"vocem' is Latin for 'Voice' in case you were curious.
I've been trying to carve out more time for my own art these days. I've done so much illustration that I felt I needed a little more balance, allowing my own creativity time and an outlet. When given the ultimate freedom to paint whatever I want feels a bit overwhelming to me... where to start, where to settle? So, I have continued with my experiment of painting without planning. I prepped the board with a neutral grey and just started making random sweeping marks across the surface. Much how one might see shapes in clouds, I started to see things in the brush strokes and then proceeded to flesh them out. I liken it somewhat to those stream of consciousness writing exercises, perhaps if I do enough of these I will see some patterns. I had a lot of fun with this one!
Oh...well, wow. It reminds me of the illustrations in some editions of H.P. Lovecraft's works. [link] For the story "Rats in the Walls." [link] For the story "Statement of Randolph Carter." See the resemblance?
[link] For the story "Rats in the Walls."
[link] For the story "Statement of Randolph Carter."
See the resemblance?
Little feature here !!