What Do You Have To Lose?

Donald Trump in an inside out, upside down sorta’ way reminded me of an obscure saying of one of the desert fathers that I would have been exposed to decades ago in either monastic or seminary formation. The saying has stuck with me and has informed my understanding of faith, which I’ve illustroblogged about herein. At any rate, per omnia secula seculorum. Amen.

What Do You Have To Lose?

iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate, iColorama

Mobile Digital Art & Creativity (mDAC) Summit 2016

Click here to see the mDAC2016 program. The 3-day event began on Friday, 8/12/16 with the Grand Opening followed by the two-day Summit, Saturday and Sunday, 8/13 and 8/14/16. One of my digital paintings, Lumpensammler, made it into the top 100.

Lumpensammler

mDAC2016 - few examples

During the 2-day summit, participants were introduced to a variety exercises, techniques, and apps and invited to generate exploratory samples. A few examples of my output follow:

Google's very own Matthew Cruickshank invited us to submit a Google Doodle. A winner was selected...not mine.

Google’s very own Matthew Cruickshank invited us to submit a Google Doodle. A winner was selected…not mine.

A quickie of Maestro Jeremy Sutton in Procreate during the reception after the Grand Opening.

A quickie of Maestro Jeremy Sutton in Procreate during the reception after the Grand Opening.

Kate Barber guided us through ArtRage focusing on digital watercolor painting.

Kate Barber guided us through ArtRage focusing on digital watercolor painting.

A piece inspired by Keynote Speaker, Adam James Butcher

A piece inspired by Keynote Speaker, Adam James Butcher

A blended photograph in iColorama, product of Meri Walker of iphoneartgirl.com

A blended photograph in iColorama, product of Meri Walker of iphoneartgirl.com

Instructor Jeremy Sutton  Model Amber

Instructor Jeremy Sutton
Model Amber Procreate

Instructor Jeremy Sutton

Instructor Jeremy Sutton Model Amber

At the Bar for Hours

A couple of days ago I woke up and found that my iPad Pro hadn’t charged at all even though it was plugged in all night long. A subsequent series of frustrating online chats and telephone calls with several technicians, and even a brand new, replacement iPad Pro that, for some reason, wouldn’t allow me to restore two recent backups from my iTunes drove me to the nearest bar! Yes, the Genius Bar, 35 miles away.

I’m up and running again, thank goodness (and Apple Care), but I did have to spend several hours at the bar trouble shooting. Plan A didn’t work. Plan B didn’t work. Finally, Plan C worked; and I walked away with most of my data, a new device, and this image, which I started in Sketch Club and finished in Procreate.

At the bar for hours