This is part of the NEO (near-earth object) series. In this case, I used a photo to imagine the early atmospheric and gravitational disturbances an NEO might produce. Disclaimer: my knowledge comes mostly from science fiction, much of which is … Continue reading Why we need space travel
A very widescreen virtual TV showing that fish again. It’s an example of what you can do with a photo, some green paint, and a video editing suite. The insectoid creature in the centre must be me emerging from my … Continue reading Fish on a Fence
Again, this is my painting with AR layers added. The primary image is projected through a greenscreen mask which, since this is a local business, retains their advertising, in addition to street furniture which anchors the AR in the real world. As always, AR via individual devices can be a little unpredictable. One day, with two of us focused on the wall, my phone activated the AR and the other person’s didn’t. Another day with someone else, theirs did the magic and mine remained uncharacteristically mute. Tech, eh? (c) SCH 2025 Continue reading The Khushbu – best signal in the village!
10th April 2023. Drawing on Cixin Liu’s reference to van Gogh, string theory, and the reduction of the solar system to two dimensions (Death’s End: Three Body Problem series audio book 2018), this is (hopefully) going to be an exploration of Van Gogh’s approach to a cosmology he could never have seen and, for the latter part, doesn’t actually exist. It’s also in oils which I found in the bottom drawer of a stack. Bit of a first for me. Liu devotes an entire chapter to the dispassionate description of the process of becoming two dimensional. With no drama at … Continue reading Temporary home for coursework
I decided I’d finished this yesterday, but really I knew I hadn’t. It grew out of one palette, drew on another, then morphed into a theme that needed the first. And I’d rushed the video. So I began picking away at it, finding the story, bringing out the face of the figure in the water and defining it. By this point, the story was about deep sea fishing and the cruelty that involves for fish and crew depending on the ethics of the captain. Through the podcast, Lost at Sea, I learned how crews are essentially trapped on board often … Continue reading Repainting the painting of the unpaintable
I was thinking this time of socio-political rifts and what more fundamental one could there be but the impact of Brexit on the union? Scotland, which has been pressing for independence for many years, is closer than ever to having … Continue reading Personal Painting – Rift #3
Two triumphs in one – my very first home-made greenscreen stop motion video featuring that banana, and an editing discovery that subverts YouTube’s recent no-choice Shorts conversion for videos that might a) be less than a minute long or b) portrait aspect ratio. These links don’t embed in WordPress or are recognised for the making of QR codes so, in case you’re reading this and it’s happening to you, the trick is to edit the link thus: Your YouTube generated link might look something like this: https://youtube.com/shorts/_thV9qFt_u0?feature=share [Note; this link is for illustration only, I removed the video it originally … Continue reading Fruit flies like a banana …
Embedding is via Artivive; you point the app at the physical painting and wait for it to latch on. Best conditions include good connectivity and good light, although, anticipating the prevailing conditions for one piece (Advent) would include viewing through … Continue reading Videos made for AR
I’ve been obsessing somewhat with facial features on the grounds that I absolutely can’t graduate this course without being able to render a decent eye or ear, or particularly a nose which never seems to fit the face properly when … Continue reading Noses begone!
After Drawing Skills1 came home to roost a day or so ago, Practice of Painting and Understanding Painting Media have also done a flit and been rehomed here. So now there’s a flock of replicated pages and headings perched up … Continue reading More blog migrations
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