Phoenix Awaits the Bonfires , originally uploaded by purple0wl.
Bonfire night is bonanza time for the phoenix! Here he prepares for the Fifth of November. Well, the 6th actually. He will have to wait for the ashes from which he can rise again.
The image of the phoenix too has gone through quite a few resurrections on my iphone!
I’m giving away quite a few secrets here but – sorry to disillusion you… The painting started as an iphone photo of a dodo-like bird I took at the Natural History Museum.
Freehand drawing gives, as its name implies, the most free and most personal results, but this time I traced just the outline of the bird before deleting the photo.
Then I launched out on my own.
I was using Sketchbook Mobile, a new iphone art app already quite popular with iPhone and iPod Touch artists. As well as a wide choice of brushes, Sketchbook Mobile offers layers. This makes it invaluable for working from a photo as well as for trying out details you can remove without harm to the rest of your artwork.
Art apps like Layers and Brushes also offer layers, but Sketchbook Mobile scores by allowing you to toggle layer visibility. This makes it even better for experimenting.
Yet more experimentation awaited my phoenix. I saved it to my iphone Photo Gallery, then added light and texture effects in 101 Photo Effects and Vihgo.
After that, a few more brush strokes in Sketchbook Mobile and the phoenix was ready to rise – if not from the ashes, at least from a dodo existence at the Natural History Museum.
Tags: 5th november, art, Art on the iPhone, bonfire night, creative, digital painting, drawing, iphone apps, iPhone Art Apps, iphone camera, phoenix, photo, photography, purple owl, tips, valerie beeby
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So pleased you like my phoenix, Anita. I’m amazed myself at what you can do on an iphone!
I visited your site and was fascinated to read about those leopard horses!
Oh I love this! I’m always amazed at what you can do with these phones
Anita
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