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| Drawing of Coral Reef, Pen and India Ink on Paper 9 x 12 inches, Alex Ariza, 2025 |
This intricate pen and ink drawing features a variety of coral reefs in black and white by Alex Ariza. The artwork was created for the band, Coral, and their upcoming album. The ink drawing has many details and textures. The artist explored the many ways ink can convey roughness, smoothness, contrast, and movement.
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| Coral Band Poster, 9 x 12 inches, Ink on Illustration Board, Alex Ariza, 2025 |
Black and white poster for the band, Coral, featuring a highly intricate ink drawing on illustration board by Alex Ariza. The drawing is of a woman's head surrounded by a variety of coral, reefs, and seaweed. Coral is growing out of the top of the woman's head and her eyes. The woman appears lifeless and floating underwater. The background fades into a black abyss. The ink style is reminiscent of horror comic book art and Japanese Manga.
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| What Can Possibly Go Wrong? Acrylic Paint and Color Pencil 10 x 7 inches |
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| Santa v Krampus Boxing Match. Watercolor and Ink on Paper 10 x 7 inches. |
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| Santa's Boxing Gloves. Acrylic on Paper 10 x 7 inches. |
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| Tangled Christmas Lights Monster. Acrylic Paint on Paper 10 x 7 inches. |
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| Christmas Elf Slaying Hydra. Acrylic Paint on Paper 10 x 7 inches. |
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| Elf Facing Off Christmas Ent. Acrylic Paint on Paper 10 x 7 inches. |
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| Dungeon Entrance. Acrylic Paint on Paper 5 x 7 inches |
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| Christmas Elf Faces Off Evil Snowman in Dungeon. Acrylic Paint on Paper 10 x 7 inches. |
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| Ice Cave. Acrylic Paint on Paper 5 x 7 inches. |
2024 was a good year. Here are some Christmas cards I made for my friends. I took this as an opportunity to practice painting with acrylics, and more specifically layering transparent color without using white. These paintings required a bit more planning when it came to the shading portion to retain the white of the paper. I used thin glazes of paint to build up the mid-tones and shadows.
