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• Get Yo' Self Some Dingbats!!!
  by bchrisdesigns

  I just wanted to take a few seconds to promote some of my favorite little pieces of coolness: dingbats...

  I just wanted to take a few seconds to promote some of my favorite little pieces of coolness: dingbats. Check out The 4-1-1 on Dingbats for more information on installing and using Dingbats! I also wanted to give a shout-out (and proper credit) to some dingbat/font resources and the actual dingbats/fonts I use in my work… Dingbat & Font Resources: UrbanFonts.com DingbatDepot.com FontsForFree.com FontStock.net Daily Free Fonts Dingbats-UK Font Head Design Freeware AbstractFonts.com Dingbats & Stylistic Fonts I Use: ABCLogosXYZ Aeroplanes Asian Dings BalloonDigits BarMKode Bookshelf Symbol 7 CareBearsbyIacy Carr Balloons cats MEOW Children ChockABlockNF CODON Comet DavysDingbats2 Distro Bats Dragline BTN Dm Eller Erotica CD FAD Omega Birthday Bats Flower Font Heads Free Regular Gallaudet Regular! GERMS GoodDogBones GoodDogCool Greenwich Mean Time Hannah HardTalk Infinite Dingbats lindkvist1 lindkvist2 Minimum Wage Money Shot More than human Morphina MW Ding-A-Lings nicklishnickoz Not Too Shabby Boxed Ocean_Iacy Old Time Ad Dings One Old Time Ad Dings Two OPTIC.BOT Orcas Palsu Playing Cards Ransom rayguns Retro Bats One Saturn Sound FX SwishButtons Toast Tombats 6 Tombats 7 Tombats Four Tombats One Tombats Smilies Tombats Three Tombots Type Keys Filled Vehicle Decals ‘Flames 7 Art’ winnertakeall WoodcuttedCapsBlack WutsCookin WWBearySpecial Xerography [Stuff I could not find links for: ClassiCapsXmas2002, Garys, KL1-Pharaos & KL1-Pharaos Two, KleinsTypesoup, LetterBeings, Marlett, MS Outlook, SA-DoodleStar, SA-Roris dings, SA-Swirls, SmileAndTrain, Webdings, Wingdings, Wingdings 2, Wingdings 3] *NOTE: I will add to these lists as they grow. These are my pieces which use any of the above dingbats/fonts (will add as I create more):

• Urban Décor Pt 1... How to get your voice heard
  by Redtempa

  The UK has been a bastion of free speech for many years now and it is something I am very proud of. Our recent heritage is full of grea…

  The UK has been a bastion of free speech for many years now and it is something I am very proud of. Our recent heritage is full of great bands, writers, artists and film makers that have thrived in tolerant society that has welcomed free expression. The UK’s artists are known the world over for pushing boundaries and mixing together genres of art to create sub-genres and in some cases completely new genres! However I sometimes wonder what this tolerant, free society is going to make of the latest trend to hit the streets of the city, political urban art. Of course I realise Its not a new phenomenon , look at the scrawl on the old Berlin Wall or on the walls in Northern Ireland and you would find political graffiti slogans left in protest and to provoke thought. You can even find the ancient paintings of any native race anywhere in the world on rock faces or cave walls, whether they were made as decorative pieces or with some social impact in mind, who knows? Even in its most recent form as scrawl with spray can on a wall it has been alive in this country for years. The point is it is becoming very evident to me that this is becoming something of an epidemic here in London. When I say becoming, well I travel the streets searching this stuff out and I can tell you it is on the rise in quite a dramatic fashion here! Kids, young men and professional artists are getting more and more confident and ballsy about making bigger and more controversial statements on the walls of our city. The obvious answer is Banksy has created a precedent for the flood gates to open… although he was not the first to create this form of political graffiti in London, he is just the most well known and the first to achieve worldwide fame and fortune. But I feel to blame him or to even praise him for this would be wrong because to me he is only responding to the problems in society not creating them. Almost like blaming Hip Hop for the problems in Harlem, it’s short sited and completely missing the point. These artists are responding to the way the people are feeling right now and trying to get their voices heard the only way they can. For me this rise in political graffiti stems from the feeling that the noise society is creating is so loud and inconsequential the important points are not reaching the people. For example, a messed up singer will get front page headlines of our major newspapers while continued atrocities are being committed the world over by that do not even get a mention! How can a footballers affair be more important to the people than 2 million refugees going without food, water and medicine in Dafur. We are being drowned in a sea of pointless messages, with the substance floating past unnoticed. Whether you think it’s a problem with society or a government ploy to control us it’s clear that that to get the message across artists are resorting to more drastic measures. These measure are to take to the streets and to paint them on our walls for all to see… and in that respect I support what many of them are trying to do. Now I’m not saying all of this is political, some is just a beautiful piece of artwork designed to brighten up a… well Urban sh1thole! As well as this much of it is blatant vandalism that causes distress to its victims and actually ruins a perfectly beautiful building. Whatever the point is I have been documenting these images in my own way for years now. I don’t want to just show the images, I want to show them in context, this means including a bit about their surroundings and even the people that pass them on a day to day basis. The rest is up to you as to what you consider art, political messages, vandalism or even all three put together! So I am making it my mission to bring these images to you in what will be called my URBAN DÉCOR Journal, this is part 1 Ben AKA Redtempa

