digital abstract art

© 2015 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

There arew a few quirks that I've criticized with some of the Sigma ART lenses (AF consistency, for one), but image quality is never something that I complain about. This new lens (24-35mm f/2) has great sharpness, color rendition, and even pretty decent bokeh. I've done some layers of processing here (including the flare - the lens is not really flare prone), but the nice rendering is from the lens itself. Look for my review next week.

Technical Information: Canon EOS 6D, Sigma 24-35mm f/2 ART, Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop CC, Alien Skin Exposure 7 (use code "dustinabbott" to get a 10% discount)

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Picasso Museum, Barcelona

Sparrows Coffee #grcoffeerun

Puerta Vallarta, Mexico

Baltimore Museum of Art

There's a Bad Religion song that has the same title as this image. I really like that band and listened to them a lot when I was younger, and still do now.

This pic is a little bit abstract, but there are a load of themes in here despite it being a really basic "build".

The most straightforward of these is the obvious gold leg facing the opposite way, hence - against the grain. The variation in colour despite the uniform nature of the legs, hinting individuality. The circle/loop representing cycles, movement, Earth, and linkage. The colour of the background was the most "earthy" I could think of to contrast the plastic. Also, I ended up going with the imperfections in the circle to reinforce the idea of complete/ incomplete.

Don't worry, I'll be back to my usual builds later this week. I haven't lost my mind, I just felt like a change :P

ink on paper

mixed media collage on paper

This art form on Panels / Fences Exhibiting Native Art Forms in West Vancouver is from the Squamish Nation.

Not my photo or art...but most interesting...thought I would share.

More here:

w-uh.com/posts/080125-paper_art.html

Site du LAAC, Lieu d'art et action contemporaine de Dunkerque

Interior door knobs in the vintage mobile home. These 1970 fixtures are original to the home.

Again I used a photo of Obby looking at me from the chair next to my table. I inked, painted, smushed, glued, and stitched on an index card. This is the fourth in my cat series. (daisyyellowart.com)

horsehair, machine embroidery,

46 x 45 cm

Onceagain Art Gallery - "B&W" group exhibition

Opening party 11th of August - 12 PM SLT

This exhibition is the result of a Open Call.

Apple Pippage

BlazeAme

Celestial Demon

Dane Albion

D'cuir

Etamae

Kika Yongho

Kunisaki Izumo

Lika Cameo

Nino Vita

Madame Reve

Manoji Yachvili

Mara Telling

Mariza Reifsnider

Mihalisk

Moki Yuitza

Nekonuko Nakamori

Opie

Terrygold

Scylla Rhiadra

Violette Rembrandt

Whiskey Monday

Yeya Zuta

Zakk Bifrandt

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I've been keeping a daily journal for about three or four years now. About 20 of them are in storage back in Texas. When we moved to England in February 2007 for a three year stint, I started numbering my books, beginning with UK #1, of course.

I finished UK #11 today. It's always bittersweet to finish a book. The old one is a dear friend, after all. The new one? Well, there's the fear of the ultimate blank page. But I find that as soon as I make my first mark, ahhh. That's better.

I love the mix of bizarre and brilliant art, always surprising finds

bloged at ultraMARIN

Spent a wonderful day on the beach this past weekend. Watercolors and ink in my watercolor journal. somanystars.blogspot.com/2012/01/spent-saturday-with-jeff...

Freight train graffiti.

9X6 on sticker paper

ink marker and watercolor

Concrete sculpture "Bio Diversity" by the Swiss artist Florian Graf.

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"And then I got high!!"

a painting on a wall at a Alcohol Treatment Center run by Natives with traditional teachings

My first attempt at smoke art; quite pleased with the results, ended up being quite easy once you have the right tools. And the edit in LR and PS is a lot of fun since there is no 'right or wrong' way this can go.

Petit Art Gallery

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSFKMuNlAk

Take your time to look at the amazing street art around you! A friend of mine, showed me all these awesome locations in Oslo, Norway, filled with stunning street art

chorrreea

Atomowa Kwatera Dowodzenia, Laski, Poland

They keep eluding me....

Abstract digital art, created in ProCreate (an iPad app.) I usually adjust images I create on my iPad in Photoshop or another software enhancement program, but this was created totally in ProCreate.

I had this app for months, but hadn't played with it much. This was just an experiment. I thought my image had a rather childlike quality that reminded me of a playful dance. I lived in Brazil for several years, so my first thought was that it reminded me of a samba.

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child." ~~Pablo Picasso