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Iphone art: The Hedgehogerus & other flights of fancy

iPhone drawing:  Hedgehogeros surprisediPhone drawing:  The Hedgehogeros nest

iPhone drawing: The Two-toed Chubbachubb iPhone drawing: The double-pouched Schweep

At the moment I’m entranced with drawing on my iPhone, mostly playing with the Brushes and Paintbook apps. My full set of iPhone drawings is here.

With Brushes I’m presently evolving some strange creatures in a strange environment. Above you can see the Hedgehogerus surprised,  the Hedgehogerus nest and fairy, the two-toed Chubbachubb, and the double-pouched Schweep.

With Paintbook I’ve been making some very simple two-tone faces of (mostly) imaginary people. Here are a few favourites:

iPhone drawing: Maud Bell IPhone drawing: Shane

iPhone drawing: Lillian iPhone drawing: Mrs. Foggerty

It seems as if there is an exciting new field opening up as people experiment with what can be achieved on such a small screen using just your finger. David Hockney has already had an exhibition of his iPhone drawings, and The New Yorker recently drew attention to the phenomenon by featuring an iPhone drawing by Portuguese artist Jorge Columbo as it’s cover illustration. But you get a better feel for the range, quality and some sense of developing community among artists using iPhone apps, at Flickr, for instance in the Brushes gallery.

iPhone art

Face

Some of the things you can do on the iPhone just seem like magic to me. This image is drawn on the iPhone screen with my finger, using the Brushes app. It’s taking me a while to get some finesse, but the Brushes Gallery pool at Flickr is ample proof that it is possible.

(btw, Ocarina has been the most jaw-droppingly magic app for me so far.)

Hmm… Interesting

I feel much more inclined to blog off the cuff when I’m using the wordpress app on the iPhone. Photos straight from the phone camera, and disengaging self- imposed conventions like linking and explaining things fully, make it seem a freer and more immediate experience. A bit like the way twitter or other microblogging services replace some of one’s aggregator reading.

Iphone pouch

Trying to send a photo from a waiting room. This is the iphone pouch I made yesterday. It has a coffee-coloured Sherpa fleece lining.