Studio Artist user Mark Gorden recently turned me on to a number of approaches he’s been investigating that mix digital art imagery created in Studio Artist with more traditional hand work to create and manipulate the final physical art print. Mark starts by creating a finished piece of digital art in Studio Artist. He then…
David Biedny recently presented a really nice review of Studio Artist in Mac Life magazine. We’d like to thank David for recognizing that Studio Artist is ‘a new kind of artistic software that brings something truly unique and innovative to the table’. David also loves Particle pen brushes and the amazing possibilities of the built-in-vectorizer.…
The ‘Year of the Fish’ DVD will be officially released on February 8th. The DVD contains a director’s commentary, an early Studio Artist animation test, and a series of before/after rotoscoping shots in addition to the film itself. ‘Year of the Fish’ is a full length Studio Artist animated feature film created by Studio Artist…
Studio Artist user Jean Detheux’s new 3 movement animation piece “Visual Abstract” will be presented tonight in Houston with live musicians. The piece is a part of the Musiqa and Aurora Picture Show, which explores the boundary between reality and fantasy with an innovative mixture of live music and film. The show is from 7:30-10…
By now Santa should have delivered download links to all Studio Artist 4 customers for the latest Studio Artist 4.03 application update. Santa’s Elves have also been busy at work on a new set of Paint and Vectorizer presets specifically designed for Studio Artist 4.03. Please contact us if you still have an old version…
Many people dream of traveling the globe with a powerbook, taking in the exotic sights and creating digital art on the go. Studio Artist user Lee Roskin has been living that dream for several years now. Lee and his wife have been extensively traveling throughout Asia and the Pacific, and are currently on the beautiful…
I’ve started a new personal art blog at studioartist.posterous.com ( sorry posterous no longer exists) that provides information on creating different kinds of artistic effects using Studio Artist. The goal is to provide a forum to quickly post short tutorial tips. The emphasis is more on ‘how to create a specific art example’ kinds of posts,…
‘Paper Cup to Heaven’ is a short film created by Studio Artist animator Barbara Carroll that was recently accepted into the HDFest in Portland Oregon taking place this December 2010. The short film deals with loss and the fragility of life. More information on the film and show times can be found on Barbara’s web…
Studio Artist user Ellen Horovitz has recently been blogging about different approaches to working with or subverting various kinds of digital printer media to achieve different analog style artistic effects. One recent post discusses a low cost approach to generating digitally printed transfers onto substrates that emulates the look of old Polaroid 669 film at…
Peraformi recently posted an article on Studio Artist user Charis Tsevis. In it he talks about his fascination with the concept of ‘media mosaics’, relating the notion of complexity in photo mosaic imagery to chaotic systems. He also talks about his work designing Studio Artist generated photo mosaics during the Obama 08 campaign for the…