• Sale - nice way to start the New Year!
  by Judith Oppenheimer

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• Urban Décor Pt 2... Artist vs Criminal
  by Redtempa

  After publishing Urban Décor part 1 on M…

  After publishing Urban Décor part 1 on Monday I was interested to see the reaction from the Redbubble community on the subject of urban art. To be honest I was expecting a mixed reaction because this form of art has many guises, some of which have a habit of pissing people off… tagging being one of them. This side of graffiti is the hardest to justify, something even I would struggle to do… not that I would want to anyway! Personally I am not even going to get involved in the debate because I can see both sides of the story and both are as valid as each other… in reality your opinions will probably be individual and varied and will be based on your personal experiences, good or bad. My own experiences have been both negative and positive and I’m pretty open minded on the subject, so I can understand the mixed reactions that some of the images I produce may cause. Some people will say tagging causes distress and is just blatant vandalism created by bored jobless youths with no respect for the property of others. Others will say it has been around for as long as the human race has been able to express itself through painting and (in some cases) can even brighten up the ugliest of human creations. Whatever your opinion in a free society such as the UK’s it is not going to disappear anytime soon. This is because to truly stop it we would need to take drastic measures that would not sit comfortably in our so called ‘free society’. However, as a photographer I like to document a street scene that I’ve found and I see beauty in. As I primarily photograph natural street scenes in urban areas urban art/vandalism is often a major feature of my work. This is because to me it is such and intriguing and powerful form of artist expression completely without censure that can reach and effect anybody or any age. I am intrigued as to the thought processes that go into designing tags and what they tell you about the artist/criminal that has created it. My intention with these is not to express my personal opinion, instead just to document a scene I think is beautiful and to show it in context with its surroundings. The fact these scenes are dynamic and constantly changing as more graffiti/urban art/tags gives me confidence that recording them is an important thing to do. In fact many of the scenes I have shot in my portfolio have been whitewash or replaced, something that makes me feel justified in spending the many days trawling the streets looking for them. Peace Ben AKA Redtempa

• HOT OFF THE PRESS!!!
  by Kathie Nichols

  Yaaayyyyyy…....just had approval for a new group Abstract Macro Urban Art ...

  Yaaayyyyyy…....just had approval for a new group Abstract Macro Urban Art If you are interested in joining please click on the link above. Its Hot off the press, so if you know anyone who would be interested in joining please send them the link! I started this group perhaps as an off-shoot from my group Natures Macro Canvas as there were quite a few incredible photographs submitted that didn’t meet the guidelines for that group and…..didn’t really fit anywhere else…....so…check it out, let me know what you think!! xxx Kathie

• Scene in New York Calendar
  by Judith Oppenheimer

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  Scene in New York

• Urban Décor Pt 3... Guerrilla marketing, a cheep and effective alternative
  by Redtempa

