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| Splitting the Atom Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Feb 2010 12:59pm Massive Attack's new album, Heligoland, is on sale today; even if you're not a Massive Attack fan, this video from Edouard Salier for one track, Splitting the Atom, is well worth your attention for five minutes as a single camera tracks through an enormous 3D scene consisting of one cataclysmic moment, frozen in time. http://vimeo.com/9175212 |
| Intuos4 Wireless Computer Arts - Jim - 01 Feb 2010 3:38pm The title says it all, really. Wacom has just announced a wireless version of its excellent Intuos4 tablet. The new model uses Bluetooth and promises a 10-metre range, perfect if you happen to have the biggest monitor on the planet, and it charges via USB. It goes on sale late March; yours for £359.99 including VAT. http://www.wacom.com/intuos/wireless.php |
| Universal Everything 2010 Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Jan 2010 12:33pm If you have about six minutes to spare and don't mind being exposed to some amazing motion work, take a look at Universal Everything's 2010 reel, showcasing their recent work for AOL, Nokia, Audi and MTV, among others. http://vimeo.com/8930496 |
| Exit Through The Gift Shop Computer Arts - Jim - 22 Jan 2010 4:55pm Describing itself as "The world's first street art disaster movie", Banksy's new film has appeared out of nowhere in typical Banksy style and will be having its world premiere at the Sundance festival on Sunday. If you can't get there (and we're guessing it's completely sold out anyway) you can at least enjoy the trailer. http://www.banksyfilm.com/ |
| From The Dark Past Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Jan 2010 4:15pm This lovely bit of Flash has been sitting in my bookmarks for a while, waiting to be unleashed. Designed by Rafael Rozendaal and coded by Reinier Feijen, it displays a rolling polygonal landscape, accompanied by strange clanging noises. Click on it and you can add a bit of mouse-driven dynamic lighting. Completely useless, but it's nice to have around. http://www.fromthedarkpast.com/ |
| CA170 Webcam Light Painting Tutorial Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Dec 2009 4:49pm The latest Computer Arts should be hitting subscribers' doormats around now, and in it there's a great Flash tutorial from Matt Booth on using your webcam to paint with light. Unfortunately there's a mistake in the support files that prevents you from saving your images, and by the time Matt spotted it the CD was already on the way to the duplicators. Fortunately it's an easy fix; just download this zip file and use it instead of the file on the CD. |
| Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2009 – Free exhibition Computer Arts - Jim - 01 Dec 2009 10:52am Winning images from the world’s largest online photography competition are proudly unveiled at Mall Galleries in this free exhibition from Wednesday 9th December to Sunday 13th December. With the annual contest receiving more than 100,000 entries from 126 countries, its international reputation for inspirational and imaginative images remains unrivalled. With 10 categories including This is Britain, World in Motion, Digital Vision and Landscapes – find out which picture won ultimate glory and a £10,000 cash prize. http://www.photoradar.com |
| Bargain Student Bundles From Escape Computer Arts - Jim - 18 Nov 2009 5:07pm Attention students! If you're looking to save money on pro-level 3D software, Escape Studios has some rather good deals for you, such as Autodesk Educational Creative Suite (Maya, Mudbox, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2010) for £151.80 including VAT and delivery. Take a look at Escape's site for more details. |
| Typekit Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Nov 2009 4:02pm If you want to use proper fonts on your web site but can't be bothered with mucking about with sIFR or the like, and you don't mind paying, then Typekit might be what you're looking for. It's a subscription-based service for linking to high-quality Open Type fonts from some of the world's best type foundries, and once you've subscribed it's a simple matter of adding a line of Javascript to your markup. http://typekit.com/ |
| Apostrophe’s Window Wonderland Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Nov 2009 5:15pm Fancy seeing your artwork adorning one of Apostrophe’s cafes around London – plus win £1000? Check out the link below. But hurry, the competition closes on Monday (9th November). http://www.apostropheuk.com/windowwonderland |
| Special website discounts from Computer Arts Computer Arts - Jim - 30 Oct 2009 5:14pm Marlin Studios and Computer Arts have arranged an exclusive discount for you. For a limited time, you can order any total purchase of Pro Quality Textures and 3D Objects from Marlin Studios at a 25% discount off their website price. This includes 25% off many products that are already on sale and Pack Deals that are already discounted. Order as many products as you wish -- and all orders can be downloaded. Simply login to the address below using the login and password provided. ORDER NOW before this discount expires! Login: msdiscount Password: user2011 https://www.marlinstudios.com/fpl/orderfp.htm |
