2001-03-16-a-JB Pen and Ink on Paper
2020-2001-03-16-a1-JB-a Digital Art
2020-2001-03-16-a2-JB-a Digital Art
2020-2001-03-16-a3-JB-a Digital Art
2020-2001-03-16-a4-JB-a Digital Art
2020-2001-03-16-a5-JB-a Digital Art
2001-03-16-b, Pencil on Paper
2001-03-16-b - Vector Drawing
Far Left: 2001-03-16-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Center: 2001-03-16-a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 - Vector Drawings
a4 reference: Confetti Birds, 2001 Yearbook
Right: 2001-03-16-b, Pencil on Paper
Far Right: 2001-03-16-b - Vector Drawing
Reference: Plastic Yarn, Yearbook 2001 page
2001-04-15-a-JB Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-04-15-a1-JB Digital Art
2001-04-15-a2-JB Digital Art
2001-04-15-a3-JB Digital Art
2001-04-15-a4-JB Digital Art
2001-04-15-a5-JB Digital Art
2001-04-15-a6-JB Digital Art
2001-04-15-a7-JB Digital Art
Far Left: 2001-04-15-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-04-15-a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 - Vector Drawings
a1 reference: Tiger Lily, Yearbook 2001
a3 reference: Apple Seeds, Yearbook 2001
a6 reference: Cloud Moons, Patterns page and Yearbook 2001
2001-04-17-a-JB, Pen and Ink on Paper, 2001
2001-04-17-a1-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a2-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a3-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a4-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a5-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a6-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a7-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a8-JB Digital Art
2001-04-17-a9-JB Digital Art
Far Left, Top: 2001-04-17-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Top left to bottom right: 2001-04-17-a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9 - Vector Drawings
a2 reference: Flowering Vine, Yearbook, 2001
a7 reference: Spinning Eye Flower, Work/Flower Eyes page
a8 reference: Cactus Flower Eyes, Work/Flower Eyes page
a9 reference: Night Vision Flower, Work/Flower Eyes page
2001-04-18-a-JB Pen and Ink Drawing
2020-2001-04-18-a1-JB-a Digital Art
2020-2001-04-18-a2-JB-a Digital Art
2020-2001-04-18-a3-JB-a DIgital Art
2020-2001-04-18-a4-JB-a Digital Art
Far Left: 2001-04-18-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-04-18-a1, a2, a3, a4 - Vector Drawings
2001-04-19-a-JB Drawing
2020-2001-04-19-a1-JB Digital Art
2020-2001-04-19-a2-JB Digital Art
2020-2001-04-19-a3-JB Digital Art
2020-2001-04-19-a4-JB Digital Art
Far Left: 2001-04-19-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-04-19-a1, a2, a3, a4 - Vector Drawings
a1 reference: Ring Gauge Pattern, Patterns page
2001-04-22-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-04-22-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-22-a2 - Vector Drawing
Left: 2001-04-22-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-04-22-a1, a2 - Vector Drawings
2001-04-24-a, Pen and Ink on Pape
2001-04-24-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-24-a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-24-a3 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-24-a4 - Vector Drawing
Far Left: 2001-04-24-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-04-24-a1, a2, a3, a4 - Vector Drawings
a1 Reference: Flower Grate, Work page, Yearbook 2024 page
2001-04-27-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-04-24-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-24-a1, a2a
2001-04-24-a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-24-a3 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-24-a4 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-24-a5 - Vector Drawing
Far Left: 2001-04-27-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-04-24-a1, a1a, a2, a3, a4, a5 - Vector Drawings
2001-04-28-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-04-28-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-28- a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-28-a3 - Vector Drawing
2001-04-28-a4 - Vector Drawing
Far Left: 2001-04-28-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-04-28-a1, a2, a3, a4 - Vector Drawings
2001-05-04-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-05-04-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a3 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a4 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a9 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a6 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a5 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a7 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a8 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a10 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a11 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-04-a12 - Vector Drawing
Top Far Left: 2001-05-04-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Top Right: 2001-05-04-a1, a2, a3, a4, a9
Bottom: 2001-05-04-a6, a5, a7, a8, a10, a11, a12
a4 reference: Power Wave - Patterns page, Yearbook 2001 page
a9 reference: Buttercup - Flowers page, Yearbook 2001 page
2001-05-05-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-05-05-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-05- a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-05-05-a3 - Vector Drawing
Far Left: 2001-05-05-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-05-05-a1, a2, a3 - Vector Drawings
2001-06-08-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-06-08-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-06-08-a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-06-08-a3 - Vector Drawing
2001-06-08-a4 - Vector Drawing
2001-06-08-a5 - Vector Drawing
2001-06-08-a6 - Vector Drawing
Far Left: 2001-06-08-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-06-08-a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 - Vector Drawings
a4 reference: Ice Cream Cone Flowers - Work page, Flowers Page
a6 reference: Flower Crowd - Flowers Page, Yearbook 2001 page
2001-07-14-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-07-14-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-07-14-a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-07-14-a3 - Vector Drawing
2001-07-14-a4 - Vector Drawing
2001-07-14-a5 - Vector Drawing
2001-07-14-a6 - Vector Drawing
2001-07-14-a7 - Vector Drawing
2001-07-14-a8 - Vector Drawing
Top Left: 2001-07-14-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Top Right: 2001-07-14-a1, a2, a3
Bottom: 2001-07-14-a4, a5, a6, a7, a8
a1 reference: Berry Pattern, Patterns page, Yearbook 2001 page
a2 reference: Driveway Gate, Yearbook 2001 page
a3 reference: Strong Wind Cloud, Yearbook 2001 page
a4 reference: Blackberry, Yearbook 2001 page
a5 reference: Strawberry, Yearbook 2001 page
a6 reference: Strawberry Cone, Yearbook 2001 page
a7 reference: Sun Berry, Yearbook 2001 page
a8 reference: Raspberry, Yearbook 2001 page
