February 2012
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Lessons in Beer and Art
Ah, alcohol and paint – to me this is a blissfully perfect union. I indulged in this very pairing last week during an orientation and training for Blue Moon Beer and its campaign for beer-centric Community Created Art. (More updates on this forthcoming. Suffice it to say that soon I will be in bars in NYC helping fellow beer drinkers make art and learn about Blue Moon).
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Underground Visual Treats
This is the subway station where I wait after painting class at the Art Students League. As I wait, I always find myself admiring the way the 59s are cropped via the line of black tiles running behind them… and each iteration is cropped differently, leaving different parts of the 59 to bleed into white space. Its a subtle design treat.
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Wowsers, Adobe PS!
I attended an inspiring Adobe Photoshop presentation this past weekend at Sarah Silver’s Photography Studio, where we got to check out what’s coming down the line for Adobe PS. As is, Photoshop is sheer magic to me. Well, they upped the magical capacity 10 fold with new and easier to use Liquefy functions and more functional Content Aware fill. I am perpetually in awe of you, Photoshop.
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Illustration Friday: Suspense