A while back I was remembering an episode in my life when indulging in messy painty art just wasn’t practical. Limited by space constraints, impeded by my environment – a short term let in a flat with a brand new carpet.
This coincided with the opportunity to teach myself to Photoshop. Digital cameras were still quite new. It feels like a thousand years ago compared with the ease of tech we can enjoy now.
I took to pixel-pushing immediately. What I thought was just a temporary work around became a big part of my world. An all engulfing passion.
Some years later when I went on to fulfill the life long ambition of becoming a proper full time art student, and I threw myself back into all the real tangible visceral creativity that comes from paint and ink and clay and the such.
Contrast. It’s how I thrive. When I’m feeling flat and lacklustre I know I need to turn direction and play somewhere else for a while.
Just lately I was recombobulating my website, and in doing so I got back into photoshopping together some imagery. It’s been like spending time with a very dear old friend.
Now I’m nourishing my spirit by reinventing some of my doodles and paint sploshings in the realms of the crisply clean vector curves and the hazy glow of a Gaussian blur.
I’ve set myself some new challenges which I’ll show you soon. Meanwhile here are a handful of my favorites from a while ago…
(Prints of all of the above, plus lots more, are available from my shops on DeviantArt & RedBubble.)
Wow! These are very cool. I’ve never tried my hand at digital art. Seeing your outcomes makes me wonder about exploring this possibility.
LikeLike
go for it Laura! I’d love to see what you make 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I only have Photoshop Elements. I don’t think I could do much with that. 😀
LikeLike
oooh – go on have a play! Sometimes the simplest things are most effective. IMO layers are the key to it all. And playing – playing is always key!! 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person