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==Article Transcript==
Elgin ‘Subwaysurfer’ Bolling and Dave ‘Bippy’ Boyer Trade iPad Caricature Tips
When like-minded friends get together,
the day can be quite exciting and
magical.
That is what happened when Dave
and Cindy Boyer traveled to Times
Square to meet up with noted artist Mr.
Elgin “Subwaysurfer” Bolling over the
Passover/Easter break of 2011.
Elgin knew I wanted to talk shop about
drawing on the iPad and the ArtStudio
App. This was part of the “homework”
and practice I wanted to do to get ready
to launch into drawing digital caricatures
for a major marketing function with the
Xerox Corporation in Rochester New
York in May 2011. (Deepest thanks to
ISCA’s Tad Barney of www.The-Nose.
com for referring me.)
Everything came together in NYC.
Picture perfect weather. Some lunch at
Micky D’s. And two iPads charged up
ready to draw.
What made this work is that Elgin and
I started drawing freelance about the
same time: Elgin in 1990, myself around
1989. We’ve got a sincere rapport and
respect for each other, and have that
certain chutzpah or spunk that we both
use in our caricature work. As we are
both native New Yorkers, everything
just fell into place, sprinkled with laughs
every minute or so.
Elgin had been drawing on the iPad
professionally for over a year. Using
ArtStudio, he showed me how one can
create and control a drawing down to
the single-pixel level. The easy-to-carry
portability of the iPad and iPad2 is a big
plus. Ten hours of working battery life
and 100 hours of standby battery life is
key to long mobile usage (away from
annoying trips to the wall charger).
Elgin’s advice was something like this:
“The iPad, ‘is what it is.’ Most people try
to use the iPad like using a traditional
art medium. You can do that. But I think
it is even more fun when you use it as
its own thing. So you can control cool effects that should have a playful
digital look.”
He advised me to use as few layers
as possible to not have a problem
with running out of memory.
I had the chance to show Elgin
my iPad2—I only had it for 30
days and ArtStudio for just 20
days. But I had practiced in
preparation of my visit with the
famous Subwaysurfer.
I showed him a bit about layer
masking, multitasking and
switching between a reference
photo and the caricature one
is working on. And then the
ArtStudio SELECTION tool to
cut, paste, resize and rotate part
of a drawing that you just want
to tweak. I use this if an eye
especially is too big or small.
We were both satisfied that the
new A5 microprocessor in the
Apple iPad2 can handle the
speed of drawing, much like any
high end gaming console. (One
wonders if Apple is going to make
a game machine in 2012).
Elgin also wanted to take me into
his real “office” to watch him draw
riders on the subway using paper
and graphite. Elgin said, “I do this
because it forces me to be loose,
quick and make fast observations.
I usually can get done with a rider
between stations. And yes, some
riders have later thanked me for
the caricature I did of them.”
My feelings afterwards would
be to welcome any chance of
drawing at a gig together: Elgin
and Bippy!
About the Xerox venue at the
Xerox Rochester NY Jazz
Festival: the marketing directors
were delighted at how well that
went. I was part of a team of
digital artists that Tad Barney
assembled.
I have to admit that my BS
degree in Electrical Engineering
Technology from Rochester
Institute of Technology (RIT)
helped me get my head around
the details of using the iPad2.
I felt like I was funneling 23
years of traditional experience of
58,000 caricatures into one flat,
glowing tablet.
But for me, the iPad2 is part of
my Business Plan for 2012 and
beyond. I am over 50 and not
really liking the weight of all the
traditional STUFF one has to
bring to a gig. Not to mention
making sure the markers are
juicy. Paper is clean and flat.
Clear bags are ready to put the
art in to keep it tidy.
A father at a Bar Mitzvah
reception put it perfectly to me. “If
you project what you are drawing
on a wide screen much like the
DJ is doing right now, you will
fill the room with your caricature
magic too. All the seated guests
will see your work. Even if they
can’t make it over to your corner.
It will add to the ambiance of a
fun evening.” So why should DJs
have all the projector fun?
Will this stop on a dime drawing
traditionally? No. Film for
cameras hasn’t stopped yet
either. Yet I’ve been waiting 30
years for a mobile device to bring
the “drawing stuff” on one hand
right up to where guests are
seated. The iPad can do that. And
double as an expensive serving
tray (haha!).
Look at how many ISCA
caricaturists now bring some form
of computer equipment to draw
with at an ISCA con. At least over
half I would say. I am committed
to using a Verizon Wireless’
MiFi, HDMI cables and adapter
modules, Apple TV module, an
iFaraday stylus, WiFi enabled
printers, e-printing Apps such
as “Epson iPrint” and the “Xerox
Mobile Print Solution” that I was
pleased to demo. I’ve even done
a more formal portrait using the
iPad2, ArtStudio, the iFaraday
stylus, and LOTS of years of
experience.
Many thanks to Elgin and other
ISCA artists (you know who you
are!) who gave the Bip some tips
to fully catapult me into the digital
caricature domain.
''Dave “Bippy” Boyer<br>NCN/ISCA member Since 1994<br>Traditional and digital caricaturist with iPad2, ArtStudio and the iFaraday stylus<br>Rochester, New York''<br>
''[http://www.bippies.com www.bippies.com]''
Elgin ‘Subwaysurfer’ Bolling and Dave ‘Bippy’ Boyer Trade iPad Caricature Tips
When like-minded friends get together,
the day can be quite exciting and
magical.
