miyupimatisiwin 12102013

End of year #JimSaahuun notes.

Miyúpimátisíwin December 10 2013 @ouwaah
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Wild Horses by the Bay.

November 25 2013, Wild Horses by the Bay.

This is a digital visual project that I started earlier this month.
This is to get the creative flow flowing again.
Akuda, wachiya. -ats

August 30 2013

Amanda T. Sam. All Rights Reserved 2013. Wild Horse August 30, 2013
@ouwaah

original is 200 DPI 20 x 20 inches. I pushed my machine to finish rendering this piece but not sure where it is going. I have officially crashed Photoshop CS6! hehe

Erasure poem Raven's Story (June 26, 2013)

This was my first attempt at writing an erasure poem for my portfolio. 

Submitted on June 26, 2013. ENGL 224 The Creative Process at Concordia University.

@ouwaah June 26, 2013. Click on image for larger view.

June 17 2013 Raven

Been rendering new digital paint brushes in my studio.
Digital painting is still a new tool for me.
This is my old friend, Raven.
original: 32 x 25 inches 200 DPI
PS CS6 and Illustrator CS6.
Recovering from a bad cough,
canvas season will have to wait another season.
Wachiya, ATS @ouwaah

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Caribou Sunset. June 16 2013

click on image for larger view. Wachiya - ATS

Format: PS CS6
Date: June 16, 2013
Title: Caribou Sunset.
Original dimensions: 30"x24"
Amanda T. Sam
@ouwaah
Since caribou is one of my favorite foods,
I thought of doing a digital project on caribou.
Design motifs are illustrated from caribou-skin coats worn by hunters.
Sunset is from Fort-George island by the Great river, Chasípích.

Wolf and next generation

wolf crop photoshop project
from 04-01-2013

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June 8 drawing and coffee

@ouwaah: some hours later, coffee, lost track of time. More ink on this drawing (untitled, June 2013). #iiyiyiyu #amandatsam http://t.co/xNtyYk5dWh

My pen is jacked up so might as well take a break. 

Bamboo and geese May 28 2013

Bamboo and Geese May 28 2013. (2013)
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A painting composition from 2010. 

Drawing from 2012. 

Stilettos, sometimes.

Lost track of time earlier this afternoon.

I prefer hanging out in a forest on most days.

Feeling turquoise and green are good colours this week.

You get bamboo and geese. 

This project is about 42" x 32", 200 DPI.

wachiya - ATS

photoshop break 05-22-2013

scribbling on photoshop during class... 

Amanda T. Sam; 05-22-2013, photoshop, @ouwaah
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Goose break story: the art of canoeing

Night Sky back home 2007

Night Sky back home (Goose Break, 2007)

Amanda T. Sam 2007, DSC03300.jpg
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iiyiyiyu aschii

Introduction of Jim Saahuun 2010

This is the first introduction of Jim Saahuun back in 2010. 

The art book project consisted of several pages where the protagonist,
James (Jim) Saahuun, experiences a lucid dream (image sequences). 

2010: The first introduction of Jim Saahuun at Dawson College (Arts et Lettres)
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goose decoys

Computer Art: April 5 2013

No more horses after this one.

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Computer Art: 04-02-2013

Two wolves. Raven.

04-01-2013, click on image for larger view.

Computer Art: 03-30-2013

project title: Sweet Grass & Roses

03-30-2013, click on image for larger view

Computer Art: March 20 2013

Winter is over! :) 

wachiya - ATS

Amanda T. Sam. "03/20-2013" (72DPI 1000 x 1000 px)
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Photoshop, CS6
original: 30 x 30 inches
Title: 03/20-2013
date: March 20, 2013
// practising more with digital paintbrushes and layering.
image sources: got the birds and bear from the WWW.
drawing (left), trees, camo moss strokes, and photo (furthest layer) by me.
www.AmandaTSam.net
@ouwaah
@iiyiyiyu (IG)

Computer Art: 03-05-2013

Amanda T. Sam, 03-05-2013
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Trying out new bristle paintbrushes on illustrator and photoshop. wachiya, -ats

Computer Art: 03-02-2013

Amanda T. Sam, Computer Art: 03-02-2013
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Make Bannock, not war.

