Nicole Gormley Art

my art

Updates

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All of my friends know that I’m the type of person who always needs to be working on something. Sometimes I continue with that thing for a while, but other times I lose interest almost immediately. Here is an update on the things that I have mentioned on this blog before:

The College Artist Magazine

I’ve started working on the Fall 2018 issue, and it is all set to come out on September 1st! I’ll post a more detailed update about what you can expect in the fall issue closer to the release date.

My Youtube Channel

A few months ago I tried experimenting with different types of videos other than the outfit videos that I had been doing for a while. I plan on continuing to practice my video editing skills when I get a chance, but it isn’t my main priority right now.

Comic

Back in April, I made a post about two super heroines that I had created. I mentioned in that post that I was thinking about creating a mini comic about those characters. I kept thinking about those characters, then I created a few more, thought of a whole story, and I even started to draw an entire comic based off of that story. I really loved the ideas that I had come up with, but I just couldn’t manage to draw any of the panels how I wanted them to look, so I eventually lost motivation. I still love my ideas though, so maybe I’ll go back to it one day. Here are a couple of drawings that I created before I gave up on the project:

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Art

I’ve still been doodling here and there, but I haven’t found the time to work on any big paintings or any other kind of physical art lately.

Redbubble

I haven’t added anything to my Redbubble recently, but I’ve still been making a few dollars every month, which is awesome.

Between work, and trying to be social this summer, I haven’t found much time to just sit down and create anything. Then in the fall I’ll have school and marching band to worry about, but I’m sure that I’ll find time sooner or later to start a new thing or maybe even continue one of the older ones that I mentioned here.

Into the Digital Age?

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I’ve recently been taking some of my traditional pieces of art and trying to enhance them with digital editing. This includes a computer application that lets me draw on top of images of the original art digitally, and I’ve also been using photo filters to fix aspects such as brightness and color. I’m not sure how I feel about it so far. It is still completely my art since I’m the one who is editing the images, but it just feels like I’m cheating somehow. I love many digital artists though, such as Adamtots and Marsoid, and I don’t feel like they are ‘cheating’. I’m not sure why it feels different for me. I’ve done a good amount of digital art in the past so this isn’t new. Maybe it’s because these images only exist online and the actual physical art still looks unfinished.

Original
Digitally Edited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Digitally Edited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original
Digitally Edited

Avocados

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The art room in my school is slowly becoming covered in avocados. Some are painted, others are drawn in pastel, and a few are done in chalk. I thought that maybe it was just people at my school that have a weird obsession with the green fruit, but a quick google search has proven that many artists currently seem to be obsessed with avocados. Just take a look for yourself:

There are the simple avocados.

 

 

 

 

Then there are the ones that are a little odd.

 

 

 

 

Many people are even getting avocado tattoos.

 

 

 

 

People are simply obsessed with avocados.

 

 

 

 

I even decided to join the trend myself.

So the next time that you can’t think of anything to draw, maybe try an avocado.