Initially a colour digital artwork done on Sketchbook app, I changed it to greyscale on Image J. Image J is a free image processing program, developed at the National Institute of Health for scientists. I use it at work for image processing. I also use it at home to format my watercolour scans, and save digital images as jpeg.
Cellular confusion (grayscale), Sketchbook, digital 1600 x 2000
Starting out as three interconnected loops, I gradually turned this one into a surrealist piece. In elementary school, my friends would draw a random squiggle on a piece of paper and I would turn it into a cool drawing.
Magenta flower smoky sky, Sketchbook, digital 1600 x 2000
Science inspires art, this one looks like it could have been taken by a confocal (laser scanning) microscope. I learned to use such a microscope back at Western University.
Microscopic examination, Sketchbook, digital 1600 x 2000
Starting with near-black coloured swirls, I over-layed neon swirls. The neon tool reacts in an interesting manner to its background. Its quite a pleasing effect.
Neon swirl on swirl, Sketchbook, digital 1600 x 2000
Not so pleasing, this one is agitating, like anger artwork. shocking yellow threads evoke a monster, with contrasting red and green patterns. Most of the composition was accomplished with stamping, then I drew over dozens of squiggles.
Yellow lint monster, Sketchbook, digital 1600 x 2000
Finally for this batch, I kept over-laying patterns and stamps until it looked like a mish-mash of arts and crafts. Then I used the mesh tool to write my initials PJD and year 26.
Arts and crafts PJD, Sketchbook, digital 1600 x 2000
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