MR. TIPTON
Mr. Tipton is an artist exploring poetry, oil paintings, spatial experiences, and letterpress printed goods.
I CREATED
TO SURVIVE.
I SURVIVE
TO CREATE.
I’m a web developer and graphic designer turned letterpress printer. For over 17 years, I created brands, websites, prints, packaging, and products for amazing clients.
Mr. Tipton is an attempt to utilize that skillset to do the things I’ve always wanted to do, but never seemed to have the space or time to fully explore them.
'Difficult times make you question how you use time overall. Last I checked, we don't get any of it back...'
This isn’t about presenting a polished brand, a perfect product, or having it all figured out. It’s just about honing my craft, slowly, piece by piece, while having a little fun creating art—and hoping you'll stick around for the journey.
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OIL PAINTING
Currently, I am studying 18th-century techniques for glazing over underpainting, such as grisaille, to understand how the artists of this period achieved such luminosity and depth.
Even with quick-drying additives, glazing takes a great level of patience and planning. As the previous layer must be completely dry before painting the next. This can take anywhere from two days to a week. While some mistakes can be corrected, having to paint over a bad glaze can ruin the effect.
PUBLIC
POETRY
PROJECT
The Public Poetry Project is collectively created by the writing community on Threads. It's experiment: creating compilations of many different styles of writers and to distribute poetry for free as an eBook, for now.
The Topics
For the compilations, the two topics will be Love and Horror, the twin pillars of human existence; if we distill life down to its simplest components, what else remains? Save Curiosity slipping in, whispering its own name...
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STUDY
PROJECTS
This is my think tank area. I experiment with ideas to learn new tools, frameworks, and technologies. Not everything here will be released or completed. These projects are about continuing my education.