| A Lovely Cup Of Tea Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Oct 2009 10:50am Matt Jones AKA Lunartik is holding his very own design competition. The task: to come up with your own design for one of his Lunartik In A Cup Of Tea vinyl toys. Download the template, make with the artistic licence and submit your entry by 10 December. Find out more at the link below. http://www.lunartik.com/pages/Lunartik_competitions.html |
| #TwitterPicture Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Oct 2009 4:35pm Johanna Basford has a new project kicking off in which modern social networking meets old school creative process. She'll be creating an intricate hand-drawn image consisting entirely of objects suggested to her via Twitter, and turning the finished picture into a limited edition print. Find out more on her site; the fun begins at 9AM tomorrow. http://www.johannabasford.com/blog-article/165 |
| Digital Artist Winners Announced Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Oct 2009 12:11pm The judging is over and the winners of Digital Artist 2009 have been announced. You can see the winning entries up close at the Digital Artist exhibition at Blackall Studios in London until 10 October, or pick up the new Computer Arts Projects, on sale today and featuring a round-up of the results, or wait another couple of weeks for the next issue of Computer Arts featuring an in-depth look at the winning entries. Failing that, you can see them on the Digital Artist site right now. http://www.digitalartistawards.com/winners |
| Diginate Computer Arts - Jim - 09 Sep 2009 3:45pm If you fancy getting your work turned into decent quality stickers or posters but don't want to commit to a big print run, Diginate might be worth a look. They'll do custom cutting, spot varnishes, metallic finishes and more, and if you only want one thing printed they'll do it for you. Check out the site and get an instant quote if you like what you see. http://www.diginate.com/ |
| Arabic Geometry Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Sep 2009 12:16pm From the 'I've been meaning to post this for ages' files, here's a fantastic piece of lunchtime reading for anyone interested in pattern design - an almost intimidatingly in-depth article about Arabic geometry with absolutely loads of inspirational illustrations. http://www.catnaps.org/islamic/geometry.html |
| Timelines Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Aug 2009 12:04pm My old chum David McCandless has a new site called Information Is Beautiful, where he creates and collects lovely visualizations from all manner of interesting datasets. His latest creation is a bonkers temporal map of time travel plots from movies and TV, which not only looks great but also highlights areas where timelines cross and, for example, Marty McFly and the Star Trek crew might get together to battle the Terminator. http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/time-travel/ |
| Design a Perfect Christmas Card Computer Arts - Jim - 18 Aug 2009 12:15pm Feeling festive? PhotoBox are holding a competition to find a series of winning Christmas card designs, with the winner getting a £500 prize plus their winning design exhibited in a London gallery. Five runners-up will also win £100 each and a place at the exhibition. You'd better put on your favourite Christmas tunes and get cracking, though - entries close 6 September. http://cardcompetition.photobox.co.uk |
| Seb Lester Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Aug 2009 11:43am It's funny how things sometimes pan out; I happened upon Seb Lester's illustration and, liking what I saw, vaguely wondered if we'd ever covered him before. It wasn't until I looked at the typography section of his site that I realised that he's the chap behind the Soho Gothic font and he'd written a tutorial about its creation for CA Projects. Interesting to see another side to him, though. http://www.seblester.co.uk/ |
| You Me. Me You. Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Aug 2009 11:43am The legendary Bill Drummond's latest art scheme is to collaborate with a different individual each year until 2016, and he stipulates that it must be someone he's never spoken to, read about or heard of. Get further details at his endlessly fascinating Penkiln Burn site. http://www.penkilnburn.com/paintings/21/ |
| Peskimo's Guide To London Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Aug 2009 12:24pm If you're planning a trip to London in the next few weeks, Time Out magazine currently features a pull-out tourist guide to the capital, complete with a handy map of London created and illustrated by Peskimo. Find out more and get a sneak preview at the Peskimo blog. http://peskimo.com/web/blog.php?category=2 |
| "SUGOI!" Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Jul 2009 4:37pm Tado made a picture for Virgin about things to do in Japan, and they liked it so much that they decided to remix it, adding lots of extra details and their own fond memories of Japan, until they ended up with something that they could turn into an enormous A1 poster that, funnily enough, is now available to buy. Yours for £14.99 (of which £5 goes to the Western Park Hospital Cancer Charity in Sheffield), and they'll even throw in a free Ramen Monster sticker as well. Bargain! Find it here. |
