Keltie Borden completed her 366 day Art on My iPhone project on September 29th...
What are the biggest lessons/skills you learned from doing your project? Time management. I had to work out the best way to fit this project into my day. At first I wrote up entries ahead of time and had them scheduled to upload automatically. I switched from this when I found that often I'd come up with something and want to post it on the same day only to have to wait a week or so to have it upload. I wanted the flexibility of changing my mind without having to shift around a bunch of entries so I kept a lot of finished pieces on hand and wrote up the entry in the evening after my daughter went to bed.
I learned that I do have the discipline to stick to a 365 project which meant a lot to me. My previous unfinished 365 project weighed on me so this one was important.
In what ways did the project change your life? Photography! I intended to make this more of a drawing/sketching project but found after a bit that I was enjoying the iPhone camera more than anything. I had never attempted photography before this and within a couple of months it was all I wanted to do! I've had a blast trying out various photography and post-processing apps and have been very pleased with what I've come up with within the limitations of the iPhone 4 camera.
Since it seems that I have a fondness and maybe even a little skill for taking photographs I plan to get a 'real' grownup camera and see what I can do. I've always wanted to take up birdwatching so that I can take my own bird photos. I really, really like birds.
Now what? Now I'm planning my next 365 project (which I won't be announcing just yet.) However, Art On My iPhone is going to undergo a transformation into Life On My iPhone. We are moving to another city and I want to keep a photoblog to keep family and friends at home up to date on our lives and happenings. I enjoy iPhone photography so much that I want to keep it up and this seems like a perfect fusion. It won't be a 365 project or update on a daily schedule but it should be a pretty regular thing. I'm also in the midst of writing a serial online novel so juggling those plus my new 365 project will be exciting!
See Keltie's original 365 interview HERE.
See all of Keltie's iPhone art HERE.
What are the biggest lessons/skills you learned from doing your project? Time management. I had to work out the best way to fit this project into my day. At first I wrote up entries ahead of time and had them scheduled to upload automatically. I switched from this when I found that often I'd come up with something and want to post it on the same day only to have to wait a week or so to have it upload. I wanted the flexibility of changing my mind without having to shift around a bunch of entries so I kept a lot of finished pieces on hand and wrote up the entry in the evening after my daughter went to bed.
I learned that I do have the discipline to stick to a 365 project which meant a lot to me. My previous unfinished 365 project weighed on me so this one was important.
In what ways did the project change your life? Photography! I intended to make this more of a drawing/sketching project but found after a bit that I was enjoying the iPhone camera more than anything. I had never attempted photography before this and within a couple of months it was all I wanted to do! I've had a blast trying out various photography and post-processing apps and have been very pleased with what I've come up with within the limitations of the iPhone 4 camera.
Since it seems that I have a fondness and maybe even a little skill for taking photographs I plan to get a 'real' grownup camera and see what I can do. I've always wanted to take up birdwatching so that I can take my own bird photos. I really, really like birds.
Now what? Now I'm planning my next 365 project (which I won't be announcing just yet.) However, Art On My iPhone is going to undergo a transformation into Life On My iPhone. We are moving to another city and I want to keep a photoblog to keep family and friends at home up to date on our lives and happenings. I enjoy iPhone photography so much that I want to keep it up and this seems like a perfect fusion. It won't be a 365 project or update on a daily schedule but it should be a pretty regular thing. I'm also in the midst of writing a serial online novel so juggling those plus my new 365 project will be exciting!
See Keltie's original 365 interview HERE.
See all of Keltie's iPhone art HERE.
