"Reviewing the Past in Digital Art - Circa 1990's"

Freehand Drawn - Computer Colored

Freehand Plus KPT Collection

Scanned in Dot Matrix Printout

Again I have displayed some "Vintage" circa 1990 and earlier Digital Artworks. I am Sharing these as I update my PC and OS. Less time for creating newer images.

All of these have some freehand drawing to them, fictional women in bright color or Dot Matrix printout form. Some come from Journals I kept and then scanned in to manipulate in computer programs.

Not much time today to explain workflow, most of which is forgotten anyway! I am pretty certain I used some version of Corel Products for the color images. That's about it.

When I get more time I will probably begin creating New Works for your enjoyment, until then Old times are rolling!

"Vintage Circa 1990's Digital Visual Artworks" Corel

Azuretai Abstract

Abstract Floral

Brown Face

Here are three more (what I call Vintage,) Digital Visual Artworks. Azuretai is a Vector graphic Abstract done in an older version of CorelDRAW. It was enlarged to a JPG format and lost it's clean straight lines and gradients. But I is still an interesting early vector abstract.

The Abstract Floral is based upon a freehand image that was scanned in and manipulated in Corel PhotoPaint. I love the computer colors used to add punch to this image.

Brown Face was done using a Wacom tablet and pen on the computer freehand. The image was small and enlarged and softened.

All images were put through Corel PSP Pro X3 for cleaning of Digital Noise and JPG artifacts and moire patterns.

I am enjoying sharing these older and colorful images, they represent my early Digital Visual Artwork.

"Searching the Archives - Vintage Dot Matrix and Photograph"

Amelia - Dot Matrix Digitized

Film Photo Scanned In

I am showing a Vintage Dot Matrix Female Portrait to begin with. I did this on a Tandy Color Computer with a Dot Matrix printer. I scanned in the results and saved them for future examination. It may bring back some memories of those of you in the early days of home computing. Amelia was a fictional person I drew on the computer using a Kola Pad if my memory serves me right, if not it was a mouse drawn image. In fact this may have been done on an Amiga Computer! Memory fails me.

Candy Apples is a film photograph taken in the 1990's and scanned in. I think I was using Windows at the time on an IBM type PC. I do remember this trip to the Ingham County Fair near Lansing Michigan.

Memories for all to conjure up thoughts of early computing!

"More Archived Digital Visual Artworks" Circa 1990's

Three Guys

Old 3D Abstract

I am fairly certain I used Corel PhotoPaint for the Three Guys image with a scanned in Art Deco matte. Done circa 1998. I took a photograph of them standing in front of a store with a stylish phone booth near by. I cropped the image to focus on the young men. I used various tools to get the painterly look and feel.

The second image, Old 3D Abstract was donw with an older 3D fractal creation program which no longer exists. I also used PhotoPaint to make adjustments and this appears to be circa 1996.

I have more Archived images to share as I move forward in time with my Windows 7 32-bit install.

"Digging the Garden - Archives" Old Digital Art

Filling Things

Pink Rust Code Gender

I was installing Windows 7 32-bit on my old PC and found a few CD's with old Digital Visual Artworks on them. I am looking them over and making some changes with Corel PSP Pro X3 and PhotoPaint and displaying them here and on Google+.

I did some of these in 1999 the year my Mother died. Some are somber others are upbeat and reflective with words of pain and loss. A hard time for me, as it is for those who lose loved ones in death.

I am certain I used PhotoPaint for some of these archived images and others are scanned in pen and ink and pastel works.

I am trying to keep this blog going in spite of a harried schedule, taking care of our Grandson and other related activities. I hope you will enjoy some of my old artworks!