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| Patrick Gunderson Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Jan 2009 12:37pm Patrick's generative artwork looks like it came out of Processing, but in fact he creates it using Flash and Actionscript. Respect. http://pat.theorigin.net/ |
| I'm A Designer And... Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Jan 2009 11:34am Actually I'm not. But if I were I'd currently be thinking up some witty and insightful bon mot in order to post it on this page. http://www.dotdotdotspot.com/ |
| GROW Tower Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Jan 2009 12:47pm Few things in life make me happier than a new version of my favourite daft Japanese Flash game. As always, just click things and watch them grow, then spend far too much time working out the correct order to do things in. http://www.eyezmaze.com/eyezblog_en/blog/2009/01/grow_tower.html |
| Auersalo subscriber print issues Computer Arts - Amy - 15 Jan 2009 12:34pm Subscribers to Computer Arts will already have received the first in their series of limited edition Computer Arts subscriber prints with issue 158, designed for Computer Arts by Finnish illustrator Jesse Auersalo. Unfortunately, due to a machine error during the packing process, a small number of the prints were damaged. In light of this, every subscriber will receive a shiny, happy new copy of the Auersalo print with issue 159 (out 12 Feb), along with the second print in the series, an exclusive from the fantastic My Dead Pony. http://mydeadpony.com |
| Pretty Loaded Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Jan 2009 12:30pm Lord knows how long I've spent staring at Flash preloaders over the years, and there have been more than a few occasions when the preloader's turned out to be more entertaining than the end result. Now Big Spaceship has decided to celebrate the preloader with an online museum; just hit the link and sit back as the preloaders keep on coming. http://www.prettyloaded.com/ |
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| Stamp of design approval Computer Arts - Amy - 06 Jan 2009 11:48am The London Underground map will soon be breaking out of the big smoke and navigating its way across the UK as part of the Royal Mail’s set of stamps celebrating 10 iconic British designs. Tuesday 13th January sees the collection – which also features the classic Penguin books jacket, the Mini, Concorde, Mary Quant’s miniskirt and Gilbert Scott's K2 telephone box – going on sale across the UK. http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps |
| James Jean Fables covers collected Computer Arts - Amy - 19 Dec 2008 11:40am Now you can own and ogle the complete series of Computer Arts favourite James Jean’s series of covers for Vertigo’s Fables comics without having to fork out for the whole set. Jean’s beautiful Fables cover illustrations have been compiled in ‘Fables covers By James Jean’ (Vertigo), and are accompanied by Jean’s early-stage sketches and notes, quotes from the Fables comics, photos of Jean’s studio and an interview with the man himself by Fables writer and creator Bill Willingham. http://www.jamesjean.com |
| Digital Design Tournament 2009 - call for competitors Computer Arts - Jim - 18 Dec 2008 5:23pm Calling digital designers the world over: Cut&Paste wants YOU for its annual global Digital Design Tournament. Over the course of four months in 2009, the international tournament series will challenge designers from all backgrounds and nations across the map to dig deep and design their way into the spotlight. Cut&Paste will accomplish its core mission of establishing a global community of designers through the design-as-spectator-sport approach it brings to its live competitions in 2D, 3D, and motion design. http://www.cutandpaste.com/ |
| Cut & Paste 2009 Computer Arts - Tom - 17 Dec 2008 11:31am The digital design spectacular that is Cut & Paste has put out its call for 2009 competitors. Computer Arts is partnering the touring competition this year, so if you fancy fronting down against your creative contemporaries, get your entries in before the following dates: >North America - Jan. 14, 2009 >Europe, Asia/Pacific - Feb. 6, 2009 http://www.cutandpaste.com/ |
| AKQA's Festive Microwaves Computer Arts - Jim - 16 Dec 2008 11:28am After last year's festive gerbils, which were brilliant despite spending most of the time hiding, AKQA are again in a Christmassy mood. This time it involves microwave ovens and, thankfully, no gerbils. http://www.akqa.com/happychristmas/ |
