We all come to recognize and appreciate what the most memorable characters from Disney classics look like. They all have their own distinct aesthetic, style, and character traits. Alex Pick has shuffled the deck, as it were, and created his own series of Disney humanimals, where he inverts the human characters into animals and animals into humans. And even though the transformations are radical, they re all accurate and true to the spirit of the character.
Alex Pick has been drawing ever since he could hold a pencil, and never wanted to do anything else. He grew up inspired by Disney animation, and even dreamed of becoming an animator for Disney himself. Even though this dream didn t turn out to be true, as the saying goes, as one door closes, another one opens. Which is why he s doing these series, and gaining thousands of loyal fans with each submission.
Artist ready for Open Studios take 2 after year of cancellations
8 Mar, 2021 02:55 AM
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Artist Pauline Allomes outside her Barrack St studio. Photo / Paul Brooks
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Artist Pauline Allomes had to cancel all her Open Studios plans last year: this year it s all on again and she has lots of new work or reworked older work.
One was a pencil drawing of the Rangitikei River. I quite liked it, but I decided to do something with it. It s pastel and paint on top of pencil and a little bit of Indian ink. Now it looks very different.
Late night art sessions with only the sound of my thoughts and the continuous scribbling of pencil on paper is what drove my mind away from the worries of life
DECATUR â Artistic creations are not limited to one medium.
Chicago artist Dan Addingtonâs paintings, using wax and other pigments, will be featured through his exhibit Memory and Meaning in the downtown Anne Lloyd Gallery throughout March.
âThere is a beautiful sense of light,â he said about his creations.
Since wax is translucent, the process allows for various layering techniques. âHow much pigment you add to it is going to determine how opaque the surface is,â Addington said. âIf you just add a little bit of pigment, you can see the layer below and the color it was. The colors are mixing optically.â