A few years ago, I discovered the Digiblog Theorum (Digital Camera + Free Time = Blog). Well recently I discovered a new (yet similar) theorum—the VacaDigiArt Theorum (Free Time During Vacation = New Digital Artwork). And just to prove that it works, allow me to share my newest creations with all of you:

This first one didn’t really take me much time—just a few hours—but I’m pretty happy with the Jedi-tastic results. Now my guess is, you’re either saying “Oh, sweet!” or you may be scratching your heads and wondering, “Um…Why?” Well, it’s a long story, but I’ve been wanting to put my head on Mr. Incredible’s head for a long time, but I never actually figured out a way to make it look good. Then, this fall, I took some pictures of me in black holding a broomstick to use for an image I made for Marriage and Family Therapy class (told you it was a long story), and I had a few leftover. So I digitally darkened my clothes, replaced the broomstick with a lightsaber, and added a custom-made starfield background, and viola! Now I’m Luke Skywalker. Notice the cool metallic look on the yellow letters—a nice touch if I do say so myself. 🙂 And the message—well, that’s my own little secret…

This next one is a complex composite of some pictures of one of my professors showing off his sword skills during an RTS community picnic. He’s known for being a really unique guy—intelligent, approachable, and passionate about God, but with a no-nonsense, tell-it-to-you-straight personality. (He actually jumped up on a table during class once to make a point—talk about a great way to get your class’s attention!) Anyway, the message of this image is all my own creation, as are all the quotes, but I still think it does a great job at capturing Dr. Kidd’s inimitable spirit. Slice on, Dr. Kidd, slice on!

Now you probably wouldn’t have guessed it, but the following bamboo images were actually created as a background idea for the samurai image above. First, I followed an online tutorial that teaches you how to draw your very own digital bamboo, which I think came out rather nicely (top left). Then, I used one of the bamboo leaves (scaled up tremendously) to create a catchy green background (bottom left) that I also turned blue for use with the samurai image. But then Jen gave me the idea to use the first bamboo design as a Japanese New Years’ Greetings card, which inspired me to use the white space in the first image to write a little message in Japanese (bottom right). Finally, I combined all the previous versions to get what I think is the best version (top right). That’s what I like about digital art—you can save different versions of your work, and use them interchangeably with each other. Sure beats painting the same thing over and over again…

( Translation: God’s blessing is forever increasing like the green bamboo. )

These last three are some of my older audio skits that have been combined with one all-new image each so that I can post them on our YouTube channel. I’m planning on re-releasing most of my best skits on YouTube this way, and I figured I would start out with three of my favorites: Billy Bob’s Bar-B-Que Beef, Channel 14 Prime Time Tonight, and Jen’s favorite, the WMAC Weather Report. I had a lot of fun designing these custom images, so if you’ve never heard my audio skits before, or if it’s been a while, why not check ’em out? Just click below and enjoy:

So now you see that the VacaDigiArt Theorum has been solidly proven. Now to try and disprove the Clini-No-Art Theorum, which states that it is impossible to do any art whatsoever while taking classes at RTS and working at the counseling clinic at the same time! 🙂