BlogHide Resteemskismetart (56)in digitalart • last yearA new direction, incorporating found imageryIt's been a while since I posted here, as I've been focusing on posting mainly to Instagram and neglecting other repositories and placements for my work. This one is worth a few more words than I…kismetart (56)in digital • 3 years agoLine Codex - first post in yearsI haven't posted in way too long! This new piece is a gestural, instinctive line composition that I created as black lines on white and then reversed (to help the delicate lines retain…kismetart (56)in art • 5 years agoLeap Day Line Explorations 2020I've been working more in my minimalist linear mode lately, exploring new techniques and getting some fun results. One of the techniques involves drawing a form, cutting the line segments of that…kismetart (56)in art • 5 years agotrippy new post-Christmas artwork (object landscapes)I've stepped away from the RGB universe for a bit to play in a new mode, this one a fusion of several techniques I've used in the past. What these images all share is that in each there is some…kismetart (56)in art • 5 years agoRGB Line Art partyI'm on a roll lately, shifting my line work/play into a colorized mode, mainly using the classic triad of colors Red Green and Blue. I played a lot with circles using different manipulations, hence…kismetart (56)in art • 5 years agosketching real things for a change... (strangers)A lot of my work is abstract and non-representational, but I like to keep stretching myself and trying new things, so I've been sketching random people I see in the coffee shop... it's tricky…kismetart (56)in art • 5 years agoLine power flow (Difficult to Display Line Drawings, Part 3)I'm in a groove, a mindset, haters might call it a rut, future art historians who write about me (lol) will call it a "period" ... my "line period." In any case, these are just flowing forth…kismetart (56)in art • 5 years agoLine meditations (aka Difficult to Display Line Drawings, Part 2)I've been experimenting with lines a lot lately, and this is a trio of new works in that vein... enjoy! Phase Hallway (2019) digital art by Kevin McLaughlin Rigid geometric forms merge…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoinjecting more emotion in my art... a startI've been inspired by other artists and by circumstance to inject more of my own emotions into my artwork. My background as an artist and performer tells me that when an idea frightens you, it's…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoDifficult-to-display line drawingsI'm having the darnedest time uploading some of my latest drawings at sufficient resolution for them to be viewed properly... due to the nature of the compositions I am getting a lot of moire effect…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoFantasy line buildings keep coming out of my headNot sure what is behind it, but lately I seem to be in a phase where I keep drawing fantastical buildings in a minimalist style. So I thought I'd share a couple. The first was inspired by the…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoDigital Art Treat of the Day: Dimensional Embassy, a weird new artworkThere are some works that emerge slowly from their creative kernel/process, and eventually reveal other levels of strangeness that seem to come out of nowhere. This was one of those that grew on me…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoAn experimental scribbleThis work is an experimental scribble made good, the result of perseverance and trusting in process. It looks bright and sunny and tropical but I think of it as more of a funerary image, about death…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoA happy accidentI experienced a happy accident today while working on an originally modest, meandering doodle (eventually titled Involvement) that I chose to keep developing until it filled the allotted space…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoDigital Art Treat of the Day #4 - title inside image: helpful? limiting? cheesy?Today I'm posting a new work-in-progress that combines elements of various styles I've played with. This version includes the title of the work incorporated into the image itself, something I've…kismetart (56)in digital • 6 years agoDigital Art Treat of the Day #3 -- Title Talk(Kevin McLaughlin, Tropicrest (working title) , digital art, 2018) Hello Steemians, I'm posting another recent artwork... I haven't decided on a final title yet, sometimes you give something a…kismetart (56)in art • 6 years agoDigital Art Treat of the Day #2(Kevin McLaughlin, Daisy Festival Stage , digital art, 2018) This began as some play in the center with rounded rectangles which were rotated, blended, filled, layered and puckered, forming…kismetart (56)in digital • 6 years agoNew Digital Art Treat of the DayHello Steemians, I've decided to use Steemit as a sort of testing ground for some of my digital artwork that has not been published before.... both new, recent stuff, works in progress, and older…kismetart (56)in introduceyourself • 6 years agoIntroducing Kevin McLaughlin, Kismet ArtIntroducing Kismet Art (Kevin McLaughlin) Hello Steemit, my name is Kevin McLaughlin . I am a visual artist and performer based in Minneapolis, MN. After spending years behind a lens capturing…
