The Dream of a Tardigrade
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I first heard of Tardigrades through the documentary Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey. This little critter is one of the many micro animals that live in a water droplet. I thought it was interesting the story about it. He can survive in out of space, and does not need to eat food for a year.
I decided one day to do an acrylic painting about this little critter. He is dreaming about his time in space. I placed him inside a water droplet, since he spends most of his time there. The painting itself did not take too long. I first drew the main figure with pencils. Then, I erased the lines, and painted it with black.
I later watered down the acrylic to make it soft like water color. I afterwards added the rest of the colors. With impasto I added white paint to simulate stars. I think it came out pretty decent. I am not a big fan of cubism, but I ended up relying on it, because I do not have a strong control over the paint brush. Doing it this way, is the quickest way to get something done.