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Cat stuck in Book (Art) Craftswoman Rachel Ashe makes art by altering old books—she cuts, folds, paints, and glues objects onto the pages.

Cat stuck in Book (Art)

You can view more of her work at Flickr. Photos © Rachel Ashe Link via Jane Ebone. - StumbleUpon. Drawing Board. LoCoArt: Faster and slightly less stupid. Faster and slightly less stupid.

LoCoArt: Faster and slightly less stupid.

Low Complexity Artwork appeared on HN last month. It struck me as being particularly clever and elegant, with a very iconic form. In the paper, the author mentions how hard it was to produce the drawings. Part of me thought "Fractal-ish forms are hard for people to manipulate, but are a good fit for genetic algorithms. " A place for elegant solutions. Low Complexity Art. The Art of Omission Whether in painting, fiction, film, landscape architecture, or paper folding, art is often said to be the art of omission.

Low Complexity Art

Simplicity breeds elegance, and engages the reader at a deep, aesthetic level. EXAMPLES OF CARTOONS BASED ON RULES 1-4. Next: ON BEAUTY AND MINIMUM Up: LOW-COMPLEXITY ART Previous: CODING DRAWINGS BY CIRCLE The following is a set of informal specifications of the cartoons I will present.

EXAMPLES OF CARTOONS BASED ON RULES 1-4

NOTE: the original drawings printed in the journal Leonardo are of higher quality. Figure 2a: The (informal) goal was to draw a butterfly approaching a vase with a flower. Lackadaisy Expressions. Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this.

Lackadaisy Expressions

I've had requests for some sort of expressions tutorial dating back a while now, so I figured, "Sure! I can explain expression drawing...and it'll be way better than all those tutorials out there that are nothing but charts of generic expressions. Yeah! Just give me a day or two to whip something up... " Get inspired. Get motivated. Practice. Improve your drawing skills!

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Stan Prokopenkos Blog. For a video version of this tutorial visit www.proko.com/how-to-draw-lips-anatomy-and-structure This tutorial is a continuation of How to Draw the Head from Any Angle.

Stan Prokopenkos Blog

I will cover the basic forms of the mouth, some anatomical information, and the key information about the minor planes. At the end, I will show a step by step drawing of the lips. How To Draw. "How to Draw" is a collection of tutorials that will teach you everything from perspective basics to shading chrome.

How To Draw

Never picked up a pencil before? Fear not! From simple line drawings to modern art and easy animations, we've got you covered. All projects come from Instructables.com and contain pictures for each step so you can start your masterpiece today! Art 1. Optical Design. 201 Ways to Arouse Your Creativity. Arouse your creativity Electric flesh-arrows … traversing the body.

201 Ways to Arouse Your Creativity

A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm. ~ Anais Nin Creativity is like sex. 眼技 来自櫻桃小丸子在堆糖网的分享. - StumbleUpon. Color — Method of Action. Paper Mache Clay Recipe. Several years ago I developed a new recipe for a sculptural material I call “paper mache clay.”

Paper Mache Clay Recipe

This material is so easy to use and so easy to make that I now use it exclusively for all my paper mache sculptures. The recipe has now gone “viral” and is being used by artists all over the world. It might be a bit more accurate to call this material “home-made air-dried cellulose-reinforced polymer clay,” but that’s way too hard to say (or type!)

, so for now, let’s just call it paper mache clay.