-Project 7-
Childhood Nightmares
As
children growing up, most of us have experienced nightmares.
These nightmares give us a very small glimpse of what our
subconscious minds are capable of doing. What we experience in a nightmare
is very hard for another person to understand and follow.
With that said, I thought it would be interesting to visually
snap a still frame of the nightmare's I had as a child and
recreate these images for others to witness.
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These are the
8 nightmares I remember the most.
They all are rendered using pencil, inkwashes and pen.
I realized that
these images once completed, didn't fully
capture the true darkness of my nightmare's.
I then decided that color was needed to take these images
to the next level.
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All images were
colored in Photoshop and then tweaked using Flash.
Although nightmares are typically haunting and affect most of us,
as growing children. I am a firm believer in facing your fears
and turning the bad into good. I no longer have the haunting nightmare's
as I did as a child.
I hope
you enjoy these fascinating images, that helped me
understand and come face to face with my personal nightmare's as a child.
-Project 6-
Odd Little Creatures
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Skully |
Hammer-Head |
Wally |
Punky |
Felt/10x8x4 inches |
Felt/10x8x3 inches |
Felt/11x9x5 inches |
Felt/14x18x5 inches |
In this project, I wanted to take my random sketches and really give them life.
Once the basic sketch was complete I proceeded to cut the
patterns of my characters from felt. Once my patterns were complete, I
began sewing them together inside out, in-order to hide my cut edges.
After the sewing was complete, I stuffed them all to give them life and then took
photos of them in the real world.
ENJOY!
-Project 5-
Penguins With
Angst.
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Penguins have this typecast of being cute little animals in today's world.
Well forget what you know about this adorable penguin and watch
how they vandalize a couple of farm silos and threaten Santa Clause.
(Press on any of the above pictures to view the whole series)
Project 4
Ugliness
Backed by
Confidence.
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In this series of work "Ugliness Backed by Confidence" it all started
with your good old fashion sketch. I then proceeded to capture this image
with acrylic paints and paint markers on canvass.
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After completing this painting, I was inspired to sculpt
this character and experiment with making a rubber mold to make multiple copies.
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Once my master rubber mold was completed, I started
pouring plaster into the rubber thus replicating my original sculpture. I then
used spray paint and paint markers to give life and detail.
-project 3-
The Middle East
"Good vs Bad"
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With war being so prevalent in this day and age, one can't escape
from thinking about it. So in this series of work, I researched as much as
I could
about the Middle East and it's history, thus creating 4 mixed medium paintings
that come together as one.
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-Project 2-
Easter Sacrifice
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"Easter Sacrifice" is the study of the Easter Bunny
and it's glory, undermineded by upset
Chicks and the Peace Dove. Witness the tragedy as the power is sacrificed.
(Press on any of the above pictures to view the whole series)
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"Habitual Obstruction" was originally created with ink wash pencils
then
transformed into vector images, thus providing a visual landscape of movement,
emotion, and theme.
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All Images Copyrighted 1976-2007
Jasper Stevens Thomas
Jasper@exclusionary.com
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