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Some of you out there in the typosphere are posessed of drawing skills; I'm not among you, to my sincere regret. Thankfully (oh, the irony) there is, these days, a digital crutch for every weakness (thank you, GPS) and now, with an iPad and Adobe Ideas, you too can draw a pretty good typewriter based on tracing over a photograph, and you won't even need to scan it when you're finished. The only hitch? Coming up with more money than God in order to buy one.
I have a feeling most typospherians would do the math on how many fountain pens a single iPad would be worth, and would then take a pass.
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Still, the illustration looks awesome! Remember: the greats all started off with tracing/imitation. I think it would be super cool if you became this like tech ninja illustrator lady. God knows that there are enough people around who could use a fancy book cover!
Very nicely done! A great way to blend the new with the old.
Wow, that looks beautiful.
I got an iPad as a Christmas present -- it's on its way -- and I am looking forward to exploring its potential. One thing I know: I will always prefer a typewriter keyboard to the three-row iPad keyboard with no tactile feedback.
Thanks, tracing typewriters is much fun, I recommend it. Don't see myself getting into the bookcover game though, as there are clearly people with Actual Artistic Talent out there making covers for things like, say, Pen & Platen.
Richard, I sprung for the external keyboard for iPad, which makes it a *little* more functional for text input. I truly hate virtual keypads-- they're acceptable on small mobile devices, but that's about it.
Very nice tracing!
I do something similar, but not as artistic, by tweaking photos in PhotoShop. I incorporate them in my personal typewritten correspondence.
The simplicity of your tracing is very attractive.
I am blessed with a puritan streak that keeps iPad and I on different sides of the shop counter - I just can't see a way I could get it to pay its way :-) Happy New Year Cheryl and all!
my niece (see the paintings on my recent post) uses as her main medium a wacom board and photoshop. I like your picture there.
Sketch looks great! Can't wait to go home and try Adobe Ideas. Is it better than Sketchbook Pro?
Great sketch!
It's different from Sketchbook Pro -- Adobe Ideas is kind of more limited in terms of what you can do, but its few tricks are neat. For example, you can use layers and trace photographs. It's not the best app for basic sketching and certainly not for coloring things, although you can do either in the app. Adobe Ideas is a vector art program, so it smooths your lines and gives you some different output options, but I am way more used to pixel-based programs like SketchBook. SketchBook Pro for iPad is way more sophisticated in terms of the types of drawing tools you can use (airbrush is one of my favorites) and the color picker is way easier to use. Best app for general drawing, hands down.
"I don't want you to sign it. I want the guy who draws Bluntman and Chronic to sign it. You're just a tracer."
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