Articles in the artnoob category
I’ve been working on creating a 10-bit bitmap font for Devanagari script - it is still work in progress, but here are the alphabets I’ve made so far. I plan to use these in my pixel art artwork - and games eventually.
It’s slow going because…
a) I’m doing it for the first time, and
b) One has to be careful with the use of every pixel.
But, I’m having fun doing it. Any feedback would be welcome!
Bye for now,
Abhishek (art noob)
The last few days I’ve been doing these 1bit pixel art drawings - and have been really having fun. Based on a recommendation from an artist on youtube I started with 1-bit palette because it is simplest, and therefore good for practice.
Someone asked me this question and here’s my response… Every dot in the picture is one pixel in pixel art.
The number of colours available depends on how much storage we use for each pixel. If we use 8-bits - then we can use 256 colours (that is 2 to the power 8 …
Hi All,
Today I wanted to share with you my practice drawing of a tree, based on this tutorial by artist slynrd.
Have a great day!
Abhishek (art noob)
Happy Holi to all of you!!!
Hello Dear Reader,
Today I want to share a couple of sketches - that show my figure drawing practice. Here are the key steps:
Use good reference - I prefer to find good quality photos on Pinterest
Draw the skeletal structure/gesture first - with a thin, light coloured pen or pencil.
Detailed Line Drawing (mostly outline) next - with a darker and thicker pen or pencil.
Add values if needed - using some mid and dark tones, drawn with a brush pen.
Don’t worry about finish/quality - these are for practice and should not take more than a few minutes.
Here are a …
Dear Reader,
This post is about generative art using computer programs. I’ve always been fascinated by mazes and how to create new ones and solve them. I have developed my own library to do turtle graphics (which I might release soon). While testing this library I decided to write a program to draw a maze.
In the footnotes on the wikipedia article on mazes - I found this article in “Compute! Magazine Issue 019, pg 54”. It describes a succinct program to generate mazes - in MS BASIC and in a flowchart. And so I rewrote that program using my own …
Hi Reader,
Today I want to talk about how social media affects an artist. And why it is important to maintain distance from social media.
Some people take this as a way of staying away from people. That’s not what I’m saying - I’m talking only about the intermediary - social media, not the people on it. The intermediary has its own incentives, and a business to run.
On most social media there are awards for interaction and awards for creating content. Both are structured in such a way as to …
Hello Reader,
Today I wanted to introduce you to one of my favourite artist teachers, James Gurney. I discovered him from his many videos on youtube, where he generously shares his skills and knowledge - James Gurney - YouTube. I like doing watercolour and James is a master of this medium, and that is how I discovered his channel and then later his blog at Gurney Journey
In this video he paints an aircraft from the lounge in the airport - the video shows his extraordinary skill. It’s less than 7 mins long, you should definitely watch it…
James Gurney has also …
Today I want to share one of my pen and ink drawings, done some time ago. It’s a village house at the edge of the woods. Sometimes we city folks who come from small towns and villages dream of returning to live in a tiny, isolated place.
Hope you like it. Have a great day, Bye!
-Abhishek (art noob)
Hello Reader,
Today I wanted to write a few words about a Mexican artist you might have heard of - Frida Kahlo. Frida was famous for her paintings with autobiographical elements. She used folk art techniques in painting.
Unfortunately I could not find any of her paintings in the public domain which can be shared without copyright issues.
Frida and her artwork are considered icons for the feminism and LGBTQ+ movements.
Frida had an Indian connection too - here she is in a saree (center) with Nayantara Sahgal (left) and Rita Dar at Casa Azul in 1947.
This online gallery has loads …