I'm making this process note…

I'm making this process note Public as an example of the kind of notes you get as a subscriber to my Creatr account in January 2025.

Some of the GM art has less process photos; some are more complex like this piece. There’s also a PDF of different font treatments of GM text, like the GM used in this art, available for download to subscribers (https://creatr.nostr.wine/subscribe/npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8)

8 of 24 - GM PROCESS ....

Loved this fancy font GM and wanted to use it more as a design element than text.

First I tore the edges and glued the GM to my base paper with matte gel medium. Also gave it a few hard rolls with the brayer to make sure every part of the GM paper was blued down.

Next I scribbled over the GM with a white candle. The wax in the candle is going to act like a resist which (crossed-fingers) will create a cool effect when I add the other layers.

I had a few tubes of blue acrylic paints I wanted to sue up. so I brushed them on top of the GM. Used a sponge and paper towel to add some texture, and while the wax resist did work, I wanted it to stand out more. In order to make something stand out or "pop," you add contrast beside it. In this case, I added more candle strokes, a dark blue and purple Neocolor II crayons, then activated the crayons with a light brush of water. Given the look of the piece at this point, I also added some white acrylic paint splatters.

Next up is the cup to give the GM "steam" a source. I had a leftover from an art project I did years ago (teacup t-rex) but it was too large. Using it as a rough reference, I sketched in a cut with pencil ... and wished, for a moment, that I was working digitally because it was in the wrong spot. So I had to use the IRL version of copy/cut/paste which is erase/redraw, now with saucer.

I used a Sharpie fine point pen for the outline and gently erased the pencil sketch.

For the actual beverage, I rubbed on some of the same dark purple Neocolor II I used on the background, as I wanted to keep a limited color palette. A tiny bit of water brushed the purple into a liquid to fill the interior of the cup.

I tried to add some splatter and ended up with two large blobs right on the cup - splattering is always a bit nerve wracking as you can "mess up" something that you may, or may not, be able to recover.

I was able to remove the white blobs (yay!) and added a tiny spritz of white in the center to direct the eye upward to the steam letter GM.

Also added a bit of shadow with the dark blue Neocolor II crayon, and smoothened it out with a bit of water.

Thanks!
- Rustypuppy, host of the NostrArtstr Art Challenges

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