  You may not realise but the dark s…

  You may not realise but the dark streets of London are littered with some of the worlds most cutting edge and ingenious marketing campaigns. Stencils, billposters and general scrawl are being used to sell products or raise a public profile, in some cases very effectively. You only have to look at the money behind some of the brands turning up on street corners and street signs to realise this is no longer only the work of kids with too much time on their hands. These are big businesses that have recognised the impact guerrilla marketing can have on creating brand awareness. The most recent example to be seen on the streets of the East End of London are stencils of a Zepplin with the word ‘Mothership’ emblazoned across it. To those that know this is advertising the new album from Led Zepplin, and to those that don’t this creates a certain intrigue and awareness that Atlantic Records hope will boost sales amongst a younger generation of music fans. My point is this is not a small back street company that has employed these techniques and Led Zepplin are not a bunch of ‘wannabe’s’, these are big names utilising urban art as part of a high profile campaign. Some, of course are not big businesses and do not have a capitalist agenda. They just want to spread a message or an ethos and are utilising the best cost effective methods available that can reach the widest possible audience. Some of these are even global movements expanding their cause (quite strategically) by using guerrilla marketing techniques. / Artwork by Obey Obey is a great example of this. Obey is the brainchild of Shepard Fairy and is a regular feature on the streets of some of the worlds major cities. He explains his work as “an experiment in Phenomenology” with one of the aims being to “awaken ones sense of wonder about their surroundings“. He says of his work; “The Obey campaign attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the campaign and their relationship with their surroundings. Because people are not used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the motive is not obvious, frequent and novel encounters with Obey propaganda provokes thought and possible frustration, nevertheless revitalizing the viewers perception and attention to detail”. / Artwork by Obey Whether or not you agree with the point the is trying to make or the methods he is employing you have to admire the sheer scale of his work. Much of it is also very attractive and really does brighten up some of the dingiest London streets. I have taken many shots of Obey’s and other guerrilla media campaigns, some of which I have posted here and on my portfolio. To be honest some of them I love, some I hate, some I understand and some, well, I have no idea what their rhyme or reason is! They come in many forms with many points to make on many levels from the blatantly obvious to the completely surreal, the commercial to anti-capitalistic, the humorous to political. I’ll let you make up your own minds! Please feel free to comment, I’d like to hear your opinions on the subject Peace Ben

• The 4-1-1 on Dingbats
  by bchrisdesigns

  As many of us artists already know, fonts are NOT just about letters. There are several fonts (some which even come installed with your …

  As many of us artists already know, fonts are NOT just about letters. There are several fonts (some which even come installed with your computer) that are not letters at all. Instead, each letter key represents a different picture, symbol, or shape (similar to brushes used in editing software). These types of fonts are usually referred to as Dingbats. Some dingbats are freeware or shareware (meaning you have to give credit, usually a link, where credit is due and or pay a small fee if using them for commercial use). Other dingbats are specifically created for personal use only and require commercial users to either gain permission (ahead of time) from the font creator and/or split royalties from products utilizing their dingbats. So, before you, the artist, uses a dingbat in your work, be sure to know what type of usage is permitted with the dingbats you are using. I have used some dingbats in my work, but only those that are deemed as complete freeware or shareware AND I always supply credit where credit is due. If you want to be sure what the status of the dingbat you are using is, be sure to read through the .txt “read me” files that are included in the font’s zip folder BEFORE you download them to your computer. I always read through every single file to educate myself on how I can use the dingbat. Also, save the original zip folders with the “read me” files in them somewhere on your computer in the event that the dingbat’s user status changes – this way you have proof that they were available for use at the time of your art’s creation. Installing dingbats is easy. Once unzipped, copy and paste the dingbat’s .TTF file (aka “TrueType Font” file) directly into the FONT folder in your computer’s Control Panel. After that, reboot your computer and you are good to go!!!! Like I said in the above paragraph, I save the original zip files on CD or in my external hard drive for backup purposes. Trust me, if you have to re-install your computer, you will be glad that you have these there and do not have to find them all over again and re-download them. HINT: I do this with brushes, plug-ins, and other ad-ins as well because I have had a computer crash once before and it was NOT pretty. After you have these little pieces of coolness installed in your computer, you can go to it and start seeing what you can do with them using whatever editing software you may have. (They work with Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp, PowerPoint, Word, and so many other Editing, Graphic, and Desktop Publishing programs that you may already have installed on your computer.) Try adding color, combining them, or even using them in collage work! The possibilities are endless! Just always makes sure (I cannot stress this enough) that you are using them according to the usage permitted upon download. If all else fails, contact the original font creator to get more information! Here are some examples of what you can do with dingbats: So, where can you get some awesome dingbats? Get Yo’ Self Some Dingbats!!!

