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Without a brief or client, just me staring at a blank page. Anyone who has tried this knows what shows up first… doubt… hesitation... that little voice saying, “let’s go do something else.”
So I started with tiny drawings. Small felt safe. Easier to finish, easier to come back to. Just little ideas, drawn by hand, nothing too nerve-racking.
While working on Something in the Woods, I found that dotting became a form of meditation. A helpful thing if you have an overactive imagination and a conga line of thoughts dancing around your head. Sounds like a party? Well… not always~
No fancy tools, just good ol’ pen and paper.
One. Dot. At. A. Time.
This year, I’m letting things grow. Bigger canvases, bigger ideas, the same dot-a-dot-dots~
That’s when I had a tiny falling out with the mighty pen. They ran out too fast, and weren’t really customisable for the thicker, denser areas I wanted to build while still retaining the fine details. So…
Enter the humble toothpick.
Funny story, they were originally bought to *ahem* spike my flower beds to stop snail invasions… After the floral defence line was set, the leftover toothpicks needed a different job. Turns out they’re perfect for dotting. Fine tips, easy to replace, usable on both ends, stackable into bigger “brushes”, completely recyclable, and oddly satisfying to use~ (ignoring the occasional splinters)
I’m experimenting with different inks too, let’s see what these pieces become~
Germaine Chong (Shu)
@shu.anonymous