Screenwriting, Lyrics, Art, and Investigation
Finished art, painted with heated wax and other multi-media.
Here’s the last in the series I began as part of my gaming guild’s art contest. The winners have been declared, and I tied for third place. First place went to someone who created a fabulous, fully functional siege ballista (not to scale, lol). My piece was Elder Scroll-adjacent, at best, and I feel the judging was completely fair. And I really enjoyed creating the Aquariums.
On the left is the encaustic I made as a tap pull for the carbonated water line. On the right is the piece coated in epoxy and mounted on the spigot. It was a great first experiment, but I’m already working on an improved version.
This is the version I entered into my gaming guild’s contest. I can’t say it’s my favorite of the series, but the original screenshot was the clearest and most representative of ESO. We can sort of see the Medusa-like monster outside the glass, which is what I wanted.
One of my guilds is running a contest for an ESO-inspired piece of art. This is my first attempt, something that allowed me to practice perspective. Doomchar is a house you can own in-game. I used a greenhouse as my tableau, posed a screenshot picture, and went from there. I figured, let’s do more undersea fish art! It’s as good a reason as any to be inspired.
The title came last.
This is a repurposed piece that had, once again, faded. Just spitballing, I added dried flowers and leaves to it, but nothing was working. It made me think of undersea life, though, and I went from there. It’s not my greatest fish piece (out of 2 so far, lol), but it was an important step and inspiration.
I’ve begun a new thematic interest, the undersea life. For me, this is a large piece, 10″ x 15″. I’ve made a new category and I hope to add more pieces as time goes by.
Now is normally when I take a break from encaustic. However, this year my art cart is in a climate controlled environment. No need to compensate for wax that stays perpetually soft.
My postings of encaustic will still be light, though, because I’m working toward an illustrated book. No worries. I promise a few more random dead flower pieces this summer. You know I can’t resist them.