April's Sketch-A-Day, Day 27

Hey! What happened to days 9-26? Haha! I betcha think I haven’t been productive – Truth is I’ve been crackin’ down on 2 AstonShell themes. When the inspiration takes you, you gotta do it. Regardless, I’ve still got hand-drawn, computer-rendered, and musical sketches I’ve been chuggin’ out. Just need to scan, record, upload, and flesh out a blurb for each.

This little goober was made as an experiment with the freeware program ContextFree – kinduv a fractal-esque type program with INCREDIBLE potential (if you can get by the rather tacky syntax requirements). The trees were all rendered in ContextFree and then the background, blurring, perspective, shadows, styles, etc… were done in Photoshop CS3. I present here the wallpapers in multiple resolutions for your enjoyment (if you enjoy it).

April Sketch-A-Day Day 2

Day 2 of the April Sketch-A-Day Challenge, and I’m already workin’ ideas up in Photoshop! This was based on a sketch I made during a laboratory meeting. I started shading cross-hatching on a page clipped into a clip-board with a ball-point pen (what eventually became the black like). Coming home I wanted to adapt the little sketch into a full-blown web-template using the Silverback Parallax scrolling method. Here’s what the Photoshop file looks like

April Sketch-A-Day Creative Challenge

Few things can invigorate the senses and inspire the mind like a change in the seasons. Spring is here, and with it the pursuit of fresh artistic innovation. We’ve blogged about ways different creative professionals find inspiration in the past, but this time I wanted to offer up my own methods in a very personal way. I’ve made the personal commitment to make at least one sketch a day to get the creative juices flowing. It may be pencil, pen, or even software-based (i.e.: Photoshop) – the artistic medium is unimportant. It’s the source of the inspiration I’m after. Read on…