Grape Hyacinths

Grape Hyacinths
Originally uploaded by jimblodget.

Today was the first day of Spring Break without a lot of wind and rain. I ventured out into the backyard to take some pictures of blossems and flowers.

Escher on a PDA

This one reminds me a bit of the work of M.C. Escher. It has some of the same hyperbolic spaces that he liked to experiment with. Again I used the polygon tool in Mobi-Paint on my Zodiac PDA.

Spring Break

Today is the first day of Spring Break and I'm experimenting with the Paint program on my Zodiac handheld. It has a polygon feature. Here the number of sides is set to 30 and the conncetion steps is 14. I created six or seven shapes varying the colors of red, blue, and white.

Sketch from Photo

Sketch from Photo
Originally uploaded by jimblodget.

In this experiment I imported a digital photo into the paint program on my Zodiac PDA. I increased the brightness and contast so I could just see the outlines of the shapes of the picture. Then I painted in color and lines with the airbrush and pencil tools. I then increased the contrast slightly to give it more punch. This is one way I could sketch on location and not worry about the accuracy of my drawing. I can just capture the shape and colors.

Sketching on Location

I'm sitting in my livingroom using my Zodiac PDA to see if I can make a quick sketch and post it on my blog. I first made a drawing using a Paint program and then "Sent" it to my email program and now I'm typing a message and sending it to my iUpload blog as an email attachment. This may turn out to be a good way to keep a mobile sketchbook.