140pix, Southern California edition

Ever feel like you need to “embrace” the latest tools to create your art? Well, you don’t have to love the tools to work with them. Witness Jensie Tolman (@JMTolman). She recently tweeted her preference for non-digital drawing tools. “I hate drawing on the computer, but I like this marker effect.” Below is the artwork that accompanied her tweet. She told me that the whole thing was done with Photoshop and a graphics tablet. If you like this piece, make sure to check out more of her work on her Etsy site. It’s there that I found that Tolman has a a type of synesthesia which makes her see music. If you’re as curious and ignorant as I am, read about synesthesia on Wikipedia.

How do you spend your time when you’re on a plane, heading back to Southern California after spending time with the fam? If you’re an artist like Tatiana Krasovski (@hey_tani), you might sketch that time away. After getting back to L.A. earlier this month, Krasovski shared this sketch on Twitter. Krasovski is an illustrator and designer originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine. If you like this sketch, check out more of her work on her site, illustratk.com.

On a late Friday night a couple weeks back, Victorville’s Jason McCormack (@zombiemuse) completed this painting of an open-minded Medusa man (my label, not the title of the piece) and tweeted “Finally finished 1 for the show tomorrow. #fridaynightartdorks” In my usual dig to find out where “dorks” is, I found out that #fridaynightartdorks is a hashtag created by Chet Zar (@chetzar) and used by artists who choose to refine their craft instead of partaking in other Friday festivities. If you want to see more of Jason McCormack’s work, make sure to visit his MySpace page.