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Oil Spill

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I work at a call center, so occasionally there is time between calls to do some drawing. Abstract drawings are perfect for this since you can easily start and stop.

A rule I've set for myself when drawing this picture was to abandon any rigid thought process that would hold me to a planned out composition. Only drew what I felt like at the moment. The only bit of planning was to fill the entire page, but when I came to about three fourths of the way down the page I saw that leaving the bottom clear was the way to go. I love negative space, what you don't draw is as important as what you do.

These shapes evoke machinery or a big bustling city like New York. The gobs of black that actually reach the bottom of the page remind me of oil spilling down, maybe all of its oil spreading out across the pristine waters of the paper. Or it could be trash being dumped from the back of a garbage truck.

Ballpoint Pen, 2010 5.5"x9"

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>Another Page From the Same Sketchbook
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3227x5392px 4.88 MB
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After browsing your gallery I have to say that I like the most your black and white abstract works. Like the one above. It's very well planned out - there just a few small things that bother me: in the right upper corner there is a rectangle with dots, it almost reaches the edge of the paper, that milimeter of white space between them is unnecessary. The other thing are the two large circels in the upper part, one darker one lighter - drawn with a line. Despite the fact that they differ they are simillar in shape and size and the fact that they are close together irritates. Maybe if they were in different parts of the picture, or if one of them was cropped, than they would not bother that much. Everything else is just fine, good that you used both black and white lines, and black and white spaces. It contrasts the picture, making it much more interesting. The best part of it is that you left the bottom almost all white, that way the viewer can relax and take it full all the contrast.