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Archive for December, 2010

Posted by Maria Trautmann 3 COMMENTS

Anikó has been drawing and painting ever since she could hold a pencil in her hand…  She sees the most valuable feature of digital art as the endless freedom of artistic techniques, easily allowing to alter hand-drawing with computer and photo manipulation – where traditional and abstract elements live together in harmony. Anikó’s paintings are full of tension and emotional dynamics.  She describes her work as “a piece of me, which is continuously recharging and wishing to express itself over [...]

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A Twitter follower insisted that she was not creative.  It wasn’t an easy task to convince her, within the parameters of only 140 characters, that her notion was a myth.  What’s worse, I’ve heard a lot of people expressing similar beliefs which are damaging to the creative process.  Here are the top 10 common myths about creativity: 1. Only “creative types” are creative Great ideas are often built on common concepts, by ordinary people.  Creativity is usually triggered by a [...]

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There is so much you could do with a digital camera, quality photo editing software, and a lot of creativity. Planet (Stereographic Projections) Photography can produce invariably surreal and incredible results – both crazy and fun. These phenomenal photographers take amazing panoramic images and wrap them to create fantastic floating planets from simple scenes – known as Planet Panorama amongst photographers.  If you’re curious how to make your own, this tutorial unveils the magic behind the mini planet photos. Image [...]

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‎~ Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. ~
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