Samantha SoWrong, doin’ Right.

There are times I love my work.

How it usually goes, is when a certain piece is finished, it strikes me with glee, and I am enamored.  I feel amazed, ‘wow’ and ‘how did that happen?’  Those are followed by traces of humility and gratitude in being a part of something much bigger than I and the opportunity to express it in my work.

Call it afterglow, yes? Following a couple days of that, all I want to do is go there again.  Live in that process and have something to show.

The latest graphic for Samantha SoWrong, aspirant for Empresss XXXVIII of all Alaska (and a helluva muse), conjures up these sensations.  I found some sweet Photoshop brushes on the internet, after finding the following source of inspiration:

To be clear: No, that isn’t my piece above.  I found it on a google search for ‘paint splatters.’  It was popular on myspace; couldn’t find the artist, tho.

It gave me ideas, and I figured I would go for it.

The trick is, half the time what you do isn’t going to look like what you have in your head.  At least with art.  If you are building a fence, I imagine there isn’t as much room for creative license without losing efficiency.

But with art, man, just let it go.  It might come out as planned, however, most of the time: no. I’ve come to LOVE that, its part of that amazement at the end of the show – ‘how did that happen, exactly?’  Taking cues and running off with them for a torrid artistic affair.  And affairs can often produce offspring.

Hence:

And then its back to work.  For those of you Photoshop lovers, there are some great brushes to be had, free, here and here.  Cheers!