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Archive for the ‘Online Tools & Toys’ Category

February 14th, 2007

Happy Valentine’s Day


By Cyndi -- 0 comments

February 1st, 2007

Creativity and the periodic table

Here is a great online tool for you to bookmark. The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods has been assembled by a team of media, communications, and management specialists. It’s primary target seems to be business people and engineers! You can roll your mouse over the “elements” to see an example of each strategy.
It’s really […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

January 22nd, 2007

Just when you thought you knew everything about fractals…

…you realize that there’s a whole new generation of fractal-generating software that you know nothing about! Feast your eyes on Rajahh’s Webshots albums full of flame fractals. Rajahh uses Apophysis, open-source software created by Mark Townsend.

Tags: apophysis, Creativity, Digital Art, fractals, online-tools

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

January 17th, 2007

The National Gallery of Art has the greatest online toys!

I’m especially fond of the Collage Maker, as you might be able to guess!

The Kids’ Art Zone, part of the NGA’s fabulous website, has over a dozen really fun online artsy toys to play with, to challenge your creativity.
Warning…not for kids only. This site is potentially a huge time pit, so you might want […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

January 4th, 2007

Another clever tool: Daily color scheme

Click on this site daily and see what beautiful color scheme awaits you! The idea is to bring you fresh inspiration each and every day…or at least when you get stuck :-)

Tags: color, Creativity, online-tools

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January 4th, 2007

Online tools: cool jewelry stuff

Round-Up Thursday!  

Virtual beadboard project designer
ColorBlender palette designer
Swarovski design board
Tags: bead-art, online-tools

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December 28th, 2006

Fear of drawing?

Round-Up Thursday!

Lessons and drawings by Brenda Hoddinott
I’ll admit it. One of the major reasons I got discouraged with art as a career in my youth was because of my poor drawing skills. At this point, I don’t really know whether I care or not, but if I ever do decide to work on my hand-eye […]

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December 26th, 2006

Coptic binding

One of the nicest finishes you can give to a handmade book is to bind it in the style known as coptic binding. There are lots of good instructions found in different books on bookbinding, but somehow they always seem to miss just the crucial step that you need to be clarified. Well, a YouTube […]

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December 20th, 2006

Painting practice pages

I think by now, most people are familiar with the fun site that allows you to pretend that you’re Jackson Pollock. If you haven’t tried it, take a minute and check it out now. Really! I’ll wait for you :-)
It’s fun, huh? But guess what? The fun is just beginning. There are more sites out […]

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December 14th, 2006

Another color tool

Round-Up Thursday!

This one features RGB, HTML, and Pantone numbers.  The sliders are a lot of fun…but somewhat addictive.  OK, you’ve been warned: time-waster ahead!
Tags: color-theory, online-tools

By Cyndi -- 2 comments