The question of when a piece is finished is completely different when working digitally. When you are working with pixels, you simple save a copy, and keep going. It’s opens up so many possibilities and allows me to experiment in a way I can’t when working strictly with traditional media. It removes the risk of going too far.
The ipad takes it to another level for me. I find myself experimenting and playing in a way I haven’t done in a long time.
Exploring Edges
I was on a call where a group of us were talking about exploring the edges of our work. In this case, it was in a leadership context, and about our willingness to be on new edges and take risk.
I created the image on the left to talk about how edges seems pretty well defined up to a certain point, then they get fuzzy as you get further into risk. As the conversation progressed, I was seeing more nuances and levels. I kept working on the image, and by the end of the call, had the image on the right.
Which one is finished?
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Exploring Finished
I decided to play with the idea of what makes something finished. I have another new ipad app, so I wanted to explore some it’s features also. These are done in Wasabi Paint. Each one started from the image at the top left.
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It’s easy to go to far. But playing on the ipad, who cares? I learn about the brushes and get ideas for things that will work on subsequent pieces.
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