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M'latest painting

Postby CameronCN » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:09 am

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First one I've done in four months. I think it's my best yet. It's certainly my most professionally executed. Its destiny is to be my Mom's Christmas present, which she's rather happy about.
Like all paintings, the photograph messes it up somewhat. Anyway, a painting like this needs a cool name. Something short that I can use to title similar paintings to follow, a la I, II, XVII, etc.
21"x16" acrylic on stupid cheap Bristol board.
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Postby SotiCoto » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:04 am

And here I am cursing my workplace computer for blocking certain sites... especially those that host images... >_<;

I'll make a positive comment when I can get home and actually see it for myself... ^_^;;
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Postby Angstwolf » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:04 pm

And here I am cursing my workplace computer for blocking certain sites... especially those that host images... >_<;
Yeah me too. Except I'm at school, not work.
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Postby Tom Flapwell » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:00 pm

Looks like something I'd hang on my wall. Upside down, of course.
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Postby VenM2 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:27 pm

How did you create such smooth lines? I pained myself to just paint my "Serenity Vs The Bomb" and it never came out as well as yours.
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Postby CameronCN » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:58 pm

How did you create such smooth lines? I pained myself to just paint my "Serenity Vs The Bomb" and it never came out as well as yours.
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Ah, well, there's a trick to that. The magician will now reveal his secrets!

Removable contact paper. You know, sticky plastic sheeting that peels off paper easily. You just cut it into the desired shapes (with a penknife), stick it on your painting surface, and paint over it. There are all sorts of wonderful things you can do with it. That's also how I make my precise little geometric shapes, painting through a hole cut in a bit of sticky paper as a mask.
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-Because he has an artistic style that is both complex and minimalist. This is profound!
-He once drew me as a roadrunner. It was an actual honest to god feral roadrunner, but a roadrunner nonetheless!
-He lives in Idaho among the wilderness and stuff and I envy him for that. 3:
-He is probably one of the most personable artists on here.
-I think he's the only one of us on here who drew a fanart that made it as a guest strip on O&M. This is an accomplishment!
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Postby VenM2 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:08 pm

:cry: if only I knew! My school art store should have some of those!
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Postby CameronCN » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:17 pm

:cry: if only I knew! My school art store should have some of those!
You can buy it at the grocery store. It's used for covering shelves and stuff. Just be sure to get only the removable kind, obviously. There are different brands, and some are better than others. Mostly, it's not a good idea to use the stuff in hot weather, because then the adhesive gets all gooey. Not a big problem up here. :D
*Is watching siblings sledding down the little hill outside his window.*

Basically, it's one of those things you have to experiment with. One can also cut a paper stencil, but then you have to be really careful, and even then you're almost guaranteed to get a big blob of paint somewhere bad. Waterproof plastic masking is the way to go. (Except for ink. With an ink roller and ink pads, you can use paper masking with no problems. Haven't done that in years, tho.)

Oh, and another bit of advice: never, ever use solvent to try and remove mistakes. It will burn a hole in your cheap Bristol board and force you to drastically crop your piece to remove the damaged area. ;)
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Cameron is awesome because:
-Because he has an artistic style that is both complex and minimalist. This is profound!
-He once drew me as a roadrunner. It was an actual honest to god feral roadrunner, but a roadrunner nonetheless!
-He lives in Idaho among the wilderness and stuff and I envy him for that. 3:
-He is probably one of the most personable artists on here.
-I think he's the only one of us on here who drew a fanart that made it as a guest strip on O&M. This is an accomplishment!
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Postby gforce422 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:04 pm

Call it "Alchemic Serenity." :P


Oh and btw, awesome painting.
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Postby Tabris_The_17th » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:17 am

Wow, very nice work indeed Cameron!
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Postby Holyman83 » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:23 am

That is really good Cameron!
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Postby CameronCN » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:44 am

Thank you, all. :)
And now...the sequel!
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-Because he has an artistic style that is both complex and minimalist. This is profound!
-He once drew me as a roadrunner. It was an actual honest to god feral roadrunner, but a roadrunner nonetheless!
-He lives in Idaho among the wilderness and stuff and I envy him for that. 3:
-He is probably one of the most personable artists on here.
-I think he's the only one of us on here who drew a fanart that made it as a guest strip on O&M. This is an accomplishment!
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Postby gforce422 » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:58 am

Totally freaking awesome. :grin:
gforce422 is awesome because:
-He made the absolute nicest comments about me in the other topic. I didn't respond to them yet, because I suck, but they are greatly appreciated! =D
-I would say he would also be a good runner up as one of the nicest people alive.
-He joined the IRC sometimes. But not enough, I say! Chat moar =D
-He is evidently only 18 year old but he could easily pass for 25. =D
-He is a drummer like *I* am and this in itself is cool.
Astro> gforce's smiles can cure cancer in kittens
Astro> the happiness radiating from your person is enough to solve tensor calculus
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Postby Tabris_The_17th » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:03 am

A quite worthy follow-up ^-^
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Postby Fritz » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:04 am

Wooow you're awesome Cameron :D
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