r/cubism

Free-hand spontaneous [cubism] line drawing inspired by my love of Pablo Picasso since the age of 12...mk/artist

A little while back I shared some post-it note doodles I had been doing on my lunch break. I didn’t know if they technically fit in with the cubist style so I asked this community… which I now realize is apparently a tactic used for ai and is a type of post many art communities look down on. I apologize for that, I genuinely was trying to find out. Anyway… You all were so nice and encouraging!

I’m terrified of physical media. Every paint stroke stresses me out. I want to get better at it but it really defeats me. So I opened Procreate instead and just started noodling. Hadn’t used it in over a year. Never shared anything from it because I rarely finish pieces since i’m usually frustrated with what I’ve done.

But I actually had fun with this. I just sort of experimented. It was the first thing in a long time I just did for me. I restarted like… four times. Tried brushes I’d never used. Played with layer blending modes. And somehow came out the other end with something I’m actually proud of.

Lots to play with and practice, but I feel like this pushed through a frozen mindset I’ve had for over a year. So thank you all for the encouragement. One big thing I need to learn is file sizes… did this one the same size as my post it… which really under utilizes the whole digital workflow thing. But I can try something new next time!

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Used 2 of my own sketches of someone from the drawme reddit as as a point of reference. I think I like the result.

My usual collage style is surreal scale work, but lately I've been pushing myself to try new things and I so wanted to get back to making face Frankensteins like I once did in elementary art class. Back then it was just fun (it still is just fun), but now I see they always end up with a really Picassoesque quality that I love.

This one has a couple of fun facts: 1) the "blouse" is actually a perfume bottle, continuing my exploration of using perfume bottles as clothing; 2) the hair piece that's on her back it's glued backwards, I had originally cut out the hair right but didn't notice and glued it backwards by mistake, I took it off and glued the right side up but then I kind of liked the mistake better, so I went ahead, took it off again and glued my happy little accident that you now see.

For the eagle eyed viewer an eye and the nose belong to a famous Hollywood star, one of the biggest in the 90s, and the other eyes and lips belong to a member of a family famous for being famous.