This was seriously my favorite project of the entire semester. I've always wanted to draw on someone in such a large scale like this. I think the main reason I have such a fascination with tattoos and body art is because I fell in love with the idea of the body as a canvas at a small age. Every chance I got I would be drawing on myself; pen, marker, paint, highlighter, anything I could get my hands on. Every time my dad would get mad and yell, and I'd run and hide in my art closet and draw more; sometimes I think he just made me want to do it more, almost like reverse psychology. Anyways maybe that's why I want to be a tattoo artist, I love to draw on people. There's something so freeing about just giving in and letting the inspiration take over and guide your hand across the surface, never stopping, just a constant stream of consciousness all put into motion through you. That's why it was so enjoyable to do this project. It all had to be done in one day, or else it would just rub off overnight, so I was forced to tap into that constant flow in order to keep the art going. Granted it was a little frustrating with the materials rubbing off at the slightest brush against something else. Maybe that's why tattoos are so appealing, all that work stays with you.
The concept behind this was loosely based on dreams, lucid dreams and daydreams alike. The two boards are the connection and similarities every person has with dreaming, the energy flow and centers of energy (chakras), but then those dream templates flow and adapt to each individual dreaming, becoming apart of their person. I illustrated the basics coming off the known board and transferring to the ever-fluid, living, breathing self, mingling with their energy and thoughts and exploding all over. The constant stream of consciousness was important to this. I had to let my mind wander into a half-awake, dreamlike state, almost like a trance to keep drawing.
