 But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools. |
| That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days. |
| My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible. |
| Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down. |
| The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii. |
| Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive. |
| When we draw on the tablet, the drawing shows up on the computer screen. If we have chosen to tell the computer that the stylist is to behave like a piece of chalk, or a pen, or a wet brush, it will. |
| We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools; and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching our progress on the monitor. |
| I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it. |
| The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop. |
| By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done. |
| Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture. |
| As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar. |
| Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations. |
| The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output. |
| Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked. |
| The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings. |
| If I'm interrupted, it's just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because it's easy to get back where I was: that is, the paint has not changed consistency; the light has not moved. |
| It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. |
| Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters. |
