The Times on-line is using the swirling feet to advertise its travel photography competition. The editor kindly contacted me and asked if…
The Times on-line is using the swirling feet to advertise its travel photography competition. The editor kindly contacted me and asked if he could use it… That made me feel special! Hooooooray! Michelle
This is the second piece I’ve uploaded to Red Bubble and the first suitable for a T-shirt. You can view it here....
This is the second piece I’ve uploaded to Red Bubble and the first suitable for a T-shirt. You can view it here. / and here as a T-shirt. The description it has attached to it reads: Over the last few years I’ve really come to appreciate geometry and this is one of the graphic experiments provoked by that love. It’s easy to get lost looking for all the intersections and sub-circles within this entirely computer-generated piece. It’s pure mathematics meets a dream-catcher. Enjoy. Again, there’s a little more to the story, if you’re interested. I make my living as a graphic designer and often find the need to add interest to a page, usually without any budget to get a photo or commission illustration. This commercial problem led me to my current interest in geometric art. This piece was created in Illustrator and that application has a spiral tool. I was laying out a four page brochure for a client with a spiral logo. It seemed natural to overlap some spirals in the background of the page. That design needed to be fairly clean, so I only used three spirals. However, the various intersections between the spiral lines stayed with me. Recently, I had a little time to nurture that impulse and this is the result – twelve overlapping spirals. Seemingly simple yet there’s just so much going on as the separate lines intersect and interact. It all came together easily, in that way that you know your piece is going in the direction you want it to. Also, the flat colour of the piece makes it very T-shirt-able, which is fun! So let me know what you think.
Here are more of my Zazzle profile card designs… These cards are available in 3 sizes : skinny, business & chubby and very easy to p…
Here are more of my Zazzle profile card designs… These cards are available in 3 sizes : skinny, business & chubby and very easy to personalize with your own text and image. All cards have front and back design. Cheers! www.zazzle.com/fat_fa_tin*
Thank you “special someone” for your purchase. I hope you enjoy your t-shirt! !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/clothing/bodycolor:bl…
Thank you “special someone” for your purchase. I hope you enjoy your t-shirt!
My “Colorful Summer Birds and Swirls” t-shirt was featured 4 hours ago on RB’s homepage on the 21th July 2008. Another pleasant surprise!...
My “Colorful Summer Birds and Swirls” t-shirt was featured 4 hours ago on RB’s homepage on the 21th July 2008. Another pleasant surprise! Thanks to all the people who commented on my art and also to those who favourited it :) Thanks so much Red Bubble! Cheers! fatfatin
Hello! My “Colorful Summer Birds & Swirls” vector graphic is being featured on the front page of Shutterstock...
Hello! My “Colorful Summer Birds & Swirls” vector graphic is being featured on the front page of Shutterstock for a week since July 29, 2008. Check it out! Cheers! fatfatin
so, apparently, my shot, morning wisp, won the inaugural challenge in the All Things Coffee Group [ http://www.redbubble.com/groups/all-t…
so, apparently, my shot, morning wisp, won the inaugural challenge in the All Things Coffee Group [ http://www.redbubble.com/groups/all-things-coffee ] a very humble but emphatic ‘thank you’ to all who voted. there was some truly excellent competition. well done everyone. Woohoo! next stop, world domination!...and by domination i mean living together in peaceful harmony.
What a lovely surprise tonight to see two of my works featured! Boys on the moon...
What a lovely surprise tonight to see two of my works featured! Boys on the moon in DPF Members and Blue Swirl in Colours of Water. Thank you very much to the hosts of both these groups and to all who have and will make comment on them. Cheers Claire / Now pls excuse me if these links don’t work as I haven’t tired just adding the pics instead of the links to the forums. Just gotta try these things
hooray!...another feature from my coffee series. / in Domestic Art Thanks! !http://images-3….
hooray!...another feature from my coffee series. / in Domestic Art Thanks!
A BIG thank you to all of those who voted for my design, “Swirling Bubbles in the Night” , in the “Beauty ‘N Bubbles Challenge!! Truly a…
A BIG thank you to all of those who voted for my design, “Swirling Bubbles in the Night” , in the “Beauty ‘N Bubbles Challenge!! Truly appreciated, my friends!! :) Blessings… /
Thank you to the moderators of the SEA group for their feature of my work “Surf Swirl – Bar Beach NSW”. This is such a compliment as I’m…
Thank you to the moderators of the SEA group for their feature of my work “Surf Swirl – Bar Beach NSW”. This is such a compliment as I’m really enjoying capturing the beauty and moods of the ocean. We have an abundance of spots to choose from here on the coast where I live so I’m loving every moment. Thank you too to all the Red Bubble artists for their comments and continued encouragement. A lot of the time I put these images there for you, to show you where I live and why I live here – a huge. A great way to start the week. THANK YOU to all …. now its time to YAHOO!!!!!!!!!! /
WOW!!! Thanks so much to those who voted for my image, “SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL”, in the “Amethyst Swirl” challenge!! It was a nice sur…
WOW!!! Thanks so much to those who voted for my image, “SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL”, in the “Amethyst Swirl” challenge!! It was a nice surprise to find that I was in the top ten!! :) / WHOOHOO… /
HOLY MOLYJINGLE MY BELLS! ~JUMP4JOY I’ve got something to tell…. “SWIRLING IN LOVE” was featured in the group Acrylic Painting ! / ...
HOLY MOLYJINGLE MY BELLS! ~JUMP4JOY I’ve got something to tell…. “SWIRLING IN LOVE” was featured in the group Acrylic Painting ! / Like WOW! I’M Swirling in Red Bubble Love…... / TYTYTYTYTYTYTYThankYouTYTYTYTYTYTYTY / Great self~esteem, confidence builder.Thank you sincerely. / I have to get ready to go to work ,so I hopped on only just for a little bit ,but had to acknowledge seeing that,thank you, thank you! / Love you all ,appreciate it much. / I will be back later . ; – D RED BUBBLE RULES!!!! / Dalzenia / A4P
The Not So Fine Art of Photography group is featuring Soft Swirl b…
The Not So Fine Art of Photography group is featuring Soft Swirl because it placed in the top ten in the Shades of White Challenge! I have always considered this photo to be one of my best, and now I finally feel like it is getting the attention it deserves. Thank you to all who voted for my photo! Deb
Does this technique have a practical purpose, probably not really. You could use it as a backdrop in a composition, or maybe as a backgr…
Does this technique have a practical purpose, probably not really. You could use it as a backdrop in a composition, or maybe as a background in the header for a website. You could also create some artwork to sell as I have done with the following Mostly it’s about playing and seeing what different images you can come up with. I’ve also tried some variations to the technique I used in the images above and came up with more interesting stuff – so it really is all about playing. A word of caution – I would definately grab a pen and paper to jot down what you’ve done as you go along because you really don’t want to be trying this out on a 5,000px X 3,000px 300dpi - I would suggest that you use a 800px X 600px 72 dpi file do whatever you want to do (keeping notes) and then do it on the larger image if you happen to like the end result. The filters will take a lot longer to run on a larger size file and with the likes of the Radial Blur Filter you are going to use it at ‘Best’ rather than ‘Good’. The good news is that the filters used are available in all versions of Photoshop. Create a new file 800 X 600 @ 72 dpi and then duplicate the b/ground by using Ctrl + J on the keyboard or drag the b/ground to the create new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette. Turn off the b/ground layer for now. You may or may not end up using this layer depends if you’d like to use a solid colour or gradient to blend your final image with. Make sure the default colours are set to black and white, then go to Filter>Render>Clouds. This is where teaching this gets a little tricky – you can accept the default clouds or press Ctrl + F on the keyboard to get some more variation, that will be entirely up to you. I haven’t done any variation with mine, but you will end up with different effects if you repeat the filter. The next part is tricky as well :) Go to Filter>Pixelate>Mezzotint and choose Long Strokes from the drop down menu. I’ve tried a couple of other effects from the pixelate menu and they have worked quite well – experiment. Now go to Filter>Blur>Radial Blur and use the settings that I have below. Once it renders press Ctrl + F on the keyboard so it renders again. You should end up with something similar to the second image Duplicate the layer you just did the radial blur on and turn the topmost layer off by clicking on the little eyeball. Click on the other radial blur layer to make it active and go to Filter>Distort>Twirl and you can punch in the numbers I have below if you like. the amount of Twirl you use will change the final image, so again, experiment. You can also try out some of the other Distort filters if you like. Click the eyeball to turn the top layer back on and click on the layer to make it active. Go to Filter>Distort>Twirl and you can punch in the numbers I have or try some of your own. You will notice this is a negative number. Once you have completed that, change the blend mode of the top layer to Lighten. Isn’t that pretty :-) You can add colour in a couple of ways, but I’m going to use a Hue/Sat adjustment layer here. So, working on the top layer, go to the bottom of the layers palette and click on the little ying yang symbol and choose Hue/Sat from the menu. Once the dialogue opens, check the Colorize box. Fiddle around with the colours until you get something you like, then Clip the Hue/Sat adjustment layer with the layer below. Hold Down the Alt key and hover the cursor on the line that seperates the hue/sat layer from the topmost layer, wait till that strange symbol appears then click. Click on the first layer you did the Twirl on and repeat the steps but use a different colour … and remember to clip the hue/sat adjustment layer with the Twirled layer. You might end up with something similar to the image below That is the basis of the tutorial. You could merge down the layers by merging visible and this will leave you free to add a gradient to the b/ground layer you turned off right at the start of the tutorial and then change the blend mode to get an interesting effect. You could also look at my tutorial on making a mirror image effect and try it out on your image. You’ll notice I’ve done that on the image below. I’ve also gone ahead and duplicated the layer, then changed the blend mode to Multiply. I then merged the 2 layers and used a Colour Balance adjustment layer. I then duplicated the layers and ran the twirl filter on both of them again and changed the blend mode to Darken. Here is another one that I was messing around with earlier, which was done using some different Distort Filters. Have fun with it :)
Many thanks to the hosts and moderator of the group Digital Abstract & Patterns group…
Many thanks to the hosts and moderator of the group Digital Abstract & Patterns group for featuring the image, Green Swirls. It was the second image that I created after discovering the wonders of filters in photohsop using my own photographs. This totally made my week! Thanks again!
Do you ever hear a song and suddenly feel insanely happy, no matter how many problems you have, or what situation you’re in? / I feel like…
Do you ever hear a song and suddenly feel insanely happy, no matter how many problems you have, or what situation you’re in? / I feel like that every time I listen to Swirls. It always makes me feel better. I listened to it when I found out Richard had cancer, when I found out Anusha was leaving, when my mum’s dog died. / There’s something really special about that song. To me at least. The music, the lyrics, everything about it makes me so stupidly happy, I always smile when I hear it. I think it’s great that there is music like that, that touches your soul, music that just makes you forget everything else and only think of the music. Swirls. It’s all fun, and nostalgic, and beautiful, and the best song the Guildean Gang have ever made! I wonder what it means to them, as the ones who made it. Do they also grin when they hear it, and get filled with sheer delight? Or do they just think of it as another song they’ve done, something to be proud of, but nothing really special? The thing about Swirls, when I hear it, I don’t reflect on the good times I’ve had, I don’t remember happy memories or unforgettable moments. I don’t daydream about fun moments that I’m going to have. I don’t really think about anything at all. So be honest, everytime I hear it, my head is filled with a thousand thoughts, all of which are forgotten instantly. It’s strange, but nice. It’s yellow and blue and green. It’s perfect. It’s Swirls.
