Posts Tagged ‘digital_art’
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
enjoying art is not a category
Shape of Something New – digital art – painting – original prints – Dan Beck 2005
What is new and what is original art have been subjects of discussion on my site for quite some time.
If something were completely new, it would be unrecognizable – so new enough or original enough are really what it is about.
Curiously, the term digital art is one which is new in conjunction with any of the work on this site. Because the term is so broad and the associated art is generally so different from the work found here, it seemed like the wrong association.
But the images seen at Outhouse Studios were painted using a mouse, a computer, and the available views of a monitor. Each print is original – it is the intended final form of the art – but what really matters as with all art is whether the work speaks to you.
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
perspective from above – same theme, different understanding?
Flat Runs – digital art – painting & original prints – Dan Beck 2007
This is my last completed digital painting – finished last week sometime. It was started after the first same themed piece and prior to the last featured piece from more of the true perspective – if there is such a thing.
The work was inspired by a drive-by moment witnessing three field workers racing their strawberry flats to the staging area or truck – I didn’t notice.
It is more about feeling and understanding than actual viewing and therefore a view from above is just as true – but it wasn’t what I wanted and I started another piece before I finished this.
And though I think the other two pieces are more original art for me – I do love the bright color and some of the digital art twists, turns, and copy and paste which are not always utilized in my work.
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Tags: Art, color, Digital Art, digital_art, field workers, Original Art, original_art, painting, perspective, prints, strawberry
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
multiple paths
Simple Line Figure Exercise and Tutorial
What the above image demonstrates as much as anything is how unlimited digital art can be. The same figure could have been added on to and finished in an infinite amount of ways.
There are multiple paths, multiple possibilities, and all of them can be true at the same time. It can take the concept of original art and basically give it a whole new twist.
Not only is each print an original print, but each variation – like art itself – is an original – even if part is exactly what is included in a different piece.
What is true for art is generally interchangeable with what is true for life.
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- Image Index to Blog Articles – newly expanded to separate Recent and Not for Sale works at Outhouse Studios – Find articles about and from a specific digital painting thumbnail
- What is an Original Print? – thoughtful discussion on subject – seems to draw line at what is created by hand – but then with which tools – digital art uses a mouse or pen pad interfacing with computer – distinctions are tricky
- William Dobell Quotes – his first three quotes are quite akin to my own thinking about art and have included this reference even though today is the first time I recall seeing a representation of his work
Tags: Art, Digital Art, digital_art, Original Art, original_art, painting, prints
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Break Your Own Rules
The figures from the line drawing exercise were a departure from my more typical work – it was supposed to be something different and fun.
I opted to go two different directions of digital painting at the same time – completing levels 1 and 2, than 3 and 4, until I made it to 7 and 8 where I decided to quit.
As I have already indicated, I think the best way for someone to learn how to do is by doing – coaching aside – one still needs to do. And although all mediums have their intrinsic limitations, most of the limits are the rules we impose upon ourselves – necessary- but changeable as time goes on – for instance, trying to be accepting of the term digital art instead of focusing on the differences.
As of this moment, the only thing I have to add to my own written in 2004 – tips on being creative is this final lesson – Don’t be afraid to break your own rules!
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- On Being More Creative – 10 tips – written in 2004 – for being more creative – courtesy of Outhouse Studios
- First, Break All the Rules – liked the title – and the connection between the managerial model of utilizing strengths and building on success – to what one must do as an individual in learning to do and accepting one’s limitations along while building on one’s strengths
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
reiterating: results are in the doing
This is not my normal style of digital painting, but I suppose it is not that far removed. I have no qualms about using color – and the intent of painting from a simple line drawing was mostly an exercise – an exercise in approaching painting in a different way.
Just like taking a class – exercises can be valuable. Just as the definition of digital art is rather wide open so are its limits. Many programs allow one to remove something unwanted that was many steps back – programs like photoshop and illustrator which use layers for instance. Even without that, one could save unlimited versions of a piece so that one might not go down the wrong road.
The problem with any of these approaches is that – it is important to hold on to process when one paints – if one doesn’t get that meditative, get lost in the painting – what good is it?
Lesson 3 is about utilizing rules and limits – to have freedom to create inside and create necessity for trying things in new ways.
