Art Making Month

I played with digital art for the first time this month, just making some ellipses and choosing colours I liked. My colour inspiration came from discovering that gentian violet is still in medicinal use for animal treatment - and from getting some on my hand! It is very purple stuff.

Edited Date: 2017-08-13 07:08 am (UTC)

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spiralsheep

Part of my brain is trying to make a it a face, but the August part sees it as vegetables at a village show, lol. I like the colours together and the balance of shapes in the frame.

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Still life with aubergine and courgette! I logged in to comment using a different screen, and the violently violet background looks blue - not at all the effect I was aiming for. Maybe I need to do colour calibration on my monitor.

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spiralsheep

Yes, blue on my factory setting mac. It looks good though!

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It's fun, and yes, the background looks blue to me, too.

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liadt

Nice! Like some 1950's abstract diagram of how we will be living in space in the future.

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Thanks, I like the space idea :)

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Looking at it a day later, I see the face! It's a bit like a post-modern Tiki. :^)

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vera_j

Somehow it reminds me pleasantly about plantes and stars:-)

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i almost see a face in this too! very nice work, and i learned something new about gentian violet!

Edited Date: 2017-08-19 09:00 pm (UTC)

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spiralsheep

I couldn't decide which I preferred so I posted both, sorry.

The arty bollocks generator says: "My work explores the relationship between Jungian archetypes and urban spaces."

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liadt

Lovely colours! I like the position of the bear on the right but I like the colour & crispness of the plants on the left.

Edited Date: 2017-08-13 03:17 pm (UTC)

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spiralsheep

I agree the flowers in the first are more pleasing and the general positioning in the second is better. I'm not sure I like the bear staring directly at the viewer though, because his eyes are a bit unnerving.

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The colours of the flowers go perfectly with her hair!

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spiralsheep

I tried several flower heads before I found the best colours. Which I now find a slightly embarrassing admission, lol.

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So cute! I like the color of the first one better, but the pose of second better, when that happens to me, I just post both, too. ;^)

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spiralsheep

I posted them both on flickr and the lego groups and, like here, everyone seems to prefer the colour in the first and the pose in the second. I finally worked out that I think she's extra cute because she subconsciously reminds me of Strawberry Switchblade, lol. /old

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vera_j

Both are lovely and that hydrangea suits them both:-)

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spiralsheep

Thank you! I love hydrangeas. The leaves and bushes can be so ugly but their flower heads are lovely as petals and skeletons.

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those violets are the perfect backdrop!

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spiralsheep

Thank you! Mother Nature did all the hard work. I only pushed a few buttons! ;-)

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liadt

It's Sunday so it must be hands! Using a TV screen as a mirror is tricky.

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spiralsheep

How worried should we be that the most realistic one, presumably the one you've observed most often, is the one with the dagger?

/asking for a friend

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liadt

Biros can be a little dull;p

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Cool, hands are neat.

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liadt

Thank you!

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vera_j

Hands are obviously respectful tools...
Well done!

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liadt

Thank you!

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more great practice, very inspiring! great job!

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liadt

Thank you! It makes deciding what to draw easier.

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Tried out the 'crayon' tool in sketch.io. Very versatile, you can adjust the width, and the opacity, and you can make the outline different color from the fill, and you can choose from colors, or a set of gradients, or a set of patterns. I mostly went with simple gradients with orange or black or white borders (the white borders on white background work as erasers- and yes, you can change the background, too.)

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spiralsheep

Fascinating technique in these, thank you for explaining. The zebra especially appeals to me. She's almost a three dimensional optical illusion if I narrow my eyes.

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Thank you! There's a lot of customizing you can do when using that drawing tool.

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vera_j

Awww, the cat - what a perfect position! But they are all great:-)

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liadt

What you've done with the lines are great. The zebra is most striking:)

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your animals are so wonderful!

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capri0mni

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