~ iPad Pro Summer 2019 ~

Going into summer I was feeling pretty rough. My health hasn’t been good (mental or physical) and I know change is needed. Photography hasn’t been as fulfilling lately and I have been really wanting to do more art lately. Digital art has always been something I wanted to do but I could never really get used to the Wacom tablet as it just never felt right.  A few years ago I tried out an iPad Pro with the pencil and was SOLD at how comfortable it was to use to draw.

I got the nice big version of the iPad with the pencil 2 and a very cool case for it. So far I couldn’t be happier. It fits with my style of art and it’s so fun to sketch and doodle on it.  The power of the iPad Pro is amazing as well. I use the app Procreate and it is outstanding to have tons of layers open as I draw.

I used to always open sketchbooks and a big inhibitor of drawing was that I always wanted my art to look perfect. Many sketchbooks just sat blank due to my lack of knowing what to draw and my desire to make it look great. The iPad takes away my mental barriers and lets me just sketch or doodle away. Giving my the layers allows me to change things if they don’t work out and instead of ripping a page out of the sketchbook I can just delete it or just start fresh and get it to where I want it to be.

Definitely stoked to draw more and I love the portability of taking the iPad with me wherever I go. Excited to share some art here and also photos too. Here are some recent drawings and photos of my precious iPad Pro.

~ 252/365 Drawing on CS6 ~

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Grabbed my tablet and did a sketch for today's 365.  Wanted to just post it but it's a photo a day, so I snapped this photo of it.  My goal is to do more actual drawing and art and balance it with photography. -Randy

~ Photoshop Art ~

I got a new magazine from Chapters and was inspired to create some photoshop art with an image taken of Emily. I did this quite quick, just free handed the outline of her on photoshop using layers of the original photo. Then used a lot of my tablet, pressure sensitivity brushes and the smudge tool to work the eyes and face. The rest was quickly done considering I am TIRED and wanna go to bed at 4am. :) Love night owl photoshop sessions. I love the night to be creative and try new ideas. Pumping "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day. Anyway, here is the edit, I am going to be doing more photoshop art this summer. I think it will become a new passion of mine. Photography will still be up there, but I wanna combine them and really start doing some creative works.