Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Involuntary Drawing

So now for my first 'real' post. Once years ago I sat down with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper and I just placed my hand over the paper and started drawing, without really thinking about what I was drawing. My hand seemed to take on a life of its own and it moved all over the paper. At first it seemed like just a bunch of scribbles, but after some time abstract shapes and images began to appear. When my had finally stopped, I was quite surprised at the result: through the scribbles I could make out long-haired figures in what looked like a grassy field, under the moon. I have never repeated this activity until tonight, although this time instead of a pencil and paper I used a stylus and my iPad. I downloaded an app called Sketchtime and experimented using my finger and then realized it would probably be better if I used a stylus. I started looking around in stores and the cheapest one I could find cost 10 euros. I thought that before buying it I would do a little research to see what was the best kind of stylus to use with my iPad. I came across some very detailed reviews and comparisons on theverge.com (see the reviews here) and concluded that the best type would be a stylus with a microfiber tip so I searched amazon.com for one and found the Ikross Fiberstyle mesh stylus on amazon.fr and the price was right (just 3.99 euros plus 2.99 shipping). It works like a charm; glides very easily over the screen and is very conductive. So finally tonight I sat down to do my little sketching activity and after finishing I did a little research and actually found out there is a name for this phenomenon; it's called Involuntary Drawing and here's an interesting article on it on the Tate Foundation's website (click here for the article). So finally after all of that rambling here's the finished product. Maybe you can tell me what you see.


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