Crumpling of paper seems like the end, but for this series of art, crumpled paper is actually the beginning. The folds and patterns are interpreted in ink directly onto the crumpled paper.
The image is then photographed with my iPhone and edited in the photo editor, cropped and then dropped into my Adobe Creative Cloud. Originally, I titled the drawing “Stag”because it reminded me of some kind of antlered creature, with a lot of swagger.
The pixel image is brought into Adobe Illustrator and converted into a vector file. This gives me the ability to experiment with an endless variety of colors and textures to help develop the idea that will become a finished piece. The title of this design became, “Denim and Bones” after I explored the color possibilities and realized the “legs” were actually laid out like a pair of blue jeans and I transferred the concept to canvas using a small video projector
Here the image is complete, in itself, but it is also the seed that becomes another painting, sculpture, 3D print or some other type of fine art piece.
I was really excited to take the concept to a larger scale and so I went to the local Goodwill to purchase and upcycle a used canvas, and I found one with a great background already painted on it. So, “Denim and Bones” became Celestial.
As exciting as it was to take the concept to 36” x 48”, what was even more exciting was working through the process again to bring the photo of the finished acrylic painting back into Adobe Illustrator, and converting it back into the vector illustration format, which is the latest iteration of the concept. You can purchase a print of each of these phases of the Denim and Bones artwork by visiting my FineArtAmerica.com page.
CRUMPLED SERIES 