2001-10-14-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-10-14-a1 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a2 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a3 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a4 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a5 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a6 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a7 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a8 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-a9 - Vector Drawing
Top Left: 2001-10-14-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Top Right: 2001-10-14-a1, a2, a3, a4 - Vector Drawings
Bottom: 2001-10-14-a5, a6, a7, a8, a9 - Vector Drawings
a2 reference: Flower Power - Flowers Page, Yearbook 2001 page
a3 reference: Alstromeria - Flowers Page, Yearbook 2001 page
a6 reference: Bicycle Bell - Yearbook 2001 page
a9 reference: Townhouse Pattern - Patterns page, Yearbook 2001 page
2001-10-14-b - Pen and Ink on Paper
2001-10-14-b1 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-b2 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-b3 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-b4 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-b5 - Vector Drawing
2001-10-14-b6 - Vector Drawing
Left: 2001-10-14-b - Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2001-10-14-b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6
b reference: Water Pattern - Patterns page, Yearbook 2001 page
b1 reference: Volleyball Pattern - Patterns page, Yearbook 2001 page
b4 reference: Gathering Chair - Yearbook 2001 page
2002-03-02-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
2002-03-02-a1 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-02-a3 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-02-a4 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-02-a5 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-02-a6 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-02-a7 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-02-a8 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-02-a9 - Vector Drawing
Top Left: 2002-03-02-a, Pen and Ink on Paper
Top Right: 2002-03-02-a1, a3, a4, a5
Bottom: 2002-03-02-a6, a7, a8, a9
a1 reference: Knotted Thread - Patterns page and Yearbook 2002 page
a3 reference: Cloud Mirrors - Yearbook 2002 page
a6 reference: Dollar Sign - Yearbook 2002 page
a7 reference: Sparkle Scroll - Yearbook 2002 page
a8 reference: Jardiniere - Yearbook 2002 page
2002-03-16-a - Pen and Ink on Paper
2002-03-16-a1 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-16-a2 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-16-a3 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-16-a4 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-16-a5 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-16-a6 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-16-a7 - Vector Drawing
2002-03-16-a8 - Vector Drawing
Top Left: 2002-03-16-a - Pen and Ink on Paper
Top Right: 2002-03-16-a1, a2, a3, a4
Bottom: 2002-03-16-a5, a6, a7, a8
a1 reference: Lifting Chain - Yearbook 2002 page
a6 reference: Hopscotch - Yearbook 2002 page
a8 reference: Domino Mask Pattern - Patterns page, Yearbook 2002 page
2002-04-09-a - Pen and Ink on Paper
2002-04-09-a1 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-a2 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-a3 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-a4 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-a5 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-a6 - Vector Drawing
Far Left: 2002-04-09-a - Pen and Ink on Paper
Right: 2002-04-09-a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6
Left: 2002-04-09-b - Pen and Ink on Paper, 2002
Right: 2002-04-09-b1, b2
2002-04-09-c - Pen and Ink on Paper, 2002
2002-04-09-c1 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c2 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c3 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c4 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c5 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c6 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c7 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c8 - Vector Drawing
2002-04-09-c9 - Vector Drawing
Top Left: 2002-04-09-c - Pen and Ink on Paper, 2002
Top Right: 2002-04-09-c1, c2, c3, c4
Bottom: 2002-04-09-c5, c6, c7, c8, c9
Stairway Runner, Digital Art, Pattern 2, 2024
Pen and Paper to Digital Art Translations
I can't tell you how artwork happens to me. I don't have an image in my head that I'm trying to recreate on paper. It's mostly stream of consciousness.
I have sketchbooks full of doodles that I took ideas from to create my watercolor paintings in the 1980s and 1990s. I got the sketchbooks back out of the closet when I got my first personal computer and scanner in 1999 and bought art software Paint Shop Pro. It took me years to scan everything in and I went through countless technical transformations as software changed, digital tools improved, old digital file formats were discontinued, and in some cases I've had to recreate the digital drawing at least three times in order to adapt it to the latest best file format and software. Things are more stable now with digital art software and I've settled in to Adobe Illustrator for iPad, with the Apple Pencil, Adobe Illustrator for iMac, an iPhone camera, and a Canon printer/scanner as my main tools.
My current interest is to translate these doodles into vector drawings, store them in the Adobe Creative Cloud library, and ultimately use them at will to create new artwork and patterns. This page is an exhibit of the initial translations of doodles drawn with pen and ink into a vector drawing. These are waiting in the wings for adoption to new pieces of more complicated artwork.
The analog names of my artwork have always been the date that I made the artwork. Dates, times, longitude and latitude combinations are very significant to me as they are a fixed, permanent and unique point in what we experience as reality. We can connect to those points with methods such as memory, travel, story-telling, scientific measurement instruments, and photographs. For many years I left all of my artwork untitled in every other way, leaving the subject to the imagination of the viewer.
That became unwieldy as I accumulated so much artwork, and I added a name layer over top of the date name. The doodles on this page only have the date name, organized so that a computer will layer them in order by date, e.g. 2001-03-16; the page numbers for that would be, e.g. 2001-03-16-a, b, c and so on, and the doodle has a number for its place on the page, e.g. 2001-03-16-a1. The digital version of the drawing will have the year it was created on the front, e.g. 2020-2001-03-16-a1-JB, my initials added as signature.
If one of these drawings progresses to artwork with a creative name being added over top the date name, you'll find it on another page. For example, 2020-2001-03-16-a4-JB is a component of Confetti Birds, which is displayed in the Yearbook Collection, 2001 page.
