ok this one is illustrator actually...
Computer Arts magazine is a God sent piece of magnificence poured down upon the Earth for all designers, pro tech graphic junkies and wanna be's to bask in the golden glory that is Adobe Photoshop. While my time off from Art Center my brain has slightly deteriorated turning into a small lumpy pile of mush - graphic design knowledge escaping through every pore but alas! To regain my graphic strength I needed only a few healthy doses of computer art tutorial sessions. Browsing through the tutorial gallery with my pupils dilated like excited an prepubescent anime character I started gleefully downloading dozens of free tutorials that answered the call of a range of topics spanning from: “How can I create a believable jelly-jiggle in my models?” to "How to master pixel art animation."
They the latest issue's tutorials all online free of charge complete with support files and helpful pdf instructions. Get on it and get schooled: http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials
and make your lack of a summer existence turn into scoring points with the nerdy art kids this fall!
Meet Pork Chop at the LIVE or D.Y.I vinyl toy show in San Francisco at DSTRUCTURE gallery on Haight Street ! A bunch of artist and yours truly are gathering vinyl toy pieces to celebrate Japanese pop culture, urban art and independent artist everywhere!
At this moment I am staring at the powerpoint presentation with the ongoing thoughts:
ok this one is illustrator actually...
I fount this kid on cmykmag.com just browsing around trying to get off this 3 month hiatus and get my brain back to reality to start thinking what I'm going to do with my life, and I feel like I'm at crossroads. One way urging me to go back to the exciting uncertainty that is the world of art and the other that is telling me to go into the well crafted logical world of law. I think I've been grappling with this decision now for .... years... and to this day I am still clueless as to what to do. Patrick Kyle over here has pin pointed the path I need to take.
Velcro, which has transformed outdoor sports and products, is one of the best known examples of biomimicry. Velcro was invented in 1948 by George de Mistral, an inventor and mountaineer. Returning from taking his dog for a walk he found he and his dog were covered with burrs- the hooked seed of the burdock. The tiny burdock hooks cling to anything they come in contact with and he saw the potential for a new kind of fastening. The success of this well-known ‘naturfact’ depended on the use of relatively new materials and combined nylon cloth with hooks to another with tiny hoops. Patented in 1955, it really took off when the American military experimented with it calling it the –zipper-less zip. The textile processes used to create Velcro were all well known and it was their combination which created the innovation.
