Remembering Katrina

Posted on September 20, 2015 by portfoliolongo.com

Prints (and other accessories) like this one are already or can easily become available for online purchase via Redbubble (click here for an illustration, a 17″ X 12″ black box framed print, off white matte).

Satelite images of her almost filled the entire Gulf of Mexico. Nowadays she’s etched in our memories one way or another.

This digital painting was executed on an iPad in Procreate and iColorama using a sty-HD stylus couple of weeks after the 10th anniversary of Katrina.

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Faith

Posted on September 19, 2015 by portfoliolongo.com

I’m becoming accustomed to looking at faith as the displacement of doctrine and dogma, a subtractive process, rather than the accumulation of doctrinal and dogmatic content, an additive process not unlike the greedy chipmunk gorging on nuts until his cheeks nearly explode.

Freehand sketch in Procreate using a reference photo in a side-by-side manner. Sty-HD stylus too.

Idiosyncratic Splotch: Missing Subjunctive Mood

Posted on September 13, 2015 by portfoliolongo.com

ArtRage, Procreate, iColorama

I’m circling back to add a comment from Facebook friend and portfoliolongo.com frequent flier, John F., who mustn’t be too off put by this post honoring him. His comment regarding the above image: “Yogi frog on purple lily pad in lovely sea green pool.” Now, why couldn’t I have thought of that?

digital footprint

Posted on September 12, 2015 by portfoliolongo.com

ArtRage, Procreate, iColorama, Amen

Skip’s Old Ford

Posted on September 12, 2015 by portfoliolongo.com

Here’s the photo I took of Skip’s Old Ford pickup, which I rendered in Procreate. He told me the year, but now I’m not sure he said 1967 or 1968. This guide might help the curious.

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