A new kind of art!

Wow, it's been a long time. (I say that a lot in my blogs.) My strained relationship with art has taken an interesting and awesome turn, mostly thanks to Bananapants over at HoChoAddict and his other new 'baby' in the form of a Canon Rebel T1i dslr camera. After using it a bunch to take some fun photos of friends, I realized what an amazing piece of equipment the camera is.

I had commented to Bananapants, "It's like painting! But about a billion times faster!"

So I sought the advice of the media-savvy gents at work, checked out other cameras, but in the end, I took the plunge and bought the same camera Bananapants has. I've had it for less than 24 hours, but I've been able to take some stunning photos of incredibly mundane things.

I was going to add of those photos with this post, but realized that I need to load the memory card software on my computer first.... and that CD is at home. Maybe tonight? :-)

Sumi Ink Tiger

Slow slow progress

Still re-learning how to use a tablet. This time, you get teeth. :P

Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek at something that I've been working on in the mornings this past week. I've been pretty lax on the art this week because I've wanted to sleep in before work, but I really need to make myself get up, because I love getting pieces done. I think I've spent a couple hours working on this one. Been trying to figure out how to use the tablet efficiently and effectively. I figure I'll spend many more hours on this one. :)

New Tablet Jitters

For my birthday, I got this amazing Intuos 4. I haven't handled a tablet seriously since my sophomore/ junior year... so I'm a bit out of practice. But I thought I'd try to post the stuff I'm working on.

Most everything I do now is for fun. No commissions on the table - besides a website - so my creativity is allowed to roam free. I'm thinking of doing a series of color studies because my grasp of color is really quite elementary. ...also because I'd like to do some canvases for my new apartment, and I usually practice quite a bit before I commit to something like a canvas.

So here's a 45 minute sketch based loosely off of the principles I learned from my Albatross painting. My first sketch on the new tablet.