My Free Rip Pix Tutorial

My first attempt to create a video tutorial using my iPad and Camtasia. What a challenging experience! Being almost 82 in a few weeks probably had a lot to do with it. But it’s free and I just wanted to show you, after many requests, how I use the Rip Pix app.

I said in the video I would post what the final images look like. I also stated I would possibly use other apps to enhance the image I created with RipPix. The two apps I used were Stackables and Snapseed for the frames.

These are the final results.

              This is one of the final RipPix images in the video.  I only added the frame using Snapseed 

    This is another one that I created in the RipPix tutorial, but afterwards, and not in the video, before I closed the RipPix app I added another texture on the bird. As long as you don't close the app you can continue to edit or add things to your image. Then I added the frame with Snapseed.                      

           For variety I added a multicolored filter in Stackables and then the frame in Snapseed.


Below are some other collages I create with this fun app.

                                 I added the figure in Procreate and the frame in iColorama.

This scrapbook style collage was created in RipPix, but I added the little eyelet on the jam image in Procreate.The clippings and flower drawing background was created beforehand in Procreate.

                      This is a RipPix combination of two of my Procreate abstract images

Except for the eyelets, all of this was created in Rip Pix from an distorted image I created in
Procreate.

You can learn more about the eBooks I mentioned at:

                                           http://artistebooks.blogspot.com/

Or go directly to my Etsy shop at:

                                    https://www.etsy.com/shop/EvaMacieStudio

Catching up with digital collage

Time goes so fast but I am going slower these days. I joined our new senior center to get away from my computer and iPad. I don’t take my iPad with me because I am so afraid I will lose it. It took me such a long time to save up enough money to buy it! But I digress. Where I was going with this is the activities at the senior center have taken over my life. Not only am exhausted from all the exercise have classes, but they played Rummikub. It is a form of Gin Rummy with plastic chips instead of cards. I honestly don’t remember ever playing that game so I spend a lot of time trying to learn to play it to save face when I am at the center. As a result all of this has cut into my creative time! (Boy, my age is showing with all of the backstory rambling!)

An artist whose work I saw on Tumblr just knocked my Rummikub game right off the computer. It’s not like mine, but for some reason his work inspired me to use some of my travel photos again. The artist is Stev’nn Hall 

I used a photo I took in Scotland years ago and one of my CitraSolv textures. Of course I created the collage on my iPad Pro using my favorite apps, Procreate.

Summer Fun and Adventure

This is a first for me to run a sale on my Etsy products. I love to create art, eBooks, textures, etc., but like most creatives it stops there. Then I was reminded that my friends and customers deserve a thank you for their support and the best way to do it is to offer a nice discount. So from today until May 31, 2017, I am giving you a coupon for 20% off of everything in my Etsy shop. Just apply this code at check out.   ZC4EMS1

There are eBooks with instructions for creating textures with CitraSolv and using them for unique art and mixed media art, art journal and collages.  If you live in an area where you cannot purchase CitraSolv then I offer digital textures that I created with this process, You can print them out and use them for collage, or backgrounds for your creation. They are also great for digital art like the piece I created above on my iPad. As an added bonus I'll send you the texture I used for the digital art for free with any purchase during this sale. Remember the sale ends May 31st! To learn more about these eBooks go to          http://artistebooks.blogspot.com

Have fun this summer and create something with CitraSolv®.

Flowers in Bloom

Atlanta is at its loveliest this time of year. Flowers are in bloom everywhere. They inspired me to paint this flower bouquet on my iPad using the Procreate app. Since so many people have asked me how I do it I am thinking about creating a short video class about it. What do you think?