I spent quite some time drawing the same snake once, while simultaneously let Procreate’s symmetry tool handle the other seven. That’s not laziness, it’s outsourcing. I like how technology helps me be more free even when I’m just doodling. Because, like most of my artworks, it started this way. Tested a color scheme in bronze, brownish sepia and teal. Go imagine.
The world’s been a bit much lately – lots of noise, not enough geometry. So I made a mandala out of reptiles and leaves. Reminds me of art nouveau style, too.
I don’t have a particularly good name for it. I suck at naming art. They’re just eight snakes, all facing outward, growing foliage like they’re trying to photosynthesize their way out of the conversation. It’s got that dark academia mood – the sepia color reminding of old books and the kind of beauty that might bite you. But it’s also whimsigoth, which is just a fancy way of saying “spooky, but I’d still put it on a greeting card.”
Is it about rebirth? Knowledge? The fact that radial symmetry is satisfying to draw when your brain won’t shut up? It could be. Mostly it’s about how patterns make sense when nothing else does.
It’s living over on Redbubble now, if you want to surround yourself with it. Notebooks, tapestries, T-shirts, mugs, too, because historically, caffeine and snakes have always gone together.
The snakes are waiting.
Stay strange.
Cute Strange Creatures 