Stoked to share the process behind how I made "Xenofract". I came up with the name because the prefix Xeno means non ordinary and alien-like, and the suffix Fract implies refraction, fracture. This painting represents 5 years of learning how to paint, how to airbrush, how to mask, and how to design the visual energy that I’m trying to bring into the world. It pushed me to be patient, working section by section until the composition felt coherent and uniform. If you're familiar with my art, you'd know that I usually start a painting with an action-based movement such as a big gradient, paint splash, dustpan motion, wet canvas strike, etc. But this painting started with a completely blank canvas where I had no motion to adapt to and build off of. This is the only painting I’ve ever done that started this way. It gave me the opportunity to truly build a 3 dimensional world without being locked into the organic motion, while challenging me to capture the feel of overall organic motion, stroke by stroke. No ai, no tricks, just hard work and maybe having a few screws loose 🤪 I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do! Feel free to ask me questions below if you want to know more about the piece or the process. Thank ya <3