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| Reality Hacking Computer Arts - Jim - 17 Jan 2007 4:34pm Real-world photomontage - no need to worry about feathering or lighting or fine-tuning or any of that, merely the mechanics of, for example, transporting a snowman to South Africa. I approve. http://www.realityhacking.com/ |
| Sensual Computer Arts - Jim - 17 Jan 2007 12:58pm Splendid use of Flash on this Polish agency's site, with great mouseover thumbnail previews of their work. It's these little things that please me. http://www.sensual.pl/ |
| 20 Short Animations You Need To See Before You Die Computer Arts - Jim - 16 Jan 2007 3:19pm Man, I hope I have time for more than 20. http://www.laboratory101.com/?p=51 |
| NYF International Advertising Awards Computer Arts - Jim - 16 Jan 2007 12:19pm The 2007 New York Festivals International Advertising Awards is now accepting entries. The discount deadline for entering is January 29, 2007 and the final deadline is February 19, 2007. http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/main.taf?p=2,10 |
| Packet Garden Computer Arts - Jim - 16 Jan 2007 12:11pm Who says all that time spent online is wasted? This program logs all your net usage and then turns the data into a lovely garden with which to impress your friends and family. http://packetgarden.com/ |
| Perttu Murto Computer Arts - Jim - 15 Jan 2007 12:34pm Perttu's a member of Depthcore, an art group already mentioned here at some point in the past, he's studying for an IT degree and he also has time to produce his own top-notch artwork. When does he find time to sleep? http://overmode.cp6.idleserv.net/live/ |
| Running From Camera Computer Arts - Jim - 15 Jan 2007 12:30pm Gert Rietveld's photography project involves setting up his camera with a two-second timer and then trying to get as far away from it as he can. Daft but fun. http://runningfromcamera.blogspot.com/ |
| Semi-Permanent '07 Computer Arts - Jim - 15 Jan 2007 12:26pm Semi-Permanent is in Australia this year, and tickets for its first event, in Sydney at the end of March, have gone on sale. Speakers confirmed so far include Jonathan Zawada, Dave Kinsey, Tiffany Bozic, Mike O'Meally and Motion Theory, with more to come. http://www.semipermanent.com/ |
| Free Banksy! Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jan 2007 4:50pm eBay's full of chancers selling dodgy prints of Banksy's work, and so Banksy's responded by opening his own online store where everything's free. Grab some nice high-res images and print them out yourself - Banksy suggests using gloss paper using company printer ink when everyone else is at lunch. http://www.banksy.co.uk/shop/ |
| Ball Balancer Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jan 2007 4:02pm Sophie seems to be getting into this gaming lark since I bequeathed my old Gamecube to her. This piece of Friday afternoon nonsense is her find, requiring a steady hand and a willingness to overlook the fact that it's a big advert for Logitech. http://www.ballbalancer.com/lang/en/ |
| More Wallspanking Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Jan 2007 12:31pm Issue 3 of Wallspankers is now available for download, featuring 80 artists and over 250 ready-to-print black-and-white sticker designs. If you fancy contributing your own design, the deadline for issue 4 is 31 March. http://wallspankers.com/ |
| Shiny New Kawasaki Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Jan 2007 12:18pm The brilliant Audrey Kawasaki has gone and got herself a delightful new web site for 2007. If you've somehow managed to miss her work before, now's the perfect time to familiarise yourself with it. http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/2007/ |
| Terra Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Jan 2007 11:44am It's not hugely useful - how often do you need an isometric landscape? - but ParkLab's Terra is great fun to twiddle with and features a decent set of controls enabling you to create specific scenes as well as random fractal landscapes. http://lab.parkstudio.ru/terra/ |
| Ric Stultz Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Jan 2007 4:48pm Ric's portfolio features some fantastic t-shirts, alongside lots of really striking illustration and lots more. http://www.ricstultz.com/ |
| A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Jan 2007 3:44pm If you like graphs and charts and diagrams, you're going to love this. And let's face it, we all have to knock up something along these lines at some point or another. Link. |
