“Tell me, O Octopus, I begs,/ Is those things arms, or is they legs?/ I marvel at thee, Octopus; If I were thou, I’d call me Us.” ~ Ogden Nash
This was a really fun project. I had no clue what I was making when I started. I just painted one layer of acrylic on top of another onto a wooden plank. When felt like there were a enough layers, I took the plank over to my kitchen sink and poured hot water over certain areas of the painting as I saw fit to create to create a colorful and diverse texture.
When I was finished and pleased with the outcome, I marveled at the surface and wondered what should be on top of it. Since the project was experimental in nature, I decided to just put the brush on the paper and see what would come of it. Before you is the outcome: A triple optic octopussy.
The tentacled creature must have manifested out of the H.P. Lovecraft cavern of my mind and it seemed only fitting to give the creature a third eye since my own third eye was doing the work.
Very cool project Zack, I like the texture, and colors, the background reminds me a rusted ship with old patina. Great job.
Yeap, very Cthulhu. Great stuff.