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Self Portrait in Sock
Don’t know if this really counts as a self portrait or not. But here it is.
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Mason Texting
The kid is happy that he has a phone that can send text messages. Welcome to this modern day and age kid.
Portrait of Valerie Fowler
I got to hang out these past two weekends with the fabulous painter Valerie Fowler. She was a willing subject for a portrait yesterday as the West Studio Tour came to a close.
Getting Lazy
Getting sort of lazy. Not really just had some meetings get in the way of sketching. This is a doodle using an app called, Eastern Painting. Sort of a Sumi style paint program. Did this on my iPhone and the resolution is lousy...
Mason Again
I keep going back this photo reference of Mason and trying to make something good out it. Missed again. Oh well.
A Simple Head
A simple head. Drawn in SketchTime on my iPhone. I made a slight revision to the version on the right. But it sure feels different.
Mason
A quick sketch of Mason after finishing his first regatta (which he loved). He is now about 3 inches taller than me, yikes!Gloria
Quick sketch of Gloria while we sit and talk about our day with each other. Ok, it’s sort of a scary portrait but she is pretty tired.
Alex and Sol
01/02/13 02:13 Filed in: Daily Painting | sensu
My nephew Alex holding his cat Sol. I drew this from a photo I took of them. Used Procreate and my Sensu Brush.
Blue Face
Yikes it has been busy and I have not been keeping up with the daily painting. Is it the end? Hmmmm.
Mason
Here is another portrait using the import feature that I used yesterday. This time using a photo that Masons buddy Abe took.
Brian with Extra Arms
I was having fun with a feature in the app Procreate that allows you to import a photo and then smudge those pixels around. It resulted in turning our neighbor and friend Brian Beattie into a a multi-armed Demon.
Ed part 3
In doing some research on an up coming blog post over at sensubrush I realized that you can import an image into Procreate and have it be converted into live pixels (not sure if that is the correct term for this). Basically, you can start working the colors not as reference but as paint. So I thought I would try one attempt with Ed since the portrait was fresh in my mind. I brought the photo into Procreate and ‘smudged’ it around creating a loose pastel like image. I then imported that into ArtRage where yesterdays painting was and layered it in. Adjusted opacity and worked over the top of both images a bit. And while the end result it is less painting and more photograph, I like how it turned out and the process has a lot of potential.
More Ed
My friends (rightly so) commented that they just weren’t feeling ‘Ed’ in the yesterdays portrait. So they sent me another photo to work from and it sounds like his spirit is showing through in this one. I have to admit making a portrait that is meant to be part of a memorial adds a bit of pressure.
Rocketo
A few years back I gave a graphic novel to Mason called, Rocketo, by Frank Espinosa. The drawings are wonderful… above is a lame sketch (by comparison) of the main character. You may have noticed I updated my website as well. Let me know what you think. I see a few things to adjust still, but the motivation was to make it ‘responsive’ so that it detects and adjusts to the myriad mobile devices out there in the world.
Portrait in the Harmonious App
09/07/12 09:59 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Not sure what I think of this app. As you draw it starts fill in (shading) in relation to other marks made. Kind of cool, the interface is not quite clear to me.
Gloria in Pillowland
09/06/12 03:58 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Couple of Portraits
09/01/12 04:04 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Here are a couple of portraits from what turned out to be a fun afternoon and evening of hanging out, talking about sketching, building and drinking beer.
4 Faces
08/31/12 09:14 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Beard Guy
08/29/12 11:06 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Peppers and Picking
08/28/12 05:01 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
I cut up and sautéed a bunch of peppers to go with dinner. I had no idea what kind they were. I can say now that they were of the ‘hot’ variety. I made the mistake of putting a finger in my nose… burning…
Mason Practicing (in boxers)
08/19/12 02:14 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Our fine boy Mason would like to do everything clad only in his boxers. Here, he is shown practicing on his cello.
Not Really Sure
08/12/12 12:19 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Izze and John
07/28/12 01:21 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Gloria Sleeps
07/31/12 01:17 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Gloria is back from her trip and I found her sound asleep in the darkness of our bedroom. I thought I would try doing a painting in the dark of her.
Mason at the Doc's office
07/20/12 02:19 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Actually, this should be titled, ‘Mason at the Doctor’s office thinking about the Dark Knight Rises, non-stop…’ His rash is now under control.
Mad!
07/15/12 09:59 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
A Face, Made with Sketchbook Ink
06/26/12 02:18 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Playing around with the new app, Sketchbook Ink. Another app that is focused on sketching and foregoes the additional stuff like layers, effects, etc. I’m sure they will keep improving it, autodesk makes great stuff.
Almost Zombie Dude
06/21/12 11:36 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Still messing with Procreate. My son was talking about another case of some guy in Florida going crazy and trying to eat some other dude. Under the influence of a substance that, you know, makes them go zombie. Geez. I don’t think the guy in this image is quite ready to chow down yet… he might just be looking for stray pets...
Dan Doin' Tutorials
06/19/12 11:25 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Alton
06/15/12 01:45 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Mason Napping
06/13/12 02:53 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
This sort of describes summer. Laying on your parents bed, listening to your iPod and did I mention laying on your parents bed in the middle of the afternoon?
Another Face
06/11/12 12:53 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
This guy kind of has that Magnum P.I. stash. I was using Procreate and kept layering up line art. Changing some of the filter effect. This is a great app.
Happier Face
06/10/12 12:53 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Grumpy Face
06/09/12 11:02 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Playing with Sketchbook Ink
06/05/12 10:10 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I downloaded Sketchbook Ink yesterday. It is a new app by Autodesk (who make a lot great applications.) It still feels a little hiccuppy but overall I liked it and would compare it to Paper (by 53) and SketchTime. I will try to do an overview of it soon and post it to www.sensubrush.com.
Dan 6.01.12
06/01/12 12:39 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Paper Face
04/14/12 01:22 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Goatee'd Guy
04/13/12 01:21 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Funny Looking Guy
04/12/12 01:20 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Sam with Tie
03/04/12 01:30 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Sam
03/03/12 02:39 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Self Portrait
02/21/12 08:52 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Sitting in the parking lot of Eastside Memorial High School waiting for Mason to be dropped off from his job.
Portrait
01/30/12 11:48 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Gloria Writing
01/18/12 07:21 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Darth Belichick
01/15/12 08:26 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Sam
11/05/11 08:00 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
President Taft
11/01/11 10:17 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Our friend Josh dressed up as President Taft and went to school exuding executive power and wisdom. And no doubt, thoughtful prose regarding bacon.