-By Dan dos Santos
I typically hold a rag in my left hand whenever I’m painting. When I clean my brush, I have a habit of ‘pinching’ the paint off. The result is usually a very symmetrical, ‘Rorschach’ type image. Quite often these random marks appear like faces to me… especially when I haven’t been using the rag very long.
Over the past few months, I’ve taken shots of some of my favorites.
It's no secret to anyone that's been following Muddy Colors awhile that I am really deeply interested in the psychology around why people become artists, and how becoming a "professional" "full-time" artist affects that. For example, I've written posts on the...
I've been working away at Chapter 3 of my comic Cut Flowers, but while that's cooking I did a 2-page prologue to give readers a little more about our ghost, Jamie. I hope you enjoy these!
As folks that have met me in person (or seen my meat suit on instagram) know, I have a big upper-arm tattoo of an art nouveau piece. (Shoutout to Iris Compiet, I think this was from an Spectrum or IlluXcon convention before the pandemic) Many people comment on this...
Great stuff, Dan! When I breathe enough paint fumes, everything starts looking like strange faces.
Lol, brilliant!
These are encouraging Dan, I dont feel so alone now….;)
I love this!
ha ha, nice Adrien Brody likeness! And it only took a few marks-looks like ultra economic portraits are in your future
Thank you! i needed a laugh to start out my day hehe
Pareidolia.