings
I remembered 3 weird dreams earlier at around 4:30 am and 6:00 am this morning, and decided to draw them out.
Before that, during an eye break, I spotted a rooftop worker.
This is the first dream, about an eel tank.
This painting is inspired by the name of a prior intern who is still collaborating with me.
2020-09-21
Resting excavator
After focusing on the claws in the previous sketch, I felt more comfortable drawing the entire excavator.
I misplaced a rod in my first pencil-and-pen sketch, which I fixed, and then proceeded to produce a color version.
I ran out of patience after oil-painting the yellow components and thus water-colored the rest gray, and completed oil-painting the body two days later.