Art - via the Computer
I was looking up Corel's Painter, Photopaint and Wacom's Intuos Tablet, and came across some amazing art. Just a bit of background -- I've used all three of the tools before to create my own digital art, or to take something I created on paper, and take it to another level with the computer. Corel Painter used to be owned by a now defunct company called Fractal -- I've been using Painter since version 2.0. It's an amazing piece of software -- gives you a complete set of artist tools in a single application. Photopaint is like Photoshop. It started out being a photo manipulation tool, and slowly evolved to become more than that. The artsy types still prefer Photoshop -- only because it runs on a Mac, but I know Photopaint, so my preference remains there. Now check out some art created with the tools listed above:
LiQUidWerX - amazing art! Some fantasy, some nudity!
Portrait Artist - a site offering advice on how to draw, including a section on digital art.
CGChallenge - a site that documents artists using computers and a whole lot of software!
Mental Image - an artist using computers to create 2D as well as 3D works.
Quick Tips - here's some quick tips to make the most out of your Wacom Tablet!
Quick Tips - another quick tips page!
Inner Cow
This has got to be one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. Researchers cut holes into the sides of cows and insert an cannula, which allows access to a live animals stomach. These holes are so big, you can actually see what's going on inside -- literally, reach into the stomach of a cow. Cows stomach have millions microbes that aid in digestion, and surprisingly, cannulated cows are usually the healthiest of the herd. You would think that walking around with a hole in your stomach would be bad for you, but apparently not. Some farmers apparently keep cannulated cows in their herd so they can serve as microbe donors to sick cows. Just bizarre. [Source: Oddity Central ]
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