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"I did this years ago...and now that I know the phone option works, Ill upload a few more!"
Chris Brown posted a status"Wow, sorry to have abandoned you all. I haven't been on in a LONG time, or so it seems."
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"Hey again Chris, yes I can see it's a work in progress...I mean who has the time to do EVERYTHING right! I actually like the rocks around it because of the grandness of it. Maybe a blessing in disguise?? The plants would be wonderful more…"
Chris Brown commented on Chris Brown's photo11 GRANITE SCULPTURES (10)
"Actually, Steve, that´s what teenagers are for! LOL. Mo, I enjoy your imagination... we just had a terrible hailstorm that took alot of the leaves out of the trees and flattened all the flowers and such... That is why I put rocks around…"
Steve Hosch commented on Chris Brown's photo11 GRANITE SCULPTURES (10)
"Awesome! Although it makes my back hurt just imagining all the work...hope you had access to some heavy machinery."
Chris Brown commented on Chris Brown's photo11 GRANITE SCULPTURES (10)
"Lea, that´s a great observation!!! Yes, all the trash visible behind it.... Little by little, right?? Thanks to both of you, and glad you like it!!"
Lea commented on Chris Brown's photo11 GRANITE SCULPTURES (10)
"Wow Chris! When you have the yard around it done this is going to look fantastic! Well, it already does but you know what I mean..."
Chris Brown commented on Chris Brown's photo
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"Hey, Thanks for all the great encouragement!!! i am proud to say that I finally finished the project, and will upload a photo shortly..."
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- Looking to meet other artists, and i came here because of a scanner art link that was sent to me from a friend.
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SCANNER ART 2009
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Other Means for Limiting Photo Storage Space???
Posted on September 20, 2010 at 10:18am 6 Comments 0 Favorites
Hello, First of all, I would like to thank my friends from the site for keeping in touch with me, and encouraging me to keep posting here... probably because of my absense over the summer. I´ve done a ton of gardenng and such and have been quite busy, but honestly I have been away also because for me the 100 kb per picture limit has been a bit dtoublesome. My habit tends to be to post an entire series and then not post again for awhile until I have something new... so the sizing each picture… Continue
Can Anyone Help Me Scan Some Bugs?
Posted on April 17, 2010 at 2:43pm 8 Comments 0 Favorites
I like to do crazy things with color, contrast, etc with a very particular subject... bugs etc. squished on the scanner with my hand. I really have alot of fun with my technique, but I only find so many kinds of bugs around here. If you´re up to it, can you scan a few unique insects, spiders, etc from your area and send me the scans so I can work with them? Most of mine are at 800 dpi for good resolution. If there is a brave soul who could help me out I would greatly appreciate it. Just send me… Continue
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- At 11:30pm on February 17, 2011,
Sandra Henderson said… - Hey Chris - so nice to be friends with such a talented photographer/artist!!!
- At 1:26am on October 18, 2010,
Mike Nowlin said…
- Chris: Thanks for the comment about the poster.
- At 2:19pm on September 18, 2010,
JoyfulArtist said… - I didn't know that about Toads Chris...thanks for the info...he moves around to different plant pots and if I go out the door really late I'm careful as he is right at the door .
- At 11:25am on August 30, 2010, JoyfulArtist said…
- Hi Chris, so I was doing my usual reading and link clicking down the rabbit hole last night.... and look what I found...thought of you and my bug loving son..so I thought I'd share...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/7615408/Bugs-Britannica.html
I still think my jumping spider is way prettier and much larger than these...HA!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/7956086/Close-up-macro-photographs-of-tiny-jumping-spiders-turn-them-into-ferocious-monsters.html
- At 11:48am on July 15, 2010,
Rhonda McDuffie said… - Thanks Chris!
- At 10:55pm on July 14, 2010, Rhonda McDuffie said…
- Happy Birthday Chris!
- At 2:31am on May 21, 2010, JoyfulArtist said…
- Hi Chris....not sure where you live.... but was thinking how you would so be in heaven living here with all the creatures you could squish...hahaha
- At 12:09am on May 5, 2010,
Eric Mobius Knight said… - If you like -heres another idea...(as a collaborative project) why not superimpose some of your more organic ideas onto a couple of my pieces? See what happens? its a way of maximising resources-I dont have to go looking for bugs to scan, you dont have to rely on computergenerated art...just a thought.
- At 7:43pm on May 4, 2010, Eric Mobius Knight said…
- Hi Chris,
Forget the items i mentioned-they were only really ideas for extreme interpretations, but overall, the point i'd make is you have loads of things you can explore with the whole bug idea.I mean, Damien Hirst tried an experiment with a cows head, which as an art piece, he allowed to rot, with all the attendant mess. Now for me, I don't particularly think its beautiful, even if the art glitterati think its art. However, what you do has a beauty that CAN be appreciated -I think despite the death processes the end result can be appreciatiated, and I just wondered how far the imagination might soar with the use of various insects.Have you ever come across Gary Larson's "The Far Side?" - that could give you some ideas too.
In the meantime Mo was expressing interest in the 'challenge' ( i'd referred to this when I was chatting with her) - so next time you 2 chat, perhaps you can fwd this entire thread to her?
Other ideas -how about large? For example, a 3ft blue wasp might give people a thing to think about.
Or a hybrid -eg a wasps head on a worm. Imagine the fun creating newly extinct creatures!
I havent got round to scanner art (yet) although I can see the possibilities.
My current interests in all things Quantum are keeping me fully occupied-as for new bits-each piece takes a fair amount of time to do, and I have a few works in progress -but it will be another month or so before I post any more images -unless I just do one at a time, in which case there might be one up in a week or so.
How about slow motion filming/timelapse/etc...possibilities to add a 4th dimension to your exciting work.
OK, thats enough ideas from me for the time being. Catch you laters...
- At 5:27am on May 4, 2010, Eric Mobius Knight said…
- Oh, just a thought.
I imagine that bugs have brains. I don't know whether they have an imagination. This is another area to explore.
There relationship to us.
" Oh I see the humans have tried the old jam in the water trick ...again" (Wasps)
"I hate these bloody eggshell obstacle courses" snails and slugs.
" It's been a hard days night, an I been workin, like a worm. (Beetles.)
Well, everyone knows logs dont work.
Except in art, cabins, that kind of thing.
Just a thought. Mind how you go!
Eric
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