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Abstract Art The Fairy Sequence

The Fairy Sequence, Part I

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The Fairy Sequence, Part I
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencils and pen.

The Fairy lives in a small kingdom where she helps the locals with her charms and enchantments — as well as disenchanting objects that might have acquired a curse. She left her native forest when she was young, and growing up in the presence of humans caused her to grow to be human sized herself.

One day she sensed an intense and powerful curse off in the countryside so she flew off to investigate. A large figure made out of stone and wearing ornate armor was stomping through the forest and making extra effort to find houses and cabins — which he would crush with gleeful abandon. This was obviously the source of the curse The Fairy had sensed.

While the monster was wild, it did seem to be intelligent, so The Fairy decided to try talking to it. The monster declared that it was the “Voodoo King”, although it didn’t practice that kind of magic, and he claimed that he owned all of the world save for the swamp lands. He didn’t like swamps, so he would follow local property laws regarding them.

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The Passage of Time

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The Passage of Time
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencils and pen.

I had a birthday in one of the previous months of this year. I have a birthday every year, as you may or may not know, but this was one special because it was my only birthday in 2013. (I thought about having a second but that seemed excessive.) So around that period of time I started thinking about the passage of time, growing older, and what the future may hold.

I’m pretty sure all of the women in this picture are me at different stages of my life, except the largest figure, which represents the sum total of my life experience. Notice that her right arm goes out of the picture. Since the figure is my ‘absolute self’, it contains versions of me that haven’t happened yet, so not all of the figure can be shown.

I rather like the idea of a person being the hands of their own personal clock.

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Pregnant Thoughts

Pregnant
Pregnant Thoughts.
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencils and pen.

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Colorado Dreaming

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Colorado Dreaming
Alex Hinders, 2011/2013.
Pencil and pen. Colored digitally.

This was another drawing back during the time when I was thinking of moving to Colorado. It ended up in my backlog for ages until I decided it would be an ideal candidate for my further digital coloring experiments. The smoothness of the digital colors adds to the over-bearing loudness of the warmth of the colors.

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Dancin’ Man

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Dancin’ Man
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencils, pen, and good music.

This drawing feels quite different  from my other ones, doesn’t it? I did something I’ve never tried before when I laid down the random lines — I held onto three different pencils at once and occasionally re-arranged them. The result is much more angular than alot of my abstract art, which tends to be filled with curves and round shapes.

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Dracula’s Last Stand

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Dracula’s Last Stand
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencil and pen.

This drawing represents the final battle in the original book against Dracula. Dracula, of course, is the one in purple. That’s Mina Harker on the bottom-left corner, and her husband Jonathon Harker is the man in the blue suit. Jonathon was actually a lawyer sent to discuss real estate with the count — but he soon learned the horrors of his ‘client’. He ends up joining the fight against Dracula — after he escapes from the count’s castle — and the fight is made even more personal when Dracula puts a curse on Mina.

The man in red is Quincey Morriss and he’s an American cowboy/explorer. Yeah, there was a cowboy in Dracula; a lot of people don’t know or forget that. I was quite amused at this and chose him as a subject of a short paper when I was an undergrad. My thesis compared the mystique of the wild, wild west to the book’s vision of Trannsylvania — basically, they were places that weren’t well known and were full of danger. Quincey Morriss’ ruggedness and expertise were needed to give their group more of a fighting chance in the battle against the most famous vampire.

Morriss also dies in the final battle. That kind of sucks. But makes sense for his character.

 

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Once More Into the Forest

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Once More Into the Forest
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencil and pen.

While I’ve detailed some past relationships on this site, I really don’t talk about my current love life. That’s because there’s not much to say. But I’ve realized — and forgive me, I’m both a poet and a romantic — the door to my heart is slowly opening again. If that door isn’t open then it doesn’t really matter who, if anyone, is  knocking. I think the forest represents the world of dating. An actual, physical forest was where my last major escapade in romance ended, and my sub-conciousness is illustrating me returning to the place where I left off — ready to continue onwards.

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The City at Night

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The City at Night
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencil and pen.

If I don’t have to get up and go to work my sleep cycle starts to go nocturnal on me; it might be my normal setting. This is especially true during the Winter — when the sunlight gets weaker, my sleep cycle tends even later. I’ve found that my least favorite thing about being awake at night is how most of the other people in my city are asleep. It gets lonely.

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Crystal Ball

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Crystal Ball
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencil and pen.

It’s really hard to make plans in life. It’s hard enough to see what you want to do and where you want to go next. Even if you somehow catch a glimpse of this — which is hard — you still have to execute the plan. Unfortunately,  the more elaborate the plan you make, the more variables are present, and the more likely that something will go wrong. Despite this, not making plans won’t really get you anywhere — or at least, you shouldn’t count on it. I suppose that’s why people go to fortune tellers. Wouldn’t it be great if someone could just tell you exactly what you need to do next in life? Maybe not great, but easy. Easier.

I’m starting to get some glimpses of what I want to do next, even if it’s a little hazy. It’s like getting quick and fleeting visions from a crystal ball.

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Spring in My Blood

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Spring in My Blood
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencil and pen.

This drawing represents how Spring revitalizes me — I start to get all of my energy back and my mind becomes super-charged. It’s a wonderful feeling. (If you’ll remember correctly, I consider The Winter to be my arch-nemesis.) There’s three distinct shades of red being used here although it can be hard to distinguish between two of them at times — each red takes up about a third of the page. Red is a bold color, which helps to show the strength of the feeling, and Green really pops out of the red and illustrates the energy.