drawing (4)

Scanner Darkly effect test

So after so trial an error, I kind of found the effect required for acieving the scanner darkly effect.

I used a default 'Image Operation" operation mode.The category was simplify, color simplify 4.

The output was kind of what I wanted but I had to man

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1 Reply · Reply by Thor Johnson Mar 2

NYT Op Ed Series on Drawing

The New York Times is featuring a weekly series on drawing that started today.  The author has an obvious bias against digital art, so take what he says with a grain of salt.  Certainly digital art does not need to lack risk and immediacy. For exampl

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Algorithmic Drawing

I thought i'd open up a discussion directed at future features for algorithmic drawing in Studio Artist. Since Studio Artist is such a great paint engine, i'd like to open up control of that underlying paint engine more to interested users. So the o

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Is anybody making a copy of all the material in the Tutorials Forum

Since the Forum is going away in June, has anyone started to make a copy of all the stuff in the Tutorials forum?I've made copies of some of the tutorial material on the main site, but haven't looked at the Tutorial Forum yet.I'm going to continue copying as much as I can for my own personal use anyway, but if anyone else is doing it, or has already started doing it, please let me know.Maybe we can co-ordinate our efforts. ps can't ..... believe John, would let this happen without so much as a…

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1 Reply · Reply by Thor Johnson Apr 13

Studio Artist is in Italy!

I was crawling the streets of Matera, Italy today and may have discovered where SA is hiding!  (see attached photo). Not meaning to make light of this great, sad mystery. But I just couldn't resist as I try to make sense of what's happening. Losing my connection to SA, Synthetik and John has been a great sadness... and if real, ends a monumental era in my creative life. love,~Victor   

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3 Replies · Reply by Thor Johnson Apr 13