| The Daily Aphorism Computer Arts - Jim - 15 Dec 2008 3:00pm The School of Life and St. Luke's have come up with a collection of 30 bite-sized chunks of wisdom for you to discuss, dispute or distribute. Get them dropped into your inbox every day, look at them online or print out the PDF to stick on your wall. http://www.thedailyaphorism.com/ |
| Animata Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Dec 2008 12:44pm Animation just keeps on getting easier. Animata's an open source animation package that quickly enables you generate results in realtime by setting up puppets that can then be driven by all manner of live inputs. Take a look at the example videos to get an idea of what it can do. http://animata.kibu.hu/index.html |
| Wallpaper* Graduate Directory Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Dec 2008 4:54pm Wallpaper* has just published its 2009 Graduate Directory, featuring the next generation of outstanding graduates from around the world and covering a range of disciplines from design and illustration through to transportation and perfumery. http://www.wallpaper.com/content/feature/graduate-directory-2009/ |
| Go on, have a free Rotovision book! Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Dec 2008 2:47pm We still have a few books left for our special subscription offer, so if you fancy saving money on an Arts or Projects subscription and getting a free Rotovision title to go with it, get in there quickly! http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/RX222 |
| Serial Cut update Computer Arts - Luke - 10 Dec 2008 2:21pm After a prolonged hiatus the mighty Serial Cut have finally updated their site with new work. Excellent stuff as always. http://www.serialcut.com/ |
| Computer Arts props from Segura Computer Arts - Amy - 10 Dec 2008 10:41am Design and creative advertising visionary Carlos Segura, who stars as the Design Icon in this month’s Computer Arts (issue 156), has returned the love by featuring the issue on his website. Carlos and his team have taken some great photos of the magazine, which boasts a special collector’s edition cover by Danish design duo Hvass&Hannibal, so check them out on the site. The issue remains on sale on UK newsstands until 18 December 2008. http://www.segura-inc.com |
| Wall Candy on show Computer Arts - Tom - 08 Dec 2008 3:43pm The folks behind Wall Candy Art have announced their first proper show in London town, opening this Wednesday, December 10 at the Louise T Blouin Institute, W11. Get along if you're nearby and gawp at the wonderful creations from the likes of 123Klan, the fabulous SKWAK, and Tobias Jones amongst many others http://www.wallcandyart.co.uk |
| Genetic Art Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Dec 2008 2:39pm Now this is rather impressive. Roger Alsing wrote a program to generate polygons from a string of DNA, then set it up to copy and slightly mutate the string, render a new set of polygons from it, then compare the resulting image to a source image. If it looks more like the source image than the previous iteration then the old DNA gets overwritten with the mutated version and the program repeats. He then decided to see if it could paint a replica of the Mona Lisa using just 50 semi-transparent polygons... http://rogeralsing.com/2008/12/07/genetic-programming-evolution-of-mona-lisa/ |
| P-p-pick up a Bickford-Smith Computer Arts - Amy - 03 Dec 2008 10:31am Never again be stumped on what to buy for the aesthete who has everything – Coralie Bickford-Smith’s new Arts and Crafts-influenced hardback classic cover designs for Penguin, available exclusively through Waterstone’s, will have bookshelves giving the Christmas tree a run for its money in the dazzle stakes. Authors whose works are in the series include Dostoyevsky, Austen, Dickens and the Brontë sisters. Also check out Coralie’s previous designs for Penguin: the award-winning Classic Boys’ Adventure series and the awesome black-and-yellow covered Gothic Reds series. http://www.cb-smith.com |
| The Grid System Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Dec 2008 4:38pm Early days for this grid-obsessed resource site, with not an enormous amount of grid-related content collected so far, but with the aim of being the ultimate resource on grid systems it's worth a look and a bookmark if you ever find yourself using grids or even using the word 'grid' far too many times in a single sentence. Like that one. http://www.thegridsystem.org/ |
| Bio-Bak Computer Arts - Jim - 01 Dec 2008 12:53pm Blimey, that's good! If you only look at one more Flash-based site this year, make it this one. This man's clearly some kind of dangerous Flash wizard. http://www.bio-bak.nl/ |
