Pixel Blend – New iPad Photography App

2011-07-16 / Comments Off

Pixel Blend is about finding your inner artist and creating original, impressionistic photo art by manipulating the pixels of an existing image using your stylus pen or finger. 

$2.99/Download here

Inspired by the instant film manipulation movement, a technique that employs various tools such as paperclips or sculpting tools to push, distort and scratch the film’s soft emulsion to design a dramatic new look.

  The app offers similar built-in tools to smudge, smear or otherwise manipulate any image imported from your digital camera, iPhone or iPad library. The result is an image with a beautiful painterly and impressionistic appearance.  

YOU’LL HAVE THE ARTISTIC FREEDOM TO: Choose your favorite tool Decide on temperature Add a background texture Undo option Resume previous session if interrupted Export your masterpiece to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Tumblr Join the Pixel Blend Flickr group And much more.  

Make a real impression on friends and family with this exciting new photo art tool. Who knows, you could be the next Monet. 

Joanne Carter

Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)