This slideshow is a continuation of the play in alcohol inks and digital image editing in a time of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and working from home. The slideshow title is used lightly as are the textual labels applied to the various visuals. These do show my enjoyment of informal speech and colloquialisms. These works are by a novice and are mostly for handling stress in the present moment. Such a time of hope but with a need for continued biosafety measures (stay safe out there, all!)!

1. Water Cycle
A newbie’s play in alcohol inks,
synthetic papers,
and digital image editing…
Shalin Hai-Jew
February 2021

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Eggplant

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Shatterproof

4. 4
Tailwinds

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Underwater

6. 6
Seaweed

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Vermiform

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Leaded Pencil

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Tentacles

10. 10
Walk on the Konza

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Cheers

12. Water Cycle
• This slideshow is just a continuation of the “alcohol ink” series on
synthetic and non-synthetic paper, during the SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19
pandemic.
• Ideally (and in theory)…
• the visual works have to work “globally” often with general shapes and colors
and lines.
• the works should contain visual interest wherever the eye lands. This is
handled often with line, color, texture, and other elements.
• Mostly, it is about experimentation with materials and digital editing
and having fun (for me, anyway).
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13. Water Cycle(cont.)
• This work continues a turning to digital image editing for variations
from the original seeding alcohol inks.
• I am learning about combinatorial complexity in various filters and
hue and saturation and vibrance changes. I am learning about how
sequentiality affects the contents of the digital visual image (based on
the alcohol ink works).
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14. Water Cycle(cont.)
• This work also coincides with the recycling of many of the initial
batches of doodles at the local recyclery, which takes plastics (#5).
My sense is that the true state of the visuals is digital (in terms of
versioning).
• I kept a few which involved new learning and perhaps a glimmer of sentiment.
• As to re-use, I drew over some of the prior ones to see if I could make
something workable through ink layering.
• Interestingly, while the analog or physical version can seem a little muddy,
digital editing can bring out some interesting aspects.
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15. Water Cycle(cont.)
• The title of this slideshow continues to play with ideas of liquidity and
water. Perhaps there are some environmental evocations here, too.
But labels are all applied pretty lightly.
• At some point, I will go to paintbrushes, but right now, the pouring,
tilting, application of air pressure, and the use of a hair dryer for
quick-drying of some of the works…are the main approaches…beyond
the digital editing later (for the variants).
• My preferences are still for the accidental shapes and colors and ink mixes vs.
the high-control digital…
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16. On translucent synth paper
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Boiling

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Evapotranspiration

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New Deal

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Between Spaces

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Hide and Go Seek

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Glacial Ice

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Flora

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Wind and Rocks

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Leaky Sun

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Tundra

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Mushroom Hunting

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Shell Game

29. On white synth paper
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Tradeoffs

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Shell Game 2

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Capture

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Cloud Infrastructure

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Dawn

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Sunrise

36. 36
Warming Fire

37. On digital variants
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Teardrop

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Shipping

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Fungi

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Ship’s Wheel

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Maw

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Artifice

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Wild Picked

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Eddy

46. 46
Sail

47. 47
How Sausage Made

48. 48
Hidden Places

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Dung Beetle Mud Ball

50. 50
Float

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Zipper

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Play Ball

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Blue Ice

54. 54
One Ring

55. 55
Pool Party

56. 56
Reach

57. 57
Braided

58. 58
Sheet Music

59. 59
Whiffle

60. 60
Protection

61. 61
On Glass

62. 62
Netting

63. 63
Glorious Morning

64. 64
Snow Scenes

65. 65
Circulation

66. 66
Cauliflower

67. 67
Partial Surface

68. 68
Ultrasound

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Links Finally

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Entrancement

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Pastel

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Extract

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Dark Pools

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Contour

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Barrette

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Stream

78. 78
Warming Earth

79. 79
Crouching Six

80. 80
Tears

81. 81
Squashed

82. 82
Squashed 2

83. 83
Swirl

84. 84
Mid-Rose

85. 85
Kansas Grasses