Watching Letters Fly By

A quick post about fonts and flicks...

You see common Kinetic Typography when movie credits zip by as you sit in a darkened theater. btw, Its much more difficult to add floating notes during the film itself, like those sliding rules in 'Zombieland'. (a fun movie, if you can stand gooey gore.)

Below is a narration enhanced with active letters.



A person named Chris did the kinetic typograph above,
using the villian's speech from 'V for Vendetta';
a movie w/ Hugo Weaving & Natalie Portman, kinda
'Black Swan meets the bad guy from The Matrix'...

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This next flight of word & letter fancy is


called 'X versus O', by

Reminds me of those Sesame Street bits, but for adults.


* Hope you've enjoyed these very moving letters... ;-)

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for TT's 'letter' day
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Rain Man

Artist Gregory Thielker does rain, via oil paint:
*yes* - these are oil paintings...



"Coming To a Complete Stop"

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"In Between"

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"Until Now"

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Looking at his paintings helps me appreciate this weather.

I'm hoping next month he'll be working on flowers... ;-)


(in new window) Link w/ six more GT paintings

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Frozen Waterfall

My 'Sleet Roof'

Unmodified photo taken through my bathroom window.

Reflected blue from inside added color to my b&w roof.

I like this unexpected effect.
And so its my final entry for
my 'Art Every Day'.* Done!


But I think I'll try it again when its real snow;
fluffy snow & blue-ish will = cotton candy-ish?
_{*see the other's art via twitter #aedm2010}

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Meanwhile... Need more ice?

add a chip of ice to chilled water, voila!
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Colorful Character

aka Glam Garb Game Guy?...

I was browsing through the online version of the Daily Mail looking for an art inspiration when I came upon this crazy image.

Its actor
David Arquette
all dolled up in purple and yellow (& gimmicks) for a Laker's game.

So look below to see him as my left-handed 'Art Every Day' in digital pastel for day 15 of 30.

*see the other's art
via twitter #aedm2010

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eta: a trailer for his upcoming film:

A colorful flick with very B-&-W bad guys?
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Spin In The Wind

Actually, its an indoor windmill.
Made out of a cardboard box.
(a model for a later design)
So it will sit, but not even spin.

And for you observant types...

'Yes', it is a box from a case of Chablis.
(sigh) 'No', there isn't any left, (sorry)
But since its Friday...
'Yes', later we'll go get another. ;)

As its my only art for the day,
it becomes my 12th day of art, of 30.
this November's 'Art Every Day' month
See the other's art bits via twitter #aedm2010

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To see a livelier windmill, watch her go:

And she did it with no scrapes, I'm impressed!
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Chill Out

'Night Waves', my 'Art Every Day' for day 11 of 30.
Made with the new online program: Flame Painter.

From my first time using this program - I do like the way the hues mix and spread as your hand moves. Its fun to just relax and let the colors flow.

* _{Find other's art via Twitter hashtag: #aedm2010 (or search twitter)}

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Plus a few soothing waves for your day as well:

Nine minutes of waves, trees & breeze.

Since this is also ThemeThursday's 'relax' day. Aren't you envious of the person who got to film the video above? Its chilly here today, so you know I am...

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Covered Bridge

'Covered Bridge' - This is my digital sketch of a covered bridge I saw in Pennsylvania. I loved the style of it, but I've left out a few struts in the interest of an uncluttered image, and time. Hopefully I'll have time later to add in the stream & supports, etc.

Speaking of 'left', again this was using my non-dom hand.
I did use the line tool, and it is 'cleaner' that way.

But is it worth being neat, if I lose the free-hand look?

Its my 'Art Every Day' piece for day 10 of 30 _{Find other's art via Twitter, hashtag: #aedm2010 (or search twitter)}

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A bit of extra fun:
A bridge appears in less than 60 sec.