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- Original Art-chives – page shows development of technique and how technique is not really what determines whether a finished work has appeal or not
- Photoshop Layers Tutorial – you will notice this explains well – but until you do it yourself you probably won’t get it. My personal experience was being shown, but not remembering until I essentially figured it out on my own.
Tags: Art, color, Digital Art, digital painting, digital_art, Original Art, original_art, painting
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
teaching experience?
So if it isn’t obvious – this is a continuation of yesterday’s article. And like the lesson before, I will probably give very little technical advice. For even if one is committed to a certain computer painting program, the learning is mostly in the doing.
The first digital art panel above is tinted in color from the previous pane. Not all digital painting programs have this capability – very useful – some use adjustable opacity and that is even more controlled.
The color which follows is done using a freehand tool in Appleworks, which few use these days – and as far as I have seen – no equivalent exists in photoshop, illustrator or other programs I have touched upon.
Lesson 2 – learn to use what you have – use help menu-pop-up descriptions and utmost – don’t be afraid to experiment. All programs have advantages and limitations, there are always work-arounds and ways of doing things which may not have been thought of by the authors themselves. It needs to become your medium – explore it and develop it.
I believe the reason kids get around the new technology so well is that they don’t have the fear of losing all their work or their computers like most of the rest of us.
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Tags: Art, color, Digital Art, digital_art, painting
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Make Your Mark
The category of digital art is huge – so big in fact that a tutorial that is not more specific doesn’t mean particularly much.
I have looked at other tutorials and have even written some. Like most things the only way to learn how to do it is by doing it. The best one can hope for from a tutorial might be tips about something you weren’t aware of – but even then you will have to do it to know it.
So lesson number 1 – is quite simple – use whatever computer painting program you want and start making your mark.
The figure drawing above was embarrassingly inspired by a pattern of hair on my shower stall – but inspiration is unnecessary – acceptance is essential.
The second image is a continuation – filling the empty space using a fill tool and a pattern that I could adapt for the purposes.
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- Quick Draw – early minimalist work rather reminiscent of this direction
- JacksonPollock.org – Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas, 2003, original flash animation by Michal Migurski, original design by Stamen – PAINTING FUN FOR EVERYONE
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
digital medium conducive to representing layers of water washed sand
Beach Today – digital painting / art prints – Dan Beck 2003
I wrote about this piece in July. One of the things I like about the new Blog Guide by Images is that I can keep track. If I do choose to write about the same digital painting again, I can be sure to write from a different angle.
Today I am writing because I was lucky enough to be at the beach yesterday. And today, I clicked on the gallery chance button which landed me in the Landscape Art Galley – clicked on the image roulette button which took me to this painting.
While I was looking at the water and sand yesterday, I was thinking how conducive the digital medium is for portraying the beach and the layers where the water has washed.
I was also thinking that I had not done that many pieces of the beach and well…
I better go more often.
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Tags: Art, creative process, Digital Art, digital medium, digital_art, painting, prints
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Friday, September 1st, 2006
digital source yields originals – accurate printing yields intentional work
I am not the only one who does digital painting, digital art, or computer art. A search of any of the above yields millions of results and no doubt thousands of artists.
Much of what I am excited about is the fact that the art print from a digital source is an original. There are no reproductions – just prints.
True – the image was created by looking at a monitor version of the piece – and in a sense that would be the original – but no more than the lithographic stone is the original.
Because the print is the place one truly views the work first – the printing aspect is critical. At Outhouse Studios, there has been systematic experimentation to get it right, and systematic experimentation with the professional printing company used for the larger pieces as well.
Without that aspect – the work would still be original – but not particularly intentional.
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Tags: Art, Digital Art, digital painting, digital_art, music, painting, prints
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Saturday, April 1st, 2006
April Fool’s Email – Original Print?
I received this email today and April Fool’s – the return address did not work – and since the response was pertinent and I couldn’t actually give it after I had written it, I thought I would go ahead and print both.
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 12:59 PM
To: info@outhousestudios.net
Subject: Digital Art
Hello Dan
I was most interested in your site and what you have to say about your work and to pass on this brief note to say how much I enjoyed it.
I am often asked by the general public what is an original print? I am sure you get asked a similar question about your original computer generated printed work. I find such questions difficult to reply to even if the work is hand drawn.
I wonder if when you print one of your pieces if you destroy the file so that image is also offered as unique or is each painting printed as an edition of say 50 or so?
With regards
Roger
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