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The inspiration for this series comes from the idea of doodling. I wanted to experience making art through an intuitive and carefree manner without any prior preparations. No rules, no over-thinking, no restrictions. I wanted to make art for the reasons I did as a kid. Going back in time and making art that did not mean anything. The art could be interpreted in any way possible.  It is purely made for enjoyment and in a way from boredom, because what is the motive behind doodling anyways?
I drew eyes and teeth because I felt that they could be easily manipulated and because of their repetitive quality. I like drawing these two things but I never imagined that once I drew them on the ink splotches they would start to form into faces. This really surprised me because this concept-less body of work begun to create a concept on its own. Furthermore, it opened up the possibility of people relating to the work even though the faces are more monster-like than human.
This series made me step out of how I usually work. People familiar with my work might not recognize this as mine but possibly the detail obsession might give it away. Even though this was mostly intuitive I did create rules which were purely made for composition sake. Every piece has a similar approach to it, yet they all are very different from each other. The idea of repetition also fascinated me. With every couple of pieces I would draw in another repetitive symbol into the work. Probably out of boredom from doing the same thing over and over again. Which is funny because people doodle from boredom yet I got bored from doodling, therefore I doodled some more.
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~Eric-Dyer Nov 11, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
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Not the same, but I think you may find interest in reading it. Be interesting to see how it turns out, then will look at this again :)
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oh this is a statement for Eye Perlies, not the sculptures...The statement for the sculptures will come later, i'm actually photographing them today :D
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~Eric-Dyer Nov 13, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
awesome!
Well, I've liked eye perlies so far. They remind of some blind contour drawings a girl works on in my figure drawing class.
Interesting to hear about the process that goes behind them.

Sorry I'm not as good as I usually am, I've been out of it for a while now. I just learned I have to do a painting every 4 days to finish before my review. :(
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that sucks but it's possible. Today i realized that with the process that i'm working with i'll have to try really hard to finish this figure painting i'm working on. i still have two 5 1/2 hour class periods to work on it but i'm getting paranoid.

You should put yous stuff up when you're finished.
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~Eric-Dyer Nov 14, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
yeah, I definitely will. Almost finished one I think.
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:iconxluvmexrabitx:
cool, i will put up 1 or 2 of those sculptures today, i got my computer to work it was strange. i unplugged it entirely for a week and then turned it on and it was acting weird at first but it eventually turned on. i think i might have overworked it before...if thats possible.
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~Eric-Dyer Nov 17, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
that's weird.
Anyways, good sculptures. Way better than any I can make :)
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:iconxluvmexrabitx:
thanks, i have to say that the way i shot them played a huge role in how people see them. they're really a pile of junk...oh and the shadows help too.
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