Welcome
Hello, and thank you for visiting the online portfolio of Heather Heininger.
At the age of nine, Heather began taking private art lessons until she finished her senior year in High School at the age of 18. This long-term endeavor proved to be fruitful for her, as her knowledge in art and composition grew tremendously. She also found herself the recipient of multiple "People's Choice" Awards through her private instructor's personal shows.
Throughout her ten years as a 4-H member, Heather was a participant in the Fine Arts category. She collected many Reserve Champions, Champions, and a Grand Champion for her drawings and paintings. She was then sent to the Indiana State Fair with her painting "Sacred One" where she placed first.
As a sophomore at the University of Indianapolis, Heather took a class focusing on Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Throughout this class, Heather found her niche with art. She found that not only was she able to manipulate pictures and draw her own vector images, but she could also add the light of the image's soul to its composition. She found herself at the computer labs on the campus between classes and in the evening trying new strokes, fonts, and filters on different images.
This is when she also discovered GIMP, a GNU Open Source program with the same capabilities as Adobe Photoshop. The Gnu Image Manipulation Program [GIMP] is the source of her image manipulations and building source for her compositions. Heather also discovered the hidden gem of Inkscape at this point, another Open Source program which is compatible and comparable with Adobe Illustrator.
Art has always played an important role in Heather's life. It was shaped her into what she is today: an artist on the computer and upon canvas, mat board, and paper.
What is Art?
"To me, art is not just a painting, design, or manipulated image, but instead the installation of the soul through the medium of choice. Art shows the identity of the one in the image. It captures the fire in the eye. However, when an individual glances upon the art work, that individual sees the same piece of work designed yet feels something completely different. It makes them think; ponder the meaning and involves them in the work. It makes them feel the soul within the art work, it makes them watch and wait for it to come to life and tell them what it means. That is art."
