This is a quick doodle I did up in Adobe Ideas to help sketch out an art project for a clinic. We’ve decided to keep it science-themed and are going to do a mosaic because 1) they are fun to look at and 2) they do not require any great artistic skill to create as a group project.
This is a submission for an upcoming art show. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 18×24″ (much more impressive than this little digital image). It was fun to paint, despite having to run out and get more paint halfway through.
AMI = Association of Medical Illustrators
I’m very excited about this since I’ve been doing scientific/medical illustrations for a while and for various clients and friends and now I’m a member of an organization that’s dedicated to the integrity of the art and the science.
The funny thing is that my grade 11 science teacher had me pegged to do medical illustration. I suppose now she can say that she was right all along.
I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but I’ve finally gone ahead and created a separate website exclusively for my scientific and medicine-related illustrations/doodles.
I’m hoping that it will be a useful resource not only for me to look back on when it comes time to study, but for other people too.
GO THERE!
I was commissioned to do a simple logo for a friend’s church. She came up with the idea and I cleaned it up and vectorified it (if that is indeed a word).
So one of the cool things about Behance is that I can look at other’s work and feel inadequate. It makes things even cooler when I can creep and search for local artists.
All I can say is good job, Halifax.
PS Halifax, I hope you remember that you do have an art university, so this is perhaps to be expected, but 6 years in a science bubble has somewhat sheltered me from this.
Remember back in the day when Deviant Art was big? (maybe it still is). Well, I miss those days, so this past weekend I decided that maybe it was time to search out a new art community/portfolio site. A bit of searching turned up Behance and Carbonmade, both free (or at least offering a free version).
So you can now check out my new portfolios at each.
My Behance page
My Carbonmade page
Right now they’re the same, but what I really want to do is give my work a bit more exposure, especially my scientific illustrations and logo work. We shall see how it goes!
So I’ve been meaning to get into the whole one-photo-a-day thing, unfortunately I’m plagued with being a little on the lazy side when it comes to connecting my camera to upload photos. I also need to become a little better acquainted with the WordPress iPad app (as a default, it’s a little awkward to insert images).
So instead I came up with a different spin on the photo a day and will instead try to do a doodle a day. I figured that I do have stylus for my pad and after a little searching, I’ve discovered that Sketchbook Express is a most excellent sketching app (and free!). So armed with these tools and the fact that I already bring this nifty little piece of technology with me anyways (*apple nerd*) I’m determined not to drop the ball on this one.
Today’s doodle: astronaut
I was being mildly productive yesterday and did a painting on the large (24×36″) canvas that had been sitting in my house half finished for over a year. The colours are much nicer in real life than what my iPhone camera is able to capture.
The only issue is that my bedroom now smells quite strongly of oil paint and the cats are angry that they aren’t allowed in.
