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Portrait of Peter done in Procreate
I feel like I’ve been working on this for a long time and it’s still not done. The hair bothers me. But I love the expression. I was having the kids pose for their passport photos and we were trying to stick with the tips from the US passport photo wesite: “Subject is directly facing…
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iPad Abstraction with Procreate
This was created using both the Procreate and the iDraw apps. I love painting in procreate; the range of brushes and the ability to blend things very easy makes it one those relaxing zen kind of activities. The only thing I ever found missing from the app is the ability to make hard-edged shapes. No…
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Coma Drawings: The Pixel Art of Craig Robinson
Craig Robinson (otherwise known as @flipflopflying) is an artist who works in the pixel aesthetic. The work that he is most known for is his collection of minipops: famous people drawn really small. I became aware of his work in the early 2000’s when I started a nursing blog called PixelRN. I knew I needed…
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2023: A Year in Art
This is my yearly art review, assessing what kind of artistic progress I made. Looking back, I realized I only posted on this blog 8 times this year, and I started 8 drafts that I never completed. I made a lot of art, so why didn’t I post more? Maybe an important question is, Why…
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The Process is the Point
This weekend I finally had some quiet time to work on my surface pattern design again. It’s one of those things I pick up from time to time. I love the challenge of it. For a long time, you needed to have a copy of Adobe Illustrator to make seamless digital pattern tiles. Now that…
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Geometric Abstract Prints
This week I’ve been working on geometric abstract prints. I like the versatility of them. Once I settled on a process, it is possible to do any color combination. I started with making color blocks in the Graphic app. Then copy and pasted them to Procreate, and roughed them up with the oil brush. The…