Owl on July 18th, 2010

Here are some iPad – iPhone – iPod Touch art apps I know about but have not personally tried. Among the hundreds of Apple apps, there are sure to be some painting and drawing apps I have missed out. Do comment and tell me if you know of any. Thanks. For the painting, drawing (and [...]

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Owl on July 17th, 2010

I thought you might be interested to see the drawing-painting-photographic apps I’ve used to date on my iPhone, and a few on my iPad. (These fingerpainting apps are also of course usable on iPod Touch.) BEST IPHONE/IPAD PAINTING APPS in order of my personal preference of the moment Brushes Sketchbook Mobile Layers Art Studio inspire [...]

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Owl on May 9th, 2010

The Women, originally uploaded by purple0wl. This image was created from an iphone photo of statues in the grounds of Arundel Castle, southern England. Channels, blending modes and filters were played one against the other in Corel Painter to give an eerie glow. How about making selections and masks in painting apps for the iphone. [...]

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Owl on April 16th, 2010

Julia Kay, originally uploaded by purple0wl. If you’re keen on painting portraits, you’ll never be short of a model at Julia’s Portrait Party. Flickr groups, as far as I know, are all free to join, and this portrait group is a splendid opportunity. Post up a photo of yourself for others to paint, and lo [...]

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Owl on March 3rd, 2010

IPhone Art App Mixer, originally uploaded by purple0wl. How many iphone art apps were used to create this image? Four, if I remember rightly. Maybe more. The background started life as an iphone photo of a doorway in Barcelona. After a tracing in Vihgo followed by a mashup in Photo Studio it was never the [...]

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Owl on February 25th, 2010

Spider Assesses a Web Page, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Why does fine art have to have the monopoly of abstracts? Actually I think most cartoons are abstracts. They use notations to express actions and emotions that are not at all what you actually see in real life. Here we see a web spider, doubtless one [...]

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Owl on February 11th, 2010

Nocturne, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Click on the picture then on ‘View On Black’ to see this picture at larger size I’ve been thinking a lot about texture in iPhone paintings now the iPad is on the way. It’s no use trying to give a tiny picture interesting brush strokes or textures. There just aren’t [...]

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