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Nework 2 - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2003

This was the second piece I created after acquiring a new computer and painting program with texture capability. I am pretty sure I have written about this piece from a creative standpoint - because I had no expectations while doing it - just play.

So what comes through is fun, overlapping, rather 3-dimensional, and balanced with different texture. There are no unique textures here - just stock program options - but a very nice balance between areas which have and areas which don’t.

There is no way to share an art print without your viewing and or purchasing it - but be sure, texture and color are both more intense upon printing.  And even though this was new a few years ago, looking at it today, I still find this digital painting fresh.

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  Options for Art Prints and printing availability for Nework 2
• My Zen Life » Blog Archive » no expectations
  what I find pertinent is that he is right - if there are no expectations at all - why do it - I think it is more what kind of expectations

creating from what is discarded and the look of stained glass

Paste-and-So - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2000

One of the things I really like about this medium is the quality of light I can get. Overlapping gradients of translucent color and creating the pieces on a back lit monitor contribute to the phenomena.

I have never understood how the printed images end up with that look of light from behind.

The above digital painting  has always reminded me of stained glass. Partially because it is made up of small pieces and also the light quality.

From a creative standpoint, this piece is about creating something good out of something to be discarded. My recollection is the piece was built by taking parts from a piece I didn’t care for as a whole - but did like sections. I copied and pasted and manipulated slightly to create this pleasing piece.

It is not the way I generally work, but paste-and-so what?

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• Paste-and-So
  availability of art prints for above digital painting
• What things influence the appearance of color?
  Nice little discussion of light and color - not exactly connected but a nice related tangent