Pencil and Paper

So, I am sorta computer savvy. But, I've been using one for 16 years or so. I chalk it up to experience. ;)  Anyway, when I tie my computer-ness with my creativity I tend to get rather happy.

When I was in college, if I had a spare moment I would create subway art on my computer. Some of you may know of my work. Well, I love to make them. (My mother is a fan too) Sadly, all my work is on my old laptop so I can't share any of it with you here. And even more sadly, I haven't found a computer program equivalent to Microsoft Publisher for my Mac to make subway art again. I've looked, I've googled, and I've come up empty. Ah, well… I'm not one to give up easily. To satisfy my creative outlets I decided to hand make some subway art. Now, these examples are not exactly what subway art is.. but it's close. =)

This first one is shown in it's original form, and then its colored/edited form. I use my computer to enhance the drawings once I'm done. Either to draw out colors, or make them brighter.

This one is edited and finished.

I'd also like to make a little shout out at this time. To those of you in possession of these (Gram, Grama, and Mom)

Enjoy. I made them for you…

I did not intend them to be emotional, but I know that you're missing me just as I'm missing you during this holiday season. But I'm never far away at heart.

  

Now, this one was fun to make. I had planned to do a regular 'O' for Joy… but then as I attempted to make a perfect circle it turned into more of an oval… Which prompted me to make it into an ornament. This is the edited version. I decided making it black and white gave it a more old world feel. And 'joy to the world' is a old classic.

The 'Hark' one took me a little longer. Obviously it has more words… but the trick was deciding how to arrange them. The top of this page is filled with practice arrangements, swirls, and practice cursive. haha. I wanted something with more meaning, and so I wanted to include both of these lines. I could have ended it after King… but then you miss a good chunk.

I also went with purple, blue and black for the coloring.  Purple and blue being regal colors seemed fitting for the King.

The black and white version is great. I really like how the light stems from the center and gets darker around the edges.

I didn't want the black to be so dark on the second to last line, but my marker was convinced dark was best. So, I went with it.

In the colored version the purple and blue get lost in the blacks and remaining pencil marks. The black and white evens them all out.






I hope you enjoyed this little look into what I do in my spare time. I really enjoy making them.

Until next time.