Leslye Bloom

Peeks and pokes, two color families, etc., etc. were restricting, but I could make marks with a graphics tablet and print with an impact printer on continuous feed, perforated paper. The darker values came from careful re-feeding the paper and overprinting. Moon flower took days and days to print. You can see some registration pencil marks in the marriage detail.
1984- Pork Chops		1986 - Ghost Blanket
1984 - Moon Flower
1984 - Marriage Here two sheets were cut into strips and inter-woven. -		1984 - Marriage (detail) Note the pencil registration marks at the bottom left.
I taught some classes, computer camps, an artist residency with middle schoolers and Koala Pads, and presented at some conferences - stressing two points: Computer art is a valid medium because individual students use it differently, and Computer art is becoming easier all the time.

Early Mac: I could Draw! I could Paint! At first I had to take slides of the screen, like the image on the right. So I bought a Tektronix wax printer (it cost as much as a car!) to go with my first Mac. Special paper was printed with yellow, cyan, and magenta layers from a printer roll, in proportion to the colors needed (see the topmost photo of me with roller film section.)
		Software: MacDraw - Claris Software
Color It!
Brushes didn't make paintings, and computers didn't make art. Computers were becoming easier.

Early Work

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