• Abstract Macro Urban Art Feature and Another Card Sold!
  by Lesley Hill

  A Feature in the ‘Abstract Macro Urban Art ’ today and another card sold. / Thanks to the wonderful Abstract Macro Urban Art Group from f…

  A Feature in the ‘Abstract Macro Urban Art ’ today and another card sold. / Thanks to the wonderful Abstract Macro Urban Art Group from featuring my image ‘Paint Chips from Ships’ being featured! Thanks very much you have made my day/ night. / / To the mystery purchaser who bought a card from my collection., THANK YOU. I really appreciate your support and I hope you enjoy it. I love this piece ‘Ode to Jeffery Smart’ has now sold for the third time. / / I am very pleased and proud. / Have a fantastic weekend, mine is looking very pleasant! =) Thank you, / Lesley

• CHALK URBAN ART FESTIVAL (Sydney)
  by jumpy

  From Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th September 2008, Darling Harbour will again host artists f…

  From Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th September 2008, Darling Harbour will again host artists from around Australia to take part in the only four day chalk art event in the southern hemisphere, Chalk Urban Art Festival. Tumbalong Park will come alive with colour as a multitude of artists transform the street into a / canvas, adorned with over 40 individual chalk artworks in the search for the Champion Pavement Artist 2008. After three successful years, which drew over 120 000 keen spectators each year to the chalked pavements of Pyrmont Bridge, 2008 will see an even bigger and more colourful festival. Chalk Urban Art Festival now includes an urban music program, street theatre, graffiti workshops, spoken word/performance poetry, a wearable art showcase & urban fashion parade, food stalls and art workshops. The winning pavement artist as chosen by 3 independent judges will receive $5,000 in prize money and the title of Champion Pavement Artist. The general public can also vote for the People’s Choice Award as they browse the pavement. Urban Art is a way to communicate with the public. Visitors will have the opportunity to take part in the festival by talking to the artists, participating in the various activities and enjoying the music, the street theatre, the food on offer and exploring the urban fashion stalls. visit the website www.chalkurbanart.com / or stay tuned to my flickr site for photos proudly sponsored by lightsounds.com

• The City Without Art
  by Carson Collins

  Let’s try to imagine the City Without Art. At work,You can turn on the radio, but there’s no music. Music doesn’t exist. Just talk: ne…

  Let’s try to imagine the City Without Art. At work,You can turn on the radio, but there’s no music. Music doesn’t exist. Just talk: news, opinion, advertising, propaganda… At the end of your working day, you can’t go to the theatre, or the opera, or a concert, or the movies; they don’t exist. You can’t go home and get comfortable with a good book; there are no novels, no short stories, no poetry. None of these things exist. You can go to a restaurant, but remember, the culinary arts don’t exist. You can turn on the TV, but there are no movies, no comedies, no dramas. Just more talk talk talk and advertising. But even the ads have no element of art or music. They are not entertaining in any way. You can read, maybe, the biography of a politician, a general, or a scientist (not a painter, or a singer, or an actor because there aren’t any), but the prose is going to be utterly dry; remember, there are no “writers” as we know them, because writing is an art. The visual arts don’t exist either. No matter where you look, indoors or out, there are no gardens, no parks, no fountains, no sculptures. The buildings are not designed by architects. They are designed by accountants and engineers. Not only are they devoid of all ornament, they have been built with no thought to proportion or grace. There are no colored paints; whatever requires a coating to prevent oxidation is a dull red-brown. Everything else is the grey of unfinished concrete, except for the roofs, which are a dull, dirty white. All of them. Inside, all furniture is exactly the same, whether you are in an office or a private residence. It’s been designed by orthopedists and accountants. There are no printed or patterned fabrics, not on the upholstery, not on the floors, not on the people’s clothing. There are no colors. Everything is utterly drab. What would the clothing look like? Would there be windows? Go ahead, try to imagine it. And then tell me humans don’t need art.

