the art blog of sam spicer
A little something from last year - The Maze was made as part of a discussion and project to raise awareness of disability in the UK, and the difficulties of getting help and support. For people with both physical and mental disabilities the process of applying for and actually recieving help from benefit agencies is… Continue reading New Illustration | The Maze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnNdaHkLW-k My second ink video! (well, technically my fourth if you count the two I made before I decided I was Officially Making These, but let's not make this overly complicated). Continuing with my demonic obsession, this time exploring a character I draw a lot, simply called The Daemoness because naming things is hard, and… Continue reading Ink Painting Video | The Daemoness – Bathing In Souls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTLLldn_Zl4 I've been playing with the idea of filming more of my work - both as a fun project and as an inspiration to make more things in ink. It's fun and kind of relaxing to watch traditional media, and I think my ink work lends itself well to being filmed. I've also been on… Continue reading Ink Painting Video | Hellion Warrior
While I was making We Can't Be Alone Out Here, I was playing around with a bunch of 'eyes in the void of space' concepts, and I liked this one enough to clean it up into a finished piece! The horrors of deep space are neverending, and always inspiring.
This piece was created as a response to a work on Pop My Mind by Drew Burrett The Fermi Paradox is the apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence for extraterrestrial life, and the high probablity estimates of its existence. In other words, if the universe is so big, then how can we possibly be… Continue reading We Can’t Be Alone Out Here
Created as an entry for the Dark Summer prompt for this years Bridgeman Studio Award. Inspired by the summer solstice.
A surreal, exploratory dreamscape created in response to a prompt on Pop My Mind. Please click for full size on this one, it's far better in full view, I promise. This was one of the biggest pieces I've done for a while, and I'm so glad I decided to push myself and create this as a… Continue reading Journey Into Mind
