Free Resources from the Net for (Special) Education

A while ago, I promised a “series” of posts about art resources.  I haven’t managed many posts at all this summer, and so far only one of those has been about an art resource.  That post was about Pencil: Traditional Animation Software.  Now I’m back with another wonderful art application.  This one is more akin to Viscosity, which I wrote about back on March 16th.

Mutapic is a wonderful “art generator” for the artist who wants to put a visually interesting piece together very quickly, as I have attempted with these two examples.

Or, for the artist who is prepared to take time to thoroughly explore and apply the available options, much more is possible as shown by the art that I’ve copied here from the Mutapic Gallery.

Mutapic’s user interface is straightforward and easy to use, but it may seem a bit challenging at first.  It is worth taking time to go through the developer’s excellent online documentation.  Since this blog is about free resources, the free version is my focus here.  I want to point out that Mutapic’s developer is interested in selling a reasonably priced ‘pro’ version of the software.  I believe there are many who would think the investment well worthwhile after taking the free Mutapic for a test drive.

I feel compelled to add my customary disclaimer when writing about an art resource.  I’m neither an artist, nor an authority on art.  Early on in school I became convinced that  “I  couldn’t do art”.  I certainly was incapable of creating anything that I felt good about when I compared it with what my classmates would produce.  No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t have kept my colours inside the lines if my life had depended on it.  Teachers referred to my work as “sloppy”.  Still, they insisted that I keep trying to “do art” even though I hated every second of it and felt as though I was an abysmal failure.

If digital tools such as Mutapic had been available to me during my school art classes, I believe that I would have loved those art classes!