There are many art apps in the iPad store. Lots of them are great beginnings, but they’re either gimmicky or you can’t figure out how to incorporate them into your daily work. Sorting through all the apps available can be daunting and the store itself feels like a hoarders paradise of crap. There have been […]
Inkpad is a free Illustrator on-the-go Read More »
Did you ever do something stupid like drive your car for two weeks with the emergency brake on without realizing it, resulting in a damaged car and emotional psyche? A similar thing happened to me with Synfig this week but the only problem was that the emergency brake was not in clear sight and it
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While I was working on all of Misty’s different poses in Synfig, I got sidetracked and started playing in a sweet open source painting program called MyPaint. Painting tool for an artist That pretty much sums up MyPaint—it’s a wonderful tool designed for artists. The simple interface and ease of use make MyPaint a breeze.
Last month I went to the National Gallery of Art for the third day of painting Amnon and Tamar. By the end of the session I felt like the face was becoming less cartoonish, but I was having problems getting the eyes just right. Here is the video of the screen capture done from the
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Better Vimeo Example Yesterday I posted an old video of capturing an ArtRage script on my computer that I created while working on the iPad. Here is a clearer example that I posted last night. It’s weird to watch how indecisive I can be when I work. I change directions on painting the face at least 5
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In ArtRage you can run a script while you are painting. This records every brush stroke and gives you the ability work small (iPad) and to replay the script at a larger size. You need the desktop version of the app in order to run the script. I didn’t even know that this was a
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An ArtRage Painting Slowly Evolving Here’s current progress of an ArtRage painting I’ve been working on for my friend Elizabeth. She fell in love with the new Diet Coke commercials abroad and asked if I could paint one of the ads for her. I’ve been working on it in my spare time—which hasn’t been often.
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A Thomas Frye original! Over the past school year I’ve been adjunct teaching at Northern Virginia Community College. I had two students who were repeat students and it was great working with them throughout the year, being part of their professional development. One of those students was Thomas. Today I was finishing up paper work
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Finally Getting There I’ve been sitting on this illustration and stalling my segtsy.com site for some time. I’m finally starting to find some time to work on my own marketing materials. Hopefully I’ll be closer to the goal of having my site online at the end of the month. I came up with this idea
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