This is my art (pt.2)

12/29/2018

As my artistic journey continues with even more drawing on little bits of random card, these pieces mark a move into 'digital art'. All three are manipulations of scanned pieces. The brighter one was coloured using the Gimp, which is a great alternative to Photoshop, if you can figure it out, which I have yet to do. I scanned a drawing and coloured the scan, so I can do it as many times as I like with different colours. It's like magic! The two less colourful pieces were blurred and messed about with in Irfanview, the best image-viewing software on earth. I feel they have a look of ancient paper discovered in a damp tomb.

11 Comments

Dylan Houser

12/29/2018 07:15:08

Great work! I also enjoy doing some "visual remixes" (as I call them) from time to time. I've gotta upload some to EC some time.

Jim Barker

12/29/2018 07:21:31

Hi Dylan. That's just the right term. I'll be using that from now on. "Visual remixes". Excellent!

Rafael González

12/29/2018 15:17:21

I like very much! I also like the discoveries of tombs and temples. Good job explorer

Jim Barker

12/29/2018 17:20:30

Thanks Rafael. I plan to explore these dark corners further. I only hope I don't awaken mystic forces with eldritch powers.

Rafael González

12/30/2018 04:41:36

Be careful, Jim!

Phillip Klampe

12/30/2018 18:46:32

Excellent art! I like the "sources unknown" vibe of the first two. The color one has a vintage alien feel to it like some ancient cover of a martian mystical artifact. Nice work.

Jim Barker

12/31/2018 06:06:34

Thanks Phillip. My aim (if there is one) is to make images that have an element of mystery; whether it's alien, historical, psychological or 'other'.

Aimee Naworal link

1/4/2019 15:21:40

These are rad ! Thanks for reminding me about gimp, I have also used pixlr and at my most rudimentary still use MSPaint. I too enjoy some visual art and need to upload my latest ones as well. Yes, let's make "Visual remixes" a thing!

Jim Barker

1/8/2019 17:25:53

Thanks Aimee. I haven't used Gimp much, and I've never heard of pixlr. MSPaint is proper old school. I think you should definitely post some of your art on EC. Why not?

Adam J Naworal

1/8/2019 22:38:00

Great art! I oughta find and upload some of the collage art I did for my other project(Waste Of Tape)'s covers!

Jim Barker

1/14/2019 15:36:29

Thanks Adam, and yes you really should. That's basically what we're here for, right?

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