Asphensia (Asphensia)

Passerine Bones

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:02:32 -0700

Birds are one of my favourite classes of animal and to my delight, tiny birds often frequent my garden. This makes me think about Anatomy and Psychology, i find they are two of the most pressing curiosities. All you need you will find inside.

Zenit TTL

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:55:21 -0700

Found my old Zenit TTL the other day and felt like drawing it. Whilst impressive, digital camera’s can’t beat that feeling of using an old analog SLR. Ofcourse using film is more costly but it’s totally worth it.

Salvador Dali

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:17:51 -0700

A Tribute to a strange and wonderful man. Creation is an exploration, there are no rules or guidelines. It is very enjoyable and rewarding to paint or draw without aim, shapes take form and value evolves out of the meaningless. This is how I have always created art, except for the odd piece of realism here or there.

Going Nowhere

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:37:26 -0700

So many vibrant and talented people are stuck in a state of stagnation. No legs to stand on and going nowhere without direction, but all that matters is the persistent strive for true expression.

Shendy Trit

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:27:08 -0700

A Portrait of myself in quiet contemplation. Listened to Maybeshewill whilst creating this.

Cervus Elaphus

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:27:37 -0700

Since I really enjoyed drawing those Deers for Waking Aida, I thought I would draw another. This was pretty fun to create and I think I'll try some more animals. Soon to be available as a T-Shirt through my online shop, Follow me on twitter for updates.

The Subjective Clock

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:14 -0700

Seconds turn to Minutes turn to Hours turn to Days. A stale unchanging environment and the same daily routine brings a diminished perception of time. Without change, we are less able to develop clear contrasting memories, everything rolls into one and passing months merely feel like days. As we age, events represent a smaller percentage of our overall life experience, creating the effect that time is speeding up. Time should not be taken for granted, opportunities should be seized.

Waking Aida Deers

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:16:49 -0700

A recent T-Shirt design I did for the band Waking Aida. Available to buy at their upcoming gigs and from their online store shortly after that. Pictures of the real thing coming soon! Check out their Bandcamp and add them on Twitter if you like.

Our Fragmented Life.

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:48:23 -0700

We do not see the world as it really is. During saccadic suppression our perception is blinded momentarily, this happens too quickly to notice. Simply put, there is more to life than what we see. That being said, the ability to see and that which we are able to see is truly remarkable.

We Are Not Ambigrams.

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:16:40 -0700

Not everyone is consistent with their personality. It is clear that many of us change our behaviour around different people and that’s not a bad thing. Surround yourself most with those who help you to love yourself, and when around those who don’t, try to understand understand what it is that you do not like.

I Love Typography

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:37:31 -0700

Does exactly what it says on the tin, nothing more to this one. This is for all the people who share a love of typography.

I Make Mistakes.

Asphensia (Asphensia) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:25:41 -0700

There are many amazing digital artists out there and some say I should jump on the digital art bandwagon, but I shall not. I applaud what can be achieved with digital art but I think more can be learnt from the mistakes made with pen and ink simply because of their permanence.