Create paintings from photos Did you ever wanted to be a great artist? But unfortunately you are really bad at it? Well that's ok because now with Psykopaint you can be a great artist with no skills. So You Want to Become an Artist? Painting is not just mixing colors, it is a combination of your drawing skills, combined with mixing, plus learning how to compose, and capture the subject. 1. Two Dimensions The first concept you must realize, and you found this when you were drawing, that you are attempting to translate and put a three dimensional subject, like a tree for instance (which has height, width and depth) onto on onto a a two-dimensional surface (paper, canvas, etc. which has height and width only). Your painting surface is flat! Simply put, the challenge is to use techniques of perspective, foreshortening and more to emulate what you see in reality. What are these things of perspective, foreshortening and more? 2. Art is a solo show and endeavor. Instructors are the ones who can really tell you what is good or needs correcting in your work. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Jan 3-Jan 9, 2011 Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out. To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Is Good the Enemy of Great in Web Design? – Techniques That Can Help Improve Your Lifestyle as a Designer/Developer – Beautiful Liquid In Motion – The State of Web Design Trends: 2011 Annual Edition – Understanding the Psychology of Logo Design – The Pros and Cons of Art Directed Blog Posts – How to Be a Purple Cow Among Designers – Want more?
New Tab Born and raised in northern China, Victor Wang is currently a professor of fine arts at Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. Wang has a BFA (oil painting) from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in China and an MFA from Fontbonne University where he works. Of his painting, Wang says, “My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. My experience of settling into America in search of better opportunities has been both challenging and inspiring. I use the human face as a vehicle to paint human experiences – worry and wonder, sadness and pleasure – which reflect the emotional stage directly tied to my immigration experiences. China’s Cultural Revolution played an important part in my life. To see more of Wang’s work, visit VictorWang.net.
Navigating comics: an empirical and theoretical approach to strategies of reading comic page layouts | Neil Cohn Cohn Navigating comics been found in right-to-left reading cultures. Given this, we mightexpect the left-to-right reading orientation to engender the use of a Z-path as well.A Z-path certainly makes sense for a grid organization of pan-els ( ), which is most similar to the rows of text, butlayouts may depart from or manipulate a straightforward gridin several ways. The borders of panels may become angled oreliminated, or panels might take strange sizes or shapes. Thesemanipulations are relatively superficial though, since they may not necessarily force a reader to question how to order the panels.Morechallengingmanipulationsmightvarythe proximity of pan-els with each other, either through separation of the panels fromeach other ( overlapping panels on top of each other( ). staggered Blockage occurs when pan-els are stacked vertically next to a panel that runs the distance of the vertical panels. ,following the Z-path causespanel C to be ordered before panel B. Never,4 manga ). ).
5 Website Designs That Blew Us Away As part of the ongoing Mashable Awards, we're taking a closer look at each of the nomination categories. This is "Breakthrough Website Design." Be sure to nominate your favorites and join us for the Gala in Las Vegas! Sponsorships are available. Please contact sponsorships@mashable.com for more information. Lately, we've been pondering some of the better web designs that have popped up over the past year. When we say "web design," we're looking beyond the pretty face of a well-laid-out page, beyond color and typography, beyond trends. As greater bandwidth, new file formats and new markup specs make it easier, cheaper and faster to deliver high-quality digital images, sound and video, groundbreaking web designers are making visually and aurally intensive sites that change our point-and-click expectations of what the web should look like. Here are a few of the websites we think showcased excellent design work this year, both in terms of form and function. 1. 2. U.S. 3. 4. 5. Win an iPad!
The Most Viewed photographers on plsr. | plsr. - photography showcase Erwin Olaf Patrick Hoelck David Anthony Hall Luka Kase David Teran Stephen Stickler Koen Demuynck Henrik Purienne Olaf Blecker Ruben Timman Gary Land Martin Brent Keegan Gibbs Jill Greenberg Erik Almas Anna Wolf Thomas Kettner Morten Bjarnhof Babak Salari John-Paul Pietrus Andrew Zuckerman Daniel Weisser Julia Fullerton-Batten Michael Heinsen Kristian Schuller Laura Barisonzi Tony D’Orio Luis R. Vidal Steven Lippman Thomas Rusch Joel Grimes Andrew Farrington Fadil Berisha Scott Slusher Zhang Jingna Francis Dreis Austin Hargrave Paul Weeks Jeremy Cowart Lee Towndrow Creatively Approaching Abstract Photography Photography takes many forms and incorporates many different styles, most of which either fall into the categories of documentary or fine art. It is in the second category that we find abstract photography, a means of visual expression that's purpose is not to inform the viewer, but to engage and excite. Step 1 - What is abstract photography? Handily, there isn't really a defined meaning or explanation of what abstract photography entails, and in the same regard to abstract art, the content of the work is essentially unimportant and often entirely ambiguous. What does take precedence is the form, colour, line and texture within the composition, to create a piece that is visually stimulating. Step 2 - It's all in the approach So how does one go about taking abstract photographs? Step 3 - Break the rules! It's important to consider what elements of your subject that you want to engage with in order to enhance your shot. Step 4 - Pattern & Line Step 5 - Form Step 6 - Colour
Web Designs that Use Textures Beautifully Using textures in a web design gives it a unique look that roughens the sharpness and crispness that you can find in most other site designs. When used properly, the results of utilizing textures in a web layout can be stunning. This collection follows up on a collection posted last year called "30 Beautifully Textured Web Designs" (which you should check out if you haven’t already) with even more web designs that use textures masterfully. Dan Conaway Vegas Uncork’d Aussie BBQ Legends Team Fannypack Ministério de Artes Freedom Mother Earth Brewing Steve Mullen Creative Tyler Gaw Campus Vida Mom & Popcorn Occasions By Elizabeth Coopers Kids nykevanwyk Kiwi Sibling Rivalry Revive Africa The Crazy Love Campaign Matt Salik Paloma Films Zach Hendricks Merge icebolt.info Tori’s Eye The Blizzards Design Embraced Skiptracers Movie Story Pixel Last Letter Mutt Ink Related Content About the Author Jacob Gube is the Founder and Chief Editor of Six Revisions.
Steve Smith I don’t know what’s the deal with these hyperrealist artists, once again, great work, but absolutely no information…so I’ll just tell you to look at Steve Smith’s pretty paintings, who apparently dreams of sunny days, holidays and sunglasses. Can’t say I blame him! 70+ Stunning Abstract Photographs For many, the concept of abstract art breeds images of what appear to the uneducated eye as random swathes of color and shape tossed into a scene to create something the artists deems representation of a specific entity such as an emotion or situation. When it comes to photography, similar notions can occur as we are confronted with confusing images containing unspecific subject matter. But do not be afraid, there is an awful lot to be learned from abstract photography. Practical Tips Abstract photography is based on the photographers eye. We're looking to capture something in a way that it would not usually be seen. Techniques Abstract photography is not about abiding by the rules. Approach it from angles, move your feet, bend your knees, look up, look down, look for patterns and correlating colors. My favorite aspects of shooting abstract shots is the moment when someone looks at an image and says "I really like it, but what is it?" Photo Inspiration Hippie Extrajection Dimitridf Bill Gracey