![]() ![]() It has not replaced sketchbooks, which give me back a material drawing, allow me to make collages, play more with colours and are physically consumed as part of the creative process. The mini is exactly the extension of my notebooks. But I never take that out, it sits on my desk. If I need to do big works, or edit a video or a photo, the space I have on the larger iPad Pro is very useful. Size and weight are the most important aspects, of course. Is it a matter of the size of the device, or are there other aspects? I could not take the light table with me to work on sketches, for example, but on the iPad, I can just use the transparency of a layer and copy it onto another layer. Travelling a lot, it has changed my life because I can take dozens of tools with me. And then there is another aspect: the iPad mini has made me rediscover the pleasure of the sketchbook. Especially because commercial work has a deadline: if I take less time to do a drawing, I have more time to try new things, or even just more free time for my own work. In that sense, the iPad immediately gave me a sense of freedom and more possibilities to explore. The ability to erase, go back, fix the mistake, makes me approach drawing in a different way. I have always tried not to repeat or recreate the traditional experience with the iPad, but to discover how to do things differently. There are also deep differences, for better or for worse: the iPad does not have the friction that a pen has on paper, and the creation is faster. I have not abandoned my notebook, my pencils, my brushes, though. ![]() In terms of gestures, working on the iPad certainly has deep similarities with the classic tools of the visual artist. So, the iPad as an electronic version of pencils and brushes? However, even on the iPad I start from a manual and instinctive stroke, as I would have on paper. I believe that each tool has its own characteristics, to be explored individually. ![]() I am not interested in creating a bridge between analogue and digital, I am happy for the two experiences to remain separate. I have never tried to combine the two worlds. However, when I tried the Pencil, the difference was abysmal, I found sensations that the graphics tablet never gave me, closer to my analogue past. At most, I have always used the classic Wacom graphics tablet, the one without the integrated display. I think I am one of the few visual artists or illustrators who has never had a “Wacom Cintiq with display” period. Massoni, what made you start using the iPad?įor me what made the difference was the Apple Pencil. In order to understand how a device often associated with the concept of content use can already be a full-fledged tool for artistic creation. ![]() As part of our research into the evolution of creative work, we asked him to tell us about his experience. According to Massoni, it does not simply act as a bridge between analogue and digital, but it is a world apart, to be discovered by following new rules, without trying to impose the analogue creative experience. This choice is linked to the opportunities enabled by the tool. Almost all of them are now created on an Apple tablet. Today, his visual explorations range from drawing to animation, and can be found in books and magazines, but also in advertising campaigns of major international brands. Simone Massoni is a visual artist who began his career as an illustrator of children’s books. The iPad mini, in particular, made me rediscover that kind of freshness and more direct approach to drawing”. “I was born as an analogue artist and the iPad, as strange as it sounds, takes me back to my origins, when I drew more often with pens and brushes. ![]()
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