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Trying to shift to a lighter note to match the Season's mood, I am posting an email greeting with a link to a great free art made with Art Studio. Remember DrawingHand? I think I made some friends there. Feel free to indulge yourselves. =================================================== Hey Ado, Here is this years Artstudio Christmas Card effort. I decided to attach it to my website so you can download it directly, instead of me sending it as an email attachment. A lot of emails won't accept EXE & Zip files through fear of Virus attack and so block the Xmas Card itself. (fair enough!) So, here's the link. Feel free to pass it on as you see fit, (What use is art if no-one sees it, eh?) http://cashadvance.741.com/drawinghandartwork/Xmas%20Card.html Take care, Barry. =================================================== Thanks, mate!

Do you guys believe in the stupidity of 2nd Avenue's programming? I have to watch my favorite morning Talk Show which happens to be an American delayed feed interspersed with repetitive, totally uninspired programming coming from dare I say, a group of intellectually-dried up individuals who come up with the laziest one-liners in Philippine television. They started this year with a promise of a revolutionary kind of TV programming. The only change I saw after a full year was an eroding kind of entertainment bore, thanks to their short adverts against a white, black and green background (the sum of all their statement). May I suggest you change your 30-second programming, if not on a frequent basis because of your limited program feeds, then into something more substantial and palatable...something that doesn't have an aftertaste of cheap, vulgar entertainment attached to it but rather a more tasteful kind for those with refined sensibilities. After all, you keep showing your

My own take on a well-known saying. If in life, it's the Journey and not the Destination that's important; then in shopping, it's definitely the Spending spree that gives the most satisfaction and not the actual Item bought. Remember that as you go a-Christmas shopping ladies.

But it's not animating!

Pamahiin at Kasabihan Folk Beliefs and Sayings hehe ngayong nasa year 21 century na tayo.. eto yung ilang mga kasabihan na binibigay sa tin ng ating mga lolo at lola. tignan nyo kung narinig na ninyo ito from them dagdagan niyo na rin Iwasan ang pag-ulit ng iyong panaginip sa pamamagitan ng pagbaligtad ng iyong unan.(Avoid recurring dreams by turning your pillow upside down.)Laging matulog na nakaharap sa silangan, kundi ikaw ay hindi magkakaroon ng magandang kinabukasan.(Always sleep facing east, or you will not face a bright future.)Kung tinutulugan ng isang tao ang kanyang mga libro, siya ay magiging palatandain.(If a person sleeps on her book, she will have a good memory.)Pagkatapos mag-aral sa gabi, ilagay ang librong iyong pinag-aaralan sa ilalim ng iyong unan, at mananatili ang iyong pinag-aralan sa iyong isip.(After studying at night, place the book you've been studying under your pillow, and you will retain what you have read.)Kapag Gabi Na (When Night Falls)Umiyak ka sa

Another 50 Famous French Quotations Aspiring Francophiles are not the only ones who can appreciate these interesting observations and witticisms made by French thinkers throughout the centuries. As in an earlier collection touching upon the same subject, these well-known and not so well-known French quotations touch upon a wide variety of topics which bring to light some striking similarities in thinking between the French and American cultures, similarities which have often been ignored in the recent and not so recent past. Although the Franco-American relationship has all too often been characterized as being one of conflict and antagonism, the two long-time allies have actually always had more in common than they realize or would like to admit. And maybe that is the fundamental problem between the two nations. It could be that the regularly conflicting points of view between these two countries lay in the very similarities their peoples share with one another. But whether that is th

From a little bit of Physics, we go straight to Literature 50 Famous French Quotations Want to learn how to speak french online? Read, " Learning, French Online " By Associated Content. You don't have to be an aspiring Francophile to appreciate this collection of well-known and not so well-known French quotations. They touch upon a variety of subjects and, contrary to what one might think in these days of difficult Franco-American relations, underscore the similarities between our two cultures. Although, politically speaking, the U.S.- French relationship has all too often been one of conflict, one seemingly formulated on the assumption that the United States and France are somehow "adversaries", it is all the more reassuring to realize how common our two cultures seem to "think". You are sure to find that this small collection of sayings makes these similarities apparent. Might it even be that the problems between these two countries lie in the ve

After reading on both the flat (2D) and the not-so-flat (3D) dimensions both the Animation and Gaming Departments have already applied to their course, if not soon enough , I got curiouser and curiouser as to what otherworldly dimensions are still out there to explore. What's the point of stopping at 3 when Nature's math have suggested up to infinity? On the other hand, going as high up as the 100th (or a 3-digit dimension) dimension probably isn't a good idea if the late great Einstein himself settled for only 11D . So I googled the 4th to the 13th in succession and have briefly come up with a short description of each, but given my limited knowledge and limited time, the most searchably apt. If: The 2nd Dimension = length and height (x and y axis) and the 3rd Dimension = depth (z axis) both referring to S pace ; Then: 4th Dimension = Time (hypothetically, Tetraspace ) 5th Dimension = An American popular music vocal group 6th Dimension = Space for the Arts and Heal

