Archive for the Art Category
I have developed a weakness for old-school drafting/graphics art equipment. Here’s the latest toy to experiment with during art projects:
I prefer old-school equipment. Usually these items are built with very solid materials and are designed to last for a lifetime. A lot of the more modern drafting tables look like you could easily knock them over or break them.
As I understand it, the Google Engine’s search capability is basically dependent on its recognition of typewritten symbols - letters and numbers. This might sometimes lead to certain limitations. For example, if Google searches a site that contains untitled abstract artworks, it will recognize (due to image file codes) that images are there. But it is highly unlikely that a random person out there who is surfing the net would be able to use search and thus randomly stumble across the same untitled abstract images.
I wonder then if Google spiders would find it advantageous to start crawling sites not only for letter and number combinations but also for colors. This shouldn’t be too hard, I would think. I can use a free download called colorpic to match any color with a specific code. If the google search spiders ‘read’ sites and images for colors as well and matched those colors with numeric color codes, it could be interesting to do a search for them and see what comes up. If Google and other search engines worked this way, it would be interesting to see what the top site would be for “Red” or “Black” or maybe “Red and black” … that sort of thing.
Perhaps a service could also exist so that a host could analyze his/her site or image for colors and put the color names or numeric codes as tags, making it easier for sites like google and technorati to pick them up for search.
Just some random thoughts.
Helen Hardin is one of my favorite artists. I was looking for links to articles and the like online and came across the fact that there was no Wikipedia entry for her. So I’ve done something I’ve never done before - created a new Wikipedia article (or honestly, a Wikipedia stub). You can find it here.
Note: Whoops. I forgot that I also started up the Wikipedia page for Bloggernacle. What can I say? It’s been awhile.
Yesterday, as I was walking along Columbus Avenue (Upper West Side), I saw some artwork in a store window that made me cross the street to get a closer look. The artist’s name is Ed Heck. His artwork, which employs simple yet colorful line drawings/paintings, strikes me as a sort of cross between Bill Watterson and Keith Haring. Yet he has an individual unique style that is instantly recognizable. He has a website and I also found a useful article about him.
There are numerous giclee prints available. The giclee process is something I want to investigate further.