A friend of mine sent this to me today. Here’s a video of Kyle Lambert showing the process of creating the portrait from start to finish in an app called Procreate on the new iPad Air; IS THIS REALLY AN ARTWORK OR A CLEVER PHOTO MANIPULATION? YOU DECIDE:
Ronald Reagan Artwork in Black and White
This is a new illustration of Ronald Reagan I just finished in Photoshop, using Wacom tablet. I kept this portrait in simple black and white with some texture to give a vintage feel. You can purchase this print from my shop.
John F. Kennedy 50th Year Anniversary Event
On Friday, November 22, 2013, people gathered before a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy at Dealey Plaza in Dallas and I was thrilled to have my artwork prominently displayed on the banner at the center of the event. It was such a great honor for me to have been asked to have my artwork featured at such an event.
Showcall USA, the company who was responsible for planning the event along with The 50th Committee, came across my black and white drawing of the late president John F. Kennedy from my earlier blog post and contacted me to use the artwork for the event. The portrait was commissioned to be used on the large banner and for a cover design for a DVD box to house a video recording of the event, which will be given to the Library of Congress and distributed to a very small group comprised of Committee members and donors. I was also surprised to learn that the banner will be permanently housed in the Dallas City archives(***Watch the video "Behind the Scenes of the 50th Commemoration Banner" below).
Below are some pictures of the event that featured the banner with my artwork of the president JFK.
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| This artwork of JFK was created in Photoshop using Wacom Tablet; 2010 |
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| The Dallas Police Honor Guard takes a position on Main Street after the event at the "The 50th: Honoring the Memory of President John F. Kennedy" event in Dallas (courtesy of Star-Telegram/Rodger Mallison) |
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| U.S. Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club |
Behind the Scenes of the JFK 50th Commemoration Banner from City of Dallas on Vimeo.
Hang a Froebel Star Upon the Highest Bough...
Christmas is coming soon, which means it's time to start folding Froebel Stars again. I discovered Frobel, or Germanic, Stars last year and spent many hours happily folding as a result. I followed the Youtube tutorials found here and here, which may seem confusing at first, but are actually pretty easy to follow if you pause the video often to avoid getting left behind. The slowest part is cutting the paper into the strips. I used 1/2 inch strips and I would like to experiment with a paper shredder so see if it could be set to that width. However a guillotine for paper would probably work quite nicely as well.
In other news, I am in the process of listing Christmas items in my shop:
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| Birds of a Feather Gift Tags. |
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Shining Star Christmas Card, with a Froebel Star to keep it company.
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