Digital Art

I was asked by the Saint John Art Club if I would give a presentation on Digital Art. The computer is indispensible to me in creating art, especially for manipulating images and for planning murals and paintings, but a digital image is not usually my end result. I usually only use it for a starting point for a drawing or painting, or to show a client what a mural might look like on the wall.

So I decided that I would do a quick "digital painting" to see what it was like, and so I could show step by step what the process of digital painting was like.

I found a marker sketch I had done of a dragon, from a colouring book I had done for my summer job.


And I "painted" it in on the computer. 



The Saint John Art Club Newsletter, March 2009 edition, had this to say about my presentation:

COMPUTER ART

Computer generated art was the focus of the February meeting of the Saint John Art Club.

Nathaniel Guimond was the guest presenter at the program that was enjoyed by all present.

Working from the computer on the large screen, Guimond showed the various ways of working with software that he uses in designing and implementing paintings in new ways.

He also showed examples of murals that he has completed for many organizations in the city using the computer in laying out and designing the images.

At right— NATHANIEL WITH THE IMAGE OF A DRAGON THAT HE USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE ADDITION OF COLOUR AND SPECIAL EFFECTS.

For more—– See Page 8

Nathaniel is an expert in the Computer art field. He has taken a double major in psychology and linguistics at UNBSJ and a minor in Philosophy. In the summer he works with children in a summer reading program.

He is recognized at the Gallery for his portraits.

Since graduation, he began painting and has completed several murals, using computers to plan the design and colour.

He is a member of the Saint John Art Club and the members were delighted tohave him show some of his work that has been computer generated and completed with inspiration and innovation.

Nathaniel used the large on-screen format to show the various ways of generating computer art.