A Has Been

After 2 years away from art making, I've come to the realisation that in some ways I'm starting over. My creative network is pretty much gone, like a plant with no water it is now dried up and brown. It's only natural that this should happen, but at the same time it's a hard pill to swallow. I won't be getting any jobs out of the blue for a while, and posts on social media will not bring results, and suddenly being in a newspaper like back in the "wow it's street art!" days. I'm a voice talking to myself in a empty room. Time to start from the bottom. But perhaps this is a good lesson, humbling..... I am a hasbeen (has been something). So for the 10 people that read this...thought I'd share. They don't make life easy do they? and no one really mentions this stuff........

PIXELED/LOW RES IMAGE OF ME KILLING MY NETWORK

Black Cloud

The last two weeks a bought of depression has been coming and going.  It's been making it hard to create anything new.  It seems to happen to me every three months or so.  I wake up and I feel off, I go to bed and I feel down.  It's a fight just to do anything.  Than it leaves for a bit and than comes back,  I thought I was in the clear but I'm not.  I feel ashamed I can't do more, produce more.   Another day, another day,  hope the Black Cloud don't come my way.

BLACK CLOUD

NOTHING

DIE FUCKER

Guns And Drugs Drawn Like A Child

I have recently been drawing on the back of some postcards that I've printed.  I've been trying to draw in a very simple and slightly childish way.  The inspiration has come from seeing films on different Mexican drug cartels.  Of coarse I've always had a strange draw to drugs, guns and gang culture in my art. I'm drawn to the dark side of things and also stuff with strong imagery.  Drug barons become saints that are prayed to,  death is so close and near.  It makes for some good art.  I've also been trying to be more loose in my style, learning in a way to draw differently.  Not to be so concerned with clean lines and balance but more with showing a story.  I think to these types of images would work really well as street art and graffiti.  Your never to old to start something new.  Well that's all for now.  I've been going to bed super late and waking up late,  perhaps it's these long Danish winters.  Looking forward to warmer times.  MVH.  El Capo Basco.

UZI BOY

SAINT EL CAPO

SCORPION KOKAINE

Another Day

Another day....another drawing.  I would have to say things are going a bit slowly,  I have to create these vests for a friend/client (posted draft images earlier).  It's a matter of just sitting to doing it.  I think sometimes I over think how something should look and sometimes it's better to just sit and do it.  Realize it looks good even if it's raw.  To get the creative juices started I just did a quick black ink drawing that you see below.  Getting something out get's things going.  I've also been going to boxing training,  man that is hard.  I come home tired and sore but it feels great.  I wonder if being in shape makes you a better artist work wise?  not to say I'm in great shape, ok shape but not great.  I wouldn't mind doing a logo for the boxing club, that would be fun.  I have a list of strange design jobs I want to do.  My top ones are,  record cover design,  vodka/spirit bottle design,  and store sign that looks strange (the ones that hang outside a shop).  Ok I'm heading back in the trenches and getting these vest done.  Wish me luck.

BLACK INK 

HELLO PRETTY POSTCARD #2

Missing

Here is a finished painting called 'Missing',  it's about 23cm x 31cm.  I called it missing as colour wise I thought it wasn't super strong.  It looked really good black and white but I think because most of the little images are composed on one colour it didn't create a strong feel for the eye.(the plant is just green,  the coffin is mostly yellow)  I mostly look at a few things in my painting visually.  first is form,  how well the images are drawn,  and how well they balance together before colour.  Second is idea,  do they tell a story,  to they work together.  This is something I haven't been creating much of the last month as I just want to create without that.  Lastly is colour,  is it colourful, is it like cotton candy to the eye.  All these things makes a good Basco5 painting.  So sometimes I create something where it is missing these elements.  I think it's also important for me to let go and love mistakes,  they are the part that makes me go forward.  I tend to get really stuck on routine,  it is something I'm always battling with.

MISSING PAINTING

PAINTING DETAILS

Post Card and number OCD

I got this postcard printed out,  about 250 of these babies.  I've also included a little drawing on this one.  Today I must admit that I'm tired,  had a lunch with friend early and just never seemed to catch up on the sleep.  Tried doing a watercolour but the energy just wasn't there.  I'm gunna eat some food and try again.  I just need to do 3 more watercolours and than I can move on,  I think I have some slight form of OCD when it comes to the number of paintings I need to do.  4 small, 4 medium and 1 big.  If there is 4 of one than there has to be 4 of the other.  It's some strange feeling of completeness, it feels strange otherwise.  It also means that I aways end up doing a piece or two more than I really want.  I guess it's good training for turning on the auto pilot and just painting.  I've also included some draft images of vests I'm doing for a friends mini motorcycle club.   I think they like the look so far.

POSTCARD

VEST DESIGN

Late Night

Tonight I worked on a vest project and than watched a horror movie (We are Still Here) .  I rarely do that, but it was really interesting.  I don't get scared easily,  and often seem to be on the side of the evil thing.... at least if the actors/situations are not that intelligent.  I guess I've lived with voices in my head most of my life,  so I seem to have had a relationship with sides of myself that are evil,  that combine with a faith in God,  makes for a strange mix that doesn't easily scare.  When the horrors of ones own mind is trying to destroy you through thought,  scary movies and scary situations become less.  I ended up doing these drawings while the film was playing.  One was influenced by the movie and the last one was just a regular bascofiver.  I don't always understand my drawings,  they come from some place of form, routine and intuition. 

HORROR MOVIE DRAWING

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