| Cats & Mice Computer Arts - Jim - 09 Jan 2007 2:26pm Jeff de Boer makes, among other things, suits of armour for cats and mice. There's not really anything I can add to that, other than that you should be sure to take a look. Link. |
| Something For The Weekend Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Jan 2007 5:14pm We've acquired a new designer this week, and Roddy's put him straight to work on the first of a series of special PDFs for you to download, featuring Adrian Shaughnessy's top ten tips on managing your studio. Great work by Luke, the new boy; grab it here. |
| Colour By Numbers Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Jan 2007 4:02pm Not really much point in posting this any earlier in the day, so I've put a new review of the 24-inch iMac in the Reviews section while waiting for it to start to get dark. Anyway. Colour By Numbers is a 72 meter-high light installation at Telefonplan in Stockholm that you can control over the phone. It's running every evening until the end of March. http://www.colourbynumbers.org/EN/ |
| WebDD Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Jan 2007 2:33pm WebDD is a new conference covering both design and development, with a focus on design standards, best practices, and emerging and future technologies. It's free, and it's taking place on 3 February in Reading. Sign up here http://www.webdd.org.uk/ |
| Dominic Bellamy Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Jan 2007 2:31pm Another find from our ever-growing pool of MySpace chums. Dominic started his artistic career by drawing a picture for his mum, in the medium of Chanel lipstick on the walls of their rented Paris apartment. He's come on quite a way since then. http://www.dominicbellamy.com/ |
| Fiveblackcats Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Jan 2007 12:39pm A decent enough online portfolio from Brazilian designer, Lucia Dossin, but what makes it for me is the little slider down the right-hand side that enables you to change the colours scheme. Lovely use of Flash. http://www.fiveblackcats.com/ |
| Adam Larson Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Jan 2007 12:16pm Adam's site is a little short on information, but feel the width. Yes, it's another of those sideways-scrolling sites, with two pages full of fabulously surreal illustration. http://www.adamncompany.com/ |
| Never Effect Computer Arts - Jim - 03 Jan 2007 3:26pm And welcome back. Eagle-eyed readers will have noted that I've beeen around here since yesterday, but the content backlog has rather put paid to any blog ideas up until now. So, to ease you back in, here's Christophe Remy's rather splendid portfolio. http://www.nevereffect.com/ |
| Hello Goodbye Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Dec 2006 4:06pm So, that bit of server maintenance took a tad longer than even I, rotten old cynic that I am, anticipated. Computers, eh? And unfortunately I can't quite see that slew of content I envisaged coming to pass; still, there's a new feature down there and I'm currently battling the machine elves to get a new tutorial up before I pack up and head off for Christmas. Fingers crossed. Have a good one, and as a parting shot, here's something for you to make over the holidays - the CardBoy 2007 calendar from Mark James. http://www.cardboy.tv/ |
| Subfuse Studios Computer Arts - Jim - 15 Dec 2006 5:19pm Lordy - been having one of those days. And I'm not going to be around Monday, either, which is a good job as I've just found out there's going to be some system maintenance going on. So I'll be back on Tuesday with a huge helping of stuff, systems permitting. For now, though, take a look at this Berlin studio's work. http://www.subfuse.net/ |
| EDAwards Computer Arts - Jim - 14 Dec 2006 4:51pm Submissions don't actually open until 1 January, but if you're of a mind to enter 2007's European Design Awards then you'd do well to take a look at the site now and get it bookmarked. http://www.ed-awards.com/ |
| Door Computer Arts - Jim - 14 Dec 2006 12:12pm Slightly reminiscent of an animated .gif that did the rounds a year or two ago featuring a little man in an ever-escalating battle to get through a wall, this door-based animation's a great piece of work from San Francisco-based artist and animator, Pascal Campion. http://pascalcampion.com/door.swf |
| FWA People's Choice Award 2006 Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Dec 2006 2:37pm Voting's open for this year's FWA People's Choice Award, with a shortlist comprising the FWA's favourite sites from each month. You've got until 14 January to vote, but you know how Christmas gets in the way, so do it now before you forget. http://www.thefwa.com/FWAvote2006/ |
