Left on R Street…

Posted on March 28, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

…right in front of me, here in Merced, CA.
Based on one of the last photos I took using my iPhone the other day before the camera went on the fritz.

Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, iColorama

Last Sunday’s blue blotch surrealist challenge

Posted on March 1, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Sketch Club, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil

INSTRUCTIONS; The next blue blotch surrealist challenge. Take this shape (framed image on left) flip it, rotate it, until you see something. Then, paint what you see on your mobile device and post your creation in the comments below. (Mobile Arts Collective, Facebook)

Digital Coffee Anyone

Posted on January 31, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Update: July 29, 2025. Our Jura coffee maker is now 10 years old, so I’m adding a couple of photos below that might help tell the story about what I’ve been doing every 3 months or so to enjoy coffee this way.

Procreate, Apple Pencil, and finger…lots of finger.
I’m still getting the hang of the Apple Pencil, especially in the iPad (Pro) drawing app, Procreate. At this point my biggest complaint is that the Apple Pencil is very reluctant, were I to anthropomorphize it, to “pick colors,” that process of touching down on existing colors to select a given color. There are other wrinkles that I’m hoping I can iron out as well. So it’s hit and miss here and there…practice, learning, identity change.

Incidentally, the Jura Impressa C65? Yes, that’s the way to go. Nuff said.

Special thanks to Seth Watkins at Pinhook Farms in Clarinda, IA for the coffee mug.

And now…the updated, 10th-anniversary photos: 2015-2025

A Beer, the Apple Pencil, and of course, the iPad Pro

Posted on January 30, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

When you move a lot, you get used all the same and some new things being rearranged here and there, as I’ve tried to report on elsewhere. Light switches, pots and pans, basket for car keys, etc.. Used to be here somewhere, now they’re over there somewhere. Well that’s what’s going on with the introduction of the Apple Pencil. Some things work just the same way, some things work differently, some things work better, some things don’t seem to work, some things take 3 or 4 clicks before they start working. Sometimes you have to jiggle the handle to stop the toilet from filling. But let’s face it, $99.00 helps to coax out the motivation.

I went downtown for a beer and some digital drawing time. I drew and sipped, sipped and drew, learned a little, and cranked this out using a photo reference in a side by side manner: