Hello hello, welcome to another RedBubble Thursday. Here’s an update on what’s been released, what’s coming up and what’s going on: ...
Hello hello, welcome to another RedBubble Thursday. Here’s an update on what’s been released, what’s coming up and what’s going on: Activity Monitor This is still very much a work in progress, so I probably should give you some background information. We think the Activity Monitor is really important to the future of RedBubble. As the site grows, we think it’s going to be more and more important that content comes to you instead of you having to find the content. This means more types of activity events will be sent to you, which also means you’ll probably want to customize your monitor, focusing on the information you want, and ignoring the stuff you don’t need. So we’ve split the Activity Monitor into two groups: “Favorite Feeds”, which will be shown by default “Other Feeds”, for the stuff that you don’t care about too much, but might want to check out from time to time You can move the feeds between the two groups to find the right balance of information for you. Here’s a quick screen shot: It might seem a little overkill right now, but as we add in more and more feeds, I think it’s going to make a huge difference. We’ll also make it easier to organize the feeds (soon-ish) with drag-n-drop, etc. 2009 Calendars We’ve also rolled out a new 2009 Calendar design (all calendars have been automatically updated). Here’s a preview of the cover, February and the new back cover from one of John’s Calendars calendars : They’re still self-purchase only at this stage (which means they can’t be purchased by the general public), but we’ll try and get to that really soon! Pete says “if we sell more than a hundred in June, I’ll buy John a beer”. We think this should be extended to all staff and apply to each batch of 100 calendars, so please, go and buy lots of calendars to keep us all well-hydrated! The Bubble Sites Beta Continues We’ll be inviting a few more testers today, and we’ve made some improvements to the product menu design: The Challenges Beta Continues The Challenge Café Group have been helping us beta test the new challenges interface. It’s going really well, and we’ll probably open up the testing to a few more groups in a week or two after we polish some edges. And… Sets Are Coming Soon! I’m usually really nervous about pre-announcing features, but the #1 feature request right now is sets—the ability to organize or group your work into smaller ‘sets’ or ‘collections’ or ‘folders’ or something. This has been amplified even more now that we’re beta testing the new Bubblesites. We’re still at least a month (or even two) away from releasing them, but I wanted to let you all know that we’re listening, working on it, and really want to get them out ASAP. Etc There’s also the usual swag of bug fixes, tweaks and little things that I’ll let you discover for yourselves! — Justin & all these wonderful people
I played in the Dark Side as well as the Light Side of Photography. / MCN: C5FB9-39838-7CDF5
The title there is pronounce in spanish (so it rhymes!) .. so if you bear with me, here is the “fonics” way to say it… CORE-AH-ZONE TELL-EH-VEE-SORE. okay, i lied it doesnt rhyme. / not that much at least. <3>
Aren’t we all? Redo of my logo to incorporate the most important two words in life. The words beside the apple logo are ‘mac daddy’ in case your wondering. Currently i have 50% of items titled
3d art render of the epic battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack, at the union blockade of hampton roads. March 9, 1862 This scene is not historically accurate, it is just an artist representation.
A lil something I am playing around with at the moment… A photo of a screen and over-layed with another photo taken from a screen… Any feedback is welcome =D Inspiration for this and following image are directly from the wonderful Juilee Pryor If you do not know her, do yourself a favour and get to know her work, you will not regret it! This series is what got me started…
Are we slaves to machines?
I got tired of uploading “naff” works. Back to high standards now (as it should always have been).
just a quick design – not the most original thought I’ve had but…. / the On button on monitors
Juvenile Mertens Water Monitor relaxing and enjoying some afternoon sun. Copyright 2008 – Bullock Photos – www.bullockphotos.com
We’re the Nerd people. Our life goes around the binary system: yes/no, true/false. Our pet is the PC, we stay all the time with it. Our relationship is so great, better than Rin Tin Tin or Flipper . We have to admit it: sometime our close relationship with what you call “machines” makes us hard to communicate with other human being. But it’s not our fault, it’s only because our algorithms can’t adapt very well to the human society chaos. If the communication doesn’t work it’s a serious problem, we know that, indeed we go in panic when our internet connection goes down. There is nothing more destabilizing than not to be connected. For this reasons maybe you think that we’re cold like our silicon friends, but if you go beyond the 0 and 1 made firewall you can find a heart that beats and bleeds. So, please, love us :) All My Series: /
3d art render of the USS Monitor at the Union blockade of Hampton Roads on the morning of March 9, 1862. This scene is not historically accurate, it is just an artist representation.
Photo of boy and cookie, removed from background with lasso tool. Added “techno” background. Created monitor with marquee tool, and added bevels and drop shadows where needed. Copied boy/background and pasted into a selection of the monitor “screen.” Copy/pasted just the boy over top of the existing boy and blended. “Electricity” is KPT Texture Explorer, blended. Bricks are a texture in texturizer, table top is a woodgrain action adjusted with shear. Ran Anisotropic diffuse filter on boy. Top 10 in the Digital Art Compilations June Avatar Challenge!
Mertens Water Monitor Varanus mertensi / Melbourne Zoo / Varanus mertensi is a semi-aquatic / monitor seldom seen far from water,occupying coastal and inland waters across the far north / of Australia from the Kimberley / to the west side of Cape York Peninsula. / A strong swimmer, it mostly feeds on / fish, frogs and carrion, but will also eat / insects and small terrestrial / vertebrates. The advance of / cane toads across the NT presents the / most acute threat facing this monitor
My Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate and I were both stalking this very fine specimen of Varanus varius (Lace Monitor or Goanna) in the Crowdy Bay National Park when it decided to climb a tree for safety and flattened itself against the trunk while keeping a verrrrry watchful eye on me. A made a few photographs of this four foot (1.25m)Australian lizard getting closer each time and ended up with this one made from only a few feet (3m) away. It was in medium shade so I used the pop-up flash at full power to throw light into the shadows under its body. It also helped with the catch light in its eye. Note: / Thanks to Steve Bullock of the Australian Wildlife Group I have learned that my Monitor is a female. Fuji S9600: f/3.9 @ 1/60sec, Hand held. / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Amphibian & Reptile collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more lizardy critters. UPDATE: / 10-0-08 / This handsome Aussie lizard has been featured in the Australian Wildlife Group Enjoy! LIZARDS / (Click the links!) Varanus varius / Varanus varius / Egernia major / Lampropholis delicata / Lampropholis delicata / Lialis burtonis / Hypsilurus spinipes / Hypsilurus spinipes / Physignathus lesueurii / Physignathus lesueurii / Pogona barbata / Pogona barbata / Eulamprus quoyii /
I’m not all that familiar with the lizards of our country. So I will wait for some other knowledgeable person to give this chappie a name. / I now have a name for this fellow. Varanus gouldii / This was taken in the Weddin Mountains National Park near Grenfell. Nikon D200 / 18-200 vr lens / F5.6 / 1/80 / ISO 100 / Focal length 200mm
Apparently someone got disappointed with their monitor.
Litchfield Park Australia
From the Original Art
Architect drawing a city in 3d on his desk
Oil Painting of one of the Lace Monitor goannas that live around my house,the tree had the beginning of a strangler fig which eventually will complely stangle the gum tree host,I won’t be around then I am sure ,as it will probably be another 50 -100 years. / Art from the work place,because this gumtree and goanna is right outside my studio where I work / Painting is on canvas stretched and framed in box style 120 cm x 85 /
Close up of a Monitor Lizard. / Thank you for viewing. / Canon PowerShot S3 IS Image copyright © 2007, Larry Fridel. Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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