Since our last project involved using Photoshop, well Sumo Paint, I decided to try to find some pictures online that looked as if they could possibly have been Photoshopped, but in actuality, haven't. Using StumbleUpon, I came across this site...
http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.smashingapps.com%252F2009%252F04%252F18%252F21-brilliant-photos-that-look-like-theyre-photoshopped-but-are-not.html
Some of the pictures aren't that cool and I wouldn't have assumed they were Photoshopped, but there are a few that are hard to believe just appear like that. I especially like the rose picture and the ball of life. The water ones are pretty cool too, because it's not easy to get pictures like that. You need to have an extremely fast shutter speed and know when to snap the shot. I like this site because it's kind of like a play on reality--it's not always easy to decipher reality from things that aren't really there and visa versa.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Strange art
After going to the art review about contemporary art (and being throughly disappointed...) I decided to try to find something at least a little more interesting than the things he showed in his presentation. I was using StumbleUpon to find something and I came across this site:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.designboom.com%252Fweblog%252Fcat%252F8%252Fview%252F6081%252Fbart-hess-at-the-dutch-invertuals-exhibition.html
It's really interesting because it's using the human body in a lot of different, and weird, ways. It's taking things we see often, such as paper or bubbles, and adding them to the body to make them seem transformed. Some people might argue whether or not it's considered art, but I think it's definitely interesting to look at!
http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.designboom.com%252Fweblog%252Fcat%252F8%252Fview%252F6081%252Fbart-hess-at-the-dutch-invertuals-exhibition.html
It's really interesting because it's using the human body in a lot of different, and weird, ways. It's taking things we see often, such as paper or bubbles, and adding them to the body to make them seem transformed. Some people might argue whether or not it's considered art, but I think it's definitely interesting to look at!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Cool art
http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=http%253A%252F%252Fweburbanist.com%252F2009%252F04%252F17%252F20-amazing-examples-of-art-from-obsolete-technology%252F
I came across this site and it's all scrap metal and junk put together to make things like owls and people. There's a place near where I live called Atticus in Kennebunkport, ME and it has a lot of art just like this.
I came across this site and it's all scrap metal and junk put together to make things like owls and people. There's a place near where I live called Atticus in Kennebunkport, ME and it has a lot of art just like this.
Stop motion
I've been trying to come up with ideas about what to do my stop motion project on. I remembered seeing this spaghetti western YouTube video a little while ago, so I went to find it. I did find it, and to my surprise, it's by the same guy PES that you showed us in class.
I'm trying to figure out what I can do with my digital camera seeing as the last time I made a video I only used images I found on the internet. I'm still thinking, but hopefully I can come up with something at least a little original.
I'm trying to figure out what I can do with my digital camera seeing as the last time I made a video I only used images I found on the internet. I'm still thinking, but hopefully I can come up with something at least a little original.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Virtual space
I decided to type "virtual space" into Google and see what came up. The first site was this: http://www.spacewander.com/USA/english.html
It's actually pretty cool; it's a view from a space ship and you actually see the perspective of what it would be like to be inside during take off. There's a lot of different examples of virtual space, but it's kind of funny this site came up first because when it was first brought up in class, it was exactly what I was thinking of--space and rockets.
It's actually pretty cool; it's a view from a space ship and you actually see the perspective of what it would be like to be inside during take off. There's a lot of different examples of virtual space, but it's kind of funny this site came up first because when it was first brought up in class, it was exactly what I was thinking of--space and rockets.
Monday, April 6, 2009
What is digital media?
So, what exactly is digital media? We see it around us everyday in many different forms. You can read the newspaper online, stream music, or watch YouTube videos until your eyes hurt. Here's the definition of something we know so well...
"Digital media (as opposed to analog media) usually refers to electronic media that work on digital codes. Today, computing is primarily based on the binary numeral system. In this case digital refers to the discrete states of "0" and "1" for representing arbitrary data. Computers are machines that (usually) interpret binary digital data as information and thus represent the predominating class of digital information processing machines. Digital media ("Formats for presenting information" according to Wiktionary:Media) like digital audio, digital video and other digital "content" can be created, referred to and distributed via digital information processing machines. Digital media represents a profound change from previous (analog) media.
Digital data is per se independent of its interpretation (hence representation). An arbitrary sequence of digital code like "0100 0001" might be interpreted as the decimal number 65, the hexadecimal number 41 or the glyph "A". See also: ASCII, Code.
Florida's digital media industry association, Digital Media Alliance Florida, defines digital media as "the creative convergence of digital arts, science, technology and business for human expression, communication, social interaction and education"."
"Digital media (as opposed to analog media) usually refers to electronic media that work on digital codes. Today, computing is primarily based on the binary numeral system. In this case digital refers to the discrete states of "0" and "1" for representing arbitrary data. Computers are machines that (usually) interpret binary digital data as information and thus represent the predominating class of digital information processing machines. Digital media ("Formats for presenting information" according to Wiktionary:Media) like digital audio, digital video and other digital "content" can be created, referred to and distributed via digital information processing machines. Digital media represents a profound change from previous (analog) media.
Digital data is per se independent of its interpretation (hence representation). An arbitrary sequence of digital code like "0100 0001" might be interpreted as the decimal number 65, the hexadecimal number 41 or the glyph "A". See also: ASCII, Code.
Florida's digital media industry association, Digital Media Alliance Florida, defines digital media as "the creative convergence of digital arts, science, technology and business for human expression, communication, social interaction and education"."
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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