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Jul 31, 2011
Jul 30, 2011
Win a contest, lose a fortune!
http://www.lightspacetime.com/newsletter/how-to-lose-entering-a-free-art-competition-art-contest/
Another post here talks about logo design contests:
http://www.logolance.com/danger-of-design-contests
Bottom line - know exactly what you are getting into. It may be worth the sacrifice for the exposure and at least you won't be surprised.
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Jul 28, 2011
Using you color palette effectively
Apart from composition, color choice is my biggest challenge when I'm planning a new painting. I've gathered a few links that I found useful in making some sense of color use in acrylic painting. I hope these help you too:
Great blog post on limited colors and mixing effectively:
http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2011/07/5-keys-to-mixing-color-for-oil-and.html
Many thanks to Gabriel Boray for sharing the post.
From Golden Paints - Mixing every color of the rainbow from their basic color set: http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/mixguide.php
On this blog, James Gurney takes you on a fun exercise in palette selection. http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/limited-palettes.html
This is a great tool for getting the palette from a photograph. Of course it's a starting point and you have to narrow those colors down but it's a great tool for those of us who might be intimidated by all of those color choices! http://www.palettefx.com/updates
Good Luck!
Great blog post on limited colors and mixing effectively:
http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2011/07/5-keys-to-mixing-color-for-oil-and.html
Many thanks to Gabriel Boray for sharing the post.
From Golden Paints - Mixing every color of the rainbow from their basic color set: http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/mixguide.php
On this blog, James Gurney takes you on a fun exercise in palette selection. http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/limited-palettes.html
This is a great tool for getting the palette from a photograph. Of course it's a starting point and you have to narrow those colors down but it's a great tool for those of us who might be intimidated by all of those color choices! http://www.palettefx.com/updates
Good Luck!
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Jul 27, 2011
Great YouTube resources for Artists - John Cleese
Here's another gem from comedian John Cleese. He talks about his creative process.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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Jul 26, 2011
Great YouTube resources for Artists - ArtBomb
The first resource I'd like to share is ArtBomb. There are 5 videos so far in this collection and each has a lot to offer. The focus is on using shapes to spur creative ideas, specifically character generation.
The first video uses an inkblot image as a starting point
This video works through a number of figure 8 images to create some unique characters
Hope you enjoyed these videos. Now get back to work and get creative!
The first video uses an inkblot image as a starting point
This video works through a number of figure 8 images to create some unique characters
Hope you enjoyed these videos. Now get back to work and get creative!
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Jul 19, 2011
On the Internet nobody knows you're a dog...
Travel back in time with me to the age when the internet was ruled by super geeks and the web was just catching on... 1993
These days, there really are dogs on the internet. There are also cats, horses, ferrets, you name it... all God's creatures want a piece of the action. That got me thinking - how does Facebook handle it when your family dog creates his own Facebook Profile?
Strangely enough, the Facebook help center has very little to say about this topic, aside from the requirement that you use your REAL name when creating a profile and this statement in the terms and conditions:
My cat has a real name, it's on his records at the vet. I also have many photos of him that I can use for his profile pic. If I put him at the computer and help him fill in his profile info I'm home free. Looks like Tucker is getting a Facebook Profile!
Hold on a minute... Didn't I hear once that Facebook was deleting pet profiles? Turns out they do on occasion but only as part of their general rule enforcement about fictitious names. They do NOT appear to be systematically exterminating pet profiles. Case in point - I found out I have a cat as a Facebook friend and did not even know it: Kitty Casper Cunha. Kitty, in turn, has MANY other four legged friends.
The bigger question for me would be - "What if Tucker gets really excited about his new place in the Social Networking world then Facebook suddenly deletes his profile through no fault of his own?" How do I explain THAT to my cat and what type of emotional scar does that leave?
Your thoughts?
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These days, there really are dogs on the internet. There are also cats, horses, ferrets, you name it... all God's creatures want a piece of the action. That got me thinking - how does Facebook handle it when your family dog creates his own Facebook Profile?
Strangely enough, the Facebook help center has very little to say about this topic, aside from the requirement that you use your REAL name when creating a profile and this statement in the terms and conditions:
You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create
an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
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Hold on a minute... Didn't I hear once that Facebook was deleting pet profiles? Turns out they do on occasion but only as part of their general rule enforcement about fictitious names. They do NOT appear to be systematically exterminating pet profiles. Case in point - I found out I have a cat as a Facebook friend and did not even know it: Kitty Casper Cunha. Kitty, in turn, has MANY other four legged friends.
The bigger question for me would be - "What if Tucker gets really excited about his new place in the Social Networking world then Facebook suddenly deletes his profile through no fault of his own?" How do I explain THAT to my cat and what type of emotional scar does that leave?
Your thoughts?
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Jul 15, 2011
Space, the Final Frontier
The last (and final) Space Shuttle launch got me thinking about NASA and the space program. I was 4 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I watched COSMOS on PBS as a kid and can still hear Carl Sagan's voice in my head saying "Billions and Billions of stars".
It's only natural that my latest creative mashup would come to this: Space and Dogs.
It started with a painting I did of a Westie floating in space in an astronaut suit and now I'm hooked!
The concept is not new of course. Dogs in space is a popular subject in Books and art.
Early Russian space flight (Sputnik) turned a number of dogs into overnight celebrities.
I've just finished my latest "Space Dog" painting. This one has more of a nostalgic feeling to it:
Going back to the drawing board now - I feel the need to stuff more dogs into space suits :-)
For all of you cat lovers out there - France launched a kitty into space as well. In 1963, France put a male, black and white stray named Felix into a rocket capsule and sent him into the sky. He was recovered at splash down and lived to "meow" about it...
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It's only natural that my latest creative mashup would come to this: Space and Dogs.
It started with a painting I did of a Westie floating in space in an astronaut suit and now I'm hooked!
The concept is not new of course. Dogs in space is a popular subject in Books and art.
Early Russian space flight (Sputnik) turned a number of dogs into overnight celebrities.
I've just finished my latest "Space Dog" painting. This one has more of a nostalgic feeling to it:
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| "Rocket Dog" 16 x 20 Acrylic on gallery stretched canvas |
Going back to the drawing board now - I feel the need to stuff more dogs into space suits :-)
For all of you cat lovers out there - France launched a kitty into space as well. In 1963, France put a male, black and white stray named Felix into a rocket capsule and sent him into the sky. He was recovered at splash down and lived to "meow" about it...
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| Nasa's simulated Cat space suits |
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