Happy New Year. Moon girl Vs Dark Matters

Opening 2023 with another timelapse. This piece was originally for a short story which I haven’t abandoned completely-but has transformed into something very different, so can be art for art’s sake for now…..until I pick it up again and use it. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. Not going to dwell on it. Also the ‘no dwell only swell’ mantra must be adhered to this year. Not simply because it’s a fantastic rhyme that I made up just now but….. because I want to get stuff made…..which means less hesitancy and more decisiveness. Mourning for the ideas and sketches that get tossed aside is not time spent well….they are all parts of the process according to Morcheeba and I’ve been living my life by those wise lyrics since 2003.

This was the first painting I did testing out a fabulous set of cosmic star and galaxy brushes. Their tantalising bristles plunged me into hyperspace where I encountered an enigmatic entity comprised of brooding dark matters…..but then I got myself distracted by a sugary donut shaped planet which I double dunked in a wormhole…..so yeh that translates as ‘the brushes are great, the juices are out of the barrel, let’s just share the things and do the stuff and hopefully there are a few weirdo aliens out there reading this and clicking play. Just don’t hold me accountable for any explanations until May. By May I’ll understand every wonder nugget the world has to offer. Hmmmm……as a backup, there’s this story about a moon girl which is a bit naff.

Sketch

Time lapse. Painted in Procreate, played about with in MotionLeap, edited in InShot.