The past few years, I have written an annual summary post at the end of the year. 2020 has certainly toppled a lot of expectations for how the year should have gone. Most everybody felt a lot of negative events versus positive. Myself included. Here’s my attempt at wrapping the year 2020. The short story... Continue Reading →
Making Textures and Shapes with Adobe Capture and Adobe Fresco
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEsUN9tjDrV/?igshid=1nu40f3ggoy1u I want to share my newest obsession of late: making easy digital abstract paintings in Adobe Fresco. They’re relaxing to create compared to the more thought-out illustrations and comics. I often make these in 10 minutes while my drawing students work on the gesture warm-ups at the beginning of class. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEs5fD0jalJ/?igshid=o3r4b5n3a25k I’m planning to... Continue Reading →
Masks Part 2: Now on Society6!
You probably remember my last post on having masks. Well, it didn't take long for Society6 to jump on the bandwagon. Now they have their version, a pleated design. The design choice does disrupt the printed images a little, but I think it works best for patterns. Another positive addition to Society6 having masks available... Continue Reading →
Testing out the Wacom Cintiq Pen Display
I made a pandemic purchase: a 13” Wacom Cintiq pen display. It’s used, I couldn’t afford it new. I mostly still use my iPad to make drawings, but I did use a tablet whenever I worked on my desktop. In the history of tablets I’ve owned, they have been mostly basic. The one above was... Continue Reading →
Goals for 2019
I was going to do a year end wrap up last month for the ol' blog, but life had a way of getting hitting me like a dump truck, one of them being my chronically sick cat finally passed away (RIP) and then starting up the new semester. However, I am determined to get back... Continue Reading →