Finished my 14 days of.....

[a d d]

Well, like John Silver and Dimitri, this month is a bit tight in terms of
time, so I
decided to start my 14 days artwork just a little after Gem and Dan released
their stuff. Well, I'm done, and the more I wait and look at my work, the
less I like it, so I better release it before it ends up in a digital trash
can. ; )

I decided to take this time to learn how to use my new program Painter 5.5.
I just wanted me, some digital paint, and a blank canvas. I soon found that
what I really wanted a graphics tablet, but was still able to get a somewhat
satifactory output from my brain's input. ; ) But the mouse was a
limitation, as was my lack of painting experience. Some days took 15
minutes, while a few allowed a little over an hour.

All in all, I enjoyed the exercise, and thought it was worth while, and I
learned a lot more about Painter, painting, and graphics tablets (through
some studying on various tablet websites on the net). It was fun. Isn't that
what art is all about?

I have more observations on the site, but I won't bore you any further.

http://adigitaldreamer.com/portfolio/14/

Br.

[Stan Wojda]

Wonderful! Especially liked Day 2 Anxious. Reminded me of the sixties (took
some bad stuff).

[Tor de Vries]

> http://adigitaldreamer.com/portfolio/14/

Brian, that is wonderful work. Wow. There's a wonderful mood to your work.

For some reason, "Ink Blot" jumped out at me... but then again, I tend to
like high contrast work. It has good energy, though. "Last Days" and "Last
Summer" are also good.

tdv

[Tor de Vries]

Q: If I try harder, do you think I can use the same words over and over more
than I did?

[Gornul]

"a d d" <br...@adigitaldreamer.com> wrote in message
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> http://adigitaldreamer.com/portfolio/14/

Sheesh, with stuff like this up, I almost feel like it'd be embarrasing to post my
work. I've really used this exercise as a learning time. I've gone from being
terrible at drawing figures, to having rather good action drawing skills. I'm
drawing poses where I didn't used to be able to.

And yet, it still pales in comparison to what you've done. Would somebody please say
something encouraging, so I'll get the nerve to post my work, and not have wasted the
last 12 days... :)

Josh
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[Drew]

> And yet, it still pales in comparison to what you've done. Would somebody please say
> something encouraging, so I'll get the nerve to post my work, and not have wasted the
> last 12 days... :)

Remember that this is an exercise and not a competition. If you gained
from it, you should post as that's part of the process. Believe me, I'm
not happy with several of mine.

Drew

[Tor de Vries]

> And yet, it still pales in comparison to what you've done. Would somebody
> please say something encouraging, so I'll get the nerve to post my work, and
> not have wasted the last 12 days... :)

I feel very much the same way about mine. At times I feel like I will post
the work, but with my eyes closed, and I won't check the newsgroup for the
next week afterwards! But this is an event, an exercise -- not a contest.
Every one of us approached this differently, and there is no right or wrong,
good or bad. There is only art. Post your work, because we want to see it.

tdv

[Jenny Miller]

I really liked the "ink blot"
You did this in painter?
If so I think I NEED that program.

[a d d]

Hey thanks. Glad I could trip you up again without the "bad stuff". ; )

Br.

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[a d d]

Thanks Tor. I was going for a high contrast look on that one, and wanted a
smooth flowing shape to contrast against the light. I like high contrasting
work as well.

Br.

Tor de Vries <tdev...@liq.com> wrote in message news:B68B27B2.12F3A%

[a d d]

Hi Josh,

Hey, I want to see your work, as well as the rest of us. You've got a good
eye. I really liked the lighting and atmosphere in that Terregan (Is that
the spelling?) image that you posted a while back.

A great thing about this exercise is that you will probably learn from it,
and probably get better. I know I learned from it.

Br.

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[a d d]

Amen. I think the cool thing about this exercise will be seeing the
different style, angles, approaches, moods...... Art is art. It'll be great
to see all of the results..

Br.

Tor de Vries <tdev...@liq.com> wrote in message

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[a d d]

Thanks Jenny. I enjoyed working on that one. Yes, I did do that one on
Painter, as well as all of the others. I've had Painter just a little while,
and just love it. I think you probably would too. But my next investment
will be a graphics tablet. That would be so sweet.

Br.

Jenny Miller <jenm...@mn.mediaone.net> wrote in message
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[Gornul]

"a d d" <br...@adigitaldreamer.com> wrote in message

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> Hi Josh,
>
> Hey, I want to see your work, as well as the rest of us. You've got a good
> eye. I really liked the lighting and atmosphere in that Terregan (Is that
> the spelling?) image that you posted a while back.

It's Terragen, but close enough. :) The thing is, I decided against using that for
this 14 days exercise, because it would take the greater part of my day to produce an
entire scene in one day. I've been putting my sketchbook to good use instead. :)

> A great thing about this exercise is that you will probably learn from it,
> and probably get better. I know I learned from it.

Thanks for the encouragement all. I'll get my work so far scanned in today and put
them up on my webspace.

