30 Paintings 30 Days continued…
Technology reared it’s ugly head yesterday and I thought this project, at least the ipad part of it, was coming to a screeching halt.
Nothing was working. Procreate, the app I’m using, kept crashing. And then the brushes in it took on a life of their own. The eraser became charcoal and magic areas remained blank, resisting all manipulation.
It wasn’t fun anymore.
It was only when I tried emailing the finished piece that I connected the technology dots, i.e., an image emailed from one app showed up in my inbox as four very different images from another app.
While bitching about this online (Me? Bitch online?) FB friend Jaime suggested I turn off the app (Really? Turn off an app? You can do that???) and reboot the ipad. (Another lightbulb moment. I have never turned off the ipad, I didn’t even know you could do that because NOTHING COMES WITH MANUALS ANYMORE!!!)
There aren’t many external buttons on an ipad so I eventually was able to find it. Pat myself on the back here for being so astute. I shut it off and went to bed.
This morning I googled how to shut off ipad apps and discovered that EVERY app I have EVER used was up and running in the background. So I turned them ALL off and reopened Procreate and emailed yesterday’s image to myself.
Except the image sucks. Every mark was like pulling teeth. Way too much creative angst with this one.
Women in Red # 4
But I learned some valuable lessons:
- Between Facebook and Google, you can find the answer to anything
- Shut off buttons are your friends
- When technology fails, you can always do it the old fashioned way with a REAL brush. Which I didn’t but was fully prepared to do.
As always, love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Or just skip the comments and send me some chocolate.
xo
Errrrggghhh! It’s maddening! when technology doesn’t cooperate.
Chocolate on it’s way. . . . but I like this piece.
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You like her because you don’t have history with her, Judy 🙂
Mmmm…chocolate!
Unsinkable comes to mind when I think about this post – not the kind that stubbornly grips but the kind that remains open to being buoyed by a greater force. Love that about you :). AND, just for the inspiration, I have emailed you about some chocolate goodness.
Unsinkable? Ohhhh, I LIKE that! Visions of Debbie Reynolds dancing around in my head. 🙂
Now I’m off to check out that chocolate link you sent me. Thanks!
/me hands Susan a VERY LARGE BLOCK OF DARK CHOCOLATE.
Here you go. Virtual dark chocolate. See how big that block is? That will calm your nerves (or maybe wind them up to breaking point!)
Actually, I don’t think she’s so sucky …
Oh, and husband was trying to play with his Ipad this morning – except the battery had gone flat, and it’s been off for a month, and everything’s gone all ‘funny’, and there’s a gazillion updates … and … and …
Right … on that note, I’ll go back to my weaving!
🙂
Virtual dark chocolate. 85 %, right Sue? Ohhhhhhh, I’m happier already….
Go back to your weaving now (mmph mmph..spoken with mouth full) while I continue exploring technology.
And tell Mr. B I’m sorry he’s suffering from iPad interruptus.
🙂