'Auto Draw' is a screensaver that 'draws' items from your pic folder onto your desktop. Here's a video of it 'drawing' someone else's covered bridge. With added harp music.
Because harpists hang out on bridges?...
(Must've been her day off when I was there)
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X Marks The Water

Last weekend I was standing on a railroad bridge (I know, naughty, naughty!) looking down at the muddy water. And I loved the look of interlocking 'X's made by the shadow of the trestle. I had no idea that the underpinnings looked like that, since I was too chicken to hang over the edge.

But I couldn't resist taking this photo.

Now its today's daily dose of 'Art Every Day'.

*See other's art: Twitter hashtag #aedm2010, or Search

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Speaking of 'X's... here's how to
play the X-Files theme (rem that?) w/ 'Synthesia'
Like doing it with a 'Guitar Hero' keyboard :)
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*If you're new to Synthesia, here's a quick demo:
p.s. Its playing 'Dreamy Piano', if you like the tune.
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Wylde Cat Life

'Wylde Woman with Cat'
{left}

is a coloring page, drawn & donated by Tammy V. for this November's art month. ('click' to go see her)
- Thanks Tammy!

I used a detail from her image to make...

'Wylde Cat'
My 'Art Every Day' piece for 11/8

Yes, again with my left hand.
But just coloring in this time.
Hey, had a busy weekend. ;-)

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A little extra fun: 'I Love The Cat Life'sung to the tune of 'I love the night life'

Whoever re-wrote these lyrics must have a cat...

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*Not quite wylde enough? Need more wild-cats?
Click for mentalfloss's page of rare cats

including this beautiful Margay Cat

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Leaf Away With Me

'Leaf on Water' - I walked by a leaf on a puddle today. All around it was a strong reflection of the sky. That became the challenge for my left hand today.
(I'm normally right-handed)

Is the blue 'shimmery' enough to be water?
Or does it just look like I distorted a blue sky?

I used the highlight/hold-shift function to slide color in the leaf, and used the rudimentary 'airbrush' function for the water. Perhaps a bit too rudimentary, since its hard to get a genuine 'dappled' look that way. Then again, I wanted to capture the impression of it, and not necessarily duplicate the reality... :-/
My 'Art Every Day' Month piece for 11/6

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Plus a video of the season; love the images he chose:

Paolo Nutini singing 'Autumn'
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An Egyptian Stroller

What you get from watching a PBS special on the Pharoahs, and not seeing even one of them walk...*

I do like the colors - why stick with desert tan, right?
Not sure if I like the texture, let me know what you think.

*Done with my left hand, using Microsoft Paint (!)
and texturized/reduced via Photoshop Elements.

My 'Art Every Day' piece for 11/5

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Just for fun - MTV video of The Bangles 1986 hit:
'Walk Like An Egyptian'
I'm sure that's really how those early types strolled...
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Flying Art

My Modern ScareCrow, done for a local art fest.

Didn't win, but it does spin nicely in the breeze.

And no crows landed on it.

*did the construction before H'ween, but just did the pic today, so I can enter it as my daily dose in this 'Art Every Day Month'... ;-)

Find other's art via Twitter, hashtag: #aedm2010 (or search twitter)

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And if you'd like a Thursday Travel Tip, here's mine:

The contest was held near La haska, PA, at a place called Peddler's (tho no one has a cart) Village. And now's the time to make holiday plans. Every store there is unique, no chains, so they get a lot of shoppers at gift giving time.

Its like a giant outdoor mall, {store map} with cobbled paths and quirky decorations. Plus lots of food, lodging, a kid play center, and a great variety of wares.


Half of the units are grouped around a big sloping 'village green', so disabled travellers beware. The closest Int'l airports are Newark & Philly; just click on the map for more info and reviews.

*And don't forget to tap her palm tree above if you'd like to enter phhst's most recent travel contest!
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Left Handed Art

My 'lefty' Mona Lisa
Now's the month for it.



