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Patrick Woodroffe [link] is one of the greatest artists alive. His work is a major influence on me; his daring use of mixed media just turns me on! Woodroffe's attention to detail, coupled with his supernatural power to pull directly from his imagination without editing, result in work that challenges the mind. Please do check out his site.

This piece was inspired both by the fact that I love to swim, and Woodroffe's amazing backgrounds. A lot of his pieces have fantastic marbled backgrounds. Now, since Mr. Woodroffe is A GOD, he uses arcane things like algae sizing to float paint on water and do his marbling. (Actually, he uses his GODLIKE POWER to simply tell the pigment to levitate on water, and it does so gladly.) My experiment with algae sizing was an utter disaster.

So, following in Woodroffe's barnstorming path, I fell on my face. After an expenditure of brainpower, I remembered that OIL AND WATER DON'T MIX. Thus inspired, I cast my greedy eyes on a set of oil paints I had lying around. The result was simple and elegant, and satisfied my lust to Be Like Patrick.

Since I used illustration board, the paint dried quickly, allowing me to enhance the marbling with airbrush acrylic paint. The whales just had to swim through space, and the piece was complete!

Description
Patrick Woodroffe [link] is one of the greatest artists alive. His work is a major influence on me; his daring use of mixed media just turns me on! Woodroffe's attention to detail, coupled with his supernatural power to pull directly from his imagination without editing, result in work that challenges the mind. Please do check out his site.

This piece was inspired both by the fact that I love to swim, and Woodroffe's amazing backgrounds. A lot of his pieces have fantastic marbled backgrounds. Now, since Mr. Woodroffe is A GOD, he uses arcane things like algae sizing to float paint on water and do his marbling. (Actually, he uses his GODLIKE POWER to simply tell the pigment to levitate on water, and it does so gladly.) My experiment with algae sizing was an utter disaster.

So, following in Woodroffe's barnstorming path, I fell on my face. After an expenditure of brainpower, I remembered that OIL AND WATER DON'T MIX. Thus inspired, I cast my greedy eyes on a set of oil paints I had lying around. The result was simple and elegant, and satisfied my lust to Be Like Patrick.

Since I used illustration board, the paint dried quickly, allowing me to enhance the marbling with airbrush acrylic paint. The whales just had to swim through space, and the piece was complete!