A couple months ago I participated in a digital painting exercise and the assignment was to paint an apple, so this is what lurched out of my lil' inkless pen. The idea is to get away from the temptation to blend with a soft brush, which can result in a painting that looks flocked--like a 60's love den.

( Here's my first and second attempt: )


My art right now is mostly pissing me off, but not in such a way as to make me want to quit. I want my figures to stop resembling Andrew Loomis ones and start resembling my own and I'm finding this whole thing a 'two steps forward, one step back' proposition. At least I didn't piss you guys off by forgetting the cut. The second painting is pretty wide, like my ass. I gauge my visual posts that way in fact, cheek to ever-loving cheek. Not by pixel width like most people. When I consider using a cut or not, my caboose is my guide and measure and it's a pretty accurate judge of whether you guys will have to sidescroll or not. However, if I keep eating Ben and Jerry's, I may need a new template as well as a new chair. Well maybe I can add baby carrots to my Heath Bar Crunch.

Tags: art, digital painting lesson
I feel: aggravated