From AnswerBag.com: Top Answer out of 3 by Roguewarer 1 on Feb 3, 2007 at 9:52 am To that excellent, succinct, answer, I'd add that 2D tends to look "flatter" than 3D (due to the natural limitations of the horizontal and vertical planes). As Joe-Speedy says, 3D introduces "depth perspective," so we not only see a rectangle (2D) but a CUBE (3D). You may want to think of it like being the difference between a photograph of a glass of water (2D) and being able to reach out and actually pick up the glass of water (3D). Another good visual might be comparing a cartoon (say, Bugs Bunny - 2D) to "Toy Story 1,2 & 3" (3D). Typically, 2D involves "drawing," or movement on, say, a flat surface (sketch pad, etc.) or in the vertical and horizontal planes. 3D involves "modeling," i.e., creating objects in 3-dimensions, residing in an expansive virtual environment, replete with lights, reflections, other objects, shadows, etc. Answer 2 out of

World of Goo Trailer 2 Director's Cut by 2dboy World of Goo is a physics based puzzle / construction game. The millions of Goo Balls who live in the beautiful World of Goo don't know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.

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3D Games on the Wii: Coming Soon! As I was busy looking for Wii Videos on YouTube for posting (what else is there to do?) , I stumbled across a Wii Remote hack by a guy who made a software that enabled the Wiimote to transform into an affordable digital Whiteboard. Thanks to researchers like Johnny Lee   a procrastineer  at Carnegie Mellon University with a keen interest to " enable techniques that can significantly increase the accessibility of technology" in his own words ,   3D gaming on the Wii can sprout up as early as May, 2009.  More projects from his website .

Not too Fauvist as it is a Face Wash.  Maybe because the original idea was to paint Mr. Clean.

My first ever attempt at a great Art style called Fauvism using Painter Classic . This is too easy (but tremendously fun). Maybe I'll make some more. This particular painting is called "sandy" for no apparent reason except that my initial sketch looked like some Sandy in real life.

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Survey says:   Time's up! Testing the powers of proCreate Painter Classic (that I forgot about , came bundled with my Wacom tablet purchase).   Now's probably a good time to use it. (Shhh.  The Software, The Tablet, My Brain.)

How I found the perfect donor!

Now that we're on the subject of Dracula, here's the rest of his extended family, straight from the annals of  Cosgrove-Hall's   well , annals.  I wish to draw from them soon...rather, draw them all soon.   Hehehe D uckula Online.de

I wish I could add the googly eyes to my picture over there!

A Warholian Self-portrait

You can put lipstick on a gourd and it's still a gourd.

J'ai besoin de café  pour colorer

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Has it all finally come to dis (disarray, disrespect, dissension-dissertation) ?  The whole world is besieged   with everything black and white...well,  drab .  Let deBlob save the future!  Color, after all, is power. oooooooooo oooooooooo ooooooooooooooo000oooooooooooooo oooooooooo oooooooooo Follow this   linkie  to S plat an Inky! Follow this linku and B lobloku!

A musical clip from Sunday night's Emmy Awards . Basically my only glimpse of the show. Un42nately, we weren't one of the 47 countries where this was shown L I V E.

Just wanted to blog anything at this point.  Guess what?  It had to be the iPod touch.   Knowing I have no finances to acquire one, I guess I won't find out what's so  funny  about it 'til muuuch later.

Yesterday, through the kindness of a family friend, a well-known writer and one of the most beautiful people I know, I was able to watch the Czech film Kráska v nesnázích (2006) / Beauty in Trouble after a long hibernation from Euro films. I'd like to think we had a date of sorts. And to think we were planning to watch Hellboy 2: The Golden Army because it was opening this week. That would have been tiring. I remember enjoying Art Films we were introduced to (from all over the world) when I was taking up Film in College and I really enjoy watching European Films that aren't too commercial in nature. I always felt they were better made because of their intrinsic value anyway. Of course, it helps a lot when the films are being shown for free. This ongoing Film Festival is a diehard's or any moviegoer's dream come true for that matter, given the cross-section of the audience I saw when they flipped the lights on. If only the movie house wasn't far from our place an

Games on my PSP : Virtua Tennis Ridge Racers 2 Ratchet and Clank : Size Matters 7 Wonders of the Ancient World Puzzle Guzzle Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 1 & 2 Others Games on my Wii : Top Spin 3 Sega Superstars Tennis Super Mario Galaxy Super Smash Bros. Brawl Rockstar Presents Table Tennis Tiger Woods PGA Golf 2007 Pangya Super Swing Golf Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess Wario Ware: Smooth Moves Countless Others What I wish I had this Christmas: A new battery pack for my fat PSP; not the fake one which dies down after two measly hours of gameplay. Guitar Hero for my Wii including Guitar and Software.  Whooo. But just being able to play those that I already have (and the titles are so many) is Christmas enough for me.  They help keep me focused.  Merry Christmas thinking on this rather fickly/blustery day of September.

Just to prove how ingeniously interactive my "X" man is: Who ever heard of a garbage collector collect garbage and shout to the top of his lungs on a very rainy day at 12:45pm, lunchbreak?  I know these people work for NGO's (non-government organizations), but who actually paid them to do this today of all miserable days ? I didn't have to look/scowl outside the window.  I can smell them one room away from my bedroom.