There is heavy snow forecast here tomorrow and Friday. On the western seaboard of Ireland I can only remember a handful of winters when there was significant snow or temperatures lower than -5°C. This our third winter which for us has delivered both. Maybe that was on my mind when I made this image for Christmas.
A diary of my adventures in art from painting to 3D animation. I have added work over 10 years so it has become a record of my changing abilities and interests. Contact me if you have any questions.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Spitsticker!
A few months ago I picked up a request to colourise some engravings. They were all by a French artist of the mid 19th century called Gustav Dore. Dore was a prolific artist and created a vast number of engravings to illustrate a number of books. The book in question here was a History of the Crusades by Michaud.
This method of illustration was overtaken by other printing techniques but there are still practitioners. The spitsticker of the title is one of the principle engraving tools used in the construction of these images.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Tis the Season
Had a little time this afternoon to do some Christmas shopping. I confess I don't do the tasteful colour coordinated designer Christmas. I instead revel in the bright colourful stuff and have accumulated a motley set of decorations which carry memories of past Christmases from distant places. Its dark and cold outside and I need to balance that out. So today I added to my collection some LED lights (energy kind) and a small angel. Tomorrow they will be artfully arranged on my tree.
The Guardian (UK newspaper) has gathered a collection of photographs of Christmas Trees (or not) that have graced the Tate Britain. What you see is a battleground for statements ranging from the obscure - this years by
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Five a Day
Well I got busy putting together a showcase of some of my fruit a veg images. It was heavy on the bananas and apples as thats what I tend to bring to work for lunch. I have to take an hour lunch so I can spend 30 - 40 minutes drawing. A lot of it tends to be digital but I do break out the pencils as well. I really like the watercolour pencils for this kind of ad hoc effort. Sometimes it feel repetitive to work on the same subjects but looking at this collection should keep working on them. They were created in the last 2 years.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
So the Dot character was made using 3D printing. That is achieved by taking model information stored in a 3D modeling program and turning into a real 3D model that can be held and used. The principle application of this kind of kit lies in the design and engineering worlds where there is a requirement for prototypes. With the increasing accessibility of 3D modeling programs such as Maya, Mudbox and the opensource Blender the uses and applications are likely to increase.
The variety of uses of to which the 3D printing know how can be seen at the Shapeways website. They can take your design and print it for you at a quite reasonable price. Alternatively you can choose from a range of other designers work.
Below is their 'how its done video'.
Products available their include Lightpoem for LED candle, Message Cuff Medium
Below is their 'how its done video'.
Products available their include Lightpoem for LED candle, Message Cuff Medium
or this cute fellow Hoodie 5cm
If you look at these items you can see they are actually printed with a couple of different materials.
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