Designing mobile deformable controls for creation of digital art

My research explores the design and development of deformable controls and shape displays for mobile devices. My significant work so far has been set in the context of tools for creating digital art. I have been studying how we might design and develop deformable interfaces that support interaction with digital art applications. Along with how to bring elements of realistic painting to the digital experience through physical mobile controls. Part of this is designing and prototyping physical hardware interfaces and then evaluating them using HCI research methods in user studies and interviews. This extended abstract outlines my research aims, progress so far, and my future work and direction.