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Drawing and Writing with Light

admin June 19, 2012 September 6, 2023

This is the reconstruction of a June 19 blog post that suffered digital destruction. Comments evaporated, updates have been made. __________________________________ Lucid line, a line …

The Art of Painting with Light, Part 1: the Gonzo Sector

admin June 15, 2012 September 5, 2023

Light Tartans Fountain Park #4 by Vicki DaSilva via Whitehot Magazine I wasn’t long out of high school when I saw a painting of light — …

Samothrace in 3D
credits: all models from Sketchfab. • top (Samotghrace by Rmn-Grand Palais), • MIDDLE: (Winged Victory of Samothraceˆby COSMOWENMAN) • BOTTOM: (k_3_closing_west_section by RASALEM[2019 season of the American Excavations at Samothrace closing model of trench …
The Mad Frustration You’re Soon to Feel
credit: NIKE OF SAMOTHRACE The Mad Frustration You're Soon to Feel The Winged Victory of Samothrace in the Louvre is singular. I could stand and feel …
Wikipedia Time!
Wikipedia Time! Wikipedia is pledging again. They never ask for much. I've been sending $3 a month for more years than I can recall. It's …
Murky Copyright
[credit: NATURE JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS CHEMISTRY, MONA LISA] Murky Copyright This is a screen from one of the science feeds I follow. I'm an artist, my eyes always …
The Task of Seeing Something Foreign in the Mirror
[credit: MASK (BUK, KRAR, OR KARA), Torres Strait Islander, mid to late 19th century.] The Task of Seeing Something Foreign in the Mirror I'm an artist who …
True Connection
[credit: MASK (BUK, KRAR, OR KARA), Torres Strait Islander, mid to late 19th century.] True Connection This could be a battered old mixing spoon, plastic handle singed no …
Ardhanarishvara
Credit: The Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva (Shiva Ardhanarishvara) | Cambodia | Angkor period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art As featured in the Washington …
Arch Stanton
Arch Stanton Credit: Arch Stanton by Sloan Nota, 2023 It's time I introduce you to Arch Stanton, who was first my 3d tutor and is …
Declaration of Years
Declaration of Years Today I would like to announce to the world that I'm old. I've just realized it myself, so I might as well …
When Artists’ Surfaces Met Science
credit: slashio-photography-B5vpv3eyRgY-unsplash When Artists' Surfaces Met Science As it often does, science makes new realities visible. They pop out like champagne bubbles in still wine. …
When Art Was Surfaces
credit: ;brittany-chastagnier-B7xSl-dWuto-unsplash When Art Was Surfaces Leonardo da Vinci never worried about whether viewing eyes should face the front or back of the Mona Lisa's …
Trying to imagine the scene-change at Rafah crossing
Trying to imagine the scene-change at Rafah crossing Trying to imagine the scene-change at Rafah crossing. After aching silence, engines start. Dust spurts upward. Human …
24-48 Hours?
photo by Julia Taubitz on unsplash, https://unsplash.com/.../woman-in-black-tank-top-covering... 24-48 Hours? President Biden says it may take 24-48 hours for road repairs before trucks roll from Rafah. …
The Wizards of 3D
The Wizards of 3D Photo Credit Alban Denoyel, Cédric Pinson and Pierre-Antoine Passet are three men who saw a gaping hole in technology and chargeright …
Laurie Annis’s Reflections Of An Enabler
Laurie Annis's Reflections Of An Enabler featured 3d artist Reflections Of An Enabler by Laurie Annis on Sketchfab The 3d files on Sketchfab are the works of …
An Easy First Step
An Easy First Step Screenshot example of Sketchfab main screen You can enter the world of 3D imaging from many a portal but I first …
3D Boot Camp
3D Boot Camp I hear some bafflement out there. An image you can reposition in space? Say you had a Jack in the Beanstalk book …
Clown Show
Clown Show credits: s-o-c-i-a-l-c-u-t-SZl4UAnkztY-unsplash Imagine me with my feet coming out of the armholes of my blouse, wobbly eyebrows and uncombed hair. Here comes my …
3D springs from 2D
Reality depends on your mood when you meet it by basspace on Sketchfab 3D springs from 2D This started with the animated Sci-Fi Lab Machine …