Fine art and illustration

[Alexandra]

Unless I'm specifically working on a commission, show or installation, mixed media photo collage is what I tend to keep coming back to. I draw, paint, take photographs, hand make textures, then combine all of these into images. I've been at this for an awful long time, so let's see if I can get a good cross section for you lovely people ~



Lino self portrait


Acrylic ink self-portrait


Collage self-portrait








Four images from the Conspiracy collection


Pen and ink drawing






Photo transfers of vintage family photos with acrylic ink




Photo-transfers of drawings

 

[Alexandra]

Cultivating discipline is important, so I push myself to make something every day even if I don't want to. Art journals are super useful for this kind of thing, so have a small slice from a bank of images too huge to share here.

 

[Axiom Days]

This is the best drug trip I've ever been on.

 

[Alexandra]

This is the best drug trip I've ever been on.

Thank you?

 

[Throne Trinity]

Splendidly abstract my friend! 

 

[Dusky]

Gorgeous.

 

[Alexandra]

Ah ~
Thank you muchly

 

[Vali Ulfr]

YO WAIT WAS THIS MOSTLY WATER COLOR!!!!!!!!! srry if get it wrong i just see the trays on the sides so i guessed

 

[Alexandra]

YO WAIT WAS THIS MOSTLY WATER COLOR!!!!!!!!! srry if get it wrong i just see the trays on the sides so i guessed

Some of these are watercolour; I like a *lot* of variety in my artwork. Images 4 - 7 in the first post, for example, all the colour in those is watercolour, while image 2 was painted with acrylic ink. The majority of the art journal colour is provided by watercolour, except in a couple of instances. I use a lot of magazine clipping images in colour, then apply gesso to fade it out, and paint or ink over the top. 
The tl;dr here is that I love to make a giant mess in the studio.

 

[boo.]

Ah, so much eye candy!

 

[Alexandra]

Ah, so much eye candy!

Thank you. Comments here keep reminding me to post more ~

 

[Alexandra]

Some mixed media cityscapes in progress for an upcoming show.

 

[Alexandra]

The Red Warrior
Sold as part of the Raise the Red Carpet fundraising exhibition.

 

[Alexandra]

Madonna del Ghisallo triptych, exhibited for Culture Night 2016

Close-up work in progress

 

[Lava]

You're actually incredible!

 

[minajesty]

*rips art that I have* I quit

 

[Alexandra]

You're actually incredible!

Thank you muchly
 

*rips art that I have* I quit

Hey, woah, let's slow down here.
It's not always a good thing to try and compare your work to everyone else's, especially if you're comparing it to someone who has had ten more years to practise. Just keep on making things, and you'll get to where you want to be.

 

[Literary Revenant]

I was tempted to ask if you are taking commissions yet I also thought that "This art is very geometric, lots of shapes and patterns, it wouldn't be right to ask about an OC request. " So instead I will simply watch and enjoy the fine art.

 

[Alexandra]

I was tempted to ask if you are taking commissions yet I also thought that "This art is very geometric, lots of shapes and patterns, it wouldn't be right to ask about an OC request. " So instead I will simply watch and enjoy the fine art.

It's interesting you ask about that, as I was having a conversation with someone recently about how I could possibly create RPG character art in my style; my mixed media approach is dependant on photography to some extent, so it's likely anything I produce in that vein would have my friends' faces involved. So there are a number of potential problems here. I'm planning a "mage series" (barely a working title, subject to revision) involving photographs of carefully styled models, wild coloured backgrounds, hand-drawn elements and the magic represented as glyphs, mandalas or strings of prayers in the air. Seeing Doctor Strange in the cinema recently helped solidify the idea that Warmachine's representation of magic kick-started. Now it's just a matter of picking a magic type as a starting point, and seeing what happens.
Oh, and I absolutely take commissions ~


So the tl;dr here is that I'm planning a project that will likely help me find a way to to OC portraits.

 

[Alexandra]

Time for a much needed sketchbook dump ~



Art journal pattern practise.



Handmade textures


Spoopy



Notecard commission wip ~

 

[Alexandra]

Graphic design selection ~



Exhibition poster



Digital lettering practise.




The Fake Band Project; Alt, Vaporwave and Metal.


Logo design process for a convention.



Photography edits.