Owl on September 17th, 2010

Q. Do you draw or paint on your phone or iPad? If yes, go to the next question. If no, you’re probably not reading this… Q. What does IAMDA stand for? A. The International Association of Mobile Digital Artists. Exciting news! IAMDA are holding their first ever get-together very soon. Q. When? A. October 23rd [...]

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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 January 3rd, 2010

The Woods. iPhone collage., originally uploaded by purple0wl. I’ve been trying Juxtaposer, a handy art app that allows you to make collages on an iPhone or iPod Touch. You work with two images. One picture acts as the background. The other is the foreground. The foreground’s the active picture. Crop it, size it, twist it, [...]

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Owl on November 1st, 2009

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 [...]

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Owl on September 27th, 2009

It occurs to me that people who do not accept the legitimacy of digital art are not asking themselves “Is it Art?” but “Is it Photography?” Critics of  art works created in computer art software – Corel Painter for instance – seem to regard drawing as some kind of fairground trick. Regardless of the often [...]

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