[Debbie Hurley]

Very fluid feeling in your work... or would the word be organic?? Liked
"Anxious" and "In The Beginning" very much. (The latter's drama woke my
brain up on this gray day.)
Please don't take this as a negative, but "For When" made me smile
because I thought of penguins... and I love penguins.

Debbie

[Dan]

Brian! I just wanted to pop in and say great job. Move that digital trash
can *away* from your computer. If you hadn't of told us you worked with just
a mouse, no one would have been the wiser (that may have contributed to the
nice, fluid flow you have in many of your pieces).

My favorites are #8 The Last Days and #13 The Keeper of the Sun. Think of
these in spacious rooms at four to five feet wide -- cool, huh?

Continued success with your art.

Dan
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[a d d]

Thanks for the comments. No I don't take you r comments for "For when" in a
bad way at all. On all of the "people", I didn't add any legs, which makes
them look more stubby. ; ) For some reason, I didn't find it that important.
I think I was trying more to get a general feel to it, rather than an
accurate representation of human figures. heh heh. They do look like
Penguins, now that you mention it. ; )

Br.

Debbie Hurley <dhu...@ieaccess.net> wrote in message
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[a d d]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the kind words. You and Gem came up with a good idea when you
thought of this 14 day thing. It should be fun seeing the results of a large
sampling of artists...

Br.

Dan <dant...@worldnet.att.ooo.net> wrote in message
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[Gem]

Hi Brian,
I looked! heehee with three days left in this session, I have only a little
fear of subconsciously copying someone else's idea, but don't blame me if my
last three resemble one of your's. :) lol!

I liked "Anxious" and "Shoreline Shadows" very much. Like Tor, "Ink Spot" kept
me coming back for a repeat look. Will you try to repeat any of these on a
canvas?

So happy that you enjoyed the experience and got so much out of it. Enjoyed
your observations and views concerning this exercise very much. Thanks!

Please do not destroy anything but keep it for future reference. After <if> you
do this a few more times, it will prove invaluable in helping you to chart your
progress.

Brian, you have the soul of an artist.
--
Gem
Art is fun!

[cpg]

6, 7 and 13 were my favorites. Esp. 6. Very nice.

What I really love about this 14 Days exercise is that it forces a
sort of artistic honesty. You do it, it's done and it is what it is.
No apologies, no explanations, no revisions. What a breath of fresh
air compared to what most of us usually do with our work.

cpg

[a d d]

Hey Gem, Nice to errrrm... See you again. : ) This weekend was going to be a
bit tight in terms of time, so I thought I'd post now so I could respond to
any posts..

As for putting any of these on canvas, probably not in the near future,
although I'd probably enjoy it quite a bit. I've never really had much
experience with "real" paints, so that means I also haven't yet invested in
brushes, paint, and the other pricey stuff that goes along with it. Not
really pricey once you've got the stuff, but...

Anyways, thanks for the kind words...

Br.

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[a d d]

Hey thanks...

cpg <c_p_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 6, 7 and 13 were my favorites. Esp. 6. Very nice.

I agree. No restrictions either. I enjoy not being restricted by canvas
dimensions, color, theme, mood, texture.... It's refreshing.

Br.

[Jenny Miller]

Hey, I loaded in a trial version of Painter, had some fun and then went to
save it...... Couldn't do that I quess. Looked up the cost. I don't think
I'll be getting it too soon. But I'm happy to have found this group.
Otherwise I don't think I would have even thought about programs like that.
As far as the graphics tablet, is that the mouse that is a pen or vise
versa? If it is, I want to get one of those also. I've seen them in the Mac
Ware house catalog for around $99. Is this right?
I don't know, Thanks, Jen.

[Madman]

My stuff sucks more. That help? hah

Just do it dude. Can't hurt. Show us your Ballz!

Madman

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[jivvy]

Very nice -- my personal favorites are 7) "Shoreline Shadows" and 8)
"The Last Days".

And tablets are nice, but if you hadn't mentioned you were using a
mouse, I wouldn't have known.

Thanks for sharing you work.

Claire

[Carol Ott]

I'm glad to see you like Painter. If you think you'll use it often, it's
worth the money. I use it all the time at work....of course, they paid for
it. :-)

The tablet is the mouse-pen (called a stylus) that works with
a....hmmm....tablet-looking-thing. Go to www.wacom.com and see what they
have -- there's a nice one for around $100 -- maybe the same one you saw.

--Carol

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[a d d]

Hey thanks... I'm pretty comfortable with a mouse in terms of control, but
I'd love to have the pressure sensitivity as well as the angled input...

Br.

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[Debbie Hurley]

Just goes to show that everyone looks at everything differently. There's
no reason to put legs on at all; that's the beauty of creating things,
I think. Lots of freedom, unless of course someone is paying you for
something specific. "Good grief, no LEGS? You're fired!" Sigh.

