Wish list Adventure

I just figured out how to use the wish list features :-)  Doing research with this list ability is very, very helpful.  I hope this will help me and many others find and get what they need.
http://www.google.com/shoppinglist

The Next Step INTEL READER & CAPTURE STATION

It's time for me to get ready for the next semester and the semesters that follow.  I am on a quest for help through grants, scholarships, or any other financial help I can find.  This will allow me to get the equipment I desperately must have to successfully complete my journey through computer and digital design classes.

The most important item right now is the 

                                           INTEL READER
                                           Intel® Reader

INTEL READER AND CAPTURE STATION.  These items will allow me to have access to my textbooks so I can read for myself (the best way for me to take notes and retain the information) the information available to everyone else.  Listening is great because I read very, very slowly, however the act of reading is what makes a huge difference for me to remember, take notes, and scan materials effectively.  The INTEL READER AND CAPTURE STAND will allow me to read, listen, and/or read and listen at the same time the information in my textbooks.  This is very, very huge for me and extremely important.  I must and will succeed. 

IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO READ LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! :-)
I really enjoy reading.  The Intel Reader will allow me to read for school and for many other reasons like:
1. instructions for how to use or make something
2. labels on pill bottles, cans, other items
3. reading books about topics that interest me and can help me
    accomplish my goals


4. being able to take a snap shot of menu's, books, magazines, other reading materials including signs and menus displayed like those in fast food restaurants and many other possibilities.


Unfortunately, this device and other technology is extremely expensive and way beyond the reach of most people who must have the technology which will make life safer and more productive.


Do you know of anyone who would be able to help me purchase this equipment?  Any information is greatly appreciated.  I am studying in college so that I may be able to help students realize their potential and reach their goals. 


If you or any group would be able to help please email or leave a comment on my blogger blog.  My contact e-mail is:
vpbanjo@yahoo.com
I will be checking my comments and e-mail often.

Had To Take Time Off

I had to get caught up with the activities I neglected while I was studying diligently especially near the end of the semester. I'm not certain where this blog is going right now.  

For next semester I signed up for xhtml/css.  Unfortunately because I can not and do not have the tools I must have in order to be able to take more classes, I wuill have to make me only take one class.

The technology I must have to help me see the materials, do all the required activities, and have enough computer power to successfully complete my studies is extremely beyond my financial abilities to acquire.  I am on a fixed limited budget which just about takes care of the necessities.

If anyone knows of any resources which may be helpful to me would you please let me know, thank you very much.  I.E. grants, scholarships, funding for special needs technology, disability funding, or anything which may help directly or show me where to find help.

 

I May Continue to Add To This Blog

I may continue to add to this blog in the future because I've enjoyed the research, learning from what I found, sharing the knowledge, and getting to know my classmates.  I hope we will meet again here or perhaps at some other digital or physical place.  I'll try to visit some of your sites again and perhaps we'll chat, who knows we may be another class together.  I have to say " I wouldn't have missed this class for all the tea in or coffee or other soft drinks in the world :-)
Viv

Time For A Snack

• Because we've been working so dilligently, I thought I provide a snack.Please come on in, enjoy.

No! the computer is for eating :-)  And so is the rest of the art below.

 Lets eat and then we play a game.

                             Bento Art   
This certainly is delicious art with a lot of detail and much color.  I'm not sure I could eat it except for the fact that it will eventually spoil and I'd probably get very hungry if I skipped several meals.  Try these places to get a better taste of this kind of art.
http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/05/08/17-amazing-bento-food-art-creations/ 

http://gizmodo.com/5105938/obsessively-detailed-wall+e-bento-art-is-way-too-perfect-to-eat

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2010/10/bento_boxes_star_wars_geeky.php

http://www.squidoo.com/mrbento

 

                                            

                                                

Art Lives & Breaths

I guess I am adding to this blog :-)  I just found breathing art which is something I didn't think about until now.  I remember as a child seeing this kind of stuff only not as well done in details, colors, techniques, or advanced methods.  This kind of art as I recall was in those days perhaps in it's infancy, or was it?  I think this kind of art has been around for a very long time in different forms and places.  Remember the clown faces people painted so they could clown around.  Well, I think this art form has come a long way; take a look.

