Beauty and the Beast

Created in Adobe Creative Cloud mobile apps.



Studio Journal
Created in Adobe Creative Cloud mobile apps.
For years my traditional artist friends have talked about the failure of digital art to provide the sensory experience of traditional media. I, of course, felt that the graphic sleekness, all colors available, lightening hot learning environment was more appealing from the moment I first began to work in digital art (I'm not the digital art advocate for no reason). If I thought it before - well - I am now swooning over the new Apple Pencil and iPad Pro. And the idea of using Astropad, a $20 app, to draw simultaneously on my Mac without a Wacon Cintiq (13" $999+) is pretty amazing. Oh my, this really is something to look forward to!
I am not really a person one would expect to have a tattoo. But, if I did have one, I think I would like the wave symbol above my outer right ankle or hidden above my right hip joint. Of course this symbol has great meaning for me and would remind me of several concepts I never want to forget. I am sure of that. It is not, however, likely to happen since I am something of a body image purist, not to mention commitment phobic. I also don't care for pain and irrevocable decisions. Still... it is a fun creative exercise to contemplate what lies at the seat of the soul and imagine a visual symbol to physically carry like a nudge, reminder or a secret smile. What image would represent your secret smile?
Sometimes you need more than an arch; you need to see rainbows dance.