APPart
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APPart – Vision Statement by Mel Harrison
We are delighted to publish our Mission Statement with regards to our updated and revamped APPart Column by Mel Harrison. Please take a moment to read this, we’re really excited to see where this will take us all, (foreword by Joanne Carter). APPart- vision statement Many apps across all platforms have the potential to be very powerful art tools. Never in our lifetime have artists been able to carry their complete art studio in their back pocket, via their digital device. The aim of this group is the highlight the artistic possibilities of Apps. This is an art group not just an apped photography group, though photography elements have their…
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‘APPart’ – Column with Mel Harrison Updated and Revamped!
We are delighted to announce that our wonderful APPart Column edited by Mel Harrison has today been revamped and updated. We are planning to generate lots more content relating to digital art and collages, this will include interviews with digital artists, tutorials, reviews, showcases, commentaries and news. To help facilitate this update we have created a brand new Facebook Group specifically for this Column. It is called APPart and you can find it and join it here. In addition we have also set up a brand new Flickr Group for this column. We would like to see all your digital art and collages added to this specialised group, we will…
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APPart – Art Backgrounds with Mel Harrison
We’re delighted to publish Mel Harrison’s latest article to her Column, APPart. This time Mel laments her art education but questions the style of art teaching and why it can either inhibit or encourage your natural creativity. A great piece to ponder, over to you Mel. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). “My New Years resolution was to start contributing to my column here at The App whisperer on a regular basis. I opened this document in the Pages App and stared at it for a long time. I was getting a bit terse with myself because writing and art is something that usually comes freely to me. Then I…
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APPart – Mel Harrison Gets Raw And Personal
My muse left! She packed up and disappeared into the night without so much of a note, let alone a forwarding address. I was left staring at a blank screen, zip… Nada… Nothing. Left to my own defences I pulled a pear out making school lunch for my little fellow who started school this week. The leaf grabbed my attention straight away because it is rare to find one on a supermarket bought pear. I gently put it aside and went about my day. It was a shitty day, hot weather with lots of stuff that drained me emotionally so I cut that beautiful pear in half… Then sewed…
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APPart – Copyright Issues Within Mobile Art And Apps – By Mel Harrison
It’s Saturday already and that means it’s time for Mel Harrison’s latest APPart article and this week Mel highlights a very important and potentially controversial issue regarding copyrighted material and the usage of it within your own artwork. Mel’s main frustration is with an app that she did not want to name but having written to them myself, several times and having received no reply I felt that perhaps we should, the app that Mel is referring to in this article is Paint FX and it is one of her favorites and one that she has used for a lot of her artwork to date. I’ll let Mel take it…
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APPart – Mel Gets Busy/ier…
This time of year is busy for everyone but for our wonderful Columnist Mel Harrison, this past Christmas has been even more busy than most. She’s literally been swept off her feet and has fallen in love, (again). I’m going to let Mel tell you all about it, over to you Mel (foreword by Joanne Carter). “You may have noticed I have been a little quiet lately…well it’s because of a new man in my life. He’s got the darkest eyes, great hair and is so cute when he wags his tail…yes I got a puppy! His name is Oswald and he is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Consequently…
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APPart – Creating Outstanding Art With Image Blender
It’s Saturday again, phew that went quick and that means that it’s time for Mel Harrison’s column – APPart. Mel’s Column APPart focuses on digital art and collage images. Mel will be incorporating different ‘mainstream’ editing apps to inspire you to try some APPart of your own. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). ‘This week I am talking about how I use Image Blender. I won’t be doing an indepth review of Image Blender but I do hope you can take away something from my process. Image Blender is a really important tool to my art, some of my images can have up to 30 steps along the way and…
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APPart – Creating An Outstanding Collage Image With Juxtaposer
It’s Saturday again, yes already, and that means just one thing here at theappwhisperer.com, Mel Harrison’s weekly column – APPart. Every Saturday we will publish more of Mel’s incredible work which focuses on digital art and collage images. Each week Mel will be incorporating different ‘mainstream’ editing apps to inspire you to try some APPart of your own. In this weeks’ Column Mel talks us through the process of creating a beautiful collage using only the app Juxtaposer, don’t miss this…(foreword by Joanne Carter). We hope this outstanding article inspires you to try Juxtaposer for yourself. It retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here. ‘Not long after…
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APPart – Back To Basics: Creating A Background Textural Library
Wow, it’s Saturday again and that means just one thing over here at theappwhisperer.com HQ, Mel Harrison’s weekly Column – APPart. Every Saturday we will publish more of Mel’s incredible work which focuses on digital art and collage images. Each week Mel will be incorporating different ‘mainstream’ editing apps to inspire you to try some APPart of your own. In this weeks’ Column Mel takes us back to the basics, explaining how to create a ‘background library’. All links to the apps used are at the end of this post. Over to you Mel…. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). If you are working with collage/art images the first step is…
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APPart – Mystic Cat Created
It’s Saturday again and at TheAppWhisperer.com that means just one thing, APPart, Mel Harrison’s new weekly Column with us. Every Saturday we will publish more of Mel’s incredible work which focuses on digital art and collage images. Each week Mel will be incorporating different ‘mainstream’ editing apps to inspire you to try some APPart of your own. All links to the apps used are at the end of this post. Over to you Mel…. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). Mystic Cat was a bit all over the place with apps used so there is no one feature app this week. Step 1 Mystic cat starts in Juxtaposer.…
