Look what I found!
Do you remember when you were young, running into your house and yelling: “Hey Ma, look what I found?” :o)
Image of “Foot Shoes” from: Zuphillious’s Zazzle Gallery
Ever had to wear shoes, but you really wanted to go bare foot? Well now you can!
Custom designed shoes - created by Zuphillious
Great post from Randa Clay Design - “What to Buy A Blogger for Christmas?”
Digital Show 4 is now OPEN!
The 4th Digital Show is now open. As part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial 2008, the show features 35 digital art images chosen from the many excellent entries submitted from all around the world.
Click HERE to view & enjoy the show. Main Link: www.digitalshow.co.uk
one cool site: Wordpress Blogging Tips - a fabulous blog with current & insightful information, tips & articles to help you with your blogging - a must read! :o)
Image from Seal’s website - album cover “Soul”
Seal’s newly released album titled: “SOUL” - great classics, and OH what a voice! :o)
Have a quick listen: HERE
“SOUL is comprised of twelve classic soul songs that each evokes their own drama, emotion and romance. The album was created in partnership with legendary producer David Foster.”
Plein Air Digital Painting
Taking digital art OUTSIDE!!
I have always admired the artists who with paint & canvas or pencil and sketch pad head out to the great outdoors to capture their subjects en plein air! Might this be the tool of choice for digital artists who would like to join in on the Plein Air movement? hmmm, I wonder eh?
above images from www.yankodesign.com
Canadian designer Yana Kilmava has developed a conceptual product that would help the novice artist have more confidence in learning how to paint. Virtuo looks very similar to the traditional paint pallets used by artists for hundreds of years, with the added bonus of modern technology. There are no wasted paints, no confusing mixing of colors and you don’t have to be an experienced artist to create really beautiful pieces of artwork.
Virtuo includes an art pallet, a charger, 5 different art tools and works by electromagnetism so no worry about quick battery loss.
Even though it was designed with the inexperienced artist in mind, Virtuo can also be used by the more professional digital artists who are also experienced in the traditional forms of creating art. At the present time, Virtuo is only in concept form, but I can hope that it is made available to the public sometime in the near future. snippet from link via: www.yankodesign.com
read more, see more here: http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/10/24/a-paint-pallet-with-a-modern-twist/
Digital Art Blog Directories
Beginning a list of online Directories that SPECIFICALLY publish names, info & URL’s of Digital Art Blogs, Digital Fine Art Blogs, Digital Art News Blogs & Digital Artists who blog.
If you know of any others, please feel free to share your suggestions or recommendations, simply leave a comment below and I will add them to this post for viewers future reference. Thanks :o)
www.blogcatalog.com - features 497 Digital Art blogs for you to browse (as of 18OCT2008)
www.blogged.com - 78 Digital Art blogs listed (as of 18OCT2008)
www.artbloggin.com - The First Art Blog Search Engine
www.bloggapedia.com - search under “Visual Arts” category
If you’re a digital artist who blogs . . . get listed!!
The Business Side of Art
Many good art resource websites talk about how as an artist you should also take time to keep the business side of your art organized. A few springs ago I had researched online for software that might help an artist to set up an inventory database and simply keep everything in one spot.
I went back to take another look and below is a list of various software packages that may perform the tasks you may need. I have not tried nor purchased any of the packages, so unfortunately I cannot recommend or suggest one over the other. It’s just a list that can help get you thinking about tending to the business side of your art.
*all screen shots from their respective websites
MY ART COLLECTION
http://www.my-artcollection.com/
$79.95
ARTWORKSPRO
http://www.artworkspro.com/
$39.00
ARTBASE
http://www.artbaseinc.com/index2.html
$1000.00
ARTSYSTEMS
http://www.artsystems.com/products/studio.htm
$795.00
eARTIST
http://www.artscope.net/eArtist/
$125.00
ARAWAK - FLICK
http://www.arawak.com.au/flick.html
$29.95
WORKING ARTIST
http://www.workingartist.com/
$114.00
ARTLOOK
http://www.artlooksoftware.com/pages/artists/artists.html
99 British Pounds
ART AFFAIR
http://www.artaffairsoftware.com/
$139.00
GYST- GETTING YOUR SH*T TOGETHER
http://www.gyst-ink.com/index.php
$149.00
Wireless Digital Photo Frame
Email pictures to your loved ones, they’ll see them instantly on the PicWing photo frame.
“PicWing wants to simplify the digital photo scene by bringing out a wireless digital photo frame that users reach via e-mail.
“Digital photo frames are a great idea, but the current photo frames are pretty bad,” says PicWing co-founder Enrique Rodriguez. “It takes a lot of effort to get your pictures onto them. We’re trying to let you push pictures directly to the frame, so your non-technical relatives can look at the frame and there they are.” To make a photo show up on PicWing’s frame, all you have to do is send it to the frame’s unique e-mail address, whether from your home computer or your cell phone.
snippet from www.xconomy.com article by author Wade Roush - read more here
TinEye - Image Search Engine
TinEye is an image search engine built by Idée currently in beta. Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web.
read more about TinEye - link via: arstechnica.com website
Looking for Art News?
