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Tag Archives: art
Photoshop Turns 20 Years Old
I began using Adobe Photoshop in the mid nineties with my computer whiz next door neighbor to guide me. I had in mind to invent a company for graphic imagery production, and I called the corporation Prime Images (named after … Continue reading
Posted in The Arts
Tagged adobe photoshop, art, graphic arts, image editing, john knoll, photography, thomas knoll
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For Productive Artists, Dreams Come True
Beginning to advanced artists enjoy the process of imagining. Coming up with the new, imagining the possibilities, thinking up something that can make people laugh and cry at the same time get’s artistic designers on a temporary high. Then the … Continue reading
Posted in The Arts
Tagged accomplishment, art, artists, completion, goal-oriented, Projects, seth godin
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Before and After Representations of Beauty
My wife is an awesome, smart, beautiful woman. I love her to infinity. Regrettably, we all have our moments when the lighting and cheap digital cameras we have to take snapshots with don’t show us how attractive we actually look. … Continue reading
Posted in The Arts, Worldview
Tagged art, beauty, god, Liz Darnell, objective, photoshop, physical, snapshots, spiritual, subjective
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths New Cover Art
I create cover art every now and then. I like the creative. I could do without producing creative for others. : ) I like every mockup I create just about. For each book cover I work on I mockup at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, The Arts
Tagged american vision, and half-truths, art, book, cover design, gary demar, graphic design, joseph darnell, Lies, mockups, myths
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Organic Apple Logo Illustration
I was doodling in Photoshop to see what it would look like if Apple (the computer company, obviously) made their logo organic. It’s totally inconsequential, but interesting.
Defining Morality in Art
Most of my readers know that I am a Christian, and I like to think about the ramifications of Biblical worldview in the arts. It’s not easy to compete with the various worldviews in art and culture since what’s culturally … Continue reading
Secular And Sacred Culture
Most people in western culture, consciously or passively, consider art to fit in one of two categories: secular and/or sacred arts. Few people know how to define these categories. Churches usually don’t educate their flocks on the arts, but along the way—going to church, Sunday school, Bible studies, etc.—members of the flock get an indirect idea of what religious art is, and what it is not. The rest of the culture wants to put sacred art into a box that they can tuck away from their lives. Only on the rare Christmas or Easter church services they attend do they enjoy religious icons, decor, or other religious artistic works. Continue reading
Art for Commercialization
As I was saying yesterday, art is primarily used commercially. You may take this for granted, or flat out object. Some artists like to defend their work as purely inspirational—as if to say, it doesn’t mean anything, but it is … Continue reading
