Week 19: Velazquez Tribute by Sandy Schmidt (Blue Sky Day)
And so it is that the inaugural year of “iphone/ipod painting a week” has come to a close. The iPhone art group was founded only 52 weeks ago by a very talented fingerpainter we’ve all come to know and love named Sandy Schmidt (also known among the community of fingerpainters as Blue Sky Day) who, with a little nudging from her daughter, decided to create a group that would challenge iphone artists of all backgrounds, skill levels and interests to produce at least one painting a week on an assigned subject. The group, originally dubbed “ Brushes 52”, proved to be a huge success in its first year, and within weeks became the go-to place for artists seeking a challenge, new direction, inspiration or just plain out fun ideas for fingerpaintings.
Over the past year, the group membership has grown to 191 dedicated artists who have, week after week, created masterful fingerpaintings inspired by creative themes and Masters of the past like Rembrandt and Basquiat!
ArtStudio is a new iPhone/iPod Touch painting app by polish developer Sylwester Los of iPhone Clan.
iPhone Clan is another one-man-shop, “I implemented everything myself”, says Sylwester Los, “only with some design-help. After testing all drawing/painting apps i was not happy with either quality, performance or the interface. So i decided to create my own app”.
Michael Ives at La Encantada Apple Store, Tucson, AZ
Fingerpainter Michael Ives has been invited to speak and showcase his work at 3 Apple locations throughout the Tucson and Phoenix areas this week. He’s also been invited to present his work to a regional MacIntosh users group.
There’s a new meme in town, and it’s making comic strips on the iPhone. With the arrival of Strip Designer by Vivid apps. It’s a bit like plasq’s Comic Life on the iPhone, but where its iPhone version lacks multi panel support, this is the real thing. You can choose from many different templates, using up to four panels.
Burry&Cannot: On blank slates
Burry&Cannot – THE LIFE OF A VEGETABLE AND ITS ARTISTIC HARE is a little pet-project of mine where I use Brushes and Strip Designer. As you can see, there’s the usual set of bubbles, you can allign them as you want, change size and tail, etc.
an unfortunate series of events by KevinBee
The latest update also let’s you add sound stamps, plus download and install your favorite fonts via sites like blambot.com e.g. which is pretty awesome I think.
A very selective history by Matthew Watkins
More info: Vivid apps. And where’s an app for that, there’s also a flickr group for that.
