Sorry to bother you, but I really love your art, it's so impressive to me! I was wondering if there are any artists in particular you draw inspiration from? And do you have any tips? I'd really like to involve your style/medium in my coursework, I think it ties in nicely to the theme I'm doing currently, and it really inspires me. Thank you!

Hi, thank you so much! I got the idea from a high school project in which we had to use torn newspaper to make a picture. It wasn’t until I started doing this that I found other artists using a similar technique.

I'M DONE I'M DONE I'M FRICKIN' DONE AAAAAA.

I still need to seal it, and I will need to get it professionally photographed to get prints made. But I am DONE cutting and gluing, and I am so ready to move on to another project. It's called "Sanctuary," and it is entirely cut paper from magazines and old books on an 18 X 24" canvas board.

Hey @neil-gaiman, I hope you like it. Thank you for helping to create these two, who have brought me so much joy. I'll send you, Michael, and David prints if you want.

Gave Aziraphale "wrinkles" and shading on his jacket. It feels a little wrong, but I'm not inclined to try to change it at this point. Also did some more fingers/knuckles, and identified a problem with Crowley's hand that needs fixing. But the end is in sight.

I worked mostly on Aziraphale's hands and cuffs tonight. Spent two hours while listening to my kid play D&D in the other room.

I didn't add any more words. Should I quit it with the words? I have plenty left, both for each of the Ineffables and for the story in general.

Yet to do: Add wrinkles to Az's jacket, get rid of C's impossible shoulder (that means the galaxy will have to go), and give Az a haircut. It's just silly how tall that shit is.

But I feel comfortable adding the actors' names in the tags, this time :-) I'll wait to tag Gaiman until I'm finished.

I AM ABSOLUTELY LOSING MY MIND AFTER READING THIS PLEASE READ IT

I gave Aziraphale a proper ear in the correct place (that is not a photo of an ear; it's all cut paper), and now his hair looks too high, but I don't want to shorten it, because it'd mean losing all those fun wings on top.

I have also been working on redoing his front hand. It's not done. Still to do: add wrinkles and shirt cuffs to Aziraphale's frock coat, and darken his chin a little to make that back hand stand out more.

Question: Does that big bold "US" take too much attention away from the figures? I can cover it up with sky, if so.

Thank you so much to everyone who has said nice things while I work on this epic piece.

Not to be an annoying art history nerd but one other artist that I think is super cool and reminds me of your stuff is Njideka Akunyili Crosby. She's a Nigerian artist who oftentimes combines paint with collage and photography. She creates some amazing layered compositions and I just always get excited when I see other artists utilizing those techniques.

K, I promise I'm done now! 🖤

Hey, I'm so sorry; I didn't even know I had received your messages until now when I happened to sign in on my laptop. I'm not very experienced with Tumblr. Both those artists are phenomenal. You should look at my website, www.alexhunterart.com, for examples of my earlier collage work. I don't always "paint with paper;" sometimes I combine existing images like these artists.

The last couple days' worth of progress. Thank you so much to my brilliant daughter @ilanarama for helping remind me what bodies look like. Aziraphale will be having some major ear surgery before you see him again.

I fixed Crowley’s mouth! Not done yet, though.

Current progress. Yeah, I know Crowley’s mouth needs fixing. Sigh.

Some process pics! It gets MESSY

Hands are SO HARD, man. Especially when you have to build them out of other people's skin. Okay, that sounds really creepy.

More progress. Don’t worry about that crazy eye. I’ll fix it.

Finally starting my first fan art piece with the mosaic paper method I've been using for years. Here's Aziraphale starting to form.

@neil-gaiman You’ve changed!

As an artist, I’m not a big fan of AI art, but this messenger AI sticker creator is pretty entertaining.

Here's the final frame I made for this project. All by me, almost all cut paper and found objects with a bit of paint, brightness tweaked by my talented daughter. https://youtu.be/_jAa9mgM7tI?si=_DPUVPAknj6_NeVf

Where can I see more of your frame/dance piece? Looks amazing!! And more about that project? Thanks!

Thank you so much for asking! We’re not supposed to share the full pieces until the whole video comes out, but it should be a matter of days, and I’ll post here when it happens!