I'm pleased to announce my decision to start a blog about creativity. I decided to call it Creatologist. I'm happy to see it was available! My definition of the word is the merging of creativity and technology to help bring a concept to life. This applies to both commercial and personal work. The name is open enough, adds technology into the equation, and it does not limit my topics exclusively to the world of commercial graphic design.
Sketchbook Creatology:
If you are interested in extending the life of a doodle or sketch in your sketchbook, converting it into a vector file and editing it with adobe illustrator is one option. See below the original sketch using first pencil, then pen and ink.
I digitally photographed and imported the sketch into illustrator at high resolution, converted the file into vector, then colorized it using illustrator.
Many color variables can be easily explored using both layers and filters in illustrator. Now the artwork is fully scalable to large sizes for printing on canvas or fine art paper. The opportunity for selling signed limited editions now exists. And the original pen & ink is still intact. Converting sketches into digital files offers an efficient way to explore many color variations much faster than by traditional means. This means you can produce more work, and share it with more people.
Technology is your friend if you know how to make it work for you both as a commercial Art Director as well as an illustrator or fine artist. For more detailed information about this process, feel free to email me.
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