Topic 2

So I'm stretching way back to topic two because I totally forgot about it.Oh well atleast its an open topic.I cant remember what was going on back in wek # so I'll just talk about something more recent. So today actually, a kid in my class brought in his new iPad 2 and its white. I know its nothing big but It looks soooo m uch cooler than the black one.It seems more modern and sophisticated to me. It's funny how going from black to white can do that. Maybe its just me but thats how i felt about it when I saw it. It's pretty cool so go online and check it out if you havnt already seen it.

Post 14

Ok, So I am totally ready for summer and have a pretty project I want to do. I recently came across an old vintage 3 speed bicycle and it is in pretty rough shape. Everything still works on it just fine though. So I want to re-store it and I was doing some research and it wont cost a hole lot but it will take a lot of man hrs. Anyway I have to take it all apart and polish up the chrome but the part im excited about is re- painting it. should be fun and i am excited.

Post 13

PhotoShop Brushes! I have collected a pretty killer set of water color brushes for photoshop and they can create some really sweet image effects.If you ever want to try it just know that you have to create a lot of layers and will have to mess with opacity a lot but looks totally cool. Give it a try. You will enjoy

Post 12

Ok so I think I'll give out a little photo shop secret. So if you find an image off of google or whatever and you would like to use it in one of your own works but aren't sure about copyright laws or whatever here is what you can do. In photo shop if you have the image, go ahead and grab the smudge tool. If you make it a small brush size and begin to go back and forth with the curves and lines of the image you can achieve some cool painterly effects. Then you can go in and select different color ranges and change them or tweak them to make the piece your own. This technique takes a little bit of practice but it is worth the effort.

Post 11

So just a fun little design tid bit here. My girlfriend is in art ed at Kent and she recently did an art plan with the kids that looks cool and its fun, easy and messy, so naturally I was attracted to it. Basically you just take different water colors and shaving cream and dump it all into a big pile and start to twirl it and swish it every which way and the end result is a pretty cool marble looking texture. Its fun and inexpensive so if you're ever board over the summer go ahead and give it a shot.

Post 10

So i was recently at boarders and I was looking through some of the art books and i came accross a really cool one on how to present your portfolio. It interesting and educational and gave me some cool ideas on how present mine when the time comes. Boarders has alot of sweet books like that and i recommend going to check some of them out.

Post 9

The Collider show was really cool. I really liked the piece with the interactive video of the red person hanging by strings. It was neet how the video would change depending on how many people were in the room and where they were standing. It gave me an un-easy feeling but I guess that means that it was effective as an interactive piece.