September 21st, 2006 by admin
not letting a powerful piece stop the creative flow
Mntn Sails Again Mountains Sails
One of the things I have noticed about myself when it comes to creating is that I tend to not want to try to do something again if I feel like I hooked it the first time.
After I have recorded music, I find that I no longer want to play the songs I have recorded - particularly if the recording came out really well.
With art it is the same thing - the first digital painting above I have always really loved. It has a visual uncertainty - between sails and mountains - water and sky - that was not intended but rather landed upon.
The second piece was years later - trying to create the same visual ambiguity - it is a good piece and a fine art print but I don’t find it nearly as strong.
Whether it is something new or something old, not all pieces will be as good. It is not worth getting intimidated over previous work ( I tell myself) - creativity works best without too much competition - including one’s own.
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April 25th, 2006 by admin
experimenting with new program leads to new work and positive results
Nework 2 - Digital Painting 2003 - Dan Beck
In 2003 my old computer died. It wasn’t very impressive - barely could get online - I was fortunate to be able to use email at my (at the time) workplace.
When I replaced my computer, I was fortunate that I did not have to lose any of the paintings I had created - they were safe on another hard drive.
But I bought another Mac and the program which it had for painting was more sophisticated and had textures - which I have since found out I could customize as needed.
The above piece was one of the first pieces I did using texture. It still utilizes the overlapping translucent gradients, but added textured color. It was relatively simple, but more importantly it was created with little expectation or cares.
It flowed, it was fun, it was play, and it came out quite nice.
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Art print options for digital painting -Nework 2
- Appleworks Paint
Basic look at the Appleworks Paint program I create with.
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April 13th, 2006 by admin
Keep Moving to stay in the Creative Flow
Irrigate 2 Field 2 Mount Beyond the Ivy Fence
The entire PDF document "On Being Creative" can be downloaded free at outhousestudios.net.
Keep Moving - If you find yourself stuck in a certain area, try not to languish over it. Move on to an area you can work on and come back to it.
There is a flow to creating and one needs to stay inside that flow, or the process and the creativity bog down.
Those trouble spots tend to get solved easier as the other parts come into being. Sometimes they even gracefully eliminate themselves.
I can’t say that I remember getting stuck in any of the above pieces, though I am not immune. And it is common for anyone creating to step back, give the work some time, and come back to it fresh.
The concept of keeping moving is more about not working something over and over and over trying to get it just so … and becoming frustrated. Frustration, though not uncommon in the creative process, is not the ideal creative partner.
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