LOOKING FOR ART NEWS? - Online & Offline Resources
I find I am always searching for “What’s New” in the art world! . . . How about you?
I’ve listed just a few resources below that I follow and was wondering if you have any recommendations that you would like to share?
Care to build a mutual list that we can all use and reference?
Online Art News websites, zines or blogs that quench your thirst?
Or perhaps any offline (in print) newspapers, magazines or newsletters that you subscribe to that keep you up-to-date on the art market in your area or globally?
Just pop it in a comment & I’ll add it to the list :o)
ART NEWS BLOG - Art News Blog is a selection of visual art news, art reviews and art related stories online. We search the web for some of the more interesting art news stories published each day.
ARTS JOURNAL - The daily digest of arts, culture & ideas
THE ART NEWSPAPER - Online version of excellent paper.
ARTDAILY.ORG - The First Art Newspaper on the Net.
ART BLOGS & ONLINE ART NEWS - Directory with listings compiled by Art-Collecting.com
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List Updates:
FUEL YOUR CREATIVITY - Great source of reference info, art news, interviews and tons of inspiration!!
ABSOLUTEARTS - World Wide Arts Resources / absolutearts.com is dedicated to connecting the people of the world to the world of art. (suggested by Arlene, view her beautiful art & blog: Art by Arlene, here)
Wordpress 2.6 News
I was so very happy when I read Kyle’s post over Hack Wordpress today about some goodies/features the fellows at Wordpress are working on for the next update 2.6.
- WordPress Auto-Upgrade
- Plugin Auto-Installation
- Theme preview
If there is one thing that I get the sweats over is upgrading my Wordpress to the next version. I am still fairly new when it comes to Wordpress, and that last update I was so worried that I would mess something up in my files and everything would disappear . . . haha! No, but seriously the Auto-Upgrade feature is one I would truly welcome! The Auto-Instillation plugin would be cool too, although I can live with manually uploading them. Theme Preview is a great idea.
We should really show our support for the Wordpress Developers, and have a dedicated Wordpress Day!!
You guys deserve it, you’re awesome! :o)
What is an Inukshuk
Inukshuk (singular), meaning “likeness of a person” in Inuktitut (the Inuit language) is a stone figure made by the Inuit. The plural is inuksuit. The Inuit make inuksuit in different forms and for different purposes: to show directions to travellers, to warn of impending danger, to mark a place of respect, or to act as helpers in the hunting of caribou. Similar stone figures were made all over the world in ancient times, but the Arctic is one of the few places where they still stand. An inukshuk can be small or large, a single rock, several rocks balanced on each other, round boulders or flat. Inuit tradition forbids the destruction of inuksuit.
Ref: The Canadian Encyclopedia
Inukshuk Video image -from website: Historica Minutes
An RCMP officer watches a group of Inuit build one of these remarkable Northern landmarks.
CLICK HERE to view the video
images from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games website
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games emblem is a *contemporary interpretation of the inukshuk. It is called Ilanaaq which is the Inuktitut word for friend. This is the symbol of Canada’s Games – our friend who will help us greet the world in 2010.
*(inunnguaq = A structure similar to an inuksuk but meant to represent a human figure) - ref: wikipedia
read more, see more: here
Inukshuk Creator
Here is a screen shot (above) of the Virtual Inukshuk I created :o)
Create your very own VIRTUAL Inukshuk in Flash - click here
image from Lake Superior Store
This beautifully hand crafted Amethyst Inukshuk caught my eye,
it is available for purchase online @ Lake Superior Store
image credit: Artist David WIlliams - www.silverpeak.ca
Canadian Artist Daivd Williams hand-crafts unique, distinctive Inukshuks from beach glass worn smooth & free of sharp edges by its time in the water.
David says: “Remember, no two are alike so each Inukshuk will have its own personality”.
If you are interested in having one made for you, you can contact David directly through his website: www.silverpeak.ca , you can also read more, see more: here
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I had never seen nor heard about “Inuksuit” until I moved to Thunder Bay. It was while driving along a local highway that I saw my first one and questioned what it was, what it might represent.
DAM - Digital Art Museum
image: DAM-Digital Art Museum Logo
Digital Art Museum aims to become the world’s leading online resource for the history and practice of digital fine art. It exhibits the work of leading Artists in this field since 1956. [DAM] is an on-line museum with a comprehensive exhibition of Digital Art supported by a wide range of background information including biographies, articles, a bibliography and interviews.
[DAM] also includes an Essays section with articles by artists and theorists specially selected to place the works in context (many of them by special arrangement with Leonardo journal). A History section lists key events and technologies in date order.
[DAM] is intended for the enjoyment of all visitors, curators and collectors, scholars of art, and for an emerging generation of digital artists wishing to understand a 50-year heritage of innovation and experimentation.
Digital Art Museum concept was created by the Director Wolfgang Lieser
The [DAM] newsletter will inform you of new additions to the website and what’s happening at the [DAM] locations. The newsletter is published on an irregular basis. - link to subscribe to newsletter
d.velop digital art award [ddaa] - Life Time Award for Digital Art
