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Published: 2008-08-15 19:16:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 160; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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Ink, 10.25" x 10.5"In my last real art class (before I became a teacher's assistant the second term of senior year), I felt that I had a lot more freedom to try different media and styles because I was no longer saddled with the pressure to please the CollegeBoard folks for the AP exam. This is an experiment in ink and various different ways to manipulate it, one of which was with a microwave, I'm fairly sure, in this particular piece...
It's childish and perhaps a little clichΓ©, but I remember being really happy and possibly a little crazy when I was making this. It emulates to me a large part of the wonder and spontaneity of childhood.
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lolwait wut, this was done using ink? What kinda ink? o_o
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Lolwut, yes, this is ink. xD The ink that... comes in a bottle. And in a variety of colors!
A couple of the colors were metallic (thus that really shiny blue--it became kind of powdery in places)...
Come to think of it, some of it might have also been the kind of paint used for airbrushing... I can't really remember. I just kind of wreaked havoc with what I found in the box Mr. O gave me. :]
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How did the microwave come into play? XD
Lovely contrast in colors. :3
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When the ink was still wet and very liquid-y with water, I put plastic wrap over it and just... stuck it in Opstad's microwave. It was a technique I saw in a mixed-media suggestion book and thought it looked cool, although it never worked the way it worked the way it showed... xD Sticking it in the freezer was much cooler, actually. I'll submit one with that effect, although it's just some abstract colors and not actually a picture (..yet. I might be using it as a background for a piece that will be a gift to my piano teacher).
Thank you. : D
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Oh man, that sounds awesome, if I stuck anything into my microwave itd probably catch on fire. XDD
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Hahaha. It might have if I kept it in too long... WHO KNOWS. =O
But then again, this is Opstad's ancient microwave we're talking about... so maybe not. xD
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