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Monday, November 30, 2015

Painterly Mobile Artist - Aylin Argun

Monday's Painterly Mobile Artist feature normally includes just one image that the artist has selected. This week I was sent two images by artist Aylin Argun for me to choose from. It was so hard to choose only one, so I decided to include both of them. You may know Aylin by her Instagram name @xxfromneptune.

Please visit the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr group to see more from Aylin and all of the artists! Do you like to edit in a painterly style? Please join the group, we'd love to have you!

The Works

This Witch is About to Fly © Aylin Argun

Kirke © Aylin Argun

The Artist

Aylin Argun - I live in İstanbul, Turkey I attended basic photography education and dark room seminars in 2005 at AFSAD (Ankara association of photographic artists). AFSAD is one of Turkey’s most prominent photographic training centers. I’ve been working on iPhone photography, editing and photographing via my iPhone for over two years. Along with black and white photographic works, I have been creating painterly photography with an emphasis on autobiography.

Aylin's Commentary

This Witch is About to Fly: A witch who can fly thanks to her red shoes. I took this photo with camera and self-timer. I turned it into a pictorial photograph on ArtRage. With paint tube, I added some red paint; I spread the paint as I wished with the help of the palette knife which I use frequently; sometimes using the Smearing Edge and sometimes Basic Palette Knife. After that, I added texture on the photo via ScratchCam.

Kirke: Kirke is a magician goddess in Greek Mythology (She was renowned for her vast knowledge of drugs and herbs. Through the use of magical potions and a wand, she transformed her enemies, or those who offender her, into animals. She was a minor goddess of magic or sometimes a nymph, witch, enchantress or sorceress.) I used only ArtRage and Snapseed for this photo; I created the brush effect via Palette Knife on ArtRage and I exercised contrast and brightness control on Snapseed.

Find Aylin: Website / Facebook / Flickr / Instagram / iphoneart / EyeEm / AMPt

Links to apps mentioned:

ArtRage
ScratchCam FX
Snapseed

Painterly Mobile Artist Erika Carillo Brothers

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” ~ Edgar Degas The Artist

The Work

Woman in the Dark © Erika Carrillo Brothers

The Artist

My name is Erika Carrillo Brothers, originally from Monterrey Mexico, and residing for the last 10 years in the US with my family where I was inspired and have great fascination for photography. About a year ago iPhone photography and app art become part of my daily activities, I love to create, blend and modify images to give them a finished painterly look, combining self-portraits and abstract concepts which is my main fascination as a concept.

Erika's Commentary

In this particular piece "Woman in the dark" are many layers of texture (I love the texture). I started to work with Superimpose with a black background, then used Snapseed to give contrasts of light and color, with little highlights to the facial features. I gave a little more texture to the piece by using iColorama, and finally I worked a lot with various combinations of layers in Modern Grunge to give the final finish I was looking for.

Find Erika: Facebook / Instagram / Flickr

Apps Mentioned:

Superimpose

Snapseed

iColorama

Modern Grunge

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Painterly Mobile Artist - Maarten Oortwijn

Here's another highlight on one of the many talented members of the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr Group. I love Maarten's style and was eager to find out more about his life and work.

Please visit the group to see more of Maarten's work along with that of all of the artists. If you are a mobile photographer who enjoys editing in a painterly style, we'd love to have you join!

The Work

The Artist

Maarten Oortwijn - I live in Amsterdam, have two daughters and work as a software engineer in the centre of Amsterdam. I'm a music addict, playing guitar (Flamenco, Bossa Nova) and I like to create images. It all started at the age of two, when my parents gave me a Bic pen to draw. Soon I began to draw everything around me (and on everything around me when running out of paper). Gradually, I learned other techniques and used other materials until I was painting big murals at the age of 25. At the moment, I'm into more modest sizes, switching between analogue and digital. The digital part started when I got an iPhone and Hipstamatic. First I was focusing on photography, but gradually started to use other apps for further processing. The next step came with the Paper 53 app. It's a wonderful and simple drawing app, very responsive (most other drawing apps are too slow). My work evolved to a seamless blend of photos and drawing. In the meantime, I'm still shooting straight black and white Hipstamatics and creating analogue paintings from time to time - and sometimes feeling the mural itch.

Maarten's Commentary

For this image, I started with a background pattern. It was created from a picture of stone ornaments taken in Portugal this summer. I used Diptic, Image Blender, Tangled FX and Painteresque. At the bottom, I added some plants from another picture. Next step were the faces. These came from a drawing I made with Paper53. The spiral structures were made by mixing a drawing and a variation of the background pattern (inverted the colors). After adding the red figures, I felt something was still missing. As a finishing touch, I added the cracks and holes with the Grunge app and some clouds (Paper53). I hardly ever plan a picture, and when starting with a plan, I never stick to it. Images just evolve.

Find Maarten: Flickr / Wijnworks

Links to apps mentioned:

Diptic
Image Blender
Tangled FX
Hipstamatic
Painteresque
Paper53
Modern Grunge

Mob Paint Monday No. 38

Somehow I got off schedule and I've missed posting a Mob Paint Monday Showcase. The longer time between showcases made it even more difficult to isolate only a few works to feature here. Please visit the Mob Paint Flickr Group to see all of the wonderful creative pieces this community of artists produces!

Are you a Mob Paint member interested in doing a tutorial for Art of Mob?
Please contact me using the contact form at the top of the blog. I'd love to feature more workflow posts so we can all learn from each other.

Kaikala © Lorenka Campos

Board Meeting © BVP590

Geometry Lesson III © Diana Nicholette Jeon

Above image edited with Mextures, iColorama, Procreate, Trimaginator, Stackables and VSCO Cam

New-Chapter © Bobbi McMurry

Above image edited with Art Studio, Image Blender and Leonardo

Camouflage © Francisco Villarreal

Green Vase © David Hayes

Above image edited with Adobe Photoshop Express, Handy Photo and Mextures

For thereby some have entertained angels unawares © Bob Weil

Above image created using photographed mannequin, wings and lights, colored, textured and layered using Pixlr-Express Pro, Aremac and Superimpose.

Vista de pájaro © Mabadca

There are always flowers for those who want to see them - Henri Matisse © Andrea Koerner

Trio © Paul "Skip" Brown

Old! © Sabvaning

Old Harem Photo © Tony Smith

Above image edited with Snapseed, Repix, Jazz and Superimpose

Closed for Future © Brett Chenoweth

Reflect © pbg161

Stef with a Helmet that turns into a bathing cap © Stef LePape

This Morning's Walk © Vivi Hanson

Above image edited with Vivid HDR, Snapseed, PhotoCopier, Brushstroke, Distressed FX

Waves of Grain © M a r i k o

Above image edited with PicsArt and Snapseed

Aja Surfaces © Roger Guetta

Breezy © Monowave

Above image edited with Brushes, ScratchCam FX, PictureShow, Photoshop Touch, Filterstorm and Photo Toaster

Neutral © Armineh Hovanesian

Above image edited with Leonardo and Stackables

Connecting to Venus © Karma O

Age © Kajalschlampen

Wisdom Through Connexion © Julie Toupin

Dancing Moths © Jerzy Jachym

Above image edited with Repix

Still Life with Blue Bottles and Silver Spoon © Dr. Pajchiwo

Painterly Mobile Art Monday No. 28

paint-er-ly
adjective

of or appropriate to a painter; artistic

The words of Alberto Giacometti best sum up my thoughts about today's showcase:

“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.”

Please visit the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr Group to see more stunning creations from mobile artists around the globe. If you like to edit mobile photos in a painterly way, please join us!