David Edwards - Professional Matte Painter & Concept Artist. Strobist: Lighting 101. (Photo by Strobist reader Sam Simon) Welcome to Lighting 101.
You may not realize it yet, but you have just stepped through a door that may change your photography forever. Over the past few years, over four million people from nearly every country in the world have begun their lighting education right here. And if they can do it, you can do it. Photography is literally writing with light. You'll learn how to take the removable flash that you probably already have on the top of your camera and use it off-camera to make beautiful, more three-dimensional photos.
The Good News: The Gear Doesn't Cost Much Basic lighting gear is also refreshingly inexpensive. By getting your flash off-camera, your images become more three-dimensional, more textural and more professional looking. Click on a reader's picture to learn a little more about how it was made. (Photo by Strobist reader Ken Brown) The difference between their photos and yours is that they already know how to use their flash off camera. Pride's Purge. The purpose of Think Left is to present a view of politics from a left-wing perspective. Architect studio. Crayon Box of Doom. ILLUSTRATION ART: WILLIAM OBERHARDT.
William Oberhardt (1882 -1958) was like a 20th century version of Hans Holbein the Younger.
Just like Holbein, Oberhardt had an astonishing gift for rendering the human head. "Heads are my preoccupation," he said. "To me the world is full of heads. " Both Holbein and Oberhardt were summoned to draw the most famous people of their day. Holbein drew portraits for the court of Henry VIII while Oberhardt drew portraits for Time magazine. Cover of the first issue of Time magazine, by Oberhardt Portrait by Holbein Both artists could paint, but both found their highest expression in the medium of charcoal drawing, which enabled them to display great freedom and sensitivity.
Oberhardt was a very traditional, almost old fashioned artist. He advised young artists: Avoid haste, and don't take pride in hectic activity...Technique evolves gradually. Despite his traditional approach, you can find great, almost abstract designs in Oberhardt's portraits. Scribble pad. PATRICK DAMIAENS. Carved Wall-Panelling by Ornamental woodcarver Patrick Damiaens In the 17th century, the Belgian town of Liege became highly prosperous through its coal mining, metal processing and glass refining industries.
Over the years, it evolved into a fashionable residence for princes, aristocracy and wealthymerchants who could spend lavishly on expensive furniture. As most skilled craftsmen from the surrounding regions were invited to work there, the city soon became famous for furniture characterized by beautifully and delicately carved decoration. Three hundred years later, Liege-style furniture is still being created and carved to the highest levels of quality. From his workshop in Maaseik, Belgium, Patrick Damiaens is a reassuring reminder that even in these days of mass-manufactured furniture, there is still a demand for the traditional skills of a master artisan. Damiaens studied three years at the Don Bosco Institute in Liege, where he learned the complex trade of ornamental woodcarving.
Henry's Leather News. Many people want to be designers because, at it's most basic, it's simply "Day Dreaming", which is something they think they are good at.
So, now that you have the image of what you want to make and can manipulate an image of it in your mind, what do you do with it? Well, unless you can convert that day dream into another format, that is what it will remain.What you don't do is call me on the phone or send me an email that goes something like this actual email: I love leather back packs! But as hard as I have looked, I have not beenable to find all the features I like in one back pack. So, I have a designin my head, and I'm going to try to put it on paper. And this: I'd like the exact same shape as the GUcci cruise hobo, but just a tadrounded at the corners. This is where you get out your pencil and paper and describe what that picture in your mind is... but not in words, You draw it.
This guy actually knows something about drawing and did a good job with the dimensions. ArchitectureYP. Gausswerks: design reboot. Momoko.