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 March 30th, 2010

Hmmm…, originally uploaded by purple0wl. How do you draw a doubtful owl? Hmmm… Luckily sleight of hand comes to the rescue when you’re drawing facial expressions. (Or rather, sleight of finger in this iPhone drawing.) Facial expressions are always a mixture of unconscious and deliberate grimaces. On paper (or as in this case the iphone [...]

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Owl on February 3rd, 2010

Afternoon Apple, originally uploaded by purple0wl. I took a photo of an apple with my iPhone 3GS. Displaying the photo on my computer screen, I finger painted it back onto the iphone in a paint app called Layers. Layers created a stir among iphone artists a while ago, because for the first time it offered [...]

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Owl on December 30th, 2009

iPhone Painting, originally uploaded by purple0wl. I was just lounging in front of the TV watching someone talking about the news. I started to caricature him on my iphone in a new drawing app called Vellum …only to find he had disappeared and it was another face I was drawing. Cut to an hour or [...]

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Owl on December 9th, 2009

Christmas Card originally uploaded by purple0wl. As you’ll see by the iPod Classic, these robins first saw the light a while ago. They are taking the stage while I quietly panic behind the scenes, trying to think of what to draw or paint for this year’s card.

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Owl on October 1st, 2009

Early iPhone Painting Using 2 Apps, originally uploaded by purple0wl. The first iphone drawing app I bought was Sketches. Fascinated and frustrated by the doddery marks that were all I could come up with on the touch screen, I forked out in some desperation for iDoodle, Scribble and NetSketch. Not that these apps exactly broke [...]

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Owl on September 23rd, 2009

Week 29: Small, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Run any iphone painting through the photo app 101 PhotoEffects, and even if you don’t transform your finger work into a masterpiece, you’ll learn a lot. This seascape was painted on my iPhone in the appĀ Inspire. In Inspire you can choose how much paint to load onto your [...]

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