Mellowbeing

This postcard is a lot more complicated than it looks like.  Sure, it may seem like I mysteriously drew lines and filled in shapes in certain areas.  What you can’t tell from this photo is that I started with several 8.5″ x 1″ strips of adhesive paper.

They are remnants from when KidMang made his promotional stickers and they turned to not fully print 8.5″ x 11″ sheets.  He gave me a couple of dozen of these strips and I wondered how I could apply them to the postcards.  Since they don’t quite work for a basket weave pattern, I just stuck them on in the same order without the weaving bit.

After this part, there were natural shapes formed between the different strips.  I chose bright colors to work with and patterns I usually doodle.   This isn’t the cleanest sketch but there are another 8 postcards to go to perfect.

Have you worked with a medium in an unexpected way that even you hadn’t originally thought of using?