Feather Blogger: Digital Sketchbook

Feather Blogger May 8, 2009

Digital Sketchbook
Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6
Corel Painter Essentials 4

As A Feather: Digital Sketchbook

Floating

Digital Sketchbook Drawing
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Corel Painter Essentials 4

Butterfly Written: Digital Sketchbook Haiga

moon water
midnight wings
flutter

Digital Sketchbook
Digital Drawing/Painting
Wacom Cintiq
Corel Painter Essentials 4
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Paws - Have Fun

have fun!
paws beneath
a night sky.

Digital Sketchbook
Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Celebrate: Digital Sketchbook

Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Corel Painter Essentials 4
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Light Becomes

Light Becomes
The Mystery Of Seeing

Digital Sketchbook
Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Beyond The Pattern Of Language

Beyond The Pattern Of Language

Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Blossom Spring: Sketchbook Haiga

blossom spring
in the sunlit garden
butterflies

Digital Sketchbook
8.5 x 10 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Corel Painter Essentials 4
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Digital Sketchbook Feather Written

With The Tip Of A Feather

Digital Sketchbook
Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Corel Painter Essentials 4

ABZ3 Pulse: Digital Sketchbook

ABZ3 Pulse

Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Corel Painter Essentials 4
Photoshop Elements 6

Feather Poste: Digital Sketchbook

It's In The Mail
Mail art
A 1¢ Stamp

Digital Drawing/Painting
7.5 x 7.5 Inches
Wacom Cintiq
Corel Painter Essentials 4
Photoshop Elements 6

The Cintiq has clearly become fun to use. The learning has become play. Fun!

Spider: Digital Sketchbook

Spider

Digital Sketchbook Study
5 x 7 Inches
Corel Painter Essentials 4
Wacom Cintiq

More learning with both Painter Essentials 4 and the Cintiq.

Dipping Brush: Haiga

dipping brush
in the spring light
watercolor

Digital Drawing/Painting
5 x 7
Photoshop Elements 6
Wacom Cintiq

I have a long way to go with the Cintiq yet. Each time I use it i learn more. This image was done entirely with the Cintiq.

Spider With Web: Digital Sketchbook

Two versions of a spider and web "sketchbook" study. Ok, playing with the cintiq. These were done almost exclusively with the cintiq. Spider With Web 1

Spider With Web 2

Digital Drawing/Painting
4 x 7 Inches
Photoshop Elements 6
Wacom Cintiq

A Spring Step: Haiga ATC

old rooster
in the new grass
a spring step

Watercolor &
Digital Drawing/Painting
2.5 x 3.5 Inches

Sometimes I use digital technology as a sketchbook. This is one of the pieces that evolved while working out ideas for a Poetry ATC swap.

More Cintiq: Digital Sketchbook; Significant Feather

A Significant Feather Of Life

All Digital
Wacom Cintiq
Digital Drawing/Painting
Photoshop Elements 6
Corel Painter Essentials 4
4 x 4 Inches

The Cintiq is
fun to work with,
even though I still
do not have it set up
quite correctly yet.

Cintiq: Digital Sketchbook; Learning Curve

The learning curve on a new digital tool:

A Wacom Cintiq - And a couple of programs...

I've dabbled with the Cintiq and Photoshop Elements 6. Enough to see the potential of what the Cintiq might be able to do when I become conversant and fluent with it... This is the first piece I've explored a little more extensively while trying to figure out why the Cintiq is acting more like I think a tablet would and less like I thought the Cintiq should. My specific problem (which i've been trying to troubleshoot) is that I can use the pen to control psE6 on my monitor (an iMac 10.4.11) - but the file is not visible on the pen display. My desktop image is visible on the pen display and I can call up the menu on the pen display. I havnt figured out how to get a photo or blank file to show up on the pen display so that I can work directly on it there.

This is the next piece I did still trouble shooting and still playing with the pen in psE6.

This is my 2nd play time with Painter Essentials (a lite version bundled with the Cintiq). I've hadnt used this program before trying it with the Cintiq. I like a lot of things I can do with it altho I have a lot to learn on it too. Again tho, I think things will change and improve a lot once I figure out how to get a file to show up on the pen display so i can work on it there rather than drawing on the pen display while the image is on the monitor - where i can see the pen tool and what it is doing there.

I'm saving these for now as marker starting points. Sometimes it helps me to look back and see where I've been to see that I am making progress - even when it seems like I'm not... of course... it's also fun.