June 24, 2022 • Major Work
Introduction
"Digital Bath" marks a major technical turning point in my practice. After the raw, energetic linework of Morgan and SlyFox, I shifted into a completely different approach. Instead of building form through chaotic lines, I used thousands of tiny, deliberate dots in a stippling technique. This piece was my first real attempt to explore light and what I later came to call my “refracted vision”.
I restricted myself to a bold palette of red, blue, and white against black, and spent weeks slowly building the image dot by dot. It was one of the most labor-intensive pieces I had made at that point, and it felt like the work was guiding me as much as I was guiding it. I found refuge in those details. The result was something that felt both sensual and otherworldly, like a body made of light and particles rather than solid form.
This piece opened up an entirely new direction for me. It proved that I could move beyond the shaky-hand technique that started everything and begin exploring depth, luminosity, and emotional atmosphere through color and light.
Reflection
Looking back, Digital Bath feels like the moment I started trusting the process more than the outcome. I had no real plan when I began, other than the color palette, only a desire to see what would happen if I let go and leaned in fully.
The piece demanded patience I didn’t know I had. Some days it felt endless. Other days, the image would suddenly reveal itself in a new way, and I would get completely lost in it. That feeling of the work guiding me became something I started chasing after in later pieces.
It also marked the first time I felt like I was building something that could hold emotional weight through light and optical depth rather than just raw squiggling layers. That shift has stayed with me ever since.
The white highlight layer only
The red and blue base layer only
Work Details
Created: June 24, 2022
Collection: Individual Work
Category: EarlyMajor Work
Medium: Digital Illustration • Autodesk Sketchbook • Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Tablet & Stylus
Dimensions: 7500x5656 pixels
Techniques: Stippling / pointillism • Color theory • Optical color mixing • Light and refraction effects
Primary Themes: Light • Perception • Fluidity • Emergence • Optical depth
Primary Motif: Female figure in water / light
Related Works: Morgan, SlyFox, Connection, Starfox
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