ArtRage

A couple of years ago, I stumbled across this amazing freeware program called ArtRage. It simulates painting and coloring tools so that you can create and imagine without the mess and cost of using real paints. I started using it to visualize ideas that I had before I physically created them. Here is the first picture that I painted using ArtRage:



I created this painting for a DVD menu that Johnny was building for a short film that he worked on. In the film there is a little boy who brings an orange tree like this to class for show and tell. The orange tree in the film is symbolic of the love in the little boy's life:




This painting is an impression of a sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. This is where I grew up, and I always loved the way the colors softly shifted and faded together in the distance. Most of my favorite painters are from the impressionistic era. When I'm painting, I enjoy using an impressionistic style because I feel like I'm able to express my feelings in the paintings without being concerned with technical perfection.


If you are interested in getting ArtRage, you can download a copy here: http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html