THE REMOTE SETTLEMENT of Burketown, in Australia’s northern Queensland, is not the sort of place you’d expect people to travel thousands of miles to visit. With a population of just 178, Burketown sits in one of Australia’s most remote shires. But every September and October, a small group of individuals journey from all corners of the country for the appearance of a remarkable and dramatic cloud called the Morning Glory. Clouds don’t usually have names, nor are they normally linked to a particular location, but then the Morning Glory is no normal cloud.
- Cee Bee
Looking like a huge white roll of meringue, it stretches up to 600 miles (about the length of Britain) and sweeps over Burketown at speeds of up to 35mph. The visitors who come to marvel at this beautiful and awe-inspiring meteorological phenomenon are an intrepid group of glider pilots, for whom the cloud promises the most unique and thrilling flying conditions of anywhere in the...
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- Cee Bee
One of my poor attempts is above. It was something I drew when I was young (many years ago). I used to draw all the time but I've not drawn anything for ages now. I'd like to start again and combine drawing with photography in the future. My palette is limited to pencil and black/white drawings. Painting, for me, is a struggle and colouring always comes out a little wrong. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
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@Kol - I can assure you that you're still better at drawing than I am, for what it's worth.
- Tyson Key
vijay, thanks for the links. I did forget to say please share you works of art here please? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Glad to share Kol. My colleagues are pretty damn good IMO and I use every chance I get to show off their work :D
- vijay
The question should be: Do Artists still "paint, draw, sculpt..." ? I guess so, because Painting can mean creating images with Processing, and Sculpting can mean making physical computing constructs with Arduino and drawing can be fabbing with a 3D printer from 3D generative algorithms... Of course there are artists here. Just a thought.
- Brad Kligerman
I still draw stick people and houses with big windows and a chimney with a plume of smoke, anything else is beyond my capabilities.
- M F
I typically paint (acrylics, oils, watercolors), but I also do a bit of hand sculpting, pottery wheel, and if you forced me to, I will also draw, though I prefer charcoals and pastels for that.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Brad, yes true. This question is asking if there are any 'traditional' artists out there?
- Kol Tregaskes
Amanda, any examples of your work that we could see? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol: I'll have to hunt around for something. I've tended to give away whatever I create, but I know I've kept some stuff. It's been a while since I've actually done anything, because I've been so damn busy with school and work.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Nice thread, Kol. I used to draw all the time as a youngster but lost touch until I had some free time and took a drawing class at a local nonprofit art school about 5 years ago. Just like you, I cannot paint, either, and have no eye for color, so I stick with B&W. Here are a couple of charcoal sketches from that class: http://huffstuff.com/images... and http://huffstuff.com/images... . I loved that class so much and would love to go back.
- rowlikeagirl
Amanda, if you find anything I'll look forward to seeing it. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yes. I can. My college degree is in fine arts.
- Kamilah Gill
Ah, I suppose it's cool to pimp my stuff in this thread? ;)
- karchesky
I used to draw constantly until I went to college. Then it just stopped. I've been trying recently to sate the creative urges with photography. But I kinda suck at it.
- Kevin Pedraja
yes. me, I do it for a living and I went to school for it and all that.
- JoEllen
I am a potter, and it seems not too many potters are on here. www.revolutionpottery.com
- Holly
I do all kinds of art - mostly drawing with a brush and ink these days, but also collage and digital painting with a Wacom tablet... http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Paula W
I used to be able to draw with media on paper... I am out of practice, though. I exercise my creative skills in other ways (mostly through Photoshop). If I had more free time I'd like to get back into drawing and painting.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Yes I paint! But I mainly use just hand drawing for work, since there is not a software program that does concept design as quickly and well. My Painting Portfolios are here: http://bit.ly/dxqiD
- Kay Designer
@Kol: I like the monster, the bird and the Corgi. I draw for fun, mainly in pencil and sometimes pen, and I'm trying to learn to do color pencil. I only draw people though, I can't draw a background or scenery at all. http://picasaweb.google.com/jesskah...
- Jess Lee
"Last year David Friedman published on his blog Ironic Sans an interesting design concept for something that he called The Bulbdial Clock. That's like a sundial, but with better resolution-- not just an hour hand, but a minute and second hand as well, each given as a shadow from moving artificial light sources (bulbs). We've recently put together a working bulbdial clock, with an implementation somewhat different from that of the original concept."
- Alejandro
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"Apparently Google's drivers sometimes forget they're driving around with pole-mounted cameras on their car roofs. That's the likeliest explanation for why one of the internet giant's vehicles slammed into a low bridge outside Pittsburgh. It was in the process of driving around and taking pictures for the Street View feature on Google Maps and Google Earth; hence, the crash has been preserved on Google's servers."
- Morton Fox
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"Stare at a waterfall long enough, and nearby stationary objects such as rocks and trees will seem to drift up. The optical illusion is called motion aftereffect, and it may trick more than just your eyes, according to a new study. When subjects watched a stationary stripe on a computer screen after a machine stroked their fingertips, the motion of the stroking created the illusion that the stripe was moving. The discovery demonstrates for the first time a two-way crosstalk between touch and vision, challenging long-held notions of how the brain organizes the senses."
- Alejandro
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"The tweenbot, a cardboard-bodied, cheerful little bugger, is equipped with a flag stating its intended destination. Since it can only move forward, it depends on the kindness of strangers to guide it and remove obstacles."
- Steven Perez
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...I love the casual assertion that "marriage is by nature the union of a man and woman," as if marriage is some sort of naturally occurring phenomenon like evaporation or mitosis. Marriage is a social construct. It's whatever we say it is. And it has meant many different things over the course of human history. For instance, polygamous marriage was once very common (still is in some parts of the world). And for many centuries, marriage was primarily a financial arrangement and a way of ensuring inheritance rights. Women were essentially bought and sold. The modern concept of love as a basis for marriage is of relatively recent vintage. And civil marriage is a very different thing than religious marriage (which itself differs from religion to religion and culture to culture). The idea that there is some sort of platonic essence to marriage is just rubbish. Marriage was created by human beings and human beings can choose how they want to define it.
- Alejandro
"Reznor says, "Anyone who's an executive at a record label does not understand what the internet is, how it works, how people use it, how fans and consumers interact - no idea. I'm surprised they know how to use email. They have built a business around selling plastic discs, and nobody wants plastic discs any more. They're in such a state of denial it's impossible for them to understand what's happening. "One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it? Who the f**k made that rule?"
- Alejandro
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I wish him great success, the old model is dead.
- LogEx
"We’ve featured many unusual and geeky wedding cakes on Neatorama, but (excuse the pun) this one takes the cake! Behold the Stargate Wedding Cake: Absolutely everything on the top display is hand made, including the wormhole connection which is hand painted icing. And apparently the gate is symbol correct as well."
- Alejandro
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