Yup! Had a blast this weekend.
I had another 4×4 piece of plywood left over from Kyle Steed’s illustration brought to wood, “Don’t Play Safe“, that I wanted to work on this weekend. About two weeks ago the idea hit me to do something incorporating circles. Didn’t know how or in what fashion I wanted to bring this idea to my wood canvas, so I let the idea marinate in me brain bucket.
As I continue to learn from my mistakes (some would argue there are no mistakes in art), I decided to start this piece on paper to get an idea on where I wanted to go with it. At first I was just gonna work with circles, then a Passion Pit song came on via Rdio (set to random) from the album “Chunk Of Change” (disclaimer: not a fan of the album, dug the album cover) and I liked the idea of linking the circles together; but not until I had a shape to contrast the circle shenanigans. Figured a triangle would be rad… THEN it hit me… “Take Flight”.
The triangle showing as a “bucket” to the “balloons”, making it Take Flight. To further stamp the idea… I added stickers of a few very rad companies that we not only dig, but have been very supportive of the Folly vibe. Without their love we wouldn’t be nearly as far down the road as we are today. This was a little way to show our appreciation of that.
With all that said. This is the most fun piece I’ve created in a while! It was blast, no pressure of “accuracy”, I got to reach in my thoughts/ideas and make something I really dig. It also taught me that not everything has to happen fast. Normally when an idea hits me I go FULL speed ahead to make that idea reality. Most of the time it’s good to take your time and let said idea take shape before action is applied. At the same time, the latter is not necessarily bad either. I believe it really depends on the piece, creative idea, or new exploratory ride you decide to embark on.
I hope your weekends were full of the Ride x Create vibe! Mine most definitely was. The following day, myself and a few good buddies continued to explore the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge, mapping a great 30 mile route that is not only beautiful, but challenging. Check out more of that via #wheelercross (IG).
Take care. Happy Monday
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