Joey Livingston is an avid fingerpainter who has been around quite a while, but to my own worries had turned a bit silent over the last weeks. Turns out he was busy with one of the most complete and impressing illustration projects done on the iPad that I’ve seen so far.
(I met Joey in a small café at the back of our minds for a little interview.)
Joey, you just relaunched your own website, Commotion Creative, completely illustrated on the iPad. What was your job in it?
I was the illustrator with the iPad. Actually, it was my task to oversee the whole project. I did all the illustration work, designed the look and feel of the site, and did much of the writing.
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John Halliday: “The media is trying to saying that the iPad is meant to deliver content not to create content. I disagree here is a movie made with iPad apps. Made on iPad with Voxel, Brushes and SilentFilm apps.”
“Burry & Cannot: On Strings” by Benjamin Rabe. So often, Benjamin looks beyond his own stream of work to find great new fingerpaintings to post to the FP.it blog. I just could not allow for this little masterpiece to slip under the radar. So, yes, I am posting this extraordinary piece by B. Rabe himself as Painting of the Day!
In the hope of raising donations for Haiti I am making available the poster for my 26 drawing fingerpainted series T is for trouble. All that I ask is that in return for making this printable hi-res image a free download you specifically make a donation (even if you have already) of any amount to one of the following charities Haiti operation.
(We met Mr. Watkins in shabby café south of the Tiber, 11h am. He arrived very well-dressed though slightly tired out, sipping his macchiato, a nervous tick on the left eye.)
fingerpainted.it: Mr. Watkins they say, suspiciously black cars with tinted screens have been seen in front of your place lately. Any ideas why?
Matthew Watkins: Ha ha… If you are refering to my latest series “T is for trouble” I can tell you that I have the right to remain silent, though I find that increasingly difficult because I am having so much fun!
Tell us a bit more about it: it’s called ‘T is for Trouble, an ABC of crime’, so it certainly is for little kids? What’s the idea behind it?
It’s true that I started writing for children, older children, but by the time i got to C it was all over… I was making a book for adults.
Actually, it was my task to oversee the whole project. I did all the illustration work, designed the look and feel of the site, and did much of the writing. Continue reading
