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An article on SlashDot about cardboard houses reminded me of Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect who has designed beautiful structures using waterproofed cardboard tubes. He has developed methods for creating the tubes on site in
Continue readingExamples of origami used in science and engineering: Ultra-cheap micromotor technology, allows cellphone cameras to zoom and focus. Folding makes a thin sheet of a piezoelectric ceramic material work like a motor. The micro-origami technique
Continue readingNew Photoshop Brushes based on antique architectural engravings. Get ’em right here! The file is zipped, but is still around 2.2MB. View all my Photoshop Brushes
Continue readingIn the increasingly popular “BattleBay” format, multiple opponents create a smooth vertical or horizontal transition from the previous image to their own new one, usually incorporating the web version of graffiti tags (their web name or their site URL) and any appropriate symbolism. It helps to have a very cool name, and a logo so you can be inserted in people’s “respect” areas. All the efforts are combined in a single long horizontal or vertical scrolling page.
Artists with confidence in their Photoshop Chops are battling it out all over the web. Photoshop Battles (sometimes called Photoshop Tennis) allow you to smackdown your opponent with nothing more than a Wacom Pen and overwhelming ego. One person creates a file in Photoshop and sends it off to their opponent, who then adds a layer and “improves” the image, usually covering it up almost entirely with their own contribution.
Continue readingFor my first contribution to the Photoshop Brushes community, I made a few high-resolution brushes from some of the more elaborate items in Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen in Natur. There are only 3 brushes in this
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Photoshop brushes are incredible! I just discovered them and have been playing with them for two days straight.
They’re like rubber stamps on steroids. You can control the brush dynamics – the separation of each individual “stamp”, the color and brightness “jitter”, randomness, edges, etc.
I’ve found many sites that offer free brush sets, but
Truly-Sarah.com
and
AnnikaVonHoldt.com
are my current favorites. AnnikaVonHoldt’s brushes are like instant creativity! You will be creating beautiful and mysterious fantasy images almost automatically.
Continue readingI’m sure I must be the last one to have noticed the nearly complete takeover of the anime style in kid’s artwork these days. In a greek diner near my house, they hang up the
Continue readingAn exciting development for art lovers is the emergence of web-based artists communities and art groups that have sprung up in the last few years. Ranging from simple gallery-hosting services to extremely interactive sites that
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