Creative Jaunt

Extracting media from .Ram file

2012-01-11T01:05:00.000-08:00

To save a Real Media file you simply do the below steps: Save the .Ram file on to your desktop. It will be a small file size. After it is saved to your desktop,open the .Ram file with NOTEPAD. Once opened you will see the link to the .Rm file which is the LARGE file. Copy and paste that URL in say a messageboard such as this. Then PREVIEW the message (would be silly to post it) - RIGHT

Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour, a BBC Documentary

2012-01-10T23:05:00.000-08:00

Exploring the role of art as an agent of change, or what 100 million porcelain seeds have to do with Twitter. Creative visionary, political activist and post-modern Renaissance man Ai Weiwei is China’s most widely known and politically vocal contemporary artist. His now-legendary Sunflower Seeds installation for the Tate Modern in October 2010, which took 2.5 years and 1,600 Chinese

Magical Finger - Fabian Gaete Maureira

2012-01-10T21:30:00.000-08:00

Mgical Finger Painting. A street Artist Fabian Gaete has magical fingers . He paints less than three minute painting which you will appreciated. He has magical finger and has God gifted talent. Maureira works in Santiago Chile, using primarily his fingers to speed paint nature scenes on glass panes. According to his display, each piece is completed in just about three minutes.

Right Brain “Logic” - Abstract Art

2011-10-25T06:36:00.000-07:00

Creativity enables us to hear the language of the Spirit. But the Holy Spirit doesn’t speak to us through logic… so it needs to bypass our logic. Since logic is processed in the left side of our brains, it is therefor logical (hee hee) that the freedom and ability to create and be creative comes from the right side of our brains. Some right brain functions are: Feelings (intuition)

Pepsi Logo - Old to New

2011-09-06T00:40:00.000-07:00

Pepsi: The first developed and produced in the early 1890’s by Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in New Bern, North Carolina labeled as “Brad’s drink”. In 1898, Bradham renamed his drink into “Pepsi-Cola”. The Logo of Pepsi is one of the most famous logo in the world. It is considered one of the world’s most recognizable corporate trademarks. From 1898 to 2009 Pepsi had been evolved its logo and

What film photography still has to offer

2011-08-23T08:51:00.000-07:00

There are no more Polaroids. No more Kodachrome. And the smell of potent darkroom chemicals has almost disappeared. For most people, "analog photography" is a relic or something their parents once used; an archaic technology now lumped in with yesteryear's sensations, like the rotary phone or 8-track tape player. Over the past decade, the number of analog film and manual cameras has

Christine Meintjes Photo Workshop - THE MOVIE

2011-08-12T07:38:00.000-07:00

A wonderful video on wedding. Christine Meintjes Photo Workshop -THE MOVIE- from Ryan de Wit on Vimeo. Tools: Film is shot on 2 Canon EOS 5DII + T2i(550D) with 16-35 2.8/24-70 2.8/70-200 2.8 IS/50mm 1.2/100mm macro 2.8 IS/17-55 2.8 IS(EFs). Audio: wireless Senheisser + Zoom H4N and some audio grabbed from camera. And several different type of equipment for stabilization: Sliders, steadicam,

Incredible Paper Map Cut By Hand

2011-08-10T23:15:00.000-07:00

We have featured lots of paper art on this blog. For me, paper cutting needs not only skills and talents but also tons of patience. Like these Incredible Paper Map Cuts created by Artist Karen O’Leary, I just can’t imagine how much effort needed to make a map. London mapcut You can see more of her work on etsy. [via]

'Where Children Sleep'

2011-08-08T02:15:00.000-07:00

Mr. James Mollison’s new book, “Where Children Sleep,” had its origins in a project undertaken for a children’s charity several years ago. As he considered how to represent needy children around the world, he wanted to avoid the common devices: pleading eyes, toothless smiles. When he visualized his own childhood, he realized that his bedroom said a lot about what sort of life he led. So he

Illustrator vs. InDesign

2011-08-05T01:42:00.000-07:00

Here's a post from a few weeks back at Creativebits that generated a nice discussion of the use of Adobe Illustrator (a vector graphics program) vs. Adobe InDesign (a page layout program) for doing ads and other creatives. Photoshop is thrown into the mix as well. In Switching from Illustrator to InDesign the author is looking for arguments to use to convince a bunch of studio artists to not use

30 Amazingly Creative Examples of Designer Resumes

2011-07-24T22:28:00.000-07:00

It’s extremely hard to find a job these days! The market is slow, the economy is bad, and the competition has never been so fierce. To get a job you will have to out do the competition and stand out of the crowd. The following resumes go against everything my business teacher has taught me. She told us never to provide a picture of yourself on the resume, and never have any kind of clip art or

Google Search - with Images!

