Geek Trick: Harry the Hat
Tech Talk
Corel Painter, Gouche and Blender tools
Art Speak
Back in 1982, "Harry the Hat" Anderson performed a geek trick "You know about geeks? They work the midway of a circus, biting the heads off chickens, swallowing live snakes, eating ground glass - they're party commandos." by shoving a needle through his arm. As his blood trickled to the floor, Harry called the screaming spectators "a bunch of namby-pambies", insisting it was all a trick. Mimicing a violinist by moving the needle back and forth through his wound, Harry caused an even louder reaction by asking "Would you like me to play 'Melancholy Baby'?". IMDB | SNL Transcript
Posted by Dave M! on Jul 11, 2007 at 8:20 PM
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Geek: Web Trick
Tech Talk
Adobe Illustrator + Painter. Screenshot from BBEdit
Geeky Web Trick: Counting Your Comrades
Ever wonder how many other iFridaynistas there are out there, like you, toiling away their talent for intangible gain? If you've got a web editor like BBEdit or Dreamweaver, here's an easy way to find out:
- Click here
- On the left navigation column, right-click to "View Frame Source", save to your local desktop
- With your favorite web editor, open your local copy in "code view"
- Search for "img src="thumbs/" (this string is unique to each artist's thumbnail)
- Click "Find All"
That should do it! The search result should produce a line like "fooNUMBER occurances of "img src="thumbs/" found ..."! For an accurate assessment, do this late Thursday night or early Friday morning. Last time I tried, there were just over 500.
Posted by Dave M! on Jul 8, 2007 at 10:25 PM
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Geek: IDG
Freshness Dating
Refurbished: Individual illustrations from the mid-1990s. Collage and background are new
Tech Talk
Vector art in pre-Wacom tablet Adobe Illustrator.
Content
Samples from my high-flying days as an illustrator for Computerworld magazine (one of my geekiest clients, under the International Data Group). Once again, real life prevented a newer posting. Hopefully the collage technique expresses a transformation of neurotic chicken-stratching into a high-tech career.
Posted by Dave M! on Jul 6, 2007 at 10:01 PM
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Rejection: This is Not a Love Song
Tech Talk
Corel Painter IX, Gouache tool. From start to finish, this probably took 3 hours to "finish".
I'm Baaaaack ...
I've been to busy with career and family stuff to iFriday lately, but it's never been far from my mind. My trusty Wacom tablet died, and didn't get replaced until last month. And truthfully, some of the iFriday themes haven't been that exciting to me. However, waiting around for the perfect theme to roll around was sounding more like an excuse as the months rolled on.
Content
This illustration depicts a very specific breakup situation. Probably too personal to bring up here.
iFridaynista
I noticed a lot of romantic interpretations of this week's theme. Seems like I haven't been gone a long time.
Posted by Dave M! on Jun 19, 2007 at 8:25 AM
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Red: Killer Edits
Tech Talk
Original art "pencilled" in Adobe Photoshop, colored in Corel Painter's Gouche tool.
Freshness Dating: Alt Theme
Posted by Dave M! on Feb 2, 2007 at 1:00 PM
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