Taojoe.com http://taojoe.com/blog Dave's Web Portfolio Wed, 16 May 2012 00:02:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Misplaced Faith http://taojoe.com/blog/misplaced-faith/ http://taojoe.com/blog/misplaced-faith/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:44:43 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1557 Misplaced FaithThe desert background is from photos I took while in Utah.

Ship: Link to stock source
Lighthouse: Link to stock source

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Mountains: Link to stock source
Model Left: Link to stock source
Model Right: Link to stock source

 

]]> http://taojoe.com/blog/daybreak-homage/feed/ 0 Cat’s Bad Dream http://taojoe.com/blog/cats-bad-dream/ http://taojoe.com/blog/cats-bad-dream/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:36:15 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1498 Continue reading →]]> Cat's Bad DreamI once has an awful dream of this tortured alley cat with barbed wire whiskers and its head stuck in a cage.  But I couldn’t convey the emotional revulsion I had while asleep in the art – so I’ve opted to go for the humorous angle.

]]> http://taojoe.com/blog/cats-bad-dream/feed/ 0 I Don’t Know Either http://taojoe.com/blog/i-dont-know-either/ http://taojoe.com/blog/i-dont-know-either/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:39:26 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1482 Continue reading →]]> I Don't Know EitherWhat it means, that is.  Just pretty in a surreal way.

Photo manipulation is the creation of  a new image by combining and altering existing ones.  There is a whole group of artists that create stock just to supply others with images to use.

I enjoy it as it enables me to create an interesting work fairly quickly.  Sometimes it’s like composing music by sampling.

So thanks to all the stock providers.

Girl: [link]
Background #1: [link]
Background #2: [link]
Buddha: [link]
Bonzai Tree: [link]
Crane: [link]

Car: Mine. The photo, not the car. You know what I mean.

Click the image to enlarge

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The concept: The overly bright summer sun that practically puts you in a hallucinogenic trance – where your eyes fill with pulsing patterns from the intensity of the sky and the integrity of the sights & colors around you fail.

]]> http://taojoe.com/blog/sunny-day/feed/ 0 London, 1952 – Pt 2 http://taojoe.com/blog/london-1952-pt-2/ http://taojoe.com/blog/london-1952-pt-2/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:46:47 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1425 London, 1952 Pt 2

]]> http://taojoe.com/blog/london-1952-pt-2/feed/ 0 London, 1952 – Pt 1 http://taojoe.com/blog/london-1952-pt-1/ http://taojoe.com/blog/london-1952-pt-1/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:33:39 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1421 Continue reading →]]> London, 1952Found these photos taken by my late father-in-law.  They’re interesting in their own right but I can’t resist messing them up.

The date is based on the titles of the films showing at the theater – FBI Girl & 5 Fingers.

The Dominion Theater is on Tottenham Court Road, in the London Borough of Camden.

]]> http://taojoe.com/blog/london-1952-pt-1/feed/ 0 Your Turn To Drive http://taojoe.com/blog/your-turn-to-drive/ http://taojoe.com/blog/your-turn-to-drive/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:22:33 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1418 Your Turn To DriveA fast piece – maybe two hours.  Did the sign in Corel Draw.  All else in Photoshop.

Source images for:
Desert: [link]
Vulture: [link]
Road: [link]
Dirt: [link]

]]> http://taojoe.com/blog/your-turn-to-drive/feed/ 0 Mandelbulb Art http://taojoe.com/blog/mandelbulb-art/ http://taojoe.com/blog/mandelbulb-art/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:18:05 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1410 Continue reading →]]> Commuter LineWhen I first started generating fractals on a PC it was on a 386 chip running Windows 3.1 sometime in the late 1980′s.
The software was WinFract & it was amazing.  And, then too, I was mixing other art into the generated images.

Recently, I came across MandelBulb and… well, words fail.  You see the sort of 3D detail it can render.  There is a whole world of art produced from it – just Google it.

The fact that I can effortlessly get results like this – the original 3000 x 2000 pixel image rendered on my Core i7 in under 6 minutes – is just a marvel.

In This PlaceClick the images to see them full size

]]> http://taojoe.com/blog/mandelbulb-art/feed/ 0 Got A New Pony http://taojoe.com/blog/got-a-new-pony/ http://taojoe.com/blog/got-a-new-pony/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:35:56 +0000 DaveK http://taojoe.com/blog/?p=1405 Got A New PonyI’ve been enjoying creating these photo manipulations.  Relaxing.

Click it to see the full size version.

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