The Com· pen· di· um

COM · PEN · DI · UM: a zine/collection of artworks and experiments by @vinacarv

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Waiting for the bus

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“First you must land your soul down here, child. Let it sublimate, and when it gathers form by addition of coalesced mass, use your aural vertexes to bring it through the crystal, as close as you can. It is common for it to take the shape of an insect or other small creature. Treat it dearly.”

          - Instructions for One’s First Autumn Practice

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"Put Me On”

-Cio

from KSBD, by @orbitaldropkick​

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This one is called “From Here”. I heard questions about where I was from a lot after coming back to the city I grew in. Ten years away kind of reset an individual’s standing with a small town’s record and, and in a way somewhat alike what is depicted in “It’s Not All”, the alienated individual gets the chance or the bother of covering themselves with a mask of normality and/or familiarity.

Pencils on A4, 200gms Canson paper. This one is going to be available as a print soon. Check my instagram for daily art and updates!

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From an exposition earlier this year, this is “It’s Not All”. It was a sort of Get-To-Know-Local-Artists event, and everyone had different lines of work. My pieces focused on the pains of social interactions and what it takes to live between humans. This one touches on the relation between how an individual feels inside versus the image projected towards others, something often required for acceptance on a community, and is based on my recent experiences and insights on the realm of mental health.  

Pencils on A4, 200gms Canson Paper. I have another two pieces from this event to post, and i’ll be working to put them online as A4 and A3 prints. I’m working on my online storefront right now, so stay tuned for more info!

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An oldie, from 2014. The idea was to achieve certain morphological tendencies of the development of skull bones by gene splicing and controlled expression, mixing and matching species.

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warming up with an anachronic knight

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I’m making posters and stuff out of this piece, check it out here!

Original drawing is pencil on Canson One A5 Sketchbook.

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Trying some plants in colored pencils on my Canson One.

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Some nose studies from the current Canson One A5 sketchbook. More on my Instagram. Most of my tattoo apprenticeship is documented there as well, if anyone would like to check it out

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Smudging study in my sketchbook, based on Alphonse Mucha’s Clair de Lune.

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Digital portrait study based on a picture of Nathalie, from Instagram.

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Dryads or Forest Witches are notorious for their ability to Raise and Wither with a mere touch.

Character Design study on Canson One A5 Sketchbook.

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C. caninus, the Emerald Tree Boa. Final piece + steps, 2B+4B Faber Castell pencils on Canson One A5 sketchbook.

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Couple eye sketches from a while back (plus a bonus bloody mouth). Lusty eyes, bored eyes, rotting eyes, we got it all!

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Zendaya, The Slayer

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Some more designs for my webcomic. This is a rider of the hive-like species that live on the sunny side of a tidally locked planet, where a war is raging as the main characters crew arrive.