Day 243. I took my own photo in an app called Face Goo, which lets you stretch and distort an image as though it was on a sheet if rubber. Once distorted I opened the image in Photoshop Mix, an Adobe app that easily extracts an image from the background and lets you put a different background in its place. The background art was drawn in Repix. Then the whole lot was exported into Photoshop Touch and had a series of filters and effects applied to it, and this is what I ended up with.
Day 242. This drawing was made using the word "creativity" and drawn using the TypeDrawing app. Like many of my sketches I just started making lines on the page and allowed them to dictate where things went. Maybe this dreadlocked face subconsciously came from watching Cool Runnings last night? Who knows...
Day 241. This strange creature was made using the app Daily Monster. It's odd what comes out when you just play around with shapes and bits and pieces.
Day 240. Coming home on the train tonight I was sitting behind this girl so I quickly sketched her using Adobe Create. Not the best sketch I've ever done, but the 240th create. ;)
"I attended the Kingswood conference today and like so many others I was incredibly motivated by what you shared. So...just in case you are ever out of inspiration or time I have attached a 'drawing' for use should you need it along your journey. Creativity drives creativity so surely, you can be permitted to include the creativity of others you have inspired to create along the way! On the off chance you ever use my dabble in the ways of linking technology you will also need to credit Tim Minchin with the words. I choose this as my grade were practicing singing this song whilst I was away from school practicing being creative with you today. Loved every minute!"I'm humbled by the idea that something I've done might have inspired someone else to do something which they then offer back to me as a way of closing the loop of sharing. It's a lovely idea. So Sarah, thank you (Tim too!)! I wasn't sure whether using someone else's work should be allowed to count as my creative act for the day, but then I though it's my project, so I make the rules. And I say yes!
Day 227. After yesterday's daily create of some fairly funky music with a heavy downbeat and bassline, offset with synth and wahwah guitar, I realised that I often use the same kind of approach to writing music in GarageBand. Start with drums, lay down the bass track, then build up with guitars or keys or more drums. Today I wanted to try building a music track in a completely different way, since part of the daily create process is about trying new things and not falling into the trap of doing things the same way every time. Mix it up. Do the opposite.
So in this track I didn't use drums and bass at all, instead starting with strings, and building the sound in layers. Its different and I quite like it.
Day 226. I had the pleasure today of working with some year 5 and 6 classes at Holy Family Primary School in Canberra. We got to do some creative stuff with the iPads, and one of those things was learning to compose music in GarageBand. As I was demonstrating how to get started I threw these tracks together, and quite liked the groove it created, so I finished it off on the plane this morning. Enjoy.
Day 222. Another attempt at drawing with the Adobe Sketch iPad app, which I'm liking quite a lot. This sketch was made after getting a Tweet from my creative friend Cathy Hunt, who, although she may not even realise it, provided a large part of the inspiration for this whole Daily Create project. As well as being super creative with iPad art, Cathy was also a world class fencing champion. Engarde!
Day 216. This piece was made with an app called Visual Poet, which lets you take three images and arrange them in a panel, then add simple text phrases to them. I recycled these faces from a previous daily create and added the phrases to them. The text is a little dark, no idea where it came from in my head, but it juxtaposes sharply with the brightly colored images I think.
Day 215. More messing about with Paper by 53. Sometimes when I play with these sketching apps I start by making a few scribbles on the page and then just seeing what becomes of it as I add more. This face just emerged from those scribbles. I wonder what all this says about my subconscious mind? Either way, I do quite like the particular graphical quality that the Paper app seems to offer.
Day 214. On a recent trip to the US I got to have dinner with a wonderful group of friends at Laguna Beach, California. It's a great spot, with amazing sunsets, as shown here. This image may have been tweaked a little (ok, a lot) in Snapseed for Android. But that's how my mind's eye saw it....
