experimentation leads to more textured options and broader palette
Screenshot of painting tools and palette in development
The above screenshot is a snapshot into some of the incredible possibilities which exist for me painting digitally.
There are many programs out there and I can’t say that one is by far the best. My understanding is that most graphic artists use Illustrator but since I started with Appleworks and haven’t exactly run out of new things to try – I continue with it.
The textured square in the wall paper is a new texture/color that I developed for a digital painting. I just recently figured out that I could copy an existing texture/color square as a starting point to build colors upon.
I knew I could take a 1 inch square from a painting and turn that into my paint – or take a stock texture/color and make color adjustments, but I did not know I could copy an existing texture/color square from my palettes and make adjustments to that.
I figured out how to do all of these by using copy and paste shortcut keys and playing - there are no options for this on the edit menu. I don’t even know if the creators know one can do this.
If there is a point to this – whatever your medium of creativity - experiment!
See Also
- Abstract Art Gallery
home to most experimentation at Outhouse Studios - NODE.London – Networked, Open, Distributed, Events. London – March 2006
I like the language of the first description – “experiment, play, and get involved” – these are my sentiments as well
Tags: Art, color, creativity, painting, texture
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