| Multicolr Search Lab Computer Arts - Jim - 01 Dec 2008 12:23pm I'm sure this isn't the first colour-based Flickr search I've ever seen, but by Jiminy it's good. Multicolr Search Lab gives you a palette of 120 colours to click, and you can use up to ten of them to search through 10 million of the most interesting Flickr pictures, with results appearing as close to instantly as makes no difference. http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr |
| Subscribe - get a free Rotovision book! Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Nov 2008 4:18pm We've introduced some fantastic new subscription deals today - find them here to save up to 55% on Computer Arts and 58% on Projects - but if you fancy something extra, we've cut a special deal with Rotovision to offer you a free book as well as up to 45% off store prices. Numbers are limited though, so act fast! http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/RX222 |
| Processing 1.0 Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Nov 2008 10:57am After about seven years in development, Processing, the fairly straightforward programming language that makes it quite easy for artists and designers to make great-looking things, has finally hit version 1.0. Another reason for me to shunt it closer to the top of my Things I Really Ought To Get My Head Round list. http://www.processing.org/ |
| Craig Shields Computer Arts - Jim - 25 Nov 2008 5:10pm A good mix of styles here from Craig, with a really nice range of illustration and typography, including one piece that'll make your eyes hurt something chronic. I need to stop hitting BACK when I've finished looking at a picture, though. http://www.surpy.co.uk/ |
| How Cool Is This? Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Nov 2008 12:20pm I'll tell you: it's very cool indeed. You'll need a printer and a webcam, and then you can have far too much fun playing with a little augmented reality monster. Excellent work from Digital Pictures Interactive. http://interactive.digitalpictures.com.au/?p=392 |
| 55DSL Logo Remix Computer Arts - Rob - 13 Nov 2008 10:17am Fancy winning 1055 euros, plus having your design on a T-shirt in 55DSL's 2010 Spring/Summer collection? Yep, thought so. Head over to the site below for details of the 55DSL Logo Remix competition, in association with cut&paste. Hurry though, the competition closes on December 5. http://logoremix.55dsl.com/ |
| Toshiba Timesculpture Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Nov 2008 2:14pm Forget about Sony's Bravia adverts - Toshiba have just raised the bar with this amazing advert, made with over 200 video cameras. It looks very ordinary at first, and then it all kicks off, leaving you wondering how the hell they did it. There's also a Making Of piece to accompany it, but that would spoil the illusion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYPn1BrTNCE |
| eBaltimore Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Nov 2008 10:32am The latest eBoy poster is out, and which world-famous metropolis have they chosen for a cheeky pixel makeover this time? That's right, it's Baltimore Docks! I can only assume that they've been seriously overdoing it on The Wire lately. I'm not going to look too closely at it because I'm only a few episodes into season two and I'd rather avoid any spoilers. Already spotted Kima, though. http://shop.eboy.com/products/baltimore-docks-poster |
| The grads have it Computer Arts - Amy - 11 Nov 2008 4:45pm Friend and collaborator of Chris Clarke (the Bristol-based graphic designer featured in the Exposure section of the current issue of Computer Arts), Alex Ostrowski is a graduate worth watching. Having graduated with a first-class honours in graphic design from the University of the West of England this summer, Alex’s striking work expertly walks the line between clear, engaging concept communication and beautiful execution, and has already garnered him an RSA Design Directions Award and a D&AD Student Awards nomination. For more on the hottest graduates breaking into the graphics and illustration worlds over the next year – particularly if you think you’re one of them – see the January issue of Computer Arts for news of our 2009 Graduate Showcase and how you could be a part of it. http://www.alexostrowski.com |
