Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Monster in the Wallpaper

The other day, I was in the guest bathroom... minding my own business... and I happened to being staring at the wallpaper patterns. And this time instead of grumbling about when I could find the time and money to replace the dreary wall decor that adorns our potty, I got a little captivated by the dreadful pattern. When suddenly, an apparition jumped out at me.
After I washed my hands (one must consider hygiene when producing art), I quickly ran to get some paper and a pen to capture the creature living on the wall.

This is the section of the pattern that caught my attention. See it?
How about now?
I often see faces and creatures in patterns like wallpaper, woodgrain, carpet, etc. No Madonnas in tortillas or anything like that. Mostly strange beings and odd faces. I just wish I carried a sketchbook more often to capture what I see.

This fellow was very fun. I might do a few more of him in different poses and expressions.

6 comments:

Kelvin Kao said...

Ah, this is interesting. Some people look at clouds and say it looks like a bear. You do that with patterns.

I wonder if you can make up your own constellations!

Lisa said...

I totally see the bear, too. Wouldn't it be fun to do a Rorschach Ink Blot test on you?!?! :)

Tim said...

A bear, eh? I thought he was more of a rat-dog thing.

lisa said...

...Perhaps a ROUS (Rodent of unusual size)? :)

Tim said...

"Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist..."

RAWR! RAWR! GNARL!!!

sushipajamas said...

oh my gosh yes! so i'm not the only one who sees stuff like this, LOL!