Making Templates on the iPad

I've been playing around with making templates using my iPad.  My intent is that I can whip open the iPad and draw designs wherever I am.  The app I am using is ArtRage3.  Here's the first template I've actually printed out and cut using this method.

Actually, I'm trying to make designs that I could use for card making so these will need to be designed to be cut from cardstock.  Delicate designs that I can cut with paper, become clumsy and rough with thicker material.  The learning curve for both getting to know the app and designing for cardstock has been a little steep.  At the moment I think I may be over the hump or at least over the first hump.

This is the piece cut out.

The Fat Fairy Battles Mano a Mano

This is a template I created on the iPad.  I have to admit, my plan was for the fat fairy to be doing a tango with a spider.  When I went to bed last night, she was all that I had drawn.  This morning when I opened the image back up, it looked more like a tug of war than a tango; kind of like interpreting a Rohrschach image.   I'll be curious to see how I change the image when it becomes a paper cutting.

Templates and Apps

Since school has been back in session, I have had so little time for my paper cutting.  My teaching time and time spent on extra duties at work, have been the most taxing of my entire 26 year career.  When I get home, I just want to sit and be left alone for a while.  I'm not willing to let go of the things at home that bring me joy though, and I am trying to find ways to adapt. 

Also, when Mark gets home, I don't want to isolate myself from him and go down to my studio to work, so I am attempting to make templates for myself on the computer and the iPad.   If I like a design, I can print it out and cut it for myself.  I can also work on the designs while I am out in the world.

I had been using a trial version of ArtRage on the computer, but hadn't quite gotten the results I wanted.  One of my driving reasons for buying an iPad was for template making, so I bought an ArtRage app for it.  Oddly enough, at a price that was $60 less than the computer program, and with as many features as that program, the app just feels right to me.

Here's a design I played around with just now.  I may cut it out to see how it translates to cut paper.  At any rate, it is fun playing around with different features.