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Art History: Art made with MS PaintIn today's Art History article, we are looking at YOUR art. Specifically, art made with Microsoft Paint.
"Paint (formerly Paintbrush for Windows) is a simple graphics painting program that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. It is often referred to as MS Paint or Microsoft Paint. The program opens and saves files as Windows bitmap (24-bit, 256 color, 16 color, and monochrome, all with the .bmp extension), JPEG, GIF (without animation or transparency, although the Windows 98 version, a Windows 95 upgrade, and the Windows NT4 version did support the latter), PNG (without alpha channel), and TIFF (without multiple page support). The program can be in color mode or two-color black-and-white, but there is no grayscale mode. For its simplicity, it rapidly became one of the most used applications in the early versions of Windows—introducing many to painting on a computer for the first time—and still has strong associations with the immediate usability of th

Famous Photographs: The Afghan GirlIf you run a google search on what are the top famous Photographs of all time, The Afghan Girl is sure to appear. She is truly a face from History and one that many across the globe have tried to capture within others time and time again. But what exactly has made this image and its photographer so captivating?
Source: Daily Mail/National Geographic/Steve McCurry
Eyes, they say, are the window to the soul. And capturing such a piercing and expressive look in a photograph is a highly sought after skill. The Afghan Girl exhibits suspense, suspicion and a sense of distrust at the person behind the lens, she gives off an air of maturity, a foreboding feeling - a vulnerability behind years of strength. That, is what makes her so captivating.
Sharbat Gula is her name, although few even know this rather important detail. Sh

Famous Photographs: Lunch Atop A SkyscraperWhilst the most famous photographs from across the years often feature famine, death, destruction and war, it's sometimes refreshing to catch a glimpse of one or two that don't exhibit depression, demise and conflict. Photo-journalism can work both ways to brief the viewer of an image on what it's like to step into somebody else's shoes. It can shock, bring a tear or even, by some miracle - a smile.
Lunch Atop A SkyScraper does exactly that. It provokes a smile, it features across the world in postcards, books, greeting cards and other formats and ultimately it tugs at that part of your heart that knows there can be good in the world. So what makes it famous?
Source: Wikipedia
The Photograph itself shows eleven working men eating lunch, sitting on a steel girder. Nothing extraordinary about that right? Wrong. Their feet are dangling 256 metres above New York City. Nobody actually knows w

AUGUST Art History: Graphics -- Belgian Comics:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations:
BELGIAN COMICS
Another month, another topic for the art history-project.
And with this month's topic being Graphics, it's no more than normal that I show some patriotic pride in the amazing comic-artists that Belgium has brought forth (and that you guys probably grew up with!)
The Smurfs

Probably the most well-known one, due to the somewhat recent movie-release, these blue little fellas were created by Peyo, a born and raised "Brusselaar".
They were first created in 1957 and initially appeared as a set of side-characters in a comic of Johan and Peewit, "The Flute With The Six Smurfs". It wasn't until 1958 that they got their own series of comics and later on cartoons and even a movie, but they have been immensely popular

A History of Photography (Mostly)Art History Photography Month has begun and where better to start than with the History of Photography! I appreciate not everything is included, but here are some key main events and features, images and happenings that have impacted Photography across the years. If you don't want to read it all, scroll to the bottom for my tl;dr handy summary

1000AD
This is said to be where it all began with Alhazen inventing the first pinhole camera - known as Camera Obscura. Heard the phrase before? Now you know where it originates from! Aristotle observed and noted in around 330BC the optic laws that made pinhole cameras possible and questioned why the Sun could make a circular image when it shined through a square hole.
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1794
The First Panorama opens - the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert

Art History - Interview with KovoWolf:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations:
As part of Graphical Art History Month I will be interviewing some of your Community Volunteers

Today it's the lovely ^KovoWolf - Community Volunteer for Anthro Art

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Hi ^KovoWolf, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
Hello! My name is Amber Mills and I am a freelance digital artists.
I have always loved to draw and doodle ever sense I was really young.
I have always had an inspiration for art and I owe a lot of my artistic roots to my grandfather who used to work for Disney on some projects doing sketches and cartoons.
My style derives from inspiration I get from within. Anything and everything I am feeling and want to express I put on 'digital pen and paper'. That is why I love art so much. Its an expression of raw and tempered emotion.
What is it that attracts you to Graphical Art?
I love the flexibilit

Art History - Interview with Lyricanna:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations:
As part of Graphical Art History Month I will be interviewing some of your Community Volunteers

Today it's the lovely ^Lyricanna - Community Volunteer for Fan Art

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Hi ^Lyricanna, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
Hi, I'm Rhys and when not creating digital dolls, my style runs more towards semi-relaistic-anime mash-up. I mostly work traditionally since it's just easier for me.
Also a bit more portable; there are places I can take a pencil and sketchbook that I would not want to take a laptop and tablet

What is it that attracts you to Graphical Art?
I just like characters; designing, replicating, trying to achieve some meaningful interaction.
How much do you think that the roots and origins of Art affect what we create today?
Quite a bit; there are still many popular s

Interview with Sergi BrosaIn celebration of Digital Art Month, here is the first of a series of interviews done to the authors of some of the site's most popular digital deviations of all time. In this occasion I bring you *Brosa, creator of The Retro of Tomorrow

The Retro of Tomorrow

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I'm Sergi Brosa, a spanish artist located in Barcelona. I'm 25 years old, and I am an illustrator, comic artist and concept artist trying to survive in this wild world. I usually work as a comissioned artist, and I have tried two times to enter the french comic industry, with no success.
So, I keep just taking comissions, sometimes from companies and sometimes from usual people. I have to say that it is a fun job because it's never the same thing. B

Digital Art - Why it's such a popular mediumThe World of Digital Art
Stepping out of the real world and into your imagination is an experience that is both shared and held close to all of us. Most of us here express it in our own way in respects to art and the art form. As time moves forward technology progresses on, that type of expression is finding new means and mediums to be painted upon.
Digital art has exploded with the modern age and with it brilliant and fantastic artists have emerged from its rupture. So why is Digital Art so popular.

