Can the act of painting be more artistic than the piece itself?

Here is a time elapse video of me painting the piece below.

What is more interesting?

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 http://www.absolutextremes.com/images/garbo.wmv

Chris!

Man it was awesome talking to you again today! Dude, the way you set this video up with the time lapse movement on the camera  is INSANE! Im also glad to see youre still doing art and congratulations on the making it to the cover of CPU. All I can say is incredible work and I hope you keep posting more of it here... talk soon! - J

loved watching the timelapse of this awesome work Was very nice to see your technique. How long did this piece take in total?

Keep up the excellent work  

Thanks J and Sspikedudley for the props.

The video was shot over three days and totaled 5 and a half hours of footage.

This was condensed down to almost 4 minutes.

I enjoy learning from my own work. I would suggest everyone to film themselves,

it is a great way to improve your own work.

J,

I really enjoyed your article!! I can't wait for more, great use of color and man

is it warm, I love how much warmth you put in your work.

Superb stuff; you're a man with an undeniable talent. I'd really like to see a speedpaint of one of your digital images in the future to compare your methods.

I love to watch speedpaints, it really lets you see what the artist is thinking as the image gradually builds. I enjoyed yours as well Joel, the one that was on the IFX DVD a few issues ago. Great stuff.

Thanks,

 I work completely different in the digital world. I'm obssesed with vectors. Rasters are cool, but vectors

are the cat's meow. With vectors you can use Flash to convey a concept rather than just proof an idea.

Check out my latest vector piece. It is still very rough, but you get more of a feeling for what I am doing.

Still 2D as well. I use a raster in the piece, but the vectors are what tell the story.

www.blarsky.com

I am working on syncing the audio a little better, but you get the general idea.