[Gem]

cpg wrote:
>What I really love about this 14 Days exercise is that it forces a
>sort of artistic honesty. You do it, it's done and it is what it is.
>No apologies, no explanations, no revisions. What a breath of fresh
>air compared to what most of us usually do with our work.

I couldn't have said it better, cpg. That's exactly it.
Did you sit this one out? If so, maybe next time you'll give it a go. :)

--
Gem
how's the little one?

[Gem]

Br H wrote:
>I've never really had much
>experience with "real" paints, so that means I also haven't yet invested in
>brushes, paint, and the other pricey stuff that goes along with it. Not
>really pricey once you've got the stuff, but...

Something to think about, though, yes? :)

>Anyways, thanks for the kind words...
>

You are welcome.

--
Gem

[cpg]

>I couldn't have said it better, cpg. That's exactly it.
>Did you sit this one out? If so, maybe next time you'll give it a go. :)

It sounded like lots fun but I did choose to sit this one out. I
actually played a little with Painter today over lunch. Pretty fun but
a little frustrating for someone who cut his teeth on Photoshop. It'll
take some getting used to.

>how's the little one?

Payton is doing pretty well though he does have a cold right now. His
Mom just went back to work so I'm trying to pick up some slack for
her. Crazy days but very satisfying. Thanks for asking ;-)

....cpg

[opiumblue]

Great work, great site, pretty rare these days!

[a d d]

Thanks. I appreciate it. : )

Br.

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[Mike Minovski]

In article <Yyl96.7192$LZ1.4...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,

"Dan" <dant...@worldnet.att.ooo.net> wrote:
> Brian! I just wanted to pop in and say great job. Move that digital
trash
> can *away* from your computer. If you hadn't of told us you worked
with just
> a mouse, no one would have been the wiser (that may have contributed
to the
> nice, fluid flow you have in many of your pieces).
>
> My favorites are #8 The Last Days and #13 The Keeper of the Sun.
Think of
> these in spacious rooms at four to five feet wide -- cool, huh?
>
> Continued success with your art.
>
> Dan

I was just about to write absolutely the same when I read all of it in
Dan's post. Ditto to every single word, incl. my favourite ones, incl.
imagining them at wall size :)

Brian, it may be a matter of personal preference, but I really love
those color schemes of yours that are both soft and powerful at the
same time.

BTW, would you allow me to poke my nose into your thrash can from time
to time? :))) I'd expect to find some quite interesting 'garbage'
there... ;)

mike m.

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[Carol Ott]

I had to laugh at that one.....I just threw away a poopy diaper. You'll
want to stay far from my trash can for the next year or so. :-)

--Carol

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[Mike Minovski]

In article <ad9a6.3561$3T2.1...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,

"Carol Ott" <cs...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I had to laugh at that one.....I just threw away a poopy diaper.
You'll
> want to stay far from my trash can for the next year or so. :-)
>

All I can do is hope that you don't share one thrash can with Brian :)

As for yours - well <sigh> been there, done that: my daughter is
already 13 ;)

[Carol Ott]

My daughter is 13, too. Isn't it great having a teenager around? My son,
however, is a lively 5-month-old.

--Carol

"Mike Minovski" <ms...@mailandnews.com> wrote in message

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> In article <ad9a6.3561$3T2.1...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,

[Mike Minovski]

In article <GIha6.544$Ds2....@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,

"Carol Ott" <cs...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> My daughter is 13, too. Isn't it great having a teenager around
>

Yep, sure is. Sorta reference point: shows you where you are, at
times... ;)

[Terry L. Griffin]

great paintings. my favs are "anxious" and "meeting place."

grif

[a d d]

Hey, thanks Mike. I really enjoyed working with digital "paint" without any
restrictions. It's also nice to be able to just dump some paint on a canvas
without thinking about wasting paint, dirtying brushes...... It has caused
me to want to start getting into the real thing though. It's so much fun,
and you can say a lot with a few strokes of a brush.

Br.

Mike Minovski <ms...@mailandnews.com> wrote in message news:94b313

[a d d]

Thanks Terry. I had fun especially with Anxious.

Br.

Terry L. Griffin <tlg...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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[John Silver]

I liked "drop" and "anxious" a lot. My favorite was "Shorline Shadows" it
felt very Huckleberry Finn-ish...like I was floatin' through the swamps.
Nice stuff!

--J

[ming]

"Meeting Place" and "Last Summer" are my favorites.
I tend to like abstract stuff more. Nice works...

--
divergent artist
http://johnmingmark.com

[a d d]

Thanks. You're the first one to mention "Drop" and "Shoreline Shadows". I
enjoyed creating the Shoreline shadows. I wanted to make it really dark,
giving it a kind of hidden feeling where maybe your mind would fill in some
of the gaps.

Br.

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[a d d]

Thanks. Meeting place started of just splattering paint on the canvas. I had
no idea what I was going to do. I think it kind of started turning into a
path way through a forest, but I started changing it more into something
more abstract.

Br.

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