illustration

Lo-Res Graphics

January 30, 2012

Lo-fi graphic, low-res graphics, text mode visuals, ASCII art, ANSI art, pixel art, Unicode, Twitter art, Facebook art and all the other forms and styles of creating simple graphics. Otromatic, 8 bit graphician. Raquel Meyers – Lo-fi graphics mixed media artist. ASCII Arena 8 Bit Today 8 bit collective – 8bitcollective is the first completely [...]

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Rephotography

October 23, 2011

Rephotography is the act of repeat photography of the same site, with a time lag between the two images; a “then and now” view of a particular area. Some are casual, usually taken from the same view point but without regard to season, lens coverage or framing. Some are very precise and involve a careful [...]

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Five Reasons to Draw Small

October 19, 2011

Five Reasons To Draw Small 1. Doodling focuses your mind, giving you increased attention (even when it looks like you’re not). 2. You’ll increase your awareness- when doodling flowers, you’ll start to notice more aspects of a flower, the way that the stem tilts the flower, the way that the same petal shape varies with [...]

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The 52 Weeks of Pagan Art Journaling Project

August 18, 2011

The 52 Weeks of Pagan Art Journaling project has already begun. Create a personal art journal which will have you tapping into the depths of who you are and what has developed in your soul, your heart, your inner depths). Take what you really believe in and bring it onto the page in words and [...]

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For International Zine Month

July 30, 2011

I made a zine, once. I didn’t distribute it. So I’m the only one who knows about it. But, the process was fun. Before I had a computer I hand wrote the contents, doodled and cut and pasted the rest. Then put my pages together with a cover. It was about the paranormal and the [...]

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The Sketchbook Project World Tour 2012

June 12, 2011

Read more about The Sketchbook Project World Tour 2012 on their site.  It’s for visual artists to contribute and eventually the sketchbooks will be exhibited in the Brooklyn (US) Art Library. There are a list of topics to choose from to use as inspiration for your illustration. Which would you pick (to write about or) [...]

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30 Day Photography Challenge

June 9, 2011

White Peach Photography has the 30 Day Photography Challenge. In writing we build the picture with words. Illustrating, with a photograph, drawing or some other form of visual art is usually saved for children’s book and non-fiction. Except for book covers which have illustrations geared more to selling the book than sharing the writer’s vision [...]

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Edward Scissorhands in ASCII Art

May 25, 2011

I’m not an illustrator, I just play one on my own blog. But, I’ve got the idea to create an ASCII art illustration for Edward Scissorhands’ 20th Anniversary. I can’t believe it has been 20 years. Anyway, wish me luck. It’s going to be bigger in size than any ASCII Art I’ve created in the [...]

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The Doodologist is Open

May 7, 2011

Claire has begun doodling as a business, The Doodologist. I’m not sure how many years she has been creating her doodles. We even ran a Doodle Week together once upon a time, a couple of years ago. Her doodles are bright, energetic and upbeat. What would you like as a doodle for yourself? Something that [...]

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The 365 Phenomenon

April 3, 2011

What could you see yourself doing every day for a year? Not basic stuff like eating breakfast, brushing your teeth, etc. But some kind of creative endeavour. I’ve been getting hooked on the 365 things lately. There are quite a few of them out there. I don’t know where or who it started with. Here [...]

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CAPTCHA Art

March 23, 2011

How do you tell computers and humans apart? In cases where we can’t see whether we are interacting with a real human or a computer, CAPTCHA is sometimes used to prevent comment spam. CAPTCHArt : A blog for turning random CAPTHCA phrases/ letters into art. Know your Meme: CAPTCHArt Rhizome: General Web Content – CAPTCHArt [...]

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The Internet Mapping Project

February 27, 2011

I can’t print the form this is to be drawn on, but here is my contribution to The Internet Mapping Project, as is. Also see Flickr. How would you draw the Internet?

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Paper is Sexy

February 24, 2011

I have a letter sent in the mail from a corporation. The paper is sexy. It feels smooth, silky even. The envelope was the same quality of paper. It feels like luxury, decadence and lust all on a page, blank on one side. How can you resist doing something with such marvelous paper? I saved [...]

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