                          http://www.makeupmag.com

                                        (Joe Brooks)
                                   http://www.livingstatuesamerica.com/
                                       

There are more views of this kind of art so when you can why not visit:
http://www.makeupmag.com/news/newsID/322/
http://www.academyofcosmeticarts.com/
http://www.amazingfacepainters.com/International_body_Painters.htm
http://www.livingstatuesamerica.com/

Plotter Drawings

I found Plotter Drawings and one of  the devices which produces these drawingswhich you can see in action at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_pwzqPk6Gg 

Here is where you can find some of the drawings:
http://dam.org/exhibitions/plotter-drawings-from-1960s 

I find the drawings fascinating and remember when I visited I think it was Goddard when i was a child.  I received a huge piece of paper with thousands and thousands of little dots all over it which were arranged to form a man  with a beard a pot belly and a suit with a very wide belt.  I hadn't given this picture a thought until I bumped into the plotter drawings information.  The video was fantastic.  It brought back memories of the sound and of the machine and the wonder of how did they do that. In the video I was able to see well the pen changes and the arm moving about the page making the picture.  This is history and art at a technological beginning which has grown towards the modern digital art of today.  Plotter art drawings I believe were the first and very beginning of digital art.  I wonder if we would have digital art if the plotter art hadn't started this adventure?
                       

Charles Csuri
SineCurve Man
Plotter Drawing 1967
http://dam.org/exhibitions/plotter-drawings-from-1960s
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This page has an example of type of the plotter drawing I received.  Thes early drawings were created using the letter "x" which it looks like wasn't used in this example.
https://csuriproject.osu.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=collections.seeItemInCollection&CollectionID=db636140-530c-4267-bdf7-cecfa401c65f&ItemID=19a891de-c408-45dd-857e-ca98ecb1f93a
 

Heavy Metal, Art: Bruce Gray

I found sculpture which is from the "one mans trash is another mans fortune" something like that, old time saying, as well as other metal works  Some of these sculptures are quite large and from they way they look actually either make a sound or move, or both.

                                 California Dreaming
                      http://www.brucegray.com/index.html

I'm going to the dogs again.  This dog needs a home :-)

                                       Tank Dog
                     http://www.brucegray.com/index.html

There are many art forms on this site as well as information about Bruce Gray the artist who created this very interesting unusual, and diverse art.  I hope you are able to visit the site and take a look around.  I think it is well worth your time and effort. 

Liquidsculpture

You have got to see this!  Liquidsculpture is amazing.  I didn't even know this existed until finding this web site http://www.liquidsculpture.com 
Which has very detailed unique sculptures.  The photography is an up close very precise detaild view of the artists work.  This is nature and nurture working together create a soothing calm ing art for the soul.  

Martin Waugh creates his sculptures and catches their beauty with the help of nature and high speed photography. The are details about how he creates his sculptures and how he photographs his creations on his web sites.  It is well worth visiting these sites.

1. http://www.liquidsculpture.com/the_process.htm
2. www.martin-waugh.com
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoQ0DQpwwHU
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyaVgJ2W62s
5. www.makezine.com/flashkit/.

 

Different Art Forms

My search brought me to this site where I found a very interesting sculpture.  There are also other art forms represented on this site.
The sculpture is what I find so interesting.  It reminds me of a wooden sculpture from Africa my parents had many years ago.  The difference is this one has so much more detail.


this tall slim sculpture looks to me like it is either on a very slim pedestal or part of a walking stick.  It's hard for me to tell for certain if the wood is of a particular type and whether it has any delicate carvings.  I can tell it is definitely a person, has areas cut away similar to the rounded areas you would see on chair legs and
is a nice relaxing  medium brown in color.  It is definitely is different from a lot of the art I've seen recently.  Actually it could if someone made a few changes perhaps be a modern art work  If it were square and bit wider I think it might be mistaken for modern art.  I like it the way it is and wouldn't change anything.  This modern art thing is my imagination exercising.

          http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu
         /artartists /sculpafrica.html
         http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu
        /artartists/sculpafrica.html

Artfully Digital

If you are into drawing, painting, doodling, or digital art with added doodling this is the place to look around.  I'm not able to read all of the sites information, however it appears that with this pen you can do many digital artistic art activities as if you were using pen and paper.  Then you can do this along with using art program software.  I may sometime in the future or perhaps very soon give this a try.  This may wind up on my Christmas list :-)
http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/yourstruly/index.php?chapter=photos

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This website probably should have a place by its self, however it fits under the title so here it is for you to explore.  There is a lot of written explanation of history of art, how art has changed at least the techniques, how he has worked with many different techniques, and many pictures of the different art techniques.  

