Well, this certainly went through some pretty major changes since yesterday. I thought everything looked a bit too separated from one another in the old version, so I wanted everything to feel more connected. I think I accomplished that, but to what end? I’m not sure what I’m going for here really, or how I want this to turn out. But I’m starting to edge back towards science fiction again. As soon as I made that little design on top of the sphere, I thought it looked like a city. Now I have this awesome idea of making the entire picture feel like futuristic city, but still hold onto this weird style of keeping everything pretty much formless.

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I’m not sure if I’ve yet found the theme I was looking for when I started drawing this yesterday. All three of the objects in the image (the circle, large tentacles, and the small ones) have three fairly distinct gold patterns on them. The small tentacle’s gold patterns are quite erratic, the large tentacle’s kind of have a mechanical look, and the globe has a mix of both. I’m not finished with this this by a long shot, but I do feel that the all encompassing “thing” that will tie everything together hasn’t been figured out yet. I’ll just have to keep toiling away at this until I’m satisfied I’ve found it.

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I’m currently not too sure where I’m going with this abstract tentacle thing, but I really needed a break from epic scenes where there’s lots of planning and figuring things out. Today, I just painted a whole lot of wavy lines. It was very relaxing, and I can’t wait to get back to it tomorrow to see where this image ends up.

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