Artrage oils sketch

Posted on December 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Digital art, Digital doodling, Drawing, experimental, Fun, Playing1 Comment

Another art package I was using a lot last year is ArtRage oils, a free drawing app where the pens in it look like oil paint that can be adjusted to look more or less metallic. The difference with it is the ‘painterly’ effect is more pronounced and more difficult to control. There is not really the precision of other apps but it makes up for it with robust colours. There is a paid for version has more pens and tools, so gives you greater variations and the ability to go to town on interesting images.

Duplicating pattern

Posted on December 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Decoration, Design, Paper cutting, Photo, Playing, shadow, Texture2 Comments

My photo of cut paper duplicated to make an interesting pattern (I think these photos are from a couple of years ago). The fact that the paper was folded makes for a more interesting image, increasing the texture.

When I cut the paper I tried to keep the cuts to a similar size. I might use this as the background of another image. I will have a play with it in another drawing app.

Meeting

Posted on November 30, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Effects, Filyers, Meeting, Photo, Photodirector, Playing, Strong patterns, Texture11 Comments

Playing with images to protect the identity of a meeting I was in. Why pixilated when you can play with textures instead. Various things used but mainly textural effects in photodirector. Basically I ran the image through the same filter about six times to up the level of texture… Like hotocopying a photocopy over and over again… In the end its altered much more than it would normally be.

Cat toys

Posted on November 26, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Cat, Catnip, Drawing, Playing, Prompt, Spectrum noir, ToysLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was games or toys. I have a scrabble game somewhere but haven’t seen it for years. I don’t have any toys, but the cats have plenty….

A lot of them are filled with catnip which drives the cats mad with pleasure. It tends to fade over time, hence the number of toys! Drawn in spectrum noir metallic pencil colours in a little sketch book with a bit of black felt pen to define the edges.

Playing cat

Posted on November 25, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Chair arm, Fun, Patterned throw, Photos, Playing, Poem, Poetry, Purring, Settee, SillyLeave a comment

Paws up under the thow

Head out, mirowing!

Climbs up,

Head thrown back!

Claws tear the chair arm

Jump

And

Pounce

Twist

And

Jump!

Sister runs past

Cat slalom off

Into the distance…..

Duplications

Posted on November 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black and white, Blanket, Fun, Haligen heater, Layout app, Life, Memory, Pattern, Photos, PlayingLeave a comment

If you start with a photo of an object and multiply it you can get some interesting effects and patterns. I started with a photo of our halogen heater, changed it to black and white in a filter and then duplicated it over and over again with my photo booth layout app. I have put them next to each other so you can see the original black and white photo and the duplicated ones. I think the second photo reminds me of a wool blanket I had on my bed as a child.

Spots

Posted on November 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital art, Duplicated, Instagram, Layout app, Mirrored, Photodirector, PlayingLeave a comment

Playing with filters again. I started out with a photo of the back of my writing pad that is covered in dots. I duplicated it in layout app, then changed it in Instagram and Photodirector. The effect is like reverb in music, like a feedback loop I think, where patterns that are hidden are revealed by the filters.

In zoom meetings

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Faces, Filters, People, Photo, Playing, Portraits, ZoomLeave a comment

I wanted to take a photo of our zoom meeting but not identify who’s in it so I’ve put the photo through a few filters to distort the image. I think it looks a bit like embroidery or a tapestry?

Cat on the bath

Posted on November 8, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bath, Cat, Cheerful, Drips, Fun, Girl cat, Paws, Playing, Water2 Comments

She always greets me in the bathroom. Follows me in there. She drinks out of a glass on the edge of the bath. She prefers that to a bowl on the floor. I don’t know why she has this foible, but it’s her choice.

She also likes playing with dripping water, I’ve left the tap on a trickle and she will put her paw into the drips then lick it. It’s fun to see her playing around with it. She is a beautiful tuxedo cat, very shiny fur, neat and tidy and sweet. She also plays football with a little stripey ball, dribbling it between her paws. Such a playful cat.

Tee shirt idea

Posted on November 7, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Analogue, Art, Black and white, Copyright, Drawing, Fun, Playing, Sketch, Tee shirt design4 Comments

So when I was watching a lecture yesterday about copyright © I doodled this. Apparently I own the rights to anything I draw or paint and I don’t have to register it with anyone. So even this doodle, scruffy and just roughly drawn is my property. I guess I haven’t really thought much about it. I know my finished work is copyright but I hadn’t thought about little sketches. You have to be aware of other people’s designs, and plagerism, but I don’t think I have seen anything like this before. Anyway I think it would be fun to design tee shirts.

Mallaband-Brown

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