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Artists and their view of the world

dylan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:00:09 +0000

I’ve always enjoyed art. Art of all kinds. I am drawn to artists (unintended, but well placed pun!) and truly enjoy their work. My favorites would be Dali, Gaudi, Albert Daniel, Joe Dowson, and Escher. While in the Hague, I took a stroll through the Escher museum. Interesting journey through the mind of a graphic artist.
I also must make mention of the young artists. Deviant Art is a great place to view good, modern art. Leah’s art and photography caught my eye. She just left Tokyo but as you can tell, she wishes she was back in the vibrant city that never sleeps.
Joe Dowson is one of my favorite native Hawaiian artists.
And so many more. Who is your favorite artist?

Random Internet Wanderings

dylan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:04:53 +0000

Kite surfers catch the last of the daylight at the end of another beautiful day in the Netherlands.

I was out strolling through the Internet today and came across a number of sites that I thought were great, but I just didn’t have time to spend more than a few seconds at each stop. So, I thought I’d add these links and maybe you could enjoy them even more than I did.

First stop, Animal House Quotes at imb. Not for the easily offended. But a classic nontheless.
Then I opened up KCCN FM 100 for good tunes for my web stroll.
Next up, a quck review of indifference curves via a Google Search…I drilled down into a few sites, but Wikipedia was the one I relied on for comprehensive information…
And from there, I linked to LaTeX (pronunced Lay-Teck) to see how they represent math equations….surprisingly, the Wikipedia description was far more informative than the official web site.
Somehow–I can’t recall how–I ended up at a WordPress themed blog tracking down some informaton on LaTeX. The blog had some interesting information, but more importantly, it had a great design. So I had to track down the design called Notepad Chaos created by Evan Eckard for Smashing Magazine.
The comments in that article mentioned how Notepad Chaos looked a lot like Web Design Wall. So I stopped over there to compare….Once at WDW, I found myself wandering down lots of Internet Rabbit Holes (IRbHs) from the links in various posts and articles.
The first tunnel was over to Ma.tt where I learned how the WordPress creator spends his day. I would love to leave my office empty for 6 days a week…
From one of those articles, I learned about Gravatars, images that you can use all over the Internet without having to upload new images to each and every blog, website, forum, etc, that you might visit.
Of course, I had to visit the parent site for WordPress, Gravatar and others….and that is Automattic. Great stuff.
And I’ll bet you didn’t know that some people intentionally remap their keyboard and type in other than QWERTY keyboards. There is DVORAK and AZERTY…who knew?! I had no idea. Not sure if I can switch but I’m intrigued.
A link in one of the articles took me over to The Power of Less. Something I could clearly spend some time reviewing! Focus is good. I’ve already modified my computer usage to shut down Outlook when I’m trying to focus on other things. I am going through withdrawal, but a little concentration will get me past this. I no longer visit my Facebook page either…Less is more. More time for me.
And while enjoying the great web designs I found, I decided to go looking for more WordPress Themes and ended up at WordPress Theme Park. Nice. I’m thinking of using some of these graphic ideas in a logo I’m designing.
And without dragging you through the mud, I’ll just say that I hit about a dozen other sites related to logo design, internet design, and graphic design in general.
Finally, I’ll close this list with the last link I visited before heading outside to enjoy the evening by jogging through Den Haag for a couple of hours– Tim Ferris’ blog–where he talks about his 4-hour week.
The timing of visiting that final webpage seemed appropriate as I later stood on the beach in Scheveningen, NL . There were crowds and crowds of surfers, windsurfers, and kite surfers who had been in the water for most of the day. Here in the NL, most businesses seem to close promptly at 5 or 6 pm and only stay open late one night a week. Which got me to rethink the idea of working hard and working late to get more done…all I have to do now is take up kite surfing….

And with that in mind….why am I still sitting here writing this blog? Time to go work on another project. Signing off for now. Peace to you and may you enjoy life.

:>D
ylan

Animator vs Animation 2! “The Chosen One”

dylan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:03:50 +0000

The Chosen One

If you liked the first one Animator vs Animation you’ll enjoy “The Chosen One”. In this episode, the animator felt like he needed a challenge. So he created the ultimate animation and named him “The Chosen One”. Follow Alan Becker as he takes on his own Animation.

Animator vs Animation II by Alan Becker

Enjoy. And may the Force be with you.

Animator vs. Animation!

dylan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:46:30 +0000

The Leading Role - aka the victim

I love the Internet. The things you can find, the ideas people have. Deviant Art has a way of pulling together some interesting talent. But it takes some time to go through and find the gems. I wish I could build animation like this. This is truly one of the gems. Great action, cool story line, perfect blend of sound effects… I can’t wait to see the sequel!

The Plot: A bored animator decides to create a stick figure that he can mangle, maim, and otherwise torture. But the stick figure, aka “victim” wants no part of this. The stick figure leaps off the animation work area and wreaks havoc with the menus pulling a few tricks of his own. Watch the movie to see how this turns out!

Animator vs Animation

P.S. Interested in making your own flash movies? Of course there is the tried and true Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, but have you checked out Swish? I recommend starting with Swish Max. Get the free download, check out the lessons online, look at the samples, and enjoy programming your own Flash movies!

Noriko Tamura

dylan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:44:01 +0000

Seasonal Air, Weaving a Melody (portion) 1997

Artists have a way of moving us. Moving us emotionally and moving us spiritually. I am always intrigued by and excited to meet those who create where there was once nothing–no matter their medium. Noriko Tamura paints and her paintings evoke a feeling of another world and another time and place. A slower time. A more friendly pace.

Check out her images in English at Gallery Kasagi .

Onward Gallery gives a quick bio sketch in Japanese along with some of her paintings.

And you can read about her in English in this Aichi Voice Blog.

Let me know what you think of her paintings!