{"id":317,"date":"2017-04-03T00:43:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T00:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=317"},"modified":"2017-08-27T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T20:00:50","slug":"how-i-create","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/how-i-create\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Create"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-317-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elk-L.A.James-speededit.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elk-L.A.James-speededit.mp4\">http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elk-L.A.James-speededit.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>I am asked how I create my art, and I always have to start with the preface it depends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects of my art are created digitally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are painted on a canvas, and I scan in that image to add to my digital work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created in Illustrator, and I bring that piece into a work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are painted in Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are painted in Corel Painter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created with traditional pastels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created with oil paints.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created with acrylic paint.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some art pieces are a combination of a few of these techniques.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some art pieces are a combination of all of these techniques.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think this might be a new sense of the word Mixed Media, but I enjoy it all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a misnomer that digital art is easier than traditional art. Having worked with both, I<br \/>\nhave to say traditional media is easier. You are able to blend and paint in a simpler manner,<br \/>\nand it only involves learning to paint. Digital art involves learning to work with a program, which<br \/>\nhas another set of challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I started making little videos to showcase the building of an art piece, but I find I forget to take<br \/>\nmy pictures along the way. You will have to have patience as I get better at this aspect of<br \/>\nshowing a behind the scenes look.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This picture was taken at Salato. It is always hard to capture these animals, and I decided to try<br \/>\nto make something out of one of the images I took. To start with, I needed to clean the image up.<br \/>\nThis involved Photoshop and a couple of hours of time. I then built the setting with numerous<br \/>\nimages. There are a combination of four different photos that make up the background, which I<br \/>\nhand painted in Corel. When I was satisfied with the background, I took it back to Photoshop, and<br \/>\nI started working on placing the elk. This involved a lot of color correction. Once satisfied, I went<br \/>\nback to Corel to paint the animal, and I then added the grasses and numerous little details to<br \/>\nbring it together. This video shows a tiny part of it all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to see some of my other art pieces for sale, you can go to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lajames-store.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lajames-store.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any other questions, please post them below, and I will gladly answer them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am asked how I create my art, and I always have to start with the preface it depends. &nbsp; Some aspects of my art are created digitally. &nbsp; Some aspects are painted on a canvas, and I scan in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/how-i-create\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,26,13,6,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bebiblical-wisdom-for-children","category-behind-the-curtain","category-creative","category-digital-art","category-fine-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/April-03-Creating-art-in-2017-L.A.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5khoZ-57","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}