Doodle For Relaxation
Doodle For Relaxation This post is about how doodling with a pen helps me free up the brain fog, “Doodle For Relaxation” and also to release tension and act as an “ideas generator” and how this can help you too… I love to make a freeform sketch or doodle during most…
Learning Through Play – Get More Creative
Learning through play for your creative projects… “play becomes joy, joy becomes work, work becomes play.” (Johannes Itten) When I was 19 years old a while compiling a portfolio for art college, I picked up a big heavy design book about the Bauhaus and found this quote above by the Swiss expressionist artist,…
Expressive Drawing A Few Tips…
I made this video to demonstrate to my drawing students some techniques about how to loosen up your drawing and make it ‘expressive’ A lot of people comment that my work has a lot of energy within the lines. This video will help you to develop your own personal energy…
9 – EchoFab Fablab Artist In Residence Day Nine…Draw! Draw! Draw!…
Today, I spent time getting the ant prints just right. Both prints print well now. This trial and error process has taught me a lot about 3d printing for the future. I have also printed out a paper net of the final cloud structure. Over the weekend I am going…
Curious Projects: a space for making and thinking
I am really pleased that my drawing work has been included in the ‘Thinking Drawing’ exhibition at the Curious Gallery in Eastbourne, UK. The exhibition is all about the debate of how traditional drawing is still relevant in the digital world. I love this question and I plan to look…
3D Graphics Workshop…Creative Exchange…
My second workshop in September 2014 in Edinburgh. This one will be the most pricey one. It will be a creative course but with detailed technical processes. It is also a bit more expensive as we have the possibility to use the 3d Printer at this premises. Contact me today…
Free Alternative To Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace…
Free Alternative To Illustrator Live Trace (Trace Bitmap In Inkscape) Instructions from James Abell Today while I was looking for an alternative to Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace, I found a great free application – Inkscape. It has a tool called TraceBitmap where you can vectorise an imported bitmap. Here is also…
5 Expressive Drawing Tips Slideshare…
5 Expressive Drawing Tips from James Abell As well as the Expressive drawing tips on the Google air hangout jam. I have made this booklet. I am really passionate about drawing in the expressive way. In this booklet I say that ‘there is no such thing as a bad drawing,…
Expressive Drawing Tips Google Jam…
On the 7th of September 19:00 (GMT) I am doing Google Air Hangout Jam. If you are reading this after this date, then the video above will have the recorded event in it! I also have a free booklet that I have made to accompany this Google Air Hangout, it…