| Beck's Music Inspired Art Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Jul 2009 4:10pm For their latest campaign Beck's - the beer people - have commissioned ten artists to re-imagine the covers from some of the most influential albums of the last four decades, and the resulting work is now available to view. We're especially enamoured of Rex Crowle's remake of The Beatles' Let It Be, while Modern Toss's version of U2's The Joshua Tree had us giggling like schoolgirls. Beck's still have 90 classic album covers that need reinterpreting - sign up and claim one as your own if you fancy a go. http://www.flickr.com/photos/becks-music-inspired-art |
| Threadcakes Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Jul 2009 12:40pm If you like designer T-shirts and you like cakes... This is a great idea: an online cake-baking contest run by Chris Cardinal and Threadless.com. Pick a design from the Threadless catalogue and then turn it into a cake! Not only are there fabulous prizes to be won, but once you've created and documented your entry you'll have a delicious designer cake to enjoy. Get baking - entries close 3 August. http://www.threadcakes.com/ |
| North West b.TWEEN TV Platforms Computer Arts - Jim - 14 Jul 2009 4:19pm Just.b is looking to find creative programmers who want to work with the BBC on multiplatform content - primarily to develop interesting red button content. The project will give five graduates paid placements in digital agencies in the North West and a chance for a placement at the BBC. Interested? Find more details over at the b.TWEEN site. http://www.btween.co.uk/enterprising-ideas |
| Civilization Computer Arts - Jim - 29 Jun 2009 3:42pm The Standard hotel in New York commissioned Marco Brambilla to create a video installation to be used in its elevators, and in association with Crush he came up with an amazing vertical tableau depicting Heaven, Hell and all the bits of purgatory in between. You start at the ground floor with Hell laid out before you, with Heaven awaiting when you reach the top floor. It's one impressive piece of motion work; make sure you read the notes underneath the video to see how much work was involved. http://bit.ly/cDEbW |
| PhotoRadar announced Computer Arts - Jim - 29 Jun 2009 11:23am Future has announced the launch of PhotoRadar, its latest Radar Network and biggest UK online launch of 2009, offering inspiration, instruction, news, reviews, video content and community features. With its own dedicated editorial team, led by Rachael D’Cruze, PhotoRadar will deliver up-to-the minute news, first-look previews and reviews across the whole sector – from compacts and essential camera kit, through to top-end digital SLRS. It will also aggregate existing editorial and video content from Future’s multi-award-winning print titles Digital Camera and PhotoPlus. PhotoRadar will be packed with video tutorials and user generated content, allowing photographers to upload their own images for peer review, and letting them rate others’ photographs. Pro-level photographers will regularly offer advice, while in-depth starter guides will reveal the best ways for beginners to improve their camera and photo-editing skills. The beta version of Future’s PhotoRadar goes live late next month with the full site scheduled to launch in August. http://www.photoradar.com |
| Ben The Illustrator - live! Computer Arts - Jim - 24 Jun 2009 11:50am Today Thunder Chunky are trying a fun Twitter experiment; they're hanging out with Ben The Illustrator and chronicling his progress as he creates a brand new Giclee print, from initial sketch to finished product. More details here. http://twitter.com/thunderchunkyuk |
| Join ImagineFX! Computer Arts - Jim - 18 Jun 2009 5:13pm Our friends on excellent fantasy art magazine, ImagineFX, are in need of a Deputy Editor and they wondered if any of our readers might be up to the task. If you're interested, follow the link for more information and details of how to apply. http://tinyurl.com/n3xoxo |
| Banksy's Coming Home Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jun 2009 3:44pm Surprise of the day is that Bristol City Museum And Art Gallery is hosting a new exhibition by Banksy, opening tomorrow, 13 June. Featuring 100 works that Banksy describes as his vision of the future, it's been organised in complete secrecy, so much so that even Banksy's site is only showing a single teaser image, promising details to follow. BBC News, however, has the inside scoop; head on over for a taste of what's on show. See you there! http://www.banksy.co.uk/ |
| Art Car Boot Fair 2009 Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jun 2009 3:37pm Described by The Independent as “The hippest car boot sale you’re likely to come across in quite a while”, the Art Car Boot Sale 2009 is on this Sunday, 14 June, from 12-6pm at 146 Brick Lane. Artists in attendance this year include Sir Peter Blake, Gavin Turk, Bob and Roberta Smith; it's a great opportunity to meet artists and pick up some bargain art, too. http://www.artcarbootfair.com/ |
| Tara McPherson live Computer Arts - Tom - 11 Jun 2009 11:23am Low-brow art's queen of cool, Tara McPherson, begins her book and toy signing tour today at Forbidden Planet, Shaftsbury Avenue, London from 6PM. Head along for visual treats. She has also just released a set of limited edition Canvases and Cushions at ClickforArt.com, head along to the link to browse their wares. http://www.clickforart.com |
