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Notice: all
artwork shown here is copyright(c) Suzanne
Placek or their respective owners - no
unauthorized use is permitted. Please contact
the author for
permissions or inquiries.
Visit her blog at http://leaftracker.blogspot.com/
Hello and greetings of the season Last year I bought PD Artist, because it seemed to offer an increased ability for me to make digital fine art that looks similar to what I have historically done with paper and water media than I could get with Paint which is the only other thing I have tried. Recent additions:  Summer Place
Old Stackhouse Farm
 First Signs of Spring
 Welsh Farmhouse Evening  Possom Creek
 tree 1
It has taken me a bit of time to figure out how to get the images I want. I am not into animation or 3D graphics. I just wanted to be able to make my art on the computer. I don't use any of the hi tech, specialized tools. My early pieces were done in PD Artist. Here's my first finished piece done recently (December 2011) with PD Pro Howler (v7):  Winter Sunrise
On The Back Trail
I use only the built in brushes, no particles, no optipustics, not much into alternate buffers, alpha channels and layers... pretty much just direct application. Have spent a bit of time learning how to get the colors I want. Would love to have a tool that simulates pouring watercolor :)  Cup of
Daisies
About me and my experience with digital art My name is Suzanne Placek, I live in Texas. I'm a baby boomer in my early 60s. I am on disability, otherwise I would still be coding and painting on paper with water and pigment.  Country
Road Christmas
My real love turned out to be watercolor and I have pretty much concentrated on that for the past 30 years. I have entered juried exibitions, won a few awards, and sold my work. I am fortunate to have been able to gain valuable insight, critiques and encouragment from Zoltan Szabo, Frank Webb, Gerald Bohmer, Dominic DeStefano. The reason that I looked into computer painting is that I am disabled and it is very difficult for me work with natural media now, so I have been looking for a way to produce images on the computer that are similar to those that I was able to do with water media on paper. Can do it anywhere I can take my laptop and no cleanup!  Mountain
Cottage
When I was working full time, I designed and wrote Sales Force Automation software for a large international chemical company. Now I only have one custom app, a stock/option trading reporting and analysis application for a private client, that I am actively supporting. I use the below
hardware set ups both with Windows 7 64bit
What do I like most about Dogwaffle? PD Artist has tool sets that let me make “marks” on the screen that were similar to those I know how to make with brushes and watercolor on wet and dry paper. I have yet to discover all that I need to know about how the software works to let me do everything I want. And I need to become more facile with it. I am still discovering things every day that I use it.  Hydrangeas
What needs improvement? For the most part, I would have to say that would be me! but i will also say that the gradient fill tool seems spotty on this version (PD Artist 1). only seems to do black and white, but then again, it could be me. All the images I show here were done completely in PD Artist, and each of them was a learning experience. I would say that on average, it took me about 6 – 10 hours to complete a piece. I think that the biggest adjustment for me was having to draw/paint on one surface with a mouse or tablet pen and watch what is happening on the surface of the monitor. I had to learn all over again how to make lost and found edges, wet on wet effects, drybrush marks, subtle lines and the like. There is no way to learn how to do this except by doing, trying new things.  aspen line 2
I have also learned that the appearance of an image is very dependent on the hardware one uses. The Aspen Line is a high key study in subtle color changes and fine line work. On one machine it looks super, on another all the subtle is lost and there are major color shifts that are disturbing to me. I don’t know what to do about this Do I have a website with more samples of my artwork? Yes, I now have a blog here: Thank you very much for visiting! Notice: all artwork shown here is copyright(c) Suzanne Placek or their respective owners - no unauthorized use is permitted. Please contact the author for permissions or inquiries. Visit her blog at http://leaftracker.blogspot.com/ |
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