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| Halfshag Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Jan 2006 11:53am Isometric pixel art without the pain? Halfshag's online tool enables you to put scenes together in an easy-peasy drag-and-drop kind of way. http://www.halfshag.com/iso/ |
| Bak Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jan 2006 11:55am A pleasant surprise in the mail this morning. Bak is an e-magazine from Turkey, crammed with eye-catching imagery and a decent selection of articles, and well worth the 35MB download. http://www.bakmagazine.com/ |
| Hyperscore Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jan 2006 11:32am Switch off your iPod and use your artistic skills to make your own tunes. Hyperscore's an entertaining piece of technological whimsy whereby you paint music onto a score and hear it translated into music. http://community.harmonylinemusic.com/ |
| 100 Suns Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jan 2006 11:32am You can't beat a decent collection of nuclear explosion photos. 100 Suns isn't perfect - the photos themselves are a bit too small for my liking, but they're accompanied by illuminating descriptions of the nuclear tests pictured. http://www.michaellight.net/100suns/index.html |
| Andy Warhol Replicator Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Jan 2006 4:45pm Immortalise yourself, your dog or anything else you have a handy photo of, in the form of a set of Warhol-style reproductions and without the hassle of mucking about with setting up a bunch of filters. As long as you have a PC, of course. http://www.fotoview.nl/ |
| Scary Web Art Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Jan 2006 11:41am Give yourself nightmares with this excellent piece of QuickTime 7 hackery. I'll be sleeping with the lights on tonight. http://www.jimpunk.com/www.pulp.href/ |
| Random Website Design Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Jan 2006 11:27am Web design made easy - this page generates a random style sheet every time you refresh it. Simply keep reloading it until you see something you like, then rip the style information out of the source and save it as a CSS file to use on your own site. Genius! http://www.strangebanana.com/generator.aspx |
| Treasure Box Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Jan 2006 11:31am An amusing little Flash diversion for you here, with a graphic style that's somewhere between Heath Robinson and Terry Gilliam's animations. http://219.101.39.52/~nanahiro/main.html |
| Supershapes Calendar Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Jan 2006 10:33am Ten days into 2006 and I've already lost track of what day it is and I'm far too disorganised to buy a calendar or diary. Luckily, ace Scandinavian design chap Patrick Sundqvist has come up with this excellent Flash calendar. Did you know the moon is 77% waxing gibbous today? http://www.supershapes.com/calendar/ |
| Project: Lightroom Computer Arts - Jim - 09 Jan 2006 10:50am Funny old world, isn't it? Apple comes out with Aperture, and now Adobe has Project: Lightroom, a package aimed helping photographers manage and refine their pictures. Amazing. It's just gone into public beta for Mac, so try it out. http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/lightroom/ |
| The GIF Pronunciation Page Computer Arts - Jim - 09 Jan 2006 10:05am Oh sweet Jesus. It's supposed to be pronounced 'jif'. How the hell did that happen? I think I must have woken up in the wrong universe this morning. http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/ |
| Friday fun Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Jan 2006 5:03pm It's been a while since we had some of this, no? Draw lines with the mouse and destry them again by double-clicking on them. I like to think that the bouncing yellow thing is a slug and that you're diverting a stream of salt onto it. But I'm kind of sick like that. http://ishi.blog2.fc2.com/blog-entry-85.html |
| Competitions! Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Jan 2006 4:57pm It's the winning that counts, not the taking part. If you head over to the Competitions section, we have some RealFlow 3 licences to give away courtesy of 3D World. Meanwhile on the forum there's a brand new design challenge to take part in. Fire up your favourite art package and get going! http://forum.computerarts.co.uk |
| WellVetted 41 Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Jan 2006 12:03pm It's that time again - another collection of sites that you can't afford to miss, as recommended by some of the greatest minds around. http://wellvetted.com/ |
| Scott and Chuck in Mexico Computer Arts - Rob - 05 Jan 2006 2:28pm A couple of our regulars, Scott Hansen of ISO50 www.iso50.com, and Chuck Anderson www.nopattern.com, are speaking about their work at this years OFFF Festival in Mexico. Scott and Chuck have joined a distinguished list of designers from around the world, speaking at the highly regarded design event. To find out more go to the following link... http://www.offf.ws/mx/index.php?lang=en |
| Chuck Anderson: An Apology Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Jan 2006 10:18am In the Photoshop Creative Handbook, recently published by Future Publishing, we mistakenly credited the cover image as being created by Luke Whittaker. The image, as any fule kno, was actually created by Windy City design king Chuck Anderson. Computer Arts is happy to correct this unfortunate error and, if you're reading this Chuck, we're spooning down the humble pie. http://www.nopattern.com |
| Zhaoqing Art Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Jan 2006 11:31am Tom Chambers, visiting lecturer at the fine arts department of Zhaoqing University in China, has been introducing his students to digital art techniques for the first time. Check out the results; MOMENT is the students' own work, and RED and SELF are collaborations with US students. Great stuff. http://zquart.tomrchambers.com/exhibdir.html |
| retrievr Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Jan 2006 9:55am I love it when an application I've long been hoping for finally gets invented. Draw a picture and then retrievr will search flickr for photos that look like it. Very hit and miss, but I've wanted something like this for ages, so hurrah! http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/ |
| Propaganda Art Computer Arts - Jim - 03 Jan 2006 11:16am Welcome to 2006, citizens. Consider it your patriotic duty to acquaint yourself with this collection of inspirational artwork from the last century. There will be an optional test afterwards - failure will not be tolerated. http://www.happydeathinc.com/propaganda/ |
