MONTHLY HEADER #67: Robh Ruppel

Beautiful work by Robh. Buy his book... Aspect Ratio!





















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Mosaic Monday/ Talented Friends

© 2011 David Stover
3.5 x 5

 We are so lucky to have so many talented artist pals. This weekend we had dinner with a terrific couple that we met through a mutual friend and through the Creative Arts Center here in Dallas. Dave and Linda are both mosaic artists and they share a studio in their home. They are both as generous as they are talented. Dan and I were both ooohing and ahhing over a recent new piece that Dave had done, and he gave it to us ... zowie, what an amazing score! Our jaws dropped to the ground and we were a bit speechless. Dan made sure to speak up and correct me later however when I thanked Dave again for my gifted mosaic ...  the hubby made sure I called it "our" mosaic, it was a gift to us both after all.

About This Work:
It is 3.5 x 5 inches and this new experimental size sort of sprung up for Dave from the recent trading card swaps we have all been doing here in Dallas. It is a bit larger than the standard 2.5 x 3.5 atc size and so you end up with a little more surface to play with and the end result feels like a really substantial piece instead of a mini-card, it is thick too which adds to that hefty feel.
The tiny translucent green bead that seems to have a texture printed within it is getting that texture from the mesh below, it is really cool in person because if you look at the bead from another angle you do not see the mesh texture ... it is really a dynamic piece that sort of changes at different angles.  Check the detail below and you may see what I am referring to better.

I am a sucker for anything that has a layered effect and this piece by Dave really does. The mix of textures and the shiny center tessera versus the flat black really make this mosaic special.  I would love to share a web link to Dave's website with you but he does not have one just yet.  I am going to bug him about that this year.  I may see if I can help him get that happening soon, he has very professional photos of his work so I think it is just a time issue, I can understand that.

Robot Skull Paper Toy

Back in 2007 Noah Scalin at skulladay.com released a papercraft skull with an articulated jaw. In 2010 Scalin re-imagined the papercraft skull in robot form. I think the robot skull is loads more fun than the original. ^^ Templates for both the original and the robot skull may be downloaded here. There is also a blank template available if you care to create a custom skull of your own.

Concept spaceships by Michal Lisowski

Tons of art over at michallisowski.com







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Marcelo the Friendly Bat Paper Toy

You can't help but love this adorable paper toy bat by illustrator Erik Madera. Officially titled "Macelo the Friendly Bat", this glue-less paper toy is part of a campaign to promote awareness of the preservation of bats. Madera has an image of the template for Marcelo posted here as part of his online portfolio.

Concept spaceship environment by Fred Gambino.

Our friend Fred messing around with the Mandelbulb plug in for photoshop.



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Flickr Friday / Dogs and Fences

From Flickr Member Amber McNamara

 

From Flickr Member Backpackphotography

From Flickr Member Glenn Keelty

From Flickr Member Jo Peattie

From Flickr Member Ariel DovasIf

If you like these fun photos then check out more within this theme over at a new blog I have started with my friend Kris Hundt, it is called : http://petphotographytips.wordpress.com/.  Each Friday we are doing a fun Flickr Friday post on that blog and during the rest of the week we offer up quick tips for taking great shots of your pets. I come at it from the approach of an experienced amateur that knows dogs and knows how to get some great shots on occasion, I share what works for me. Kris is a professional photographer and offers up great advice that can only be learned from spending years behind the lens. Together I think we have the potential to build a great blog that will be a terrific resource for anyone wanting to get better at taking photos of their animals. We are not getting a lot of eyeballs over there just yet so please drop by and leave a comment if you can: http://petphotographytips.wordpress.com/

Concept ships by Kevin Mowrer

Kevin Mowrer art. Robots and vehicles too!





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San Francisco Street Car Paper Model

This San Francisco street car papercraft was created by Archidigm, a firm that provides training in computer-aided drafting. The process used to create the paper model involved importing digital photos of a street car into a drafting program (AutoCAD) where the features of the car were traced with lines. The resulting line drawing was then opened in Adobe Photoshop where color and shading were added. An outline of the steps to create the model (as well as a printable template for a green street car) may be found here.

Kingdom Hearts Papercraft: Cid Highwind's Goggles

I finally got around to finishing another Kingdom Hearts papercraft. This is a 1:1 scale paper model of Cid Highwind's goggles as they appear in the Kingdom Hearts II video game. Cid Highwind first appeared as a character in Final Fantasy VII. After FFVII, Cid appeared in several more video games, including both Kingdom Hearts I and II. Although his appearance differs from game to game, one constant of his costume is a pair of goggles perched on his forehead. As the template for the goggles consists of only one page of five parts, I give this papercraft a difficulty level of a mere 1 on a scale of 5. A download of the template is available here.

Concept ships by Matthew C. Barrett

M.C. BARRETT concept art. Some cars. Get his sketchbook!





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Pixar Papercraft: Carl's House Miniature

This miniature papercraft of Carl's house from the 2009 Disney Pixar movie Up is not your usual paper model. First, it is built with three different weights of cardboard and paper. Second, it is hand painted instead of making use of a computer printer for color. If you feel adventurous enough to attempt building one of these yourself, the creator of the house, Michal Miszta, has graciously provided a copy of his template here.

A Pup Named Lola

"Lola" ( see all proofs)
© rebecca collins/ artpaw.com

What a crazy week. I posted my team up Thursday pic on Weds. and I posted a Flickr Friday post yesterday. For some reason I have been a one day ahead on my blog posts this week. I guess I am just eager for the weekend. Today I proofed around 3 clients and updated some kitty art. I may try to do a little bit of Art Paw work this weekend, however I think I am really just going to focus on a few personal art projects.  I have so many mosaic projects stacking up in  my head, I have to start working on a few soon.

So what do you guys think of Lola?  I love this puppy girls' ears. She has the same name as my assistant so I am going to assume she is high spirited, hard headed and determined ... all traits that Art Paw's own Lola has.

Concept ships by Rubén Pérez

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BattleTech Papercraft: Awesome Mech

Here is a great papercraft mech by Cantaris at the Mech3.org forum. I believe this papercraft was based on a 3D model from a video game, although I am not sure which one.(Anyone care to enlighten me? ^^) This mech's model type is called an "Awesome". It comes from the BattleTech universe which got its start in miniature gaming in the 80's and later came to include video games and an animated series. A download of the Pepakura PDO template (which includes a whopping 121 different skins!) is available here.

Andreas von Cotta concept ships

Nice stuff over at voncotta.blogspot.









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Flickr Friday / Dogs In Windows

From Flickr member Justin.Beck

From Flickr Member Jonathan Khoo

From Flickr Member Orin Zