Calling new creatives James Reid, photography director of Wallpaper* magazine; Jefferson Hack, editorial director of Dazed Group; Johanna Neurath, design director at Thames & Hudson; Sarah Thomson, head of art production at Fallon; Daniel Moorey, head of print at communications agency adam&eveDDB; Andy Saunders, senior vice president of creative content at Getty Images; and photographers Oliviero Toscani and Miles Aldridge – these industry-leading figures are all on the extremely impressive judging panel for the Next Photographer Award. A new prize organised by D&AD and Getty Images, the Next Photographer Award offers emerging image-makers the chance to be mentored by professionals such as Sarah Thomson and Daniel Moorey, funding to realise a personal project, flights and tickets to the D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony, and a coveted D&AD ‘Pencil’ mark of honour. Entrants are invited to submit three images, which can be from a series or one-offs, and which can be on any subject.
Paper Art - Jen Stark Sculpture sur Papier - Calvin Nicholls It was only a matter of time before Calvin Nicholls' life-long passion in art and wildlife combined! The Canadian has been a full-time paper sculpture artist since the mid-1980's. With such a variety of animals in his collection, he's essentially created his own paper zoo. Many of the animal paper sculptures belong in Nicholls' most extensive collection, which includes over 75 pieces for Follett Library Resources in McHenry Illinois. "Initially a rigid form is constructed which establishes the contours of the subject and provides a stable base upon which the detail pieces are attached," Nicholls' says, as he explains his process. Calvin Nicholls' website RGB to multichannel to CMYK (and back) from the Course Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks: The Essentials All right, so in the previous exercise I introduced you to the Multichannel mode which allows you to switch from one color model to another color model without running any conversions. The only question is why in the world would you want to do such a thing. Why would you want to switch from RGB to a taped CMYK image or even worse to just a bizarre looking Lab image and the answer is you wouldn't. That's why I've crafted these next two lessons, this lesson and the next one is to give you a sense of a couple of practical applications from Multichannel, just to expand your mind, to inspire your creativity. In this exercise we're going to go from RGB to Multichannel, to CMYK and then back to RGB in order to create an interesting color effect and then in the next exercise we'll go from CMYK to Multichannel, to RGB in order to create an intense highsaturation affect. And this is, of course, the original unmodified version of the image. Now you can't tell, but it's filled with cyan.
Peintures translucides pour représenter les vagues de l'océan - Lia Melia Cambridge-based visual artist Lia Melia creates strikingly energetic paintings where curling and crashing ocean waves splash and splatter across the canvas. Having grown up near the sea, that is where artist Lia Melia continues to find her inspiration. "The seas moods can always express my deepest feelings," she explains. Melia uses a technique that is unique to her work in which she bakes powder pigments and paints onto a sheet of aluminum or glass. Lia Melia's website via [Ruines Humaines]
Performance Sand Art - Kseniya Simonova Born in a small town on the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine, Kseniya Simonova has skyrocketed to international stardom following her 2009 win of Ukraine’s Got Talent. Her combination of story telling, sand art, and music has been showcased in over 200 performances over the past 4 years, including locales such as Ukraine, Russia, Norway, Japan, Poland, Austria, China, The United Kingdom, India, Italy, Germany, Kazakhstan, Malta, and others. She performs regularly for presidents, heads of state, and royalty. Since she was a child, Kseniya painted, drew and designed alongside her mother and family. Kseniya would later become a fashion model, though she graduated from higher studies with a degree in medico-psychology. Her devotion to live sand art began when her now-husband Igor discovered her as a model. At first, she tested her art with beach and river sands, which proved difficult to work with over time due to their salinity. In 2009, Simonova presented her first exhibition in sand art.
Save Yourself Hours - The Most Effective Way To Clean Backgrounds In Photoshop If you’ve shot in any studio, then you know the rules. Larger studios may require the use of protective booties on a freshly painted cyc wall or some practice the unsaid "no shoes" rule when stepping onto background paper. But, unfortunately, that just doesn’t happen and if the subject is jumping or moving look after look that background is going to get dirty. In my opinion, it’s probably one of the more annoying aspects of studio fashion re-touching, especially if you’re shooting on white seamless paper. Create A New Layer. Add Median Noise. Create A Layer Mask. Paint On The Median Blur. Add Noise. I've never claimed to be a fantastic re-toucher, I just share from experience and always try to pay the knowledge forward.
Pierres en équilibre - Michael Grab Michael Grab is an artist that has been ‘rock balancing‘ since 2008. Much of his recent work has been done around the Boulder, Colorado area. Grab finds the process both spiritual and therapeutic. On his site gravityglue.com, Grab explains: “The most fundamental element of balancing in a physical sense is finding some kind of ‘tripod’ for the rock to stand on. On gravityglue you will find an extensive gallery of his work along with videos, an in-depth interview and an active blog about his thoughts that accompany his work. [via Colossal] If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends:
Sculptures en crayons - Jennifer Maestre When we are talking about pencil, what would you relate to? Maybe you would think about writing or drawing, but there is an artist who really thinks out of the box. She is Jennifer Maestre, a sculptor. Jennifer’s sculptures were inspired by the form and function of the sea urchin. The following are some amazing sculptures of Jennifer we selected. photomonth - East London Photography Festival Maquillage autour des yeux - Tal Peleg On peut se demander quel qualificatif va le mieux à Tal Peleg : maquilleuse ou peintre, tellement ses créations autour des yeux sont des oeuvres à part entière. Des heures et des heures de travail pour un résultat qui dépasse l’imaginaire et qui pourtant est bien réel. Remarquable. Vincent a ecrit 9001 articles
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