I used to love the word ideal, so I was naturally pleased when I saw this sticker.
I used to love the word ideal, so I was naturally pleased when I saw this sticker.
Inkscape, a free and open source vector drawing software application, is hosting a competition for the new "about screen" artwork.
The rules are posted over at deviantART.
The rules are posted over at deviantART.
Came across this cool collection of Comic Book artwork
This got me thinking of my favorite comic book characters. Tough call, but these are probably my top ten overall.
1. The Punisher
2. Wolverine
3. Spawn
4. Venom
5. Carnage
6. Batman
7. Ghostrider
8. Blade
9. Gambit
10. Spiderman
This got me thinking of my favorite comic book characters. Tough call, but these are probably my top ten overall.
1. The Punisher
2. Wolverine
3. Spawn
4. Venom
5. Carnage
6. Batman
7. Ghostrider
8. Blade
9. Gambit
10. Spiderman
A lot of people say "I could paint that!" when the look at modern art, and whenever I hear that I think to myself or say to them (depending on who said it): "But you didn't". Its a simple idea but very important, artists who create controversial works have the courage and confidence to create, and that's just as amazing as their resulting works.
This morning I created this little image using mtpaint, a simple but fast open source painting program:
This morning I created this little image using mtpaint, a simple but fast open source painting program:
My niece made this amazing sculpture:
My mom helped, but I believe it was Sadie who came up with the concept: a dragon was flying away from a castle with a princess to a ball.
My mom helped, but I believe it was Sadie who came up with the concept: a dragon was flying away from a castle with a princess to a ball.
Yes, that's right. Three hundred and fifty million words. And it appears that number only scratches the surface.
What does this number of words represent? Its based upon the old saying - "a picture is worth a thousand words". So let's divide by one thousand, that leaves us with three hundred and fifty thousand pictures.
That's how many images were recently donated to WikiMedia Commons from the Bundesarchiv and Deutsche Fotothek. Its incredible. I've been sifting through them and have found some real gems, like these:
Yes, we copied those images and are hosting them on our servers. How can we do such a thing? Because the images are kindly licensed under a Creative Commons license. That means that the images we copied and edited from them are also licensed as such - its a "share and share alike" license.
I was amazed with Wikipedia for the first few years, then I got a little disgruntled by the bureaucracy of it. Now I'm again feeling very impressed.
What does this number of words represent? Its based upon the old saying - "a picture is worth a thousand words". So let's divide by one thousand, that leaves us with three hundred and fifty thousand pictures.
That's how many images were recently donated to WikiMedia Commons from the Bundesarchiv and Deutsche Fotothek. Its incredible. I've been sifting through them and have found some real gems, like these:
Yes, we copied those images and are hosting them on our servers. How can we do such a thing? Because the images are kindly licensed under a Creative Commons license. That means that the images we copied and edited from them are also licensed as such - its a "share and share alike" license.
I was amazed with Wikipedia for the first few years, then I got a little disgruntled by the bureaucracy of it. Now I'm again feeling very impressed.
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