                                Digital Techniques
               http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com 


                                   /digital.htm
Howard David Johnson has many illustrations on another site also. http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I found the even printmaking techniques have gone digital.  Just to give you an idea of what is available on this site here is a list of the topics:

1. inkjet
2. electrophotography (dry toner and liquid toner)
3. electrophotography (dry toner and liquid toner)
4. laser imaging (digital photo printing) on photographic paper

There are also topics about traditional printmaking techniques.
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 I didn't even know this award existed; did you?
http://www.siggraph.org/newsfeed2009/acm-siggraph-announces-winner-of-2010-digital-art-award

New Art Search

I found these illustrations when I searched using new and art just to see what would appear.  This site has many painting and photos which are too numerous to display here, so I placed the link so you could explore the site when you had the time.  The landscape reminds me of simplicity, calm and restful relaxation looking out the window.  The painting looks like a head hovering over a chair to me. or perhaps head sitting on a chair.  

http://www.newchineseart.com/

 Photo

                                          painting

I found many other sites with interesting information and art which you may want to see.  Some modern art is abstraction, which reminds me of the constructivism project which had abstract works.  Some how I'm drawn to abstracts.


*http://www.corenewartspace.com/   
   http://www.corenewartspace.com/
*http://www.newartcenter.org/
   http://www.newartcenter.org/
*http://www.lostateminor.com/category/art/
   http://www.lostateminor.com/category/art/ 

*http://www.newarttv.com/
   http://www.newarttv.com/
*http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/28/1944517/design-         
   district-debuts-new-art.html
  http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/28/1944517/design-
  district-debuts-new-art.html
*http://www.newmuseum.org/
   http://www.newmuseum.org/

I Don't See A Dog; You See A Dog?

http://oaklandlocal.com/article/good-dogs- fine-art-interview-pit-bull-rescue-founders- donna-reynolds-and-tim-racer 

This picture I thought would go well with the title of this blog post and the subject material. And, my service dog happens to be a pit and one of my favorite breeds of dogs.  Bella is very friendly, devoted, and a wonderful I want to please you and do for you type of dog.
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I'm definitely going to the dogs.  Some of the dog art I found I just absolutely positively had to share with you.  I hope you like dogs, or at least don't mind dogs in art.

Some of the art is stunning, unusual, unique, cleaver, ole, new, unconventional, and worth the time to see and appreciate.  I even found a movie which I thought was befitting a place here because of the title and also because we did some movie editing as a class project.  I thought some of the shots and angles were interesting because of the way you saw people.  The close ups were very close up and personal for example.  Enough about the movie, we'll get to that later.  Here are links, information, and pictures of dogs art and variety. 

http://www.sibleyfineart.com/ This site has tutorials and work shops as well as dog art.

http://www.folkdogart.com/ This is all dogs in the unique simple form of imagination and reality.  Here is a clue of what is on this web site.     

            
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the- fine-art-of-dogs-15-photos  Tim Flach, British photographer, sees  animals in a completely unique way and here is proof through his photographs.

http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2008/09/0 9/dogs-in-ancient-roman-mosaic-art- alexandria-berlin-gaziantep-herculaneum- istanbul-london-naples-paris-pompeii-rome- sicily-tunis-volubilis/
I thought this was a nice mosaic with great detail and of course it is art and it has a dog.

  Mosaic boy with puppy dog – Mosaics  
  Museum. Istanbul, Turkey –  iliana3012
  Magnificent mosaics from the Palace of 

  Constantine the Great
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/36238/whithe r-british-art-embroidered-veils-and-humping- dogs-according-to-saatchis-newspeak-show/ This is a very different, unique, unusual, and interesting work.  It took me a while [a lot of looking over this art work] to actually be able to tell that the sculpture was actually a dog.

       © Steve Bishop, 2010; courtesy  
           the Saatchi Gallery, London     


http://www.drawdogs.com/store/ These lithographs are very detailed and another art form.

I don't want to leave other animals out so here are more Steve Kline art works. 

