Portrait artist combining drawing and knitting with digital tools. Art inspo and tips from a professional artist and arts administrator. https://www.dartily.com
Hey, I could see that but…I like the way this looks so see no benefit in going through the trouble embroidering. Also conceptually I like the balance of digital (digital drawing) with traditional (knitting)
Sure, took me a minute to find this specific piece. I also show pieces that are just the knitting no drawing but those are bigger allowing me to get more detail.
Thank you so much! People tend to associate knitting with positive ideas like “warmth” “hugs” comfort" and protection" I wanted the viewer to associate those ideas with the people I draw.
Thank you so much! Obvs patience and practice but also studying the Timelapse’s that procreate records of me drawing. That really helped me a lot.
Thank you!☺️
Thank you! Yes it’s 30 feet of knit fabric. I’m actually exhibiting the knit film strip beside a display of a VR environment I made in spatial.io that has the animation. The piece took me a little over a month to complete. I’m happy to answer any questions ☺️
Thank you! Not at all happy to share info. All my work starts with original drawings in procreate. I turn a layer of the drawing into a knitting pattern and then knit it (in this case using 2 colors of yarn but most of my art uses 6colors) I used to do it by hand combining stranded, intarsia, and backwards knitting techniques. When I started animated I knew I needed the knitting to be faster and the stitches even more uniform cuz I wanted the crosshatch drawing still there. I started animating with a 1950’s knitting machine. This piece was made with a hacked 1980’s knitting machine. I had to rewire it and use special software to get it to talk to contemporary computers. I need to make a video about how I make 6 color tapestries with it because it took lots of time effort and crying and cursing to get it to work hahaha. But the machine and I are best friends now it made this piece possible to complete in a little over 1 month. The knit fabric is 30 feet long and will be on exhibit next month beside a VR gallery I made in Spatial.io that features the animation. Please feel free to ask more questions I’m happy to answer them☺️
Thank you! ☺️
Thank you so much🥰
Thank you so much! I does look a bit like pastel, but I do the drawing digitally.