| Dazed Cover Versions Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Nov 2008 12:35pm Dazed & Confused magazine's January issue is about what it means to be young and British today, and having asked everyone under 18 in the UK to supply ideas, they're now asking the kids to design the cover as well. They supply a zip file containing three Hedi Slimane images as well as all the other bits you'll need, and the rest is up to you, presuming you're under 18. "If you’re actually a 37-year-old graphic designer and live with your mum," they add, "we can’t stop you entering but it would be a bit weird, wouldn’t it?" Find out more here. |
| Going (T-)Postal Computer Arts - Amy - 04 Nov 2008 5:32pm Is it a magazine? Is it an installation? Is it gym gear? A T-shirt loving design buff’s dream is what Swedish T-shirt subscription company T-Post is. Each month, subscribers to T-Post receive a new ‘issue’ – that being a T-shirt designed exclusively for T-Post by one of the world’s hottest graphic designers or illustrators, with their design springing from a topical subject that month. Past T-Post designers include Danish duo Hvass&Hannibal, Jeremyville and Ragnar Persson. http://www.t-post.se |
| Happy Halloween! Computer Arts - Luke - 31 Oct 2008 10:01am In celebration of all things spooky and macabre, here is a link to the work of Jesse Auersalo who creates beautifully creepy works of art. To find out more about Jesse, check out issue 155 of Computer Arts where we feature him as number 6 in our Top Ten Illustrators of 2008 feature. On sale now. http://www.jesseauersalo.com/ |
| Some Type of Wonderful Computer Arts - Jim - 29 Oct 2008 2:55pm To celebrate its love of good typography, Lifelounge commissioned 12 of its favourite artists and designers, including Alex Trouchut and Si Scott, to each produce an image related to a designated month of the year. Each design is available as a signed A1 giclée print, or if the price is a little steep you can buy them all together as a limited edition A3 calendar. http://www.lifelounge.com/sometypeofwonderful/ |
| typeface.js Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Oct 2008 4:41pm Here's a fantastic little hack for any web designers who like to use custom fonts but are sick of having to do them as images or sIFR. Install typeface.js and the fonts you want you want to use, then you can put your text straight into the HTML. It's early days and a little limited - you can't copy the resulting text as it appears to be generates as a set of PNG files, and you wouldn't want to use it for a swathe of body text. Still very much worth a look, though. http://typeface.neocracy.org/ |
| Chad VanGaalen Computer Arts - Amy - 22 Oct 2008 10:12am The sickeningly talented Canadian creative Chad VanGaalen wriggles his fingers in a number of artistic pies, illustrating the covers of and animating the videos for his grunge-informed tunes. Not only does VanGaalen sound something like Grandaddy covering The Flaming Lips but, with indie kings Sub Pop as his label, it’s safe to assume that his cartoon-ish animations aren’t going to get any less freaky and surreal. For your mythical animal animation fix, check out his video for the song ‘Red Hot Drops’ online now. http://www.subpop.com/artists/chad_vangaalen |
| The Making of the Star Guitar Video Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Oct 2008 3:12pm Everyone with a soul knows that Michel Gondry's video for The Chemical Brothers' Star Guitar is one of the best things ever in the history of the world. What you probably haven't seen is his prototype version made out of oranges and trainers and videotapes and stuff. Feel free to watch him mapping everything out on pencil and paper, but the fun really kicks off around the 7-minute mark. Watch and learn. |
| ClickforArt Relaunched Computer Arts - Tom - 20 Oct 2008 12:36pm Art print site clickforart.com has relaunched with a snazzy new face-lift and a huge new range of prints and canvases. New artists, new work, originals, signed prints, new prices, and a brand spanking new catalogue including work from Computer Art stars like Adhemas Batista, Olly Howe and Mopa all available. http://www.clickforart.com |
| WallCandyArt Computer Arts - Rob - 17 Oct 2008 2:05pm If you're looking for something to adorn your walls, check out the range of limited edition prints at WallCandyArt. Artists such as Tobias Jones, Keiran Sandal and Kat Cameron all make an appearance, and, although we haven't got any prints ourselves, outstanding quality is promised. More on the venture at the site below. http://www.wallcandyart.co.uk/ |
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.
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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.
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