Fracture Birds

Most of my Fracture Art is random. Totallly non-purposeful and the subjects are chosen after-the-fact, pulled from first impression from my subconscious. However every once in a while I will make a piece with intent. This one with black birds one is somewhere in-between those ideas.

The Abyss Stared Back

Fracture art can be very fun, but after a while can also be VERY frustrating. Especially if you really want to have a certain subject and just can't seem to manage it. Or you haven't found anything particularly interesting lately. This counteracts the peaceful stress-relief that comes from making the art in the first place.

On top of that, it can get painfully repetitive. So I was looking at new ways to stretch the method. That is what you should do with art anyway. Create, consider, create more. 

Fracture Bunneh

I mentioned the Fracture Bunny that I "saw" in one of my Fracture Art pieces in my last post, so I HAD to write about it right away. Not that I believe anyone is suffering from cliffhangers- though it would be really rad if there were fans who cared that much- but because I don't want to mention something and then forget about it. Brain injuries are jerks like that. I adored this piece enough that I did not want to forget.

Fracture Art

Sharing these two pieces gives me a fair amount of anxiety. And not because I'm using a 20 year old flash photograph that doesn't do them justice. It makes me nervous because this is an art style that I invented* around ~1999. I taught it to several of my classmates and one of my professors. Aside from some pretty excellent security framework in my professional life, this art style is the only movement I have ever created that actually took on some life of its own. I realized how different it was when it took actual time to teach the process, and not everyone was able to perform it. It is a part of me more than I could ever describe. When I am drawing the fractures it is calming and somehow makes my brain feel more centered.

What does NOT contribute to the anxiety is the fact that I created this form only a few years after being told I didn't have my own style. At the time I probably worried what people would say about these Fracture pieces. Now, I own it. I love this, it is mine, and it is awesome. Suck it, haters.