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https://youtu.be/h-9Qz-ubp-0 🏴‍☠️ SOUND ON FOR THE K-POP SHANTY! 🎶⚔️ Captain Blackthorn was ready to surrender. Not to a sea monster.Not to an enemy fleet.Not even to the gods. To a damn painting. 😂 The canvas fought back. The colors wouldn’t cooperate. The Captain had reached his limit. Then, just when all hope seemed lost… K-POP…

https://youtu.be/DZh2Ci8uKlQ The black dog. Churchill talked about it.The black dog chases us all.Some people it chases more than others. It robs you of your peace and puts your head into a feedback loop of rumination. It is depression. The only true enemy. Churchill’s solution was to outrun “The Black Dog”.He did so by writing.I do…

https://youtu.be/tEuUjlyQYB0Elvira Mistress of the dark. The painting was really fun. It was a spur of the moment decision to paint her real quick. I had another painting to submit to Dark Arts but it had problems. So I decided to paint a sure thing. You cannot go wrong with Elvira.And she got in. The process…

https://youtu.be/9E_pDhLobrw Pandora Photoshoot Part Four Crispy Tides Two will …. Not be sung to today. Instead we have Upon Dark Waters Uncanny Seas Part One. Last night with blocking in Pandora’s face with acrylic paints, that the painter self is in direct competition with the photography self. When the photograph looks like a painting where…

https://youtu.be/JbhTWP2D9Pk Aaarrrrrrrrr! Going into the photoshoot last week, I thought I would get 15 good pictures. That is typical for me and action photography. I’ve done mostly landscape and long exposure photography.We had the issue of dynamic lighting conditions. I knew this going in. I’ve taken a lot of pictures of sunsets and storms. As…

https://youtu.be/aD2T0Kl97v4 !!!! Pandora Photoshoot Part Two !!!   These were the fun and decent photos that did not make it to the editing process for one reason or another.  Though, a few got a second chance while editing this video.     The day of the shoot was very interesting.  We had a very intense storm…

https://youtu.be/kvveVlKnIxI 🏺 PANDORA — PART ONE Before she became a warning, Pandora was a gift. Created by the gods.Blessed with beauty, curiosity, and countless gifts.Sent into the mortal world as part of Zeus’ punishment for Prometheus stealing fire. And then there was the vessel she was never meant to open… This is Pandora: Part One…

https://youtu.be/ZUllvg4DHtQ 🏴‍☠️ PIRATE SEASON HAS BEGUN | Upon Dark Waters Featured Models Luna MoonzIG https://www.instagram.com/lunamoonz1111/Webzonehttp://www.lunamoonz.com MacKenzie RenfroIGshttps://www.instagram.com/akamackenzie828/https://www.instagram.com/swflmodelacademy/ Special Thanks to Patricia Consigliati “Tree Tree”https://www.instagram.com/tr.ee213/ Photography by JG BAM mediahttp://www.jgbam.comIG https://www.instagram.com/bam_vfx/ Follow Dark Waters on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/upondarkwaters/   What started last winter as a simple invitation to model for a painting has somehow turned into something…

https://youtu.be/gQdnh7kwWno Block Party. Today we worked on, The Dred Pirate Moonz, Pandora, Poseidon, and Whispers Beneath Banshee Scream. We are leaving “The Muddy Period” of painting and entering “The Uncanny Valley”. Paint four hours a day. Can’t Stop, Can’t Wait.