I got hooked on Digital Sketching

Last Monday, when work and classes got cancelled, I got into Digital Sketching. Or should I say Digital Doodling? I borrowed my mother's iPad and started doodling using one of the Apps. One of my favorite bloggers, Chinie Diaz, also doodles so I got inspired.

I haven't sketched/doodled since 2008. The last time I did it, I drew a very detailed converse sneakers while listening beside my agent back when I still work in a BPO call center. He liked my drawing so much that he asked for it (Naks!). I honestly do not know why I stopped sketching. I used to paint during elementary until high school, I even took Art classes when I was in grade school. 

I'm not an expert or a pro when it comes to digital sketching.Plus it's so hard to draw using just the forefinger. I became addicted and yet it's getting painstaking because I couldn't control getting color out of the lines. The OC in me is not pleased at all because some areas looked blotchy. Here are samples of my work that I instagrammed and tweeted: 

This is my favorite image to sketch since I was a teenager, bec it's the easiest. Someone once interpreted my work as me who prefers to be alone. dunno about that but I'm just big on personal space. First time to do Digital sketching using my forefinger. Mudak helped in filling out the green mountain. Maybe she'll like sketching too other than 4pics 1word.

When mudra saw my 2nd sketch, she said: "nak,that's you!" So fine. Here's my self portrait using digital sketching, again using my forefinger. It feels like I'm cleaning my mom's iPad using my forefinger.

I also added a few fancy stuff with other apps on my Mom's iPad. 

The next day my mother took her iPad with her so I borrowed Ate Helen's iTouch. These two photos are my digital sketch using my Achi's iTouch.

This is called "Jasmine" inspired by one of my favorite Disney Movie:"Alladin". Actually that's just a joke. I just named it "Jasmine" after I saw the finished product. It's so hard to doodle using an iTouch.

 The next one is called "Don't go Jason Waterfalls". It's a spin off from an old TLC song "Don't go chasin' waterfalls..." (It's a private joke and it gets cornier and cornier as I explain it! Haha)

I had forgotten how relaxing Sketching is. I think I would like to compete with my mother in using her iPad.I don't want to buy my own iPad/iPad mini because I have no income generating use for it. I am the only one in the family who doesn't own a touch screen, apple product and yes, I'm the only one who still uses the click wheel and I like it! Haha!

Anyway, my sister Aprille Araguas also sketches on paper and sends her sketches to her clients by scanning or photo uploaded from her iPhone5. While it looks...well...neat, I told her that from now on, use digital sketching. So I went online and searched for a stylus for an iPad/iTouch/iPhone. I googled like a mad woman and I found a seller online on the same day, placed an order by Wednesday and today I'm supposed to finally get it.

I'm so excited.