The Unfortunate Gift of Eternal Slumber. Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board.
I completed the above drawing many weeks ago but have forgotten about it. I did not seem to have a reason to post it until I have completed my Steam Punk Series. As it is, I have only completed two drawings in the series because the exercise soured with me. As I was drawing, I actually tasted metal in my mouth, the same sensation when when one takes medications with metallic taste side effects. I am afraid of spiders and I definitely had no love for steam punk but this exercise gave me catharsis. In the end it softened me to mechanized, geared and screwed objects lifted from virtual junk, inked into my Bristol Boards. It even endeared me to this image of the venomous, vapid, insidious creature and hypnotized me, almost inducing narcolepsy, as if I have been injected with its venom famed for eternal slumber; not merely torpid, slothful, negligent or dormant state. Will I complete this series? Perhaps.
You can spend hours 'hunting' in these amazing images!
ReplyDeleteI must say it's not a subject I would enjoy drawing but you've made it a lovely thing Ces!xx
ReplyDeletebeautiful and distrubing, a great combination
ReplyDeletenice detail - glad it didnt put you to sleep before you finished
ReplyDeleteAlong came a spider
ReplyDeleteSat down beside her
Scared the crapola out of Miss Muff
Good Night
Been a long day!
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Hi Ces.
ReplyDeleteI've been off blog for about 3 weeks and am trying to slowly visit my blog friends. I'm sure I've missed much, but life sometimes calls us in a different direction. I hope you haven't had any bad storms in your area.
Very happy to see you are still "arting". (:
Have a wonderful weekend.
♥ audrey
Thank you very much for your visits and comments.
ReplyDeleteHi Audrey, welcome back. Great to see you again!!!
Steam Punk is an intriguing art form. You do it justice Ces.
ReplyDeleteHeheheh. Intriguing as in nonsense or downright ugly sometimes :0
ReplyDeletehello Grandewitch.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, i dont understand steam punk art.
ReplyDeleteIs it like the voice in the machine?
Spider: Thank you for standing near me and being concerned. But i am not here right now. I am somewhere else. And you cannot reach me. Please leave me at the sound of the beep.
Me: Beep.
Hey Ces! Don’t ever stop doing what you do. I love getting lost in your work! Thanks for stopping by! Your comments are always filled with encouragement, kindness and hilarity. You really nailed the steampunk thing. Your eye for mechanical thing-a-ma-jigs and doo-hickeys is amazing! I really like your Humpty Steampunky! Have a great memorial Day!
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Honey Badger don't care, it just does what it wants. Glad to see this one is done and off your mind...
ReplyDeleteHello beautiful Witch. Hahahahah! I am with you. I don't get it either. Really! What is the point of Steam Punk? But I want to understand it. Still not getting it. I am beginning to like the gear and screws though. Of course as long as it is in pen and ink. Otherwise, excuse me, I am going out on a limb here, I personally consider the 3-d steam punk art objects as junk.
ReplyDeleteHello Jack. Who won't be humored after visiting your blog and finding your wickedly witty illustrations? Thank you.
Honey Badger!!! Honey Badger don't care!!! Hahahahahhaha! I had cobra for dinner!!! Kiss the twins for me. Tsup!
I admit spiders are my least favorite creatures. I like the steam punk aspect to it and that you are experimenting with something your not entirely sold on. To me it brings a futuristic feeling to the scene.
ReplyDeleteHeidi, I'm still not getting it but I did two drawings so far. I can't finish the third. In fact I tore it already. I may try six at least. Make it even.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work!! Only you could make me like spiders in this way...:)
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