That is what happened when Dave
and Cindy Boyer traveled to Times
Square to meet up with noted artist Mr.
Elgin “Subwaysurfer” Bolling over the
Passover/Easter break of 2011.
Elgin knew I wanted to talk shop about
drawing on the iPad and the ArtStudio
App. This was part of the “homework”
and practice I wanted to do to get ready
to launch into drawing digital caricatures
for a major marketing function with the
Xerox Corporation in Rochester New
York in May 2011. (Deepest thanks to
ISCA’s Tad Barney of www.The-Nose.
com for referring me.)
Everything came together in NYC.
Picture perfect weather. Some lunch at
Micky D’s. And two iPads charged up
ready to draw.
What made this work is that Elgin and
I started drawing freelance about the
same time: Elgin in 1990, myself around
1989. We’ve got a sincere rapport and
respect for each other, and have that
certain chutzpah or spunk that we both
use in our caricature work. As we are
both native New Yorkers, everything
just fell into place, sprinkled with laughs
every minute or so.
Elgin had been drawing on the iPad
professionally for over a year. Using
ArtStudio, he showed me how one can
create and control a drawing down to
the single-pixel level. The easy-to-carry
portability of the iPad and iPad2 is a big
plus. Ten hours of working battery life
and 100 hours of standby battery life is
key to long mobile usage (away from
annoying trips to the wall charger).
Elgin’s advice was something like this:
“The iPad, ‘is what it is.’ Most people try
to use the iPad like using a traditional
art medium. You can do that. But I think
it is even more fun when you use it as
its own thing. So you can control cool effects that should have a playful
digital look.”
He advised me to use as few layers
as possible to not have a problem
with running out of memory.
I had the chance to show Elgin
my iPad2—I only had it for 30
days and ArtStudio for just 20
days. But I had practiced in
preparation of my visit with the
famous Subwaysurfer.
I showed him a bit about layer
masking, multitasking and
switching between a reference
photo and the caricature one
is working on. And then the
ArtStudio SELECTION tool to
cut, paste, resize and rotate part
of a drawing that you just want
to tweak. I use this if an eye
especially is too big or small.
We were both satisfied that the
new A5 microprocessor in the
Apple iPad2 can handle the
speed of drawing, much like any
high end gaming console. (One
wonders if Apple is going to make
a game machine in 2012).
Elgin also wanted to take me into
his real “office” to watch him draw
riders on the subway using paper
and graphite. Elgin said, “I do this
because it forces me to be loose,
quick and make fast observations.
I usually can get done with a rider
between stations. And yes, some
riders have later thanked me for
the caricature I did of them.”
My feelings afterwards would
be to welcome any chance of
drawing at a gig together: Elgin
and Bippy!
About the Xerox venue at the
Xerox Rochester NY Jazz
Festival: the marketing directors
were delighted at how well that
went. I was part of a team of
digital artists that Tad Barney
assembled.
I have to admit that my BS
degree in Electrical Engineering
Technology from Rochester
Institute of Technology (RIT)
helped me get my head around
the details of using the iPad2.
I felt like I was funneling 23
years of traditional experience of
58,000 caricatures into one flat,
glowing tablet.
But for me, the iPad2 is part of
my Business Plan for 2012 and
beyond. I am over 50 and not
really liking the weight of all the
traditional STUFF one has to
bring to a gig. Not to mention
making sure the markers are
juicy. Paper is clean and flat.
Clear bags are ready to put the
art in to keep it tidy.
A father at a Bar Mitzvah
reception put it perfectly to me. “If
you project what you are drawing
on a wide screen much like the
DJ is doing right now, you will
fill the room with your caricature
magic too. All the seated guests
will see your work. Even if they
can’t make it over to your corner.
It will add to the ambiance of a
fun evening.” So why should DJs
have all the projector fun?
Will this stop on a dime drawing
traditionally? No. Film for
cameras hasn’t stopped yet
either. Yet I’ve been waiting 30
years for a mobile device to bring
the “drawing stuff” on one hand
right up to where guests are
seated. The iPad can do that. And
double as an expensive serving
tray (haha!).
Look at how many ISCA
caricaturists now bring some form
of computer equipment to draw
with at an ISCA con. At least over
half I would say. I am committed
to using a Verizon Wireless’
MiFi, HDMI cables and adapter
modules, Apple TV module, an
iFaraday stylus, WiFi enabled
printers, e-printing Apps such
as “Epson iPrint” and the “Xerox
Mobile Print Solution” that I was
pleased to demo. I’ve even done
a more formal portrait using the
iPad2, ArtStudio, the iFaraday
stylus, and LOTS of years of
experience.
Many thanks to Elgin and other
ISCA artists (you know who you
are!) who gave the Bip some tips
to fully catapult me into the digital
caricature domain.
''Dave “Bippy” Boyer<br>NCN/ISCA member Since 1994<br>Traditional and digital caricaturist with iPad2, ArtStudio and the iFaraday stylus<br>Rochester, New York''<br>
''[http://www.bippies.com www.bippies.com]''
