Sketchbook 17: From Dots to Patterns

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Life has a funny way of bringing us full circle. My latest series opens with "Jellycastination" - a dotted jellyfish that ironically emerged from the very technique I used to dodge in art class. Now here I am, voluntarily spending hours creating patterns I once avoided, finding meditation in repetition.

This exploration of circular patterns continued into portraiture, where faces emerge from concentric rings rippling outward from the nose - first in paint, then in pen, each medium revealing different aspects of the same technique.

The circular theme then fractured into something more anatomical: a bull deconstructed and reconnected through industrial tubes, followed by a human face getting the same treatment. There's something about these tubes - they're like visible synapses, making connections we usually can't see.

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A brief departure into wildlife brought an otter to paper - a spontaneous piece inspired by a recent encounter, rendered in both digital and watercolor to capture its playful essence. Between client calls and deadlines, my desk became a canvas for figure studies - some political, some purely observational.

 

Mathematics crept in too, with an icosahedron face emerging from random doodles on my workspace. 

Then travel took over - Hampi's ancient stones demanded their own sketches, while Frankfurt Airport became an impromptu studio.

The collection closes with what might be the most honest pieces: a meta-sketch of drawing my own hand (the truest self-portrait?), and a page dedicated to street dogs, each with their own personality captured in quick strokes.

 It's fascinating how absorbed travelers become in their worlds, oblivious to being observed and translated into quick lines.

From avoiding dots to embracing them, from geometric precision to quick airport captures - this collection is about finding patterns in the seemingly random, and sometimes intentionally disrupting the patterns we find.

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