Artistic Inclinations

This is a page of half original, half stolen ideas from better artists artwork. Maybe one day there will be more of the former, but for now, I'll have to showcase my sketchings with both. I favour plain pencil but really enjoy colour as well, just not too good with expressing that in detail with paint. Anyway, if you want to see almost all original ideas and doodles, see this page, it's full of small pockets of drawings I do when I'm bored. In future I hope to have a few more photos I've taken as well as drawings, but yeh, we'll see...

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This photo was taken at Arthur Whitling Park (opposite Castle Towers) in late September. It was a full moon.

The tree looked cool without leaves and I thought a photo of its silhouette would be quite tasteful.

The flash was automatic though... No matter, I still like the photo and came up with these versions in PSP.

The girl on the jacket of The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album, plus that wonderful hourglass symbol.

Not one of the better ones, but an original with the theme of death, pain and vulnerability represented by the figures, and my unhealthy obsession with things scorpion-related as seen in the moon.

Obviously not an original, but just a pencil drawing of the famous Venus Rising (at least one part of it) by Botticelli (sp?). It's a really nice piece of art if you ever see it.

A scorpion, done in oilsticks for some art project in school. Unfortunately it didn't fit in the scanner.

One of things you do to use up paint - a sketchy body figure thing, but I liked it enough in the end.

An old but original one. Probably has something to do with medieval times, witches and weeping trees. Why not?

A sketch copied from an ad in a magazine.

Done in pen. I was bored. Guess the origins!

First attempt at watercolour, I liked it enough.

A cool zebra, I think I saw it in a book about animals.

D'Arcy from The Smashing Pumpkins. Bad qual scanning adds atmosphere.

A faceless centaur, about to fade into the mists of time. Paint on canvas!

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This photo was taken at Arthur Whitling Park (opposite Castle Towers) in late September. It was a full moon.	The tree looked cool without leaves and I thought a photo of its silhouette would be quite tasteful.	The flash was automatic though... No matter, I still like the photo and came up with these versions in PSP.
The girl on the jacket of The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album, plus that wonderful hourglass symbol.	Not one of the better ones, but an original with the theme of death, pain and vulnerability represented by the figures, and my unhealthy obsession with things scorpion-related as seen in the moon.	Obviously not an original, but just a pencil drawing of the famous Venus Rising (at least one part of it) by Botticelli (sp?). It's a really nice piece of art if you ever see it.

A scorpion, done in oilsticks for some art project in school. Unfortunately it didn't fit in the scanner.	One of things you do to use up paint - a sketchy body figure thing, but I liked it enough in the end.	An old but original one. Probably has something to do with medieval times, witches and weeping trees. Why not?
A sketch copied from an ad in a magazine.	Done in pen. I was bored. Guess the origins!	First attempt at watercolour, I liked it enough.
A cool zebra, I think I saw it in a book about animals.	D'Arcy from The Smashing Pumpkins. Bad qual scanning adds atmosphere.	A faceless centaur, about to fade into the mists of time. Paint on canvas!