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TLDR: This is my fabric mixed…

Rustypuppy — Fri, 24 May 2024 18:29:31 GMT

TLDR: This is my fabric mixed media art interpretation of End Piece, from the comic Bread and Toast by dan 🍞

https://breadandtoast.com

ARTIST THOUGHTS 3/3: This is the little guy that really started it.

Looking at the character designs and personalities, I tended toward Toast. Flipping through my fabric stash, however, brought out this fabric and it immediately identified as End Piece to me. I was even able to cut it so the horizontal beige line became his brow.

One googly eye was standard and easy. For the oval lazy eye, I had to peel away the backing without destroying the front curved plastic (attempt #1 failed on that point), then add Gorilla glue to the correct place on the inside of the peeled backing to fix the pupil in place (attempt #2 was successful on that point).

Because the eyes make the piece of Bread.

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TLDR: This is my fabric mixed…

Rustypuppy — Wed, 22 May 2024 18:05:58 GMT

TLDR: This is my fabric mixed media art interpretation of Toast, from the comic Bread and Toast by dan 🍞

https://breadandtoast.com

ARTIST THOUGHTS 2/3: I like vintage and tend to incorporate some aspect of it into my art.

For these pieces, I found The Story of Bread by Edwin Lincoln Barker which was published in 1911. I printed various pages, torn them up, and used liquid matte gel medium to adhere the pieces of paper to the art board.

Then I brushed over several layers of watered down Parchment (color) Liquitex acrylic paint. This softens the printed text.

Once the paint was dry (with a little help from a heat gun), I used archival ink and a stencil to add another layer. I used the ink lightly and intentionally broke up the pattern because all of this is background and meant to provide texture, not attract the eye. More layers of paint and the background was done.

Toast has wide, expressive eyes so those are googly eyes right out of the box. The crust fabric is the same as Bread. The center fabric is different, more “toast” like in color. Eyebrows, mouth, arms and legs are done with a Prismacolor pencil (black).

Final Artist Thoughts to come on Friday when I’ll post the last artwork: End Piece.

#breadandtoast #comic #grownostr #art #artstr #mixedmedia #artcommission #rustypuppyart

TLDR: This is my fabric mixed…

Rustypuppy — Mon, 20 May 2024 18:27:38 GMT

TLDR: This is my fabric mixed media art interpretation of Bread, from the comic Bread and Toast by dan 🍞

https://breadandtoast.com

ARTIST THOUGHTS 1/3: Being asked to do an art commission is an honor, exciting, and a bit intimidating, especially if they leave you free to use any style and medium.

I’d just been to a quilt store stash sale, so I had a pile of fabric to play with. Or there was Procreate. Or ink drawings. Or mixed media (which is anything and everything you want to put on a substrate). Or collage.

I reviewed the references and went about my days, thinking of the characters on and off, imagining portraying them in different ways, studying what made each character different.

Then, the inspiration that started pulling things together: googly eyes!
Each character’s personality resonated in how the eyes were portrayed.

That decision made the others easy: fabric, 8” x 10” art board, mixed media background.

Bread has large, solid eyes so I used the same size googly eyes as Toast. With a Posca pen, I covered the plastic dome and brushed over a layer of matte gel medium so the black wouldn’t flake off (plastic can be a pain to paint because of its smooth, slick surface).

More Artist Thoughts to come on Wednesday when I’ll post the second artwork: Toast.

#breadandtoast #comic #grownostr #art #artstr #mixedmedia #artcommission #rustypuppyart