• URBAN SHOP
  by Nuh Sarche

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• Vandalism!
  by Redtempa

  The Vandal Series Blog CLICK HERE Drop by and let me know what you think… Take care every…

  The Vandal Series Blog CLICK HERE Drop by and let me know what you think… Take care everyone! Ben

• LONDON SCRAWL CALENDAR 2008
  by Redtempa

  LONDON SCRAWL CALENDAR 2008 I have a 2008 London Scrawl calendar currently availiable for purchase. If you are interested please sen…

  LONDON SCRAWL CALENDAR 2008 I have a 2008 London Scrawl calendar currently availiable for purchase. If you are interested please send me your e-mail address and your delivery mail address, I will then send you a paypal e-mail request for the relevant amount (see below). Once I have received the funds I will purchase the calendar through Redbubble, instructing them to send the order to your address…simple :) I am pricing this calendar at: AU$35.00 within Australia, this includes postage and packaging / GBP£15.20 this includes postage and packaging / USD$32.00 this includes postage and packaging FRONT PAGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Thanks everybody… enjoy your Christmas! Ben

• ARTDECO SHOP
  by Nuh Sarche

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• Up Close! My First Calander!
  by Lesley Hill

  / Please have a look…

  / Please have a look and tell me what you think! I hope you like it. / Thanks / Lesley

• 28.10.08 Sold Urban Fine Dining Mounted Print
  by ozlat

  I’ve made a vow not to post a new journal entry every-time I sell something… that’s why I have the SurfAid...

  I’ve made a vow not to post a new journal entry every-time I sell something… that’s why I have the SurfAid journal entry which I keep adding to… but this is the first mounted print that I’ve sold on RedBubble and I am most certainly stoked !! There is a global recession but this little pocket of artificial life is more real than any doom and gloom the media can throw at us… rejoice life and all that it holds because one day art will change the world… oh wait it already has… well in that case art will rule the world and its already made a difference in my life… and in closing I thank the latest buyer of Urban Fine Dining !!

• Ireland - Photographic/Art - Group
  by Carl Gaynor

  I have looked on with interest at the development of Ireland as a photographic/art group – time has not allowed me to engage more with th…

  I have looked on with interest at the development of Ireland as a photographic/art group – time has not allowed me to engage more with the group, apart from uploading some of my photographs. / Have these photographs been my best work? / Can I truly be the judge of that question? A question I ask myself every time I look and examine one of my images. I have hundreds if not thousands of photographs in all different states of form and development. At this moment in time I am working on three different photographic projects, that will change and develop with time. / There is a constant development in the way I see my photographs, this consists of continually editing of images. This editing is embraced with continued research into past and present image making – this enables me not only see my own work in a different perspective but also other peoples. / So Martin, you have a difficult job in maintaining this group, but I do feel what has been said, has been a little harsh. / A lot of photographic work and I include my own, deals with the past and present in relation to the land into visual landscape. I study paintings from 18 century to the present day, always trying to keep an open mind. This is then endorsed by writings and poetry covering the same time span. If the guidelines of this or for that matter any group, are to constrain you could run the risk of having so many images that look the same. / The contemporary photographic art of Anthony Haughey would not be accepted, his photographic work dealing with borders and conflict is very dead pan – not aesthetic at all, but sill very strong profound images. The great Australian photographer Frank Hurley, who in the last years of his long established career photographed Australia. Hurley’s landscapes were wonderful, outstanding photographs of Australia and classed as some of the best propaganda photographs ever made! / We all have a romantic view of Ireland, but if we can, let us not let that romantic view stop photographers and artists that use other forms of expression ask questions. Ask questions about how we visualize the land and its changing population.

• Thank you, AMERICA ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Expressions of Artists!
  by Randi Bailey

  Thank you so much for the feature of “Making little tracks” in your group, AMERICA ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Expressions of Artists! I …

  Thank you so much for the feature of “Making little tracks” in your group, AMERICA ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Expressions of Artists! I especially want to thank Karön Melillo d’Vega for posting the gorgeous group banner on the image page! You moderators rock! Thanks again and have a great holiday season. Making little tracks Randi Bailey / aka Infoframe Dynamics

• My cat and I thank you for the feature of “Everwhite, the cat” in Americas-Rural, Urban, Wild, Free - Expressions of Artists
  by Randi Bailey

  Thank you so much Americas-Rural, Urban… group! This is Everwhite’s second-time feature and we feel blessed! She is now an active membe…

  Thank you so much Americas-Rural, Urban… group! This is Everwhite’s second-time feature and we feel blessed! She is now an active member of my art team…I even tried to put a beret on her head this afternoon! Well, it didn’t go so well, but we artists are persnickety, don’t you know. Have a wonderful weekend, artists, moderators, all you lovely people! Randi Bailey Everwhite, the cat /

• New images...
  by tonyford

  These are a series of paintings I did for an exhibition in Bremen, Germany in 1993.

  These are a series of paintings I did for an exhibition in Bremen, Germany in 1993.