Woodshedded (verb)
Woodshedded (verb) (continued from last post) Last night I was woodshedded by a friend, in the sense that I was …
Free Use, Copyright Law
Free Use, Copyright Law (Please also read next post) Testing, testing. Above we have two images. One is by Leonardo …
Tile Photos FX, puzzle-cut mode
Tile Photos FX, puzzle-cut mode First I got the idea to use the software to make my own Tangrams set. So I started with …
Collection Patterns 2
Collection Patterns 2 This is another collection of patterns, more complex than last week. My next post in two weeks will be the 3rd with …
More and Less from This White
Ultrawhite paint could cool buildings and combat climate change This sciencemag.org bulletin talks about a new kind of paint that can condition …
Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright and Fair Use Fair Use is a legal term you use at your own risk. Lawyers can readily …
Deborah Roberts. Pieces Made into Wholeness
Addendum (11.01.20.) I’ve received feedback that some think Deborah Roberts is a so-so artist. I emphatically disagree. I also disagree – …
Annals of Imaging, Premiere
A lens can focus light to form an image, unlike a prism, which refracts light without focusing. Devices that similarly focus or disperse waves …
Art and Experimental Media
Art and Experimental Media Enjoy this bird footage, a pigeon and an owl. Then a look at what this means …
Collection Patterns Simple
Collection Patterns Simple One of my traits is a very strong interest in patterns. Don’t know why or whence. But 20 plus years ago when …
The App Scale: Beautiful Fractals
The App Scale: Beautiful Fractals I downloaded for free from the Apple App Store a lovely nicely-featured little app for Fractals. Michael Fogleman [ https://www.michaelfogleman.com/ ] …
Disconnected from the Internet
Disconnected from the Internet A sudden disconnect from the internet is like what the old folk song says about old age: It won’t kill …
Torso Incognito
Torso Incognito Hereby hangs a tale. A decade ago I downloaded a file, The Venus of Cnidos. Maybe she was an Aphrodite? I was …
Altered Portraits
Altered Portraits I like things better when they’re distorted, mauled, put in vivid contrast. A portrait is often a beginning that’s fun to mess with, …
Details of Wholes
Details of Wholes When an artist mixes this with that, apples with oranges, copper and cork my interest perks up. In …
A Brief Comment on Last Night’s First Presidential Debate
A Brief Comment on Last Night’s First Presidential Debate The lowest common denominator. You may think it’s puckish but focus on how …
Split-screen: Jesse Mockrin’s Narrative Paintings
Split-screen: Jesse Mockrin’s Narrative Paintings Jesse Mockrin is a painter who developed a new compositional style and bounded forward in ten-league …
3-D Materials
3-D Materials I enjoy mining files designed for 3D software and then using them in 2D digital images. The “wrong” way.