MY STORY
DIGITAL AND HYBRID WORK
I was a very early adopter of digital art. At the time when the creative possibilities pf digital technology were just opening up I was working in the media as a creative consultant, scriptwriter and writer so i was pretty much at the cutting edge. I dabbled with early versions of programs such as Photoshop, nd Corel Paint.
The potential was there but the processing power and bandwidth wasn’t - so the results were tantalising but unimpressive.
THINGS HAVE MOVED ON RADICALLY SINCE THE EARLY 1980S. NOT ONLY HAS IMAGING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED ENORMOUSLY, BUT - THANKS TO THE PIONEERING EFFORTS OF ARTIST'S SUCH AS DAVID HOCKNEY - DIGITAL ART ITSELF HAS BECOME RESPECTABLE.
my early years were not terribly happy ones. no need to go into any great detail.
the part of england i came from is known as "the black country" - largely due to the scarred industrial landscape. "Black country boy" is a series of digitally manipulated images of a map of the west midlands. each of the works uses road and motorway markings to create organic shapes.
"Black country boy"
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Before I moved to Yorkshire I lived in Central London for the best part of 35 years. Although I had been visiting Yorkshire on a regular basis for much of that time, living in a semi-rural environment was something of a shock to the system.
I've never been a particularity big fan of landscapes - either the real thing or visual representations of them. Last year i decided put together a small portfolio of digital works based on my own photographs. Here it is.
56 scenes from a yorkshire summer.
DIGITAL SKETCHES
A couple of years back i discovered a great little IOS app called "Zen Brush".
Basically it allows you to create Japanese ink-like sketches using only your finger on an iPhone or iPad.
I use it for spontaneous little caricatures of people i see in the street, in cafe's, trains - just about anywhere.
And, since i like setting myself awkward little challenges, the golden rule is only to allow myself a maximum of ten seconds per sketch. Printed off at high resolution on top quality art inkjet stock they look great.
At least I think so.
Let me know what you think by leaving a comment here.