Parrot Preening PARROT PAINTING by Stephen Kline 

                          Original KLINE Cat Drawing


 I couldn't resist adding these pics from Folk Dog Art.
 

                 http://www.folkdogart.com/
The cat and dog pics I couldn't resist because they have some of my favorite colors and I have cats and dogs so what better way to end this blog; than with dogs and cats.
Oh! you wanted to see the movie I was telling you about earlier.  Actually it is about the title of the movie or was there more to this information?  Take a look and you'll see.  Moving images and this course have a have made me more aware of of details and the techniques necessary to put together a movie.  Time for a break, relax and enjoy.
http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/17/reserv oir-dogs/ just to remind you:
because of the title, the movie  editing project & i thought this would   be interesting__computer stalled, so I'll have to try to finish watching this later.  If I'm unable to see the rest of the production, would someone please tell me all about it when you've finished watching, thank you.

Here are a few more links for you to explore about 

• http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/
• http://www.artpromote.com /dog.shtml
• http://www.dogcardart.com/ 
• http://www.artofdogs.com/

 
 



           

              

  

Semester Adventure

This semester was quite an adventure for me.  I very much enjoyed all the projects.  Now I know more about digital art than I have known all my life.  with much gratitude I have soaked up everything possible and plan holding to and embrace my new found knowledge.  I will miss this class and hope to be able to take more similar classes in the future.


Thinking about the future and what I might do, I decided to explore more educational opportunities.  Here is what I found:

1.  Art Institute
2.  Carrington College California
3.  Full Sail University
4.  International Academy of Design &  Technology
5.  Westwood College
   
   
   
   

Here are some website urls:
http://www.schoolsgalore.com/programs/graphic-design-schools.html
http://www.artschoolsdigital.com/
http://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-major/art-scholarships/

I hope this information is helpful.

http://www.handsnpaws.com/product/ACAPPGCG-1/The-Graduate-Cap-and-Gown.html

Ad Hoc Art

• http://adhocart.org/site/
• http://bushwickbk.com/2009/01/20/acres-of-artists-at-expanded-ad-hoc/
• http://popupcity.net/2010/09/the-internet-cafe-as-net-art-gallery/ 
•  http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-12-18/art/the-new-insiders/
• http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/crashdaze-at-ad.php 
• http://www.revelinnewyork.com/videos/ad-hoc-art
• http://www.davidrisleygallery.com/Past/adhoc.htm
• http://www.ci.waukesha.wi.us/alfresco/service/api/node/content/workspace/SpacesStore/81f1d17f-cb00-11dd-a0e9-ab2aa0157d05/SCSTEMP_187241.pdf?guest=true
  
   I am amazed I found art when I was looking for a definition for computer technology nomenclature.
   Ad Hoc Art has some amazing areas of fine art including:
  

  1. street art 
  2. pop surrealism
  3. lowbrow
  4. illustration
  5. tattoo
  6. print-making
  Some other larger history of underground art is:
  1. activism
  2. graffiti 
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  This may be a good resource for this type of art.
  
  
   Ad Hoc Art is featured in our latest book PSFK Snapshot Brooklyn. From the more obscure corners of the borough to just off the G train, we’ve gathered over 40 of the most inspiring shops, restaurants, galleries, venues, movements and happenings from around the diverse neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York.PSFK Snapshot Brooklyn is available on Blurb.com.
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  It's interesting how time changes the way things perceived or thought of such as  graffiti.  It was considered a problem and removed as quickly as possible.  Now it is looked at as a form of art. 
  
  

  

  
  
  
  

2D, 3D, And 4D

In found an interesting 4D cube which is similar to Rubik's cube.  
The way the cube is displayed is interesting especially when you manipulate it and watch how the pieces change positions.
http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm 
http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm

I found some 2D images which I thought were detailed, colorful, something I would like to try to make a similar type of picture, and something to study.  
http://fantasyartdesign.com/graphic-designer-jobs/salary-rates-average.php 
http://fantasyartdesign.com/graphic-designer-jobs/salary-rates-average.php

                      123Prisma-t445

                     Surreal Dynamic painting v3
3D imaging is more of a challenge for, however I plan to study it more and want to work on some pictures similar to the pictures below.  Because of 2D being rendered on a flat surface and 3D being rendered on a dimension similar to working with substances like making a statue,  and then displayed on a flat surface, I'm not sure if telling the difference is possible.  I know when viewing 3D movies you need special glasses, so perhaps, I'll have to forgo this experience.  I have one eye which works which means; I have no depth deception, ability to use 3D glasses, and my vision in the other eye is very limited.  Art is a challenge, especially 3D art.  If anyone has any ideas and/or resources; which would help me successfully continue my quest in the art field, most importantly digital art; I appreciate your information.

                                 AbstractioN

                                The last one

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