| Kozyndan Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Dec 2006 11:49am I'm beginning to feel that I've worked through every possible variation on the "Look at this site! Lots of excellent illustration!" theme. Which is fairly annoying. Still, you should look at Kozy & Dan's site. It has lots of excellent illustration. http://www.kozyndan.com/main.php |
| Mission In Snowdriftland Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Dec 2006 4:11pm A top find by Dcousens off the forum; some Christmassy (don't let that put you off) gaming fun from Nintendo. I get the feeling that a new bit's going to be added every day, advent calendar-like. http://www.mission-in-snowdriftland.com/ |
| Insect Lab Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Dec 2006 11:27am Mike Libby's wonderful collection of insects upgraded with intricate machinery appeals greatly to the geeky, twisted side of my nature. Which, to be fair, accounts for most of me. http://www.insectlabstudio.com/ |
| Grow Ver.1 Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Dec 2006 2:45pm My favourite strange Japanese Flash game gets a new, back-to-basics version. I completed it fairly quickly, but it's worth exploring to see all the possible variations. Ooh, and there's another version that's so far eluded me; check out Grow ver.2 once you're done. http://www.eyezmaze.com/game/grow_v1.html |
| Special Defects Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Dec 2006 12:38pm Some good Flash work here from Antonio Costa - not hugely interactive, but there are some nice ideas going on and it's well worth inspecting everything. http://www.specialdefects.com/v2/ |
| Winterbells Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Dec 2006 3:55pm Good old Ferry Halim and his delightful and simple pieces of gaming confectionery. All you have to do in this one is move the bunny around and collect bells from out of the sky. I managed to score about 30-odd thousand. http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm |
| Express Delivery Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Dec 2006 3:57pm Microsoft's popped up with a slew of developments to its Expression suite of creative tools. Expression Web goes on sale today, while a beta of Expression Blend and a tech preview of Expression Design are available for download right now. There's also a new addition to the suite - Expression Media, based on iView MediaPro - announced today, and Microsoft's also launched a new community site for designers here. The full Expression suite should land midway through 2007. http://www.microsoft.com/expression |
| Jonathan Yuen Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Dec 2006 3:37pm More great Flash work to check out here; shades of shadow puppetry and Japanese influences in Jonathan Yuen's online portfolio, and while it's slightly unwieldy in its organisation, it's still a joy to find your way around it. http://www.jonathanyuen.com/ |
| Weave Toshi Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Dec 2006 2:57pm Who'd have ever thought that hats could be quite so interesting? I thought this was just a piece of really good surreal interactive Flash art. It wasn't until later that I twigged that it was actually an advert for hats. http://www.weavetoshi.co.jp/ |
| Byroglyphics Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Dec 2006 12:09pm This accursed virus thing's playing havoc with my brain. Normally I'd know in a shot whether I'd posted Russ Mills' collection of CG-enhanced ball-point pen imagery before, but today I don't have a clue. It looks kind of familiar, but who knows? It could just be a stylistic thing. http://www.byroglyphics.com/ |
| Chris King Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Dec 2006 11:25am Another flick through my new MySpace chums reveals Chris King and his particular brand of illustration. I'm reasonably sure I haven't mentioned him here before. Even if I have, this is his new and improved site, so that's all right. http://www.chriskingillustration.com/ |
| Session Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Dec 2006 12:17pm Short but sweet, this animation by Andreas Wannerstedt is just the thing to encourage you into his site to see the rest of his work. http://www.andreaswannerstedt.se/session/ |
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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