By Jima Abbott Artists are an experimental bunch, always ready to ...
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Golden Girl by Marge StewartLayered multiple images. Digitally painted in Corel Painter,Pho<strong>to</strong>shop <strong>an</strong>d Kai’s Power Tools. Cus<strong>to</strong>m images <strong>an</strong>d digital paintingsavailable. Contact Marge Stewart at margcrft@mcn.orgKaleidica makes the computer come alive withbeautiful symmetry, magical patterns, <strong>an</strong>d creativeimagery of all kinds — all under the control of a mouse<strong>an</strong>d keyboard. The Kaleidica is truly a one-of-a-kindproduct that is ideal for children, as well as both aspiring<strong>an</strong>d professional artists.The Kaleidica allows the artist <strong>to</strong> make wonderfulstill art <strong>an</strong>d record every step in the creation of art <strong>an</strong>dplay it back as a full-screen <strong>an</strong>imation set <strong>to</strong> music.Studio Artist is a softw<strong>are</strong> program that c<strong>an</strong> au<strong>to</strong>maticallypaint <strong>an</strong>d draw. Studio Artist examines asource image or video <strong>an</strong>d then re-renders it in the stylethe artist chooses, au<strong>to</strong>matically or interactively. StudioArtist’s Graphics Synthesizer module has hundreds ofeditable controls. This kind of control enables StudioArtist <strong>to</strong> produce unlimited lush dynamic <strong>an</strong>d complexpaints while allowing for the r<strong>an</strong>domness or happy accidentsof real art materials. But realistic oil, chalk, watercoloror wet paints <strong>are</strong> only a part of the picture. StudioArtist travels way beyond the world of natural media<strong>an</strong>d in<strong>to</strong> the realm of Wow! Watch paint brushes interactwith a virtual c<strong>an</strong>vas <strong>to</strong> create truly unique paintings,drawings <strong>an</strong>d processed video.Castle Bowls by Virginia Sventek"Working from original pho<strong>to</strong>graphs, colour adjustment <strong>an</strong>d layering<strong>are</strong> done in Pho<strong>to</strong>shop. The image is completely redrawn by h<strong>an</strong>d onthe white c<strong>an</strong>vas in Studio Artist using a stylus <strong>an</strong>d graphics tablet asone would with pen <strong>an</strong>d ink or brush <strong>an</strong>d paint. Actions <strong>are</strong> notused. I move between Pho<strong>to</strong>shop <strong>an</strong>d Studio Artist continuously <strong>to</strong>adjust color <strong>an</strong>d <strong>to</strong>nality or <strong>to</strong> "dampen down" the more stridentaspects of the drawing. The final images <strong>are</strong> printed on 100% ragheavy water colour paper with pigment inks <strong>an</strong>d have been sold atgalleries in Edinburgh, Scotl<strong>an</strong>d. Studio Artist is a difficult mistress:because I am highly non-technical. I find teasing secrets out of herdifficult, but when she decides <strong>to</strong> smile, she glows."email: virginia.sventek@talk21.comUsing Kaleidica, the artist c<strong>an</strong> create limitless images <strong>an</strong>d then c<strong>an</strong>generate these images as <strong>an</strong>imations, set <strong>to</strong> music if desired.20
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