Ninja November 28th, 2008
When
Friday, December 12, 2008
7-11 PM
A special talk with both ARMSROCK and ELBOW-TOE and a book signing with ARMSROCK will take place the next day, December 13.
Where
Thinkspace Art Gallery
4210 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Here’s a sneak peak at their work
To see more, check out Thinkspace’s Flickr here.
Penguin November 27th, 2008
4 people worked together simultaneously on a single Google Docs spreadsheet. Each cell in the 100 row x 186 col spreadsheet was filled using 18 different colors. The entire process was captured in time-lapse.
-Penguin
Related postsNinja November 26th, 2008
Penguin and I went to visit the MET yesterday to check out some of the drawings by Michelangelo, Leonardo, Dürer, Hoffman, Ingres, and Seurat (more on that later). Just mind-blowing! I was in awe of their seemingly effortless, undulating line work (guess that’s why they’re called the Masters, eh). I got a wee dizzy viewing Ingres’ seemingly impossible hairline line work through a magnifying glass.
After our private drawing viewing, we set out to explore the Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions exhibition on the 2nd floor. Being that I do have a thing for texture and hair, these 2 images were my favorites. I hate that I’m so predictable.
Onésipe Aguado
Woman Seen from the Back, 1862
Salted paper print from glass negative
Hans Hoffman
A Hedgehog, before 1584
Watercolor and gouache on parchment
It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who’s got a thing for hair. Please let me introduce 3 great, current artists who also feature hair in their work: Ruth Marten, Mr. Bingo, and John Ryan Solis.
Ruth Marten
New Yorker, Ruth Marten is a former tattoo artist (those skills translate well in her fine line drawings) and currently works as a commercial illustrator and exhibiting artist. She is represented by the Adam Baumgold Gallery.
Mr. Bingo
London-based illustrator/animator, Mr. Bingo, has a client list which includes Nike, BBC, Virgin, and MTV.
John Ryan Solis
School of Visual Arts Illustration grad, John Ryan Solis, currently works at the design studio, Vault49.
Related postsPenguin November 25th, 2008
Ninja and I will be going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to get intimate with some of Michelangelo’s original drawings.
We’ll have about an hour and a half to examine some of his work that isn’t shown to the public. Hopefully, we’ll be able to take some pics (sans flash natch).
So if you’ll be near the area, DM me on twitter.
-Penguin
Related postsPenguin November 24th, 2008
I wrote a small script that will generate HD Youtube embed code. As an added bonus, it also generates HQ embed code. All you have to do is plug in the Youtube URL. That’s it!
Youtube HD Embed Generator script.
-Penguin
Related postsNinja November 24th, 2008
Penguin’s been encouraging me to show more of my process. So here’s a peek at a half a spread that I’m working on.
Beige Cashmere lipstick on cold-pressed watercolor paper
From left to right, the lipstick marks make out the words, “You have stolen my heart.”
Related postsPenguin November 23rd, 2008
Get the Big Picture reveals several Dark Knight Lego figures.
Batman’s okay.
I like the Nurse Joker
But Gordan is definitely the cutest.
-Penguin
Related postsPenguin November 22nd, 2008
Update: I’ve created a small javascript page to do this automatically.
Vimeo is no longer the only HD purveyor in town. Youtube has started making available some of their videos in HD as well, as long as the original source was in HD. You may have noticed the “Watch in high quality” link, but how do you access them directly? More importantly, how do you embed them?
Wired has a nice little article.
The basic gist is to tack on a query string to the end of the URL. Just add “&fmt=18” and you’ll get the high quality version.
ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fCynJXl3g&fmt=18
But Youtube also offers full 720p! It’s similar to the method above, just add “&fmt=22” instead.
ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fCynJXl3g&fmt=22
This trick also works for embeds, but is a little more complicated.
First, you have to change the default player size. Make the width “480″ and the height “397″. Not bad.
The second bit is a little more trickly. At the end of every URL, add “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22”
Ex: (changes highlighted in bold)
<object width="<strong>480</strong>" height="<strong>397</strong>"><param name="movie" value="(VIDEO EMBED URL)<strong>&ap=%2526fmt%3D22</strong>"></param><param name="wmode" value="window"></param><embed src="(VIDEO EMBED URL)<strong>&ap=%2526fmt%3D22</strong>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" width="<strong>480</strong>" height="<strong>397</strong>"></embed></object>
Ex: w/ a video
<object width="480" height="397"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d7fCynJXl3g&ap=%2526fmt%3D22"></param><param name="wmode" value="window"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d7fCynJXl3g&ap=%2526fmt%3D22" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" width="480" height="397"></embed></object>
Result:
There’s also Greasemonkey script which will automatically load the HD footage if available on Youtube. Of course, you’ll need the Greasemonkey plugin first.
-Penguin
Related postsNinja November 21st, 2008
Gallery Nucleus rounded up some of the top fine artists and illustrators who feature a strong use of line work in their work. Tomorrow’s Line Weight exhibit will showcase the work of the talented: Luke Chueh, James Jean, Mari Inukai, Christine Nguyen, David Jien, Richard Kirk, Ronald Kurniawan, Moki, Vania Zouravliov, and Jaime Zollars.
When
From November 22–December 7, 2008
Opening Reception on Nov 22, 7:00 PM–11:00 PM
Where
Gallery Nucleus
210 East Main St, Alhambra CA 91801 (Map)
Admission
None, it’s free
Limited edition lithograph prints. Signed + numbered.