2011-06-16T07:28:00.000-07:00

Aint it cool? - Yes you heard it right. Now search on Google using your images. Just drag and drop the image on to the Google search box. Learn More here.

The Human Body in HTML Tags

2011-06-13T04:10:00.000-07:00

Found via Zite

A short movie created using TripWow!

2011-06-13T03:18:00.000-07:00

Danish Hues :-) Slideshow: Madhukar’s trip from Bangalore, Karnataka, India to Copenhagen, Denmark was created by TripAdvisor. See another Copenhagen slideshow. Create your own stunning free slideshow from your travel photos.

12 Common Mistakes Designers Make and How to Avoid Them

2011-06-10T08:21:00.000-07:00

Mark Heaps for psd.tutsplus.com -- Ahh mistakes. We all make them, and it’s not something to fear or be ashamed of. They are a great opportunity to learn, to grow your skills, and become a stronger designer for your clients and your career. After doing this for a number of years, I’ve made a few “lessons” myself. I started thinking about the more common mistakes that happen in the creative

Les Paul celebrated with Google doodle of playable 'guitar'

2011-06-10T07:54:00.000-07:00

Google is such an invention! Les Paul, the electric guitar pioneer, has been celebrated on his 96th birthday by one of Google's most complex doodles – a playable and recordable 'guitar'. Doodle Link!

Useful Adobe Photoshop Techniques, Tutorials and Tools

2010-11-11T04:05:00.000-08:00

As web designers, we always have something new to learn. Over the last decade our workflow has changed dramatically — it’s become more sophisticated and highly diversified. Not only do we have a much larger variety of improved tools to use; there’s also an endless stream of new techniques emerging and spreading within the web design community via social networks. And this is where the

Cross-Processing ATN - Photoshop Action

2010-11-10T22:52:00.000-08:00

Cross-processing, briefly, is a photographic technique where (usually) slide film (E6) is processed in the set of chemicals usually used to process print film (C41). (Less common is cross-processing in the other direction -- print film processed in slide film chemicals) The result is images with oddly skewed colors and increased contrast and saturation. The problem we're running into now,

20 Excellent Web Design Tutorials Using Photoshop

2010-11-10T22:15:00.000-08:00

Via: cssrex.comDesigning is one of the most crucial step of Web Development. The first thing that leaves an impact on a user is the design layout of a website. Photoshop is the tool of choice of most of the Web Designers. In photoshop, we can create almost evrything from small buttons and boxes to complete layouts and illustrations. Keeping that in mind, i have summed up 20 step by step

Top 8 ways to get Traffic without SEO

2010-03-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

There are some other ways to get traffic also other than SEO.Here’s my top 8 ways to promote your website with out relying much on SEO and PPC.Well this is for those who are really not interested in SEO and just want fast traffic for short duration. Example you host a website for a season or for a 3-4 months time, say for elections 2010, cricket world cup 2010. These websites have value for

Best Photoshop Actions For Enhancing Photos

2010-03-01T02:36:00.000-08:00

Via: creativenerds.co.ukThe compilation consist of 70 of the best Photoshop actions collected from all around the web from photo effects to actions for even creating photo borders, An essential design resource for all designers weather your an expert or an beginner.Photoshop actions consist of a series of menu commands such as i.e. filters, image adjustments etc which can be recorded and played

Design Inspiration - Bus Day Initiative

2010-02-09T22:34:00.000-08:00

Poster Design:--Route Map Design:--What is Bus Day?It is a daylong event promoting ‘Public Transport’ in the city of Bengaluru on February 4th, 2010. It is an event calling all the citizens of Bengaluru to use the ‘Public Transport’ on Feb 4th for all their daily commute in the city.

Spektrum NL - Pirate Ship Illustration

2009-11-22T23:15:00.000-08:00

Pirate Ship IllustrationSpektrum NL - Pirate Ship Illustration from Super Silo on Vimeo.--Octopus IllustrationChameleon - Octopus Illustration from Super Silo on Vimeo.--Spacecraft IllustrationChampion Sound - Spacecraft Illustration from Super Silo on Vimeo.All illustrations by Super Silo

Paul Rand

2009-10-16T05:16:00.000-07:00

Paul Rand: Wikipedia (link)--A conversation with Paul Rand--An interview with Paul Rand (a 3 fold interview by Miggs Burroughs)Part One:Part Two:Part Three:--All about Paul Rand--Thanks to LDL

Obama logo - an Sol Sender interview

2009-10-16T04:54:00.000-07:00

Sol Sender, who led a design team for the Obama 08 logo, was recently interviewed about the project.Here’s a walk through the various logo options, with some of Sol’s thoughts. The full interview videos can be watched on the website of VSA Partners (where Sol is now a strategist).--Obama logo ideas that weren’t chosen (Click on me!)