There are three things that I have always needed to survive: air, music, and art, and, to be honest, I could probably get by without the …
There are three things that I have always needed to survive: air, music, and art, and, to be honest, I could probably get by without the air. Art and music go hand in hand. When I hear music, I see colours, when I see colours, I hear music. None of my friends are nearly as passionate about art and music, as I am, which upsets me. I feel as though they’re missing a vital part of their lives, the part full of real emotion and raw life. They all tell me that I shouldn’t get so into art and music, because they’re not real; but within all the colour and the lyrics is the most untainted reality I’ve ever known. I feel as though it’s they’re the one’s in an unreal world – the partying, the drinking – and I just wish I could make them see my point of view. My friends are all party animals. Their first thought on Monday is ‘what parties are happening this weekend?’. Once they’ve answered this question, they spend the rest of the week planning what they’re going to wear, where they’re going to get booze money, and where they’re going to crash. They discuss parties and clubs in class, spend breaktime talking about celebrities, and when they go home they tell their parents how much they hate them for not allowing them to get that hip piercing. Ask them what job they want, and they’ll say ‘whatever pays well’, To me, there is something seriously wrong with all of them. They all hate school. Why? None of them have any ambition, other than making money and getting wasted. Why? I understand that school isn’t the most fun a kid could have, but you spend they best part of a day there for twelve years, you may as well enjoy it. Or try to, at least. Personally, I do like school. I enjoy learning. I love literature and history and languages, they fascinate me. But none of my friends are interested. They just want to get wasted. Need I say more? Look up the word ‘wasted’ in any dictionary or thesaurus, and all you’ll find are negative meanings. Why would anyone want to get wasted? You go out, and drink as much as you can get your hands on. You drink until you start feeling fuzzy. You continue. You drink until you can no longer see. You continue. You drink until you fall over and can’t pick yourself up off the floor. You continue. You go on and on, knowing that in a few hours time you’re going to be retching into a toilet, or vomiting down yourself, and that pretty dress you’re wearing. You’ll spend the rest several hours in extreme pain, not wanting to move, and hoping the pain will fade. / I love my friends dearly, but when they do this, which they do every weekend without fail, I can’t help but think them a bunch of complete fucking idiots. / I have nothing against going out and drinking, but not to the point where you give yourself alcohol poisoning. Everyone knows their own limits, why not just stick to them? Why not just go out and have three drinks instead of fifteen, so that when you wake up the following morning, you don’t feel as though a wrecking ball is smashing into your skull as you try to remember the night before, but rather laugh softly as you remember dancing in the rain with no shoes on. / Perhaps I have a strong view about this because both my parents were alcoholics, perhaps I’m worried my friends will end up like they did, but I don’t see how that’s a bad thing. / My friends live in a nightmare, not a fantasy. They don’t remember anything about the parties they’ve been to, they have memories of a god awful hangover stuck in their heads. They tell me I’m stupid for not joining them, and that music is going to mess up my head. I really don’t get it. Nothing could make my head any more messed up than it already is, and just how would music do this? When I listen to music, I get so much out of it. There is so much real emotion in music, it’s one of the most heartfelt forms of expression in the world. Whether a word has songs or not, it’s still full of feeling. Instruments convey emotions in a way unlike anything else. And lyrics! Ahh, I have a real love of words, and words put to a melody are amazing. In the music I listen to, there are few few really good lyricists, but, no matter what song you listen to, be it Led Zeppelin or Miley Cyrus, their lyrics mean something to someone. I try not to down lyrics too much because sometimes it really is hard to put something into words. / However, I’m lucky enough to have discovered some of the most talented songwriters of this age. They’re people who sing songs, and fill my head with reality. This might be what my friends don’t like – I get upset when I hear a complete stranger singing about a situation that doesn’t relate to me at all. But, the fact that it’s sung makes it relate. The point of lyrics is to share a thought or viewpoint, or emotion. / There is also the voice of the singer. I know I shouldn’t generalise, but, in general: I don’t like female singers, American singers aren’t ususally great, English singers are lovely, and (at the moment) Scottish singers are fucking fantastic. In ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, Oscar Wilde wrote: / “Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. / Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. / They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.” I ask you to read the following lyrics, and just try to see the beauty in them. Don’t think them cliche, or badly worded. Think of what Wilde said. “still, i adore the taste of rain / and the bounce of bone on ground / it reminds me make a wish tonight / all the stars are out / its out of your hands but not out of reach” -Stitches, The Dykeenies “So morning sky like silver ribbons / Falls through the boughs of dewy trees, / Whilst the sound of school-bound children / Carries gently on the breeze. / Waltzing feet, endlessly. But that vestal light is now woven / Only in the books we read. / Where the happy sounds forgotten / By our selective memories / Are singing sweet, sweet and free.” -Cair Paravel, Kristoffer Morgan “and now we’re all going again / all the ingredients are in hand / so go grab all your lovers and friends / because this season’s made for beautiful sounds / i’ll meet you at the junction at 8 / and then we’ll get the bus to your house / and i know that you’ll be 10 minutes late / but it is worth the waiting around the summer was ecstasy / and now it’s all coming back to me” -Swirls, Guildean Gang I’m hoping those lyrics inspired you, even if only in the littlest way, because they’re hugely inspiring to me. It’s lyrics like those which inspire my art, because lyrics like those make me smile, and make my spirit soar, and open up my mind, releasing my thoughts and allowing me to express myself. Dorian Gray is one of the best books ever written, and I could quote the whole thing and write about it, because there is so much to say about it. But I won’t quote the whole thing, just the really important bits: / “No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. / All art is quite useless.” If you’re still reading this, you must think my completely mad, in which case you are right. You must also wonder what my point is.. I’m getting there. Art is a form of expression unlike any other. You can replicate an image before you, or create something from your own imagination. But whatever you make, it will be something which is completely your own. It doesn’t matter if you are painting the same picture as a thousand other people, no one else will express it in the same way you do, because no one else can. The thing about art is that it is so personal, so entirely unique to the artist, it is who they really are. / If I tried to explain my art to you, I couldn’t. It’s just something that nobody else could ever understand, and that’s why I love it. I’ve come across very few people who share my views on art and music. Many people still think if you don’t want to get inebriated, and would rather listen to music 24/7 and always have paint on your clothes, you clearly belong in a padded cell. / But, there are a few who understand that the only reason art and music are fantastical, isn’t because they are a fantasy, but because they are fantastic. Art and music are two of the most real things in this world – full of emotion, full of thought, full of life. I think I’ve said enough, and hopefully I’ve left you with something to think about.
