This is the first image I ever made using a computer. After a life-changing course on visual creativity and the computer at Homerton college in 1985 run by Fred Daly I 'borrowed' a BBC B computer from the maths department at school and used a copy of a new art package called Image. It was all driven by the arrow keys as there were no mice. I also managed to convince Integrex to lend me an early inkjet colour printer. This is a scan of my first original computer art printout (which is why it's a bit grey). I can still remember the absolute joy of watching it emerge from the printer.
At the time I had been watching with envy the BBC2 TV series "painting with light" where famous artists like Hockney and Hamilton got to play with a Quantel paintbox, which I think cost the best part of a quarter of a million quid, was bigger than my living room and required a team of technicians to make it work for the artists. I then went on this course and realised I could do what they were struggling to do on my kitchen table with borrowed kit.
At the time I had been watching with envy the BBC2 TV series "painting with light" where famous artists like Hockney and Hamilton got to play with a Quantel paintbox, which I think cost the best part of a quarter of a million quid, was bigger than my living room and required a team of technicians to make it work for the artists. I then went on this course and realised I could do what they were struggling to do on my kitchen table with borrowed kit.
First digital image
VisualArt_PC
Comments:
Oblivious (March 8, 2007. 07:48pm)
We certainly have come a long way :p