Normally I do everything righthanded.
But lately I've been using my left hand to do art on the computer. (My mouse is on that side) So I'm joining this November's 'Art Every Day' month to see what comes of it.

Welcome to my left-handed month of art!

(plus my usual hits & bits ;-)

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Just for fun:

PSJ's 500 years of Women in Art, in 173 seconds.
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Jamie's Day Out

_{artist: Jamie Wyeth {click to go there}}
"Pumpkin-Head"

Happy Hallowe'en!

p.s.
Expecting timely tiny terrors traipsing by for treats?
Bookmark this, its handy:
Find Your Local Time of Sunset

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p.p.s. Her blog party's over,
but here's a bit more H'ween.

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Every Blog Has Its Price

But try putting a value on it...



Ran into a website where the owner declared that the lowest price he might accept for his domain (milk.com) was $1,000,000 US.
... But he'd prefer $10 mil, thanks.

Hm

So I plugged his domain name into a web-value site.
And SEOheap says his milk.com is worth $15,746

That sounds more reasonable....

(btw, YouTube.com's value: $57,701,815 !)

So of course I had to value this blog and my
NancTWoP.blogspot.com is worth: $2,528 !

Ha. Not bad for a hobby.

Until I plugged in the name of my pal G1's blog.

And now I feel cheap and shoddy...
because they said that her blog
Girl1nterrupted is worth $301,638 !

*Hey, G1, love your blog but I demand a recount! ;-)



All this seems a bit fishy to you?...

Go try yours: Get your site value

And report back here, if you dare. ;-)

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Satisfyingly Sunny

This lucky ducky passively promotes smiles in miles of rivers on four continents. Now its here for TT's yellow day!

^{*click for pages of pics of the places it's been}

For action lovers - the Yellow Cube Machine:




And for people who just love being perplexed,
A demo of a (yellow!) non-Newtonian 'liquid':



Imagine a jr-high class getting their hands in this...

*One thing's bugging me - that guy at the end reminds me of an odd old cartoon character - can't quite place who he looks like.

eta:
Ah - he's a bit like 'Kilroy', or Alice the Goon (from Popeye).

Lady Gaga Garbage

Its Art. Its Junk. (its actually both)

* Notice the poker chips and Kermit parts?...

Artist Jason Mecier uses the personal junk of celebrities and turns it into unique portraits. Over the past 10 years the stars themselves have sent their used belongings to him to create 3D collages.

Including: Heidi Fleiss' moldy slippers, Phyllis Diller's anti-itch
cream, Kathy Najimy's
Dexatrim, Ricki Lake's tampon (ew!), two of Tori Spelling's vibrators (double-ew!), and a letter Paris Hilton
sent him from prison.

Kathy Griffin (in Clay Aiken CDs & Velveeta wrappers)

Also: Pam Anderson, Bjork, Sharon Stone, Florence Henderson, RuPaul, Pink, the Go-Go’s, the B52's, etc... See more in the video:




Making 'PoP ArT Icons' out of pop culture debris?

Makes sense to me.


Hurry, his show at 'Ghetto Gloss' L.A. ends 3/23.
*click pics for more details.

Llamas with Hats

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Because pinafores would just look silly?

(click pic for hayes roberts*' page, with more
of his fun art & animals, plus stories and books)

*A creative guy with some nice llamas.
But since Theme Thursday for today is 'HATS',




...we'll move on to two llamas,
both of whom have hats, but only one of whom is nice.

And as for the other?...

Well, this other llama is, um, 'not-so nice'.
As you'll see.
But at least he's wearing a hat.



Link to:
Other SAbob's videos, incl. Llamas w/ Hats #1.

Eye Heart Art

When St. Valentine meets Pop Art...

Hosting a helping of Jim Dine, an artist who likes to include hearts in his work. Behold:








Just a man's bathrobe? You decide.




And Jim Dine also does work in sculpture:




This guy finds JD's work particularly gripping...
;-)

Happy Valentine's Day