What a nice surprise to find that my image, “PURPLE WAVE”, was featured in the “FASCINATING PURPLE GROUP”!! Thanks so much to the modera…
What a nice surprise to find that my image, “PURPLE WAVE”, was featured in the “FASCINATING PURPLE GROUP”!! Thanks so much to the moderators for honoring me with this feature!! You ROCK!!! /
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Features (not forgetting Richard). ..The magic goes on …..... A mega huge thanks to the hosts of the following: “The Cats Whiskers” was featured in Tabby Time ~ 3 per day / AUGUST FEATURES /
Thank you so much to the hosts of Alphabet Soup for featuring my image ‘Crazy Kelp’. !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/border:no…
Thank you so much to the hosts of Alphabet Soup for featuring my image ‘Crazy Kelp’.
Many many thanks to the c…
Many many thanks to the customer who is a chocoholic!. Thankyou for your visit to my store! Find here a selection of Greeting Cards. / The perfect card for any occasion. Alternatively check out my Zazzle store and make your own customised card online. Zazzle custom greeting cards are a great way to send a special message. Whether you are sending holiday greetings, announcing a new baby, celebrating a birthday, sending wedding or party invitations, or just need to say “hi”. It’s fun and easy way to design the entire card, adding your photos and messages to all four sides. / / / / / / / / / A selection of products in my Zazzle store: More choices from Zazzle: Wear My Art – Check out Female Contemporary Art on Apparel here: My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © taiche. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited / See more of taiche at ZAZZLE / Baby Custom T-Shirts :dress that baby up with a special design on a custom t-shirt, long sleeve or onesize / Kids Custom T-Shirts .from organic t-shirts to long sleeve shirts, boys, girls, and toddlers can fill their fashion needs with a one-of-a-kind custom t-shirts for kids. Check out the latest organic t-shirts, sweatshirts, and girls shirts. And plenty of styles for toddlers too! Aprons / Bags / Buttons / Cards / Hats / Keds Shoes / Keychains / Magnets / Mousepads / Mugs / Postage / Postcards / Stickers / T-Shirt / Ties* Don’t forget to check out my poetry section Selected works of art from my 2009 Portfolio Do not forget to check out my range of fully customisable calendars. Simply let me know your choice of images and months to show them and I will create especaillly for you. You can choose from any of my images. /
This is SOOOO Exciting!!! I just sold a skateboard on Zazzle
This is SOOOO Exciting!!! I just sold a skateboard on Zazzle
I was contacted by Chris, the founder of design and creative media blog Visual Swirl with a view to writing a guest post for the site. ...
I was contacted by Chris, the founder of design and creative media blog Visual Swirl with a view to writing a guest post for the site. Obviously I jumped at the chance! I’m not the most articulate person at the best of times, and am very self conscience about how I come across to people when I speak, so any opportunity to improve my communication skills I try and welcome. Anyway, the post went live today, and I’ve had some nice feedback from my Twitter friends. I was hoping that maybe some of you would be interested enough to have a read of it? It’s called ‘Typography in Art: 15 Stunning Creations’ and I even picked one of Red Bubble’s very own artists pieces to showcase :) To read the blog post, please visit the Visual Swirl blog here, thank you.
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