Cordyceps by *jeffsimpsonkh
What makes Digital Art so appealing that most would give up traditional art to move onto something more accessible. Is it money? Is it the potential to further your own artistic ventures? Some say all and others none of the above. It's all personal preference but I am sure we can all observe how popular Digital Art has become. Not just for the artists down the street but as

Digital Art vs Traditional ArtFollowing the article I wrote for #ArtHistoryProject Digital Art - Why it's such a popular medium I wanted to bring to you another topic for discussion. It has been a prevailing topic for a while now around the internet and amongst community members in respects to Digital Art and Traditional Art.

Digital Art: is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process.[1]
Traditional Art: refers to fine arts that use the old methods for creating artwork, such as pens, brushes, clay and other tools. Although traditional arts has different techniques than digital arts, but in fact, the different forms of art are all related to each other by the same concept, which also involves digital arts.[2]
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Digital Art Features - Sci-Fi"Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least non-supernatural) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, parallel universes, aliens, and paranormal abilities. Exploring the consequences of scientific innovations is one purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas".
Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possible worlds or futures. It is similar to, but differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation)". - Wikipedia.

Digital Art Feature - Fantasy."Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings. While there is some overlap with science fiction, horror and other speculative fiction art, there are unique elements not generally found in other forms of speculative fiction art. Depictions of ancient myths and legends, as well as depictions of modern day fantasy in the form of divine interventions and other magical or supernatural forces, are very common elements, and help distinguish fantasy art from other forms. Dragons, wizards, fairies and other fantastical and mythical creatures are common features in fantasy art." - Wikipedia.

Question for the readers
Who are the most influential digital fantasy artists of our time, in your opini

Art History - Interview with KasumiCR:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations:
As part of Graphical Art History Month I will be interviewing some of your Community Volunteers

Today it's the lovely ^KasumiCR - Community Volunteer for Fan Art

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Hi ^KasumiCR, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
Hello!
My name is Alexandra. I'm a digital illustrator, fan artist and photography enthusiast.
I'm also one of the Fan Art Community Volunteers and a Mentor in the Community Relations team.
My style has been changing a lot for the past few months as I've been experimenting with different ways to create my art.
Lately I've been influenced a lot by Adventure Time and Avatar the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra.
However, my main goal is to focus on children's books illustration.
What is it that attracts you to Graphical Art?
I'm a very visual person so I'm very attracted to colors,

Art History - Digital Art - FeaturesHello guys! I am here to bring to you an art feature for the month October for #ArtHistoryProject. This month is featuring Digital Art! What better way to kick off Digital art then gearing up with some features from that gallery!
There is something truly inspiring, so liberating about viewing art from around the world and from various artists. Art brings to us raw, untempered emotions and I am humbled by being able to not only share but to embrace such a fine medium of art! The Digital Age has truly revolutionized art as a digital medium in itself. It has opened countless doors to many and continues to go above and beyond its limits daily.
So without further ado, I bring to you some features from the Digital Art gallery! I hope you enjoy!
The Art Of Imagination

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PapercuttingsPapercutting is an art form that has been seen all over the world, adapted to regional styles based on cultures. It should come as no surprise that the Chinese have the earliest forms of papercutting currently known to us as the 'ancestor to paper' has been found in China. This was dated as far back as 2nd century B.C. and is considered as important as their discovery of printmaking, gunpowder and the compass.

~Thessatoria's It's Your Life
Naturally as paper spread throughout the world this art form evolved, spreading all over the Far East through to the Middle East. For example Japanese Kirigami where origami folds are cut and Indian Sanjhi.
This art form is popular to this very day, take renowned British artist Rob Ryan, which I am sure many of you here would have at least seen his work before! His work has been seen printed over everything you can think of, kitchenware, clothes, books and probably more!
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Art History: Pixel Art in Real Life

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 5:09 PM

Welcome to the first article of Digital Art History Month!

People around the world are re-inventing pixel art from the digital world into real life. Today, we'll look at a few ways people have made pixel art from every day items.

(Please note that I'm not saying the following ARE pixel art, but only an adaptation.

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For instance, Zach King on YouTube has created a pixel-styled Super Mario stop-motion using only Sticky Notes.

Wasn't that cool?

The next adaptation brings pixel art into 3D. Lego! We've all played with it at some point in our lives, but believe it or not, it's one of the most common adaptations in pixel art. Check out this LEGO sculpture by Nathan Sawaya.

Almost anything can be used to create pixel art in real life, even shot glasses, as demonstrated by Thomas Hoel!

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So look around your house, there's probably something besides your computer that you can create pixel art with!

Thank you for reading and have a great October.

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Art History: Pixel Art in Real Lifeby ^ladygagz

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People around the world are re-inventing pixel art from the digital world into real life. Today, we'll look at a few ways people have made pixel art from every day items.

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=Xnighite Oct 2, 2012 Student Artist

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Post it's and pearler beads are my Real Life Pixel art

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I knew of the Mario-video, but am glad I found out about the other two.
That's some amazing creativity right there!

And this is why pixel-art and it's derivatives are so awesome.