Sidewalk Chalk

Although this is a more well known style, it is still a very interesting one. I love the idea of twisting the mind into believing something is 3D or that it is actually there. It also must take a lot of patience to create such masterpieces because chalk is so easily smudged, especially on the streets of downtown with thousands of people walking back and forth throughout the day. The other cool part of this art style is that it usually ties in with its surroundings. such as this photo of Demon like creatures escaping from the underworld. The ground is cut up and he adds this into the artwork having some of them pushing up or completely vanishing.

High Dynamic Range imaging

HDRI, or high dynamic range imaging is a very cool technique used in photography. Three photos are taken, at the exact same angle of the exact same thing. The only difference is each photo has a different exposure setting. One that is over-exposed, one taken at regular exposure, and one that is under-exposed. These three photos can then be blended in Adobe Photoshop to create these stunning images. HDRI gives photos a very surreal look almost like its out of a photo realism art exhibit.

Money Origami

These are some really cool origami pieces i have found made out of money. This is very creative because it not only takes precision to create the origami but to also line the faces up correctly. These are some Pieces I have found that are pretty cool!

Mystery Introduces Trevor Colden

I went to Youtube to find a video i was going to use for my next blog post, when i decided to watch this video first. To be honest i have just been watching it over and over again for the last half an hour. Trevor Colden is 16 years old and has just made it big with this Mystery sponsor. This video really shows how advanced kids are when skating these days and those few who have what it takes to make it to the top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33Oh93IesA

Window Grime Artist

Scott wade is an artist from Texas who creates works of art on the windows of cars. Before he starts his work, he first washes off the windshield and then applies saw dust through a blow drier. After he is finished with this. he then starts to create the image by using paint brushes. Wade is known all over the world as the "Dirty Car Artist" or "The Da Vinci of Dust"

Link to his Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbrMxDocmw&feature=player_embedded#at=199

Link to his website: http://www.dirtycarart.com

How to create a ramped slow-mo effect in Sony Vegas Pro

Ramped Slow-mo's are a technique to smooth out a clip from playing at regular speed, to slow motion. This is an essential if you want to learn how to edit skate videos and a good way to learn different clip blending techniques for other projects. Ramped slow-mo's are created in After Effects, but for those who do not have it, this is a very accurate hack job that will get the job done. The idea is that splitting clips at a rate of 1 cut every 2 frames, and blending them together will give you a smooth transition from regular speed, to slow motion and back to regular speed again. The most memorable aspect of a ramped slow-mo is the sound. to create this effect, you will want to right click each clip of audio that is ramped, and go to properties and select "lock to stretch". There you have it your own way of Ramped slow-mo in Sony Vegas.

Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_62ohzEgdL0&feature=related

Pinball Skatepark in New Zealand

Mountain Dew has come up with a crazy new advertisement to promote their new drinks. The commercial involves a skateboarder riding around a pinball machine gaining points. After the commercial is finished shooting they will asleep hold a contest run by Mountain Dew and then leave the park up for the locals to skate. The park was made out of ply-wood, Masonite and fiberglass and only took 17 days to build. I found this very interesting because this was an example of a little idea that was put on a large scale

Commercial: http://vimeo.com/24703298

News Report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD_LSzTLGME

Good and Bad Websites

In this blog post I will be comparing 2 different websites. One good and one bad.

The first website i will be critiquing is www.virginmobile.ca. This website is simple and organized. They have all of their newest and important events in a slide show and the sections that people visit the most in 2 menu bars at the top. I think this website is set up as an "F" layout. The person on the page would first see the virgin mobile logo. Then look across the first menu bar. They would then see the slideshow. After that they would read across the new plans they have. They have also placed the search bar in an easy to locate spot. So if the user cannot find what they want in the menu bar, they can search it right away

Still Life Drawings

For the past couple of weeks in cyberARTS, we have been working on drawing still life's. The main goal in this assignment was to improve our approach on composition and realism. We wanted a well balanced piece but not identical. This would make the piece balanced but not boring.

The main aspect that i focused on when drawing was the value. Whenever i draw, i always tend to focus on contour and perspective. i also tried to give it a more 3 dimensional look. I did this by adding a lot of contrast between lights and darks and also by distorting the shadow through the bottle.

The biggest challenge I faced was the fact that the majority of the objects placed were black. It was hard to find shadow and different shades but in the end i think i did a good job of it. The bottle ended up being more centered than i wanted it to, so to make it more balanced and give it a diagonal feel, I added more folds in the cloth.

I believe i could still improve on my value, and perspective of objects at different angles. I am proud of this piece.

Chinese water painting

Our first unit in year 2 cyber arts was chinese brush painting. There are many differences between this style of art and the more western style. In chinese brush painting, the rice paper is cut with a strip of water that is brushed along a crease. In the western world of art, we are judged on our amount of creativity and being different. But in chinese brush painting it is all about being exact. There are even steps on which brush strokes come first! I think this was a very fun unit because it branches far from any other techniques we have learned so far.