| Correction Computer Arts - Tom - 04 Jun 2009 10:15am In issue 163, on sale in the UK now, we mistakenly attributed a comment to Brendan Dawes at magneticNorth stating that the Eames design team were brothers. They were, of course, husband and wife. First of all we should recognise Ray Eames’ all-embracing contribution to design and the lack of recognition bestowed upon her. We should also point out that it was in fact our mistake and not Brendan’s, as was the assumption that magneticNorth produce television commercials; they don’t. Ray Eames was an abiding example of broad-brush design, and should rightly be celebrated as a true innovator within an industry that was – and some would argue, remains – male dominated. Should she still be working today, I would certainly hope her contribution to design would be more widely acknowledged, and not just for the fact she was female. Our sincerest apologies. http://mnatwork.com/ |
| MOOvie Mania Computer Arts - Jim - 29 May 2009 5:02pm Our friends at MOO, sponsors of last week's newsletter and purveyors of possibly the finest custom cards know to man, are running a little competition at the moment - make a short film featuring MOO products and be in with the chance of winning fabulous prizes. Hit the MOO blog link below for further details of rules and prizes. http://www.moo.com/blog/ |
| MouthOff Computer Arts - Jim - 28 May 2009 12:39pm If you're bored of your mouth and have an iPhone, here's the perfect app for you. MouthOff displays a big sound-reactive animated mouth on your iPhone, so that you can hold it in front of your face while you talk. Even better, the developers roped in a collection of top illustrators to provide the mouth, including Pete Fowler, Army of Trolls and, you'll be amazed to learn, Jon Burgerman. And it's only 59p - that value for money even if the novelty wears off after five minutes. http://iphone.ustwo.co.uk/mouthoff |
| Andy Gilmore Computer Arts - Jim - 27 May 2009 4:53pm I just happened upon a very nice illustration from Wired by Andy Gilmore, which I liked so much that I had to see more of his work. And it was well worth finding; much of it is psychedelic vector work that looks like it's been generated procedurally and then finished off in Photoshop. There's also quite a bit of hand-drawn work in a similar style as well; it makes for a good mix. http://www.birdbrid.com/ |
| b.TWEEN 09 Computer Arts - Jim - 27 May 2009 12:54pm b.TWEEN 09 is a cross-media marketplace where big players meet entrepreneurial talent and explore digital opportunities and challenges. Topics in 2009 include making social networks work, successful collaboration, the case against advertising, and new narrative forms. Keynotes come from Jon Drori, Mark Earls, Matt Costello and Charles Leadbeater, and speakers from the likes of Bebo and Spotify. http://btween.co.uk/ |
| To Boldly Actionscript... Computer Arts - Jim - 20 May 2009 12:52pm There seem to be no limits as to how far Flash skills can take you these days; take a look at this piece on The Flash Blog about OOOii, and how they created interfaces and displays for Star Trek using Flash, Actionscript 3 and AIR. Impressive stuff. http://theflashblog.com/?p=1010 |
| Adventures In Motion Computer Arts - Jim - 18 May 2009 4:20pm Word reaches us from onedotzero about the rapidly approaching submission deadline for their onedotzero_adventures in motion festival later this year. They're looking for explorations of new creative expression, visionary moving image and progressive visual ideas, in animation and short film, installation art and live audio-visual performance. Entry's free; follow the link for further details. http://www.onedotzero.com/submissions |
| ColoRotate Computer Arts - Jim - 15 May 2009 12:59pm "Colors (sic) come to life in 3D!" It's been a while since I've come across a new colour wheel palette making thing; this one is in 3D, with the colour wheel extruded into diamond form in order to do away with confusing sliders. I'm still a bit confused by it, but give it a go and see what you think. http://www.colorotate.org/ |
Quicktime 7
QuickTime updates don’t usually get us that excited. But the inclusion of the H.264 codec in QuickTime 7 has us drooling as it’s the one the PSP uses for movies. Stick your showreel on a big memory card and put it on a PSP – that’s progress!
Canon EOS 350D
Canon’s pro-am SLR gets even better, now with an 8 megapixel sensor and new features previously only found on much more expensive models, including three focus modes, monochrome mode and faster memory card writing.
Annoying Apple
Jobs and co have sparked ire for getting heavy-handed with a student who put the latest OSX update online, so much so that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out and offered him $1,000 towards his defence.
Drunkenblog.com
Loonatics
“Hey, let’s take the Looney Toons characters and re-imagine them as angular, edgy superhero types in the year 2772 for today’s teen demographic!” No, really, we’re sure it’ll be at least as wonderful as Scrappy Doo.
Postgazette.com
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