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Unread 07-04-2021, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by F.F. Teague View Post
That's okay, Sarah-Jane :-)

I'm still interested in Photoshop, though. It sounds promising in the context of creating digital art. Perhaps we could chat about that at some point?

Best wishes,
Fliss

Yes, sure. If you give me until the last week of July, then PM me that'll get me over my busy spot & I'll be that bit closer to the wonders of summer leave (I hope). I know you're busy too but I'm sure we can find a time for a chat.

In the meantime...Photoshop is expensive, and gold standard, but there are free apps that might be useful to play with.

Pixlr e is the one that I use if I'm ever in the position of running collage workshops with external colleagues (who don't have photoshop). Pixlr e's interface (for me) feels like a very reduced version of photoshop, so it might be a good place to start. They also offer Pixlr x which is more like Canva, with built-in presets.

I have friends who swear by GIMP, too. I've not used it, but I'd trust their experience, and it's open-source so that has to be good.

I quickly had a scoot about to see if there were more I wasn't aware of and found this useful article from Creative Bloq. It lists ArtRage, so it might be that you already have the software you need anyway.

What else? I have a graphics tablet, but I tend to use iPad and apple pencil with an app called 'Sketches Pro' - it's fab, with gorgeous brushes. I'm not sure how that (or a graphics tablet) would work with your hands if you have reduced mobility, but it might be worth a try.

I like the affordances of digital, but I always try to bring some analogue in, at some point, somewhere, somehow. It feels empty without it, to me, although that's probably my cultural bias talking as much as anything. But a tiny bit, even if the analog is just a tiny cut-out thing, or a hand-drawing scanned in as one of the layers, or a little mark-make.

Sarah-Jane
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