Software

Why Photoshop Will Never Cease To Amaze Me

Or better said, the people using Photoshop would never cease to amaze me.


November 8, 2011
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Smirking Devil Face Hidden In Medieval Painting Was Probably A Prank

When Giotto — considered the first artist of the Renaissance — painted this fresco at the Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi in 1290, he hid something in plain view. It took 721 years and some close up photographs for someone to see it.


September 27, 2011
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Video: What 30 Hours Of Painting Without Paint Brushes Looks Like

Amy Shackleton is a 25-year-old artist who paints without paint brushes. No, silly, it’s not finger-painting or graffiti or spilling paint and calling it a day, it’s real masterpieces that look amazing. She uses squeeze bottles to make them.


August 30, 2011
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Photographer Thinks He Can Solve The Mystery Of The Lost Leonardo Da Vinci Painting With A Picture

“The Battle of Anghiari” is a Leonardo da Vinci painting that many in his era called the Renaissance Man’s finest work. The problem is that it’s been lost since the 1500s. Many people, however, believe it’s hidden behind a brick wall and a photographer thinks he can snap a picture of the work — through the brick wall — to prove it.


July 1, 2011
News

A Leonardo Da Vinci Painting Lost For Centuries Has Been Found

Salvator Mundi, or “Savior of the World” is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci that’s been lost for centuries. Art historians have confirmed that deeper in the painting, you can see the “miraculous softness” and the “delicate paint” of Leonardo.


May 25, 2011
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The Amazing New York Paintings Made On An iPhone

Artist Jorge Colombo draws street scenes in New York using only his finger and the iPhone “Brushes” app. You might have seen his work on the cover of the New Yorker last year. In honour of his upcoming book of images of the Big Apple, here are some of his coolest cityscapes. We only wish our fingers could be so nimble.


February 11, 2011
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What Did Our Earliest Presidents Really Look Like?

Before photoshop, there was painting. If you were commissioned to do art, you weren’t about to paint an ugly portrait of the guy. So chins were lifted, skin was cleared, etc. and it gets sorta hard to tell what people really looked like. Until now.


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This Painting Is A Cascading Tower Of Psychedelic Colour

Sure, you could use a brush to make a painting, like some kind of neanderthal – or you could employ this mesmerising, incredibly gorgeous drip method. With coffee cups. Watching this work’s creation is better than the finished product.


February 2, 2011
Online

Google’s Art Project: See The World’s Paintings In Eye-Blasting Resolution

Google has taken its street view cameras inside some of the world’s most famous museums. The result? A stunningly high-resolution trove of paintings that would otherwise be an ocean away. And here’s how they did it.


January 29, 2011
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How Can 3D Artworks Made Only From Painted Glass Creep Me Out So Much?

You can keep your overpriced, eyeball-hurting 3DTVs, Sony, LG and Samsung – I’m investing in a couple of David Spriggs’ 3D artworks instead. The British-Canadian artist paints using acrylic, layering sheets of glass like Dexter’s box of blood slides.