NEM & Neon Armour present "Legends of the Underground" Body Art Show!

I will be in attendance on Saturday the 3rd at this show, showing large pieces and selling paintings/prints!

***NEM & Neon Armour present***

"Legends of the Underground" Body Art Show!

DAVID MACK, JAMES O'BARR,
PETER STEIGERWALD and BILL SIENKIEWICZ

DJ SONIQ of SONIQ ARMADA

LIVE Body Painting and Art Show!

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Walking distance from the Con!

21+ $10

Come lay witness to some of the comic industries most amazing artists transforming beautiful women into dazzling, painted works of Art! Proceeds benefit the Mkyuni Foundation, dedicated to enriching the lives of underprivileged children through music and the arts.

The Lotus - progress continues

Its slow going, as the other parts of life take most of my time (as rewarding as they may be). Trying to block in color, but am always taking breaks to do details, as that's much more enjoyable.

From The Lotus of Life and Death

I also had some flashes of inspiration today about how to make actual unique works of art FROM prints of digital art. It'd be ridiculous trying to explain it here... I will post pictures as soon as I can make one. I'll probably break and do that on Wednesday after I pick up my huge load of prints.

-CHUK

The Lotus of Life and Death - part 1

I was originally intending originally to paint Adam Kadmon. However the sketch for it was exhausting to create and I have decided to let the concept marinate for some time before I tackle the painting. Also, having been out of country in Cancun, I was in possession of idle time and a sketchbook. The resort in Cancun had alot of mythical sculpture from all over the world and I became inspired to produce the sketch for this - The Lotus of Life and Death.

From The Lotus of Life and Death

I like to select the area of the piece that "defines" it and just paint that area most of the way to completion... if I can get that portion to my satisfaction, it allows the me the confidence of knowing the piece will succeed ultimately, and also gives me an area to refer to for consistency. Anyway, I did that for this piece and was excited enough about the result to post it.

Aside from the esoteric concepts and psychedelic surrealism that I'm always trying to achieve, my focus on this piece will be extreme color theory, volumetric shading and working on a tight, almost liquid specularity.

-CHUK

Sketch: The Evolution of Adam Kadmon

I am excited about this... I hope it lasts.

From August 8, 2011

With the few "gnosis" oriented pieces I've attempted I always have a sudden thrill when I manage to capture the root concepts and the feeling and fuse them together. When you really hit close to the mark, it really feels like... "truth". By having made it and by having rolled the knowledge and the amazement and the terror of existence brilliantly symbolized in a litany of ancient concepts around inside that tiny dimension of thought and energy that is your consciousness over and over and over... its a way to make it stick with you. To make you grok it.

But it never lasts. I have to finish it, but most of the way through, it will be shortsighted to me, and riddled with flaws. I will know it so well that all I will see its its faults. Creation and knowing are both harsh, harsh masters.

-CHUK

This Is Us vs. Your Delicate Fucking Sensibilites

Much respect to AEsthetic Cataclysm.

Participated in the "This Is Us vs. Your Delicate Fucking Sensibilites" art show over the weekend. It was hugely inspiring to show with other artists of the heavy-heavy persuasion and the tight theme curation was very refreshing. Danny Simanjaya, AEsthetic, UMKA, all brought inspiring work that makes makes me driven to keep creating and keep challenging peoples' minds in ways they could not forsee.

again, much respect.

-CHUK

-and a fool to not bring my camera. I would have stayed longer if it wasn't for the miscooked dinner I had just consumed. :/