I have no idea what this guy who looks vaguely like me is so flummoxed about, but I’ve looped it 3 times so you can get a good look at him. This “take” is based off an example on page 286 of The Animator’s Survival Kit.
Today I did a very dangerous thing; tried out a Cintiq tablet at B&H. What’s another $1000 for a hobby? No, I haven’t bought it yet. But as I struggled with wobbly lines on my old Intuos2 tonight, it got even more tempting. Maybe that’s what the “yipe!” is about!
I promise I’ve had a creative day, but I don’t really have much art to show for it. So here’s a quick sketch of my cousin turning my neice upside down.
Yeah, I was watching Prohibition tonight.
Drawn in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Just a little exercise where I dash off a scribble with my left hand, and try to turn it into a cartoon head with my right.
I wonder if I’d be the computer nerd I am today without the company Steve Jobs founded. As I entered second grade, I wanted nothing more than to draw goofy cartoons on scraps of paper. But soon I was perched in front of a beige Apple IIe, plotting a crude image of Sam the Dog using the kid-friendly programming language Logo.
26 years later, I kicked back on my couch with my Apple iPad and created yet another digital portrait of Sam.
Today we take it for granted that computer companies often market to kids and creative types, but back in 1985 Apple’s approach was very unique, and came around at just the right time to profoundly influence me and millions of other `80s kids who now, for better or worse, consider computers to be extensions of our brains.