Cedar Writes

Tag: digital art

  • Falling to Fairyland

    Falling to Fairyland

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    What do fairies do with all the children they steal? Ethereal bubbles enchant, but a dark portal awaits… 

  • Review: ArtRage

    Review: ArtRage

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    I suspect that it will surprise none of you that I have been dabbling in digital art again. As much as I love the traditional arts, especially watercolor and sumi-e, there are times that making space and time to paint in is nigh impossible. In those times, I’ve been prone recently to tinkering with the fractal programs…

  • Space Art

    Space Art

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    I’ve been making art almost daily, but for some reason I’ve been fixated on creating science fictional scenes. Digital art, and especially the fractal art, lends itself very well to this. I started teaching myself digital art in order to create covers for my own work, especially short stories as it wasn’t economically feasible to…

  • The Mad Pipe Organist

    The Mad Pipe Organist

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    So this is not my usual style.. oh, who am I kidding. I don’t have a ‘usual style’ it’s whatever catches my attention long enough to noodle around until I create something that amuses me. In this case, using Mandelbulb 3D for the ‘pipe organ’ and then adding an organist with keyboard in Photoshop. It’s…

  • Robot Spiders in a Watercolor Garden

    Robot Spiders in a Watercolor Garden

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    Artwork from the last week or so. Mixed bag of traditional and digital!        

  • Visual Story Prompts

    Visual Story Prompts

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      I occasionally post an image of my artwork on facebook, and people surprise me with the ideas they pull out of the art. So this is a place where you could come, look, and possibly find the spark of a tale.   All of these pieces were created using Mandelbulb 3D version 1.8, with…

  • And Then, Art

    And Then, Art

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    Quiet day today, taking care of household minutiae. And in the interstices, learning a new art program. I’ve been working with Apophysis for more than a year, creative fractal flames that are amazingly diverse, from organic, abstract, to highly geometric and organized. I’ve had Mandelbulb for just as long. The problem has been one that…

  • Fractal Fascination

    Fractal Fascination

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    [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”3″ gal_title=”Fractals”]

  • Review: Art Books, Part I

    Review: Art Books, Part I

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    I have a lot of books on art. Not as many as I used to, sadly, but still, more than I probably need. Books! must have books. Ok, so I hoard books like some kind of dragon librarian. And the art books are meant to learn from, which means that sitting on the shelf they…

  • Unmessy Painting

    Unmessy Painting

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    I’ve been messing around with digital art again, since unburying my desk and freeing up my pentablet for use again. I need to work on my skills, but so far I’ve done two completely different things… Well, ok, the windows are similar!

  • Bright and Early

    Bright and Early

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    Well, it’s early, anyway. There are clouds hiding the sun, and it’s chilly out there in Southern Ohio today. I have been sitting here for a half-hour trying to think about what to blog on this morning. So far, it would either be me musing on what makes an adult, or how to deal with…

  • State of the Art

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    I was thinking about art this morning. I have so many options. I’ve got my 7″ android tablet, which has nifty drawing apps, and a capacitive paintbrush I bought, although I still prefer my own fingertips on that. I have a pentablet, not an expensive one, but it still amazes me what I can do…