While researching into fruit machines, I was really interested in using the “Chav It” machine because it included catch-phrases and interesting designs, as well as humour that I could potentially use for this painting.
My first day at painting this piece has gone well, where the base of the painting and some of the more detailed bits have already started forming. I decided to copy a fruit machine and change it by adding a painted bit of me eating a banana from my camera girl experience and using emojis as the fruit, with comments I documented from the live stream on the side, correlating with the original image I found online of a fruit machine.
I hope to finish this in a few days so I can get cracking on a few more of these, each documenting the comments I received.
I’ve been busy painting this for the past couple of weeks in between everything else, using masking tape very precisely for sharp lines and thinking a lot about what colours to use for the background and “fruit machine” bright colours. I’ve finally finished the background of the painting, which took a while, but I hope this will be the hardest bit and the emojis and self-portrait will be an easier application.
I’ve now put in the outlines ready for painting, which are comments I received on my camera girl live stream, my name on the profile I created, and emojis I received on my tinder profile as “Peaches”.
The end result, which is above, turned out successfully, though I do feel like my painting isn’t amazing, but the context and its desired effect, I think, is apparent. It took me over two weeks to complete, and I do think it’s reflected in the detail and size, which is what I’m most happy about and I’m looking forward to exhibiting it at the end of the month. All I have left to do is to frame it and start my final painting for the fruit machine series!
At the Get Loose exhibition;
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