Fingerpainting
David Hockney
One of the most famous Britain’s artists, David Hockney has worked in numerous art forms and mediums in his lengthy career. Now he creates mini masterpieces using his iPhone and the Brushes app. 'I lie in bed and send illustrated art lectures to friends and also my own iPhone paintings,' said Hockney. 'I like to draw flowers by hand on the iPhone and send them out to friends so they get fresh flowers. And my flowers last!'
Susan Murtaugh
Being a classically trained artist with considerable professional experience, Susan Murtaugh now uses the iPod Touch as the main medium for her art. With this digital canvas and Brushes application, Susan creates truly amazing paintings, some of which can be seen below.
Beach Walk
In Susan’s own words, this work didn’t take much time at all. The artist felt the moment and voila – in a few minutes a chilling autumn afternoon is captured in the painting. Fantastic.
Phil variation 2
Susan’s husband Phil is her frequent model. Here is Ms. Murtaugh’s comment on this sketch: “This is my hubby, politely asking me to stop brushing and make him dinner”.
Coffee
La Legra Peony
19
Hard to believe, but the cute dog on the portrait is 19 years old.
Check more of Susan’s works on Flickr.
Matthew Watkins
Matthew Watkins is the first artist who exhibited his iPhone fingerprints in public. The one-man iPhone art show took place at Apple Retailer in Bari, Italy. Besides forex and paper prints, the visitors could see two handmade Nepal carpets (!) designed from Watkins’ digital paintings. Watkins mainly uses the Brushes app, which he discovered early in 2009. The artist shows versatile talent indeed -- he has created over 300 images by now, and continues to explore new styles and techniques in fingerpainting. Matthew often adds a few lines to his art pieces so that you can find a whole story behind the image.
Mr. Fairaday
“Mr. Fairaday was always in a hurry, but never such a hurry that he would not don a rather long and pointy hat before leaving the house each morning.”
The Wrestler
The Art Sale
“Sales went slow. The whiskey went fast.”
city
Check Matthew’s photostream to see more of his works.Jorge Colombo
Jorge Colombo is probably the most famous iArtist so far. His sketches wound up on the cover of
New Yorker magazine twice: (this past June and September), causing a major buzz in the worldwide media. Iconic New York spots captured in his “street painting” (Jorge prefers the Brushes app as well) convey the city atmosphere and spirit perfectly, and you can feel it in his drawings. Nobody sees an artist in Jorge when he walks in the street playing with his iPhone; he can work anonymously and catch the moment just as it is. Head to the artist’s personal website http://www.jorgecolombo.com/drawings/index.htm to see more of his amazing sketches."I like to have my studio in my pocket," said Jorge Colombo in the interview with ABCNews.com.
The artist now extended his fingerpainting to other cities.
You can see the very process of Jorge’s fingertips dancing in the video, the artist shared some with numerous iPhone art lovers. Check his portfolio if interested.
Now comes another talented artist devoted to the iPod + Brushes fingerpainting, and you can view more drawings that will send shivers down your spine. Mike Miller is a web dude (as he calls himself) from Boulder, Colorado, whose works get heaps of positive feedback on Flickr from both fellow artists and visitors. Sophisticated paintings with a sleek psychedelic touch that won’t leave you cold either.
Joker
“…traditional painting doesn't have an undo button”, remarked Mike.
Drama
Making of video: www.vimeo.com/5197917
Otto strikes a pose
Dreams
“This painting took 3 evenings and 2 battery charges to finish”
Into the Riddlewoods
Making of vid: www.vimeo.com/5725490
Xoan Baltar
Like many others, Spanish illustrator Xoan Baltar discovered the Brushes app -- and therefore, iPhone fingerpainting -- not long ago. Today he is among the brightest talents in iPhone art and his name is well-known far beyond the Spanish borders. His artwork was positively commented by the Brushes producer Steve Sprang, and now these guys are working together on the next version of this mesmerizing app.
IMG_0698
“I like to work with all kinds of materials, but digital art is more versatile when it comes to finishes or color proofs — and is much faster!”, said Xoan in one of the interviews.
2009-02-01
Paciencia-Patience
A Guardia
video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU9ErNkODTs
1974
Color correction with CameraBag app
Jose Andres Guijarro Ponce
Jose Andres Guijarro Ponce is a gynecologist from Cuenca in Spain -- proof positive that iArt can reveal and expand the creative nature of a person. Many of Ponce’s paintings are done with the Brushes app and iPhone 3G, however the artist works with other applications (such as Layers). View more of the artist’s sensual fingerprints on Flickr.
Germán
Made with iphone and brushes. Germán. 3 years old.
leñera
Monet
chopo
smoking
Photography
Modern photographers don’t drop behind the artists when it comes to using iPhone in their creative work. Recently, the iPhone beat Canon's EOS Digital Rebel Xti as the leading source of Flickr uploads. Having a tiny device in your pocket or purse, you can not only make decent photos wherever you are, but also edit, process and share them right at the same place. Such indispensible capabilities, as well as the very comfort the device brings to the user, appeal to everybody who has a passion for art and beauty. Below you can see a collection of creative inspirational photographs shot and edited with the iPhone.
The City of Frankfurt
Photographer: ulunam
Okonomiyaki shop night
Photographer: ARCHiPhone
iphone shot
Photographer: gopancholina
Railings
Photographer: Strep72
road.lake.bike
Photographer: nique88888
Edited with CameraKit.
Untitled
Photographer: Marcin M.
Obraz 007
Photographer: Marcin M.
Are We there Yet ?
Photographer: !Phone
iPhone + TiltShift Gen
Downtown
Photographer: Joe Thorn
Untitled
Photogrpaher: Danny Dutch
After rain
Photogrpaher: nicsimon
Christie's
Photogrpaher: nicsimon
Edited with the Color Splash app
Favorite time
Photographer: hosi.
Edited with the Polarize app
Untitled
Photographer: yayumix
Untitled
Photographer: Danny X
Untitled
Photographer: “igato”
I got a need for speed
Photographer: chylle
Angoscia
Photographer: Davide-/-
A Brief Moment at a Street Corner
Photographer: antonkawasaki
Applications
Now that you've been inspired by the above art and photography (and we are pretty sure you were), let’s configure you iPhone the right way in order to switch your creativity process over to non-stop mode. Here are a few hints at some cool artistic apps available at the App Store.
This app allows you to draw with letters. The art of typography is quite in the forefront today, so if you want to master your skills in this style, Type Drawing will come in handy. $1.99
The Color Splash application enables you to make a picture look vivid by applying selective coloring technique to it. $1.99
Polarize is a decent and easy-to-use app that will give your pictures a stylish vintage look. Free.
Much has been already said about this application. It became an indispensable tool in the arsenal of professional iArtist. If you don’t have any advanced skills in painting, you still can have much fun doodling with the Brushes. $4.99
Photo fx is an axcellent photography tool with heaps of digital optical filters and options offered. $2.99 well spent.
A bottomless photo effects box just for $0.99. It will enhance you daily photography experience making worth every bit of the money.
With the iCreated app you can explore the world of iArt directly from your device. You can browse the works of the artists across the globe and set the images you like as wallpapers. It is a must-have for art lovers. $0.99
Beauty is everywhere around us and it’s nice to have an always available iPhone art studio and record the decisive moment, not just consign it to memories. Hopefully, the amazing pieces of iArt showcased above inspired you and gave you the confidence in your own artistic skills.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Discovering the iArt: Inspiration and Applications - iSmashPhone iPhone Blog
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