It all started with this tree...
In all honesty, it did not but it could have...
The above picture was taken yesterday afternoon, when I was having a tea with a fellow co-creative space human, my studio 'neighbor' in fact, who often, including right now while I type this, finds himself on the other side of my left wall, the one that I pinned a bunch of 'Hypersensitivosaurus' and 'Monster of Disco' drawings and sketchies on for inspiration and decoration.
While sipping from our mugs of tea, with the afternoon chill setting in, I mentioned "seeing animals, figures and probably even monsters" in a tree like that. My neighbor said that often happened to him too.
And now, almost 24 hours later, I am finally back to drawing some monsters, again, after 'not having felt it' for quite some time.
In fact, my younger sister, who lives in The Netherlands, asked me yesterday afternoon ( freely translated from Dutch ):
Are you enjoying the writing in your studio?
And I replied as follows:
I spend quite a lot of time there
but the (v)inspiration has temporarily gone.
After which she said:
That's a shame
I guess it's time for new adventures
My response was:
Who knows
It will come back
There's no logic behind my creative process
but forcing it also does not work.
Fast forward to today, where I started feeling it a little bit, again...
I basically had some fun, battled a bit with paint and crayons ( oil pastels ) and made some attempts at monsters,
the only similarity being all three of them holding a pole
or more like a tree trunk or branch, this time, as I felt like incorporating nature into the picture.
The following drawing, made with oil pastels, ended up sideways after uploading this photo and I realized it looks better this way.
What was at first intended to become a hairy monster, ended up being a slimy, mollusk like creature with grass growing out of it.
Here it seems to be hanging from a branch:
The picture below shows how I drew it, horizontally ( at the side of the pole/ branch ) and I like it less, this way.
I also tried to give it some kind of aura ( the purple/whitish blur around it )
And this ugly fellow is what first came out of my hands and mind, this afternoon...
Think of it as a monster ( possibly 'The Monster of Disco' but likely a different kind of monster ) posing at the pole or at a tree trunk before a pole dancing session/ training.
I didn't like it enough and later blurred its head and made it bigger.
I now kind of regret that but that is how (my) creativity works.
It's all part of the process.
Long story short:
I am happy that my creativity is finally returning to me and I also get why it seemed blocked ( real life drama/ distractions and too much focus on others ).
I can't wait to create a lot more and update you more often.
Onward and upward!
P.S. To refresh your memories, here is a previous 'Monster of Disco' post, with underneath it a series of older write ups ( including art ) on that topic:
The Monster of Disco - Stealing the Show
apparently I wrote this less than two months ago, but it feels like ages.
TO BE CONVINUED...