Years in Review - The Mask: No. 24

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 23

Years In Review - The Mask: Santa Mask 7

Years In Review - The Mask: Santa Mask 6

Years In Review - The Mask: Santa Mask 5

Years in Review - The Mask: Santa Mask 4

Years in Review - The Mask: Santa Mask 3

Years in Review - The Mask: Santa Mask 2

Years In Review - The Mask: Santa Mask 01

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 22

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 21

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 20

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 19

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 18

this particular mas is unusual (for me) for one simple thing. It involves the colour. I, personally, do not like to use the colour "green" heavily in a piece. This was an exercise to step out of my comfort zone. 

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 17

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 16

Years in Review - The Mask: No. 15

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 14

Years in Review - The Mask: No. 13

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 12

Years In Review - The Mask: No. 11

Years in Review - The Mask No. 10

experimenting with colour shades on this series of masks.

Years in Review - The Mask No. 9

another re-working. I changed the colour of the mask by scanning  a section of one of my acrylic abstract paintings and changing the background to black.

Years in Review - The Mask No. 08

this is an older design that I went back and re-worked. The original mask was drawn/scanned around 2001 and I dis the rework about two months ago. The original was a completely black background with glowy "tentacles" where the negative space is now.

Years in Review - The Mask No. 07

One has to look closely at the piece to see the three mask images. The background in this piece is a scanned section of a hand-dyed silk scarf I did while in school. 

Years in Review - The Mask 06

reminds me of a clown, though not the traditional one!

Years in Review - The Mask No. 05

playing with colour on this one.

Years in Review - The Mask No. 04

this is probably one of my favorite early mask images. This is one of the first mask images I had prints made and actually sold a few!

Years in Review - The Mask No. 03

still experimenting with "effects" in Photoshop. Our first Photoshop program was the 5.5 edition. Long Long time ago in the Photoshop "world". One thing that has not changed in this time is that I still draw all the mask images by hand and scan, create a .tif file for Photoshop.

Years in Review - The Mask No. 02

same mask, different views

The Mask Review No. 01

this mask was either the second or third mask sketch I experimented with. I have close to 149 cd's with artwork saved and this one was on number 1! (yes, i use flash drives now to save artwork on) 

Mask Event in ONE WEEK

Coming Up...

less than two weeks till it starts!!

New Mask image

Ol' Bluebeard

(maybe the last new stuff before the Review?)

More from the interlude

Jowles

getting the masks together for the Review, I got inspired! This and the next mask image were the results of that inspiration!

A Mask during the interlude

The Goblin King

still just over three weeks away from the "Years in Review: The Mask" event coming up. So, to help pass the time, here is a new mask image for your viewing pleasure!!

New Ad for the Review next month

Years in Review: The Mask

Well, was not planning on having anything "new", but started designing "ad post cards" for the "Mask Review" coming up in December. I have ended up designing a few of these "ads" so I'll post 'em every once in a while as a reminder of the two month long event. So, enjoy the post cards!!

Before the Hood

Last of the Icons (for a while at least)

In the Moon

(this image is based upon an Oriental legend/mythology)

"Years in Review" 2012

Actual posts of new work for the next little while will be few. I am getting together a "Years in Review 2012" show of my Mask designs, that will be a daily feature on the blog for the month of December and January, with a "special" viewing of some past and new Christmas themed mask designs coming up during the week of Christmas. 

I am going back as far as I have work saved digitally (around the turn of the century) and combing through and picking out the designs I like most. Some are "as is" and some will be re-worked as new interpretations come about while viewing the images. So, some new, some old, some that are special will be posted as the cold days of winter pass us by.

Digital Abstract

Window View

Digital Stuff

Butterfly Warrior

this is what a rough pencil sketch that was going nowhere looks like when ya just play and see what turns out

Digital Abstract, Fall 2012

Envious

Abstract Digital, Fall 2012

Glass Eye View

Not Subject...

Not Subject...

this one takes it title from a few words I wrote a few days ago:

Not subject to your judgement,
nor slave to your opinion.
Not grouped into your popularity,
nor on knees for your praise.

Not climbing your ivory pedestal,
nor feeling the weight of your boot.
Not singing for your attention,
nor following in your shadow.

Not paying for your endorsement
nor camping in your tent.
Not willing to do whatever,
nor compromise whatever needs.

your position has no meaning
outside the shell of yourself.
your words have no strength
from the hollows of your mouth.

I am aware of you and
I choose to ignore you

Fall 2012 Digital

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Fall 2012 Digital Series cont.

Many Portals, Many Choices

More Digital Work

Good Wizard, Bad Wizard

New Digital Work

There Are Stars

this one drawn and completed in three hours.