Enter the Forest

I've been doing so much digital only painting lately that I felt stuck and unmotivated... it still feels somewhat limiting to me, but that could be that my computer is getting slow and bogged down, not helping...

I started this out as a digital sketch, printed it, fashioned a light table with a glass coffee table (which worked amazingly well), transferred the drawing onto watercolor paper and PAINTED WITH REAL PAINTS AGAIN! lol, Then I brought it back into photoshop, redefined the line from my original sketch, slapped some textures, and viola! ...phew.... and somehow that took me half the amount of time than a photoshop only painting.

©Sam Nagel (do not use my artwork without my written permission)

Mandala

Making a mandala takes a lot more time than I thought... but it was kind of therapeutic.
See the meaning of the card and others here: Intimacy Without Responsibility -The Conscious Evolution of Love  facebook page

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Take Root and Grow

So I think my idea for the color involved more green and teals... but somehow deep royal purple made it in there instead and I made the executive decision to go with it. I really dig it along with the red, those are two colors I rarely like together, but right now red and purple get along (the yellow tones help that relationship). I also scrapped the fallopian tubes... my hurting body said that particular detail was unnecessary. Right now sitting at my computer is painful on my back and arms, and of course I'm right-handed, and so my luck it's my right arm. Right now I'm sitting on a really big yoga ball instead of my computer chair... it gets tiring but helps. Maybe the next card I pick out will have something more to do with radical healing or enlightening, change your brain change your body... I don't think that's in this deck (so I may sneak it in, lol).

To read the meaning behind this card go to the facebook page Intimacy Without Responsibility -The Conscious Evolution of Love . 'Like' the page to stay updated and see more cards w/ meanings, until the deck is complete and ready for sale.

tools: photoshop cs4, intuos 3

for Wendyne Limber's "Intimacy Without Responsibility" card deck

© Sam Nagel (not for use or altering in any way)