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E-mail: hancock1966@msn.com
Location: New Mexico, USA
Specialty: Digtal Painting

Biography

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Abridged Bio:





The artist was born in southern Indiana (USA). Surrounded by luscious forests and green limestone quarries, he chose to pass his time through indoor pursuits, such as amateur radio, film and studio recording. As hobbies and past times, these experiences directly transferred to his digital still photography and editing. And his later knowledge as a medical practitioner appears to have assisted in anatomy studies. He now lives in NM. Sometimes done pixel by pixel, his bright, bold and cheery art began only in 2001.





His work was not patterned after any specific individual artist.





Artist's Comments





TOPICS: The female anatomy, and a positive take on the female personality, is central to anything that I do. Then she can go anywhere in or out of this world in pursuit of her exploits.





MODELS: These are images (photo or drawn) of my own models. Even with mixed works that have a photo within them, most clothing (even,as with Barbie dolls, most dresses are "put" on them), all jewelry, all hairdos and all environmental elements are mouse drawn. All models are over 18 (21 where necessary), release forms are signed and the model has been compensated. I never use stock images of any type. I have a multitude of beautiful models in my files, with over 600 photos of each. I am so VERY SLOW in producing pieces that it will be years before some of my models are seen. The ladies could even be grandparents by then = if I am still able to move a mouse! If I state that it is all a digital drawing, then that means that Photoshop, Twisted Brush and many other programs were used to go from an outline (purposefully not the photo), identical in principle to a traditional artist's first sketch. This restriction is to conform to purist expectations. After the female star, all else is drawn free hand with no initial sketch or plan. For instance, that last statement decribes how the ice in Hers Was The Only Frozen Ancient Found came to be.








A SUMMARY OF MY TECHNIQUE:





is that I use the new softwares to more sculpture a 2D piece than draw it =


(clone, stamp, shape, reshape, then shade and texture, all repeated hundreds of inefficient times). I realize that I violate every standard technique of drawing. Now I can do it no other way. (see, your teacher was right = bad habits are hard to break). On the other hand, it is also impossible for me to do the "same old same old". Viewers, especially critics who believe they know all those school rules, are confused by my desire to move smoothly between photography, manip, mixed and 100% digital. It is as if they will not allow it. If he uses a photo once, then he must always use a photo ! No, he or she does not have to always do anything. I enjoy being free to jump around. But that then disqualifies me for "serious" consideration in any one category. In the digital world, most of their rules preceded them (the so-called judges) as dead and gone. In that same digital world, as in real world cycles, it will just take longer for the demise of the old world stalwarts (talking about only in digital).





In the meantime, I just want the visitor to really go with what they see.





No matter what generation or combination of generating, is it in front of your eyes?





Well, ok, then, just go with that sensation. Have fun.





*NOTE: these have never been offered to the public through a print house before. Bright, cheery and many times just fun, they are slick professional products. Many will be first edition number ones of each size offered. While I cannot sign these as printed by Deviant, I would be glad to confirm the sequence of the one that you purchase with a real signature that is in addition to the Electric Eccentric moniker.

Contacts

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or mail to: hancock1966@msn.com

Awards

  • In the final six of the 2006 International Art Contest out of Sydney, Australia. (this is the original online international contest - since 1996).
  • Finalist in the 2005 International Art Contest, Sydney, Australia.
  • Finalist in Digitally 2005, Rome Italy.

Education

  • "Postgraduate study at the School of Redundancy, majoring in infinitus repetitious" Otherwise = two bachelor degrees and one masters from Purdue University and one masters from Indiana University.

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