"Make bannock, 

not war."

02-09-2013

@ouwaah

#creelabix #iiyiyiyu #INM #peace

trying out cree syllabics on PS CS6.

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short URL: http://iurl.no/LDD

Computer Art: 02-08-2013

Enjoying the snow blizzard today.

Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop: 02-08-2013

Raven, Moose, Geese, and Sky Woman. 

#iiyiyiyu #ouwaah #amandatsam #02082013

Amanda T. Sam, 02-08-2013 @ouwaah
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Computer Art: Jan24 2013 version2

#amandatsam #ouwaah #iiyiyiyu @ouwaah

Amanda T. Sam, Jan24 2013 version 2
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Golden Teepee - Jan24 2013 (version 1)
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Published: http://ouwaah.blogspot.ca/2013/01/computer-art-january-24-2013.html

Computer Art: Jan24 2013 version2

scribbling compositions, testing out PS CS6 #11Nations #scribbles #workout

Computer Art: 02-04-2013

Amanda T. Sam :// 02-04-2013. web: 72 DPI (800 × 1200)
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http://ouwaah.blogspot.ca/2013/02/computer-art-02-04-2013.html #amandatsam, #moose, #geese, #nisk, #sky #woman, #infinity, #iiyiyiyu, #scribbles, 02-04-2013, #ouwaah

Computer Art: IIYIYIYU Article 14 FEB1 2013

iiyiyiuyimiu (she speaks Cree)

Once upon a time, 

at an event in MTL,

being slightly nervous, 

I read this article out loud,

Spoken in the language** of my ancestors.

Amanda T. Sam,
Title: IIYIYIYU Article 14 FEB1 2013
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English Version://Article 14

1. "Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning.
   
2. Indigenous individuals, particularly children, have the right to all levels and forms of education of the State without discrimination.
   
3. States shall, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, take effective measures, in order for indigenous individuals, particularly children, including those living outside their communities, to have access, when possible, to an education in their own culture and provided in their own language."
   
   
   - Article 14, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

   
   

   URL: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
   
   

**I am very grateful for learning the language from my teachers, my late-grandparents Nancy & Ronnie. Everyday offers a better understanding on how to maintain language and its teachings...

Computer Art: Camp Ahead... 01302013

Amanda T. Sam, title: Camp Ahead... 01302013, 1300x861
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Amanda T Sam, amandatsam.net, camp ahead... 01302013, computer art, photoshop, #landscape, #ouwaah, #iiyiyiyu, aschii,

Computer Art: 01-30-2013

Layrering dream sequences

Amanda T. Sam, 01-30-2013 1300x732
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The journey of Nishiyuu - Burton Lake Qc

video posted by Benjamin Masty on the The Journey of Nishiyuu FB page www.nishiyuu.ca
URL cited: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151400528571151&set=o.351350614972320&type=2&theater

Computer art: January 24 2013

Amanda T. Sam, Golden Teepee - Jan24 2013
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Computer art: Amanda T Sam - Ouwaah - Golden Teepee - Jan24 2013
896 x 1200 px (72 DPI)
scribbling compositions, 
testing layers in 
PS CS6
Amanda T. Sam @ouwaah
#iiyiyiyu #cree #11nations #unity #scribbles

Cree Youth walkers reached Burton Lake

#Nishiyuu #Cree Youth have reached Burton Lake, Baie-James, Quebec
#peacewalk
#1100km to Ottawa

short URL : http://goo.gl/maps/3Quc7


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01-06-2013 Listen To Your Heart

Computer Art:// 01-06-2013/ Listen To Your Heart / Revisiting Cree Legends... #Peace -ats

Amanda T. Sam, 01-06-2013, @ouwaah, 787x1000px 72 DPI
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Computer Art: 01-04-2013

Computer Art: 01-04-2013, 766 x 100 pixels @ 72 DPI. Original @ 200 DPI.

Image sources:// Scribbles: 

Fall Session (10-01-12, 2012), 

The Sun is Caught in a Snare (10-15-12, 2012), 

Beauty of the Land - Aschí (08-2011).

01-04-2013 by @ouwaah , 766 x 1000 pixels 72 DPI
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