| Bad Vibes Computer Arts - Jim - 03 Jan 2006 10:48am Happy New Year! And if, like me, you cunningly managed to avoid a traditional New Year hangover, make up for it by visiting this site to help them discover what the worst sound in the world is. I thought it would be James Blunt, but apparently not. http://www.sound101.org/ |
| Xmas Grow Computer Arts - Jim - 23 Dec 2005 11:37am It's almost time to pack up and head home for holidays - I'll be back on 3 January, unless something crops up that's so amazing I'm unable to resist blogging it from home. But before I go, here's a Christmas treat - a festive version of my favourite bonkers Japanese puzzle game. Enjoy, and see you next year. http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/tree/index.html |
| Graffiti Rugs Computer Arts - Jim - 23 Dec 2005 11:36am Need a last-minute present? How about one of these handsome rugs designed by leading street artists? They don't come cheap, but they're terribly exclusive and only available in limited numbers. http://www.toyculture.com/main.htm |
| Pictures of the Year Computer Arts - Jim - 22 Dec 2005 5:02pm What a year it's been, eh? Remind yourself of past twelve months with this set of Reuters' favourite photos from 2005. Link. |
| Pantone to Hex Computer Arts - Jim - 22 Dec 2005 5:01pm Here's a useful page that makes finding the equivalent hex value for a Pantone colour nice and easy. Also doubles up as a cheapo disco lighting effect if you scroll it up and down really quickly. Link. |
| Grappa Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Dec 2005 11:12am Have yourself a bit of a doodle with this fun applet - the end results look a bit like a time exposure shot of someone waving a sparkler around. Link. |
| Why You Should Continue to Date Me Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Dec 2005 11:00am Ain't geek love grand? Here's a series of charts and graphs proving that Joel A. Friesen's a great guy to date. Sadly they didn't work, although when I showed them to a chum earlier, he said hed'd happily date Joel on the basis of his graphs. http://www.culturehole.com/dateweb/index.htm |
| It's a Wonderful Internet Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Dec 2005 10:55am Ever wished the internet hadn't been invented? Not me. Except for all the times when I do, obviously. And having watched this cautionary tale, I'm a lot less inclined to wish the internet didn't exist. At least, out loud. http://www.itsawonderfulinternet.com/ |
| motiongraphicsTV Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Dec 2005 11:21am Nothing good on telly? Here's an excellent alternative - a non-stop stream of motion graphics. Either sit back and watch or submit your own work to be added to the stream and achieve instant worldwide fame! Maybe. http://www.xplsv.tv/tv/ |
| Plants Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Dec 2005 11:13am Not sure why I haven't linked to this one before. It's a bit of a large download, but worth it for an assortment of CG extras grafted onto real plants to make creepy alien vegetation. Link. |
| Theory Org Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Dec 2005 11:02am Fractals and feedback and cellular automata; these are a few of my favourite things. Another great site that makes pleasing generative imagery out of boring old maths. http://www.theory.org/ |
| Bicycle Race Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Dec 2005 1:11pm We've all sat around wondering what it would be like to ride a bicycle through a city at close to light speed, haven't we? What would happen if you got a puncture at relativistic speeds? This site doesn't answer that particular question, but it features a great simulation of what cycling through Tübingen at near-light speed would look like. Link. |
| Hello Duudle - The Duudleville Tales Jon Burgerman - 19 Dec 2005 10:03am As featured in a forth coming issue of Computer Arts, if you want one for Christmas you better order one asap! http://www.helloduudle.com/ |
| Starfish Computer Arts - Jim - 14 Dec 2005 4:15pm Having a picture as your desktop wallpaper is so last week, grandpa. Get with the times and make your very own abstract patterns with Starfish - also useful for making background tiles for websites. http://starfishwindows.home.comcast.net/ |
| Chronotext Computer Arts - Jim - 14 Dec 2005 3:50pm Tel Aviv-based designer and programmer Ariel Malka enjoys exploring the relationship between text, space and time. Chronotext is where he gathers together his strange textual experiments. http://www.chronotext.org/ |
| Japanese Smileys Computer Arts - Jim - 14 Dec 2005 2:53pm Who'd have thought that the Japanese have their own enormous set of emoticons that are entirely different to ours? They're the right way up and everything, although they appear to require a lot more effort than ours. I can't be bothered to put the noses in :D http://club.pep.ne.jp/~hiroette/en/facemarks/ |
| See the future! Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Dec 2005 4:00pm BT's futurology department's been looking into its special crystal ball again and has come up with a technology timeline featuring major developments between now and 2051. By 2049 we're all going to be telepathic and a team of robots will beat England at football! See you then. http://www.btplc.com/Innovation/News/timeline/index.htm |
| SwarmSketch Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Dec 2005 3:24pm It's collaboration gone mad! Each week SwarmSketch chooses a term at random for a sketch subject, then users can contribute one line and vote on the opacity of other lines. http://swarmsketch.com/ |
| Alphabetical Evolution Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Dec 2005 10:56am We were discussing the alphabet only yesterday in the office, and then up crops this little animation showing how the alphabet has evolved from a set of 22 Phoenician pictograms into the 26 letters we use today. http://janpeters.net/pics/stuff/alphabet.gif |
| Daniel Rozin Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Dec 2005 4:51pm It's all done with mirrors - much of Daniel Rozin's work involves making mirrors out of unlikely materials and designing software mirrors that distort the reflection and mess around with time. http://www.smoothware.com/danny/ |
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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