How to prepare an art portfolio for university If you're starting your final year at school or college and want to study art and design at uni, then no doubt you will already be thinking about preparing your portfolio. So, what are the key things to keep in mind and how do you crack the formula for a winning portfolio? It all depends on what you want to study. An animation student may spend all year on a 30-second film, whereas a fine artist will have an array of work, from sketches and paintings to sculptures and text-based pieces. But every portfolio is trying to do the same thing – secure your place on that perfect course. After you've narrowed down the courses and institutions you'd like to study at, the next step is to begin thinking about how to display your work for submission. It's an insight into your work intended to demonstrate your capabilities and personal style. Depending on the university, a portfolio is either sent off prior to interview or is to be brought along with you.
The AuthaGraph World Map Isn't Perfect, But It's Pretty Close Creating a proportional map of the world is tricky because the world is a sphere and a map is flat. That creates visual distortions, which explains why Mercator projections shrink Africa and super-size Greenland. Designer Hajime Narukawa found a clever solution to this problem: triangles. Narukawa's AuthaGraph World Map, which recently won the grand prize in Japan’s biggest design competition, retains the proportions of the continents and oceans---so much so that you can fold it into a three-dimensional globe. The general shapes of the continents are consistent with more familiar maps, but their orientation is not.
List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the Second World War. Although named operations, the entries represent activities that spanned the entire theatre or large parts of it, multi-year campaigns, battles, engagements and even combat that resulted in relatively small actions by armed forces. Pre-war operations[edit] 1939[edit] 1940[edit] 1941[edit] 1942[edit] 1943[edit] 1944[edit] 1945[edit]
untitled Incredible Map Reveals Just How Long It Will Take To Reach A City From ANY Place On Earth The Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford has published a map revealing how long it will take you to travel to the nearest urban area from anywhere in the world. The end result is a psychedelic masterpiece. But it doesn’t just look stunning. It serves a very serious purpose. As the researchers point out, cities serve as a hub for all sorts of institutions and services, including education, healthcare, and banking. According to a statement released by the Big Data Institute, the map is “the most detailed assessment” of accessibility to date. The last time accessibility to urban areas was looked at on a similar scale was in 2000. The work was completed by researchers at Google, the Joint Research Centre of the European Union, and the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and led by Daniel Weiss. The researchers measured accessibility by travel time to the nearest urban center rather than physical distance, which doesn’t take into account national borders and geography.
Digital Karnak: Welcome The colossal site of Karnak is one of the largest temple complexes in the world, with an incredibly rich architectural, ritual, religious, economic, social and political history. The Amun-Ra precinct, which includes an astonishing number of individual temples, shrines and processional ways, stands as a micro-cosmos of ancient Egypt. We invite you to experience Karnak – to learn about an ancient site that still resonates today because of its monumental pylons, towering columns, stunning reliefs and architectural marvels. Enter the temple precinct and discover its rich religious, political and architectural history. The Digital Karnak Project was designed and built at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) under the direction of Dr. To start, choose one of the options above or go directly to the Temple complex overview.
Key Stage 4 Art The National Gallery, London A delightful site where you can view a selection famous paintings in detail on exhibition at the National Gallery thanks to a clever tool which allows you to zoom closely without leaving your home or classroom. Art Image Bank Great copyright free images from Worcestershire LEA. The Artist's Toolkit Explore the tools like line, colour, shape, balance, space that artists use to create works of art in this great site. Digital Palette The main purpose of this site is to inspire and support teachers who are experimenting with the use of computers in Art and Design. Drawing the Portrait A fantastic site which covers how to draw each feature of the face in detail. Google Art Project Explore museums from around the world and zoom in on artworks at incredible zoom levels. Your Paintings Your Paintings is a BBC website which aims to show the entire UK national collection of oil paintings, the stories behind the paintings, and where they are located. PaperWorks
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire The Art of Battle: Animated Battle Maps