Dear Cath It would be brilliant to do a webpage on your developements with digital art I like the way you're using hand carved stamps with computer filters etc. Im trying to do a section on digital art stuff and this would fit right in a lot of people have no idea about using their pc in an artistic way with the use of softwear Anyway, if you felt like doing more examples plus writing about your methods, I think it would be a very interesting page Not neccessarily all in one go but over a period of time as you feel like it See how you feel Gillian |
by Catherine Withrow |
Here's version 2 of Save Your Life ....different fills, colors, painted textures...maybe
I like this one. April 2001 better? |
Found Tarragona ~ great color, texture, Gillian. Am going to look into Photoimpact6.
Will check in with you later. Cat Just a quick note to let you know I found a copy of PhotoImpact6 at a bargain price ($70.00). I just loaded it and have been fooling around with it. I clearly have no clue what I'm doing but I think I'll keep a log of my learning in anticipation of writing up Cat something for site. Pretty impressive program...thanks for the recommendation.Cat |
Dear Catherine Im so pleased you got a copy -cheap at that yes it will take some time to get used to it there is so much on it, as you say I use a Wacom-pressure sensitive tablet to draw with Im not saying they're indespensible but I cant draw with the mouse I got one for my birthday a few years back and its like drawing with pen or pencil on paper Here is a group it might be interesting to join- you can ask questions and get ideas PhotoImpact Resource Center (PIRC) http://wwell.net/pi/resources http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PhotoImpactResources |
Well, I'm hooked....entirely your fault. Here's one of my 'tests'....a little
predictable but ooooh, such fun. Working away...thinking about the page
for your site....maybe a 'before/after - see what you can do approach???'
Cat |
I'm still practicing...let me send you several more in the next 10 days... then you'll have something to pick and choose from. May 2001 |
Hi Gillian~ came home a day early from work and found your note. Thanks
for the compliment. Actually this was very easy to do because I used non-copyright
clipart (I have a subscription to ARTODAY) then just layered, filtered
(creative lighting), colored, added the text - was showing another artist
friend (Lea Cioci - she has a piece at art-e-zine) when we had an art day last
weekend. It took about 10 minutes....very easy. I started the tutorials
but had trouble with yahoo and uploading so I haven't gotten back to it yet.
Been playing with the drawing, painting tools this week. I will draft up an outline for the page/..but...I just love this program). I thought about the style of it and blending it with the rest of your zine....perhaps something a little 'artsy'. My underlying theme is tools...the idea of using all the tools available to you...or something like that. I ran across VanGogh's quote again this week: "If someone tells you that you cannot paint, continue painting and the voice will go away..." (that's a very loose quotation but you catch my drift). I do like the idea of taking a plain scan (clipart or original work) and showing different effects/techniques from a (very) beginners standpoint. Cat |
I'm going to approach the idea of using the computer as art tool from the perspective of a beginner (which I am) and learn from the process. I used an even simpler graphics program for the piece I sent you. My other graphics programs are business oriented (for my work) I'm frustrated with its limitations so I'm getting paint shop pro next week. As long as you aren't looking for a finished page very soon, I'd really like to work on this project. Glad you liked the font sources. I'm not sure I saw the Tarragona page~are those your Spain trip - under the Digital Camera listing on the mai page?Cat Dear Cath Thats brilliant news, Thanks for giving it a go its just what Im looking for and yes you'll learn a lot from doing it- thats how I learn programmes and I make a lot of mistakes but you find out a lot more than you expected to The Tarragona page link is just under the digital camera link I used the filter effects to merge the photos into the background which I made to look like an old distressed wall Backgrounds on the internet can be a bit boring so I like to experiment and do something new each page. Paint Shop Pro has lots of filters, paper textures and photographic tools any thing I can help with just buzz Im working off and on between other things, a digital journal whereby I try to explain what I just did, if I can remember, using all the many effects and gizmos in PhotoImpact6, but its looking a bit messy or you could say freeform, but its the only way for me to get to know the prog-lots of fun as well, just wish I had more time. Perhaps I'll load up bits of it at a time and add to it when I can I was just thinking PhotoImpact6 is probably about the same price as Paint Shop Pro but from an artists point of view is much more exciting and it can do the same things as PSP and much much more, lots more filters, artists brushes and fun things and the user manual is quite simple You can write type on a squiggley line and colour it in with a picture Cool****Gillian |
Thank you Gillian - I promised myself that I would take the risk this year and show some of my stuff...I'm uncharacteristically insecure about my art work...being new to it and all. Some of my pieces are digital collage but I think they may be a little too rough for your readers who use sophisticated software programs. I'm intrigued by the idea of writing a page for you and will work up some samples over the next few months for your review. Thanks for the offer. The type face on the makeart piece is pythagorus. I've found a couple of good free font resources that you may want to check out: http://masonboroarts.com/whofonted/ (example: ART ART)) http://www.mediabuilder.com/fontdecorative2.html |
Gillian~ Just a brief note to tell you how inspiring I find your site. I'm re-discovering my creativity, so to speak, and your articles, art work and ideas have sparked my imagination. Thanks for the incredible work you must put into this site.Cat Catherine Illinois - USA |
In February 2001 Cath sent me this background picture she'd done with
sponges, and a hand made stamp, scanned it in and added some digital lettering From a complete beginner in digital art Cath with e-mails, and her increasingly proficient artwork, charts her progress scroll clockwise |
I've attached 'another one' - I think I might be getting better? (not fishing here
just looking for your objective viewpoint...it prints well...think it will make
a journal cover) Time to write something, huh? 21st July 2001 |
Catherine created a series of digital collages for the Americana art exchange, which
you can see here along with the other works |
July 1st 2001 |
been playing this afternoon instead of chores....)4th July 2001 |
. I'm guessing that you were wondering about the drive piece and the three
little mini pics in the corner? They are duplicates of an altered copy of
the original photo. I open an additional page on my screen, insert the photo...alter
it etc., size it by using the ruler, grid feature on the very bottom
right hand side of your screen and also the resize icon on my toolbar.
Once I have it the way I want it I drag it to the main collage, place it and then,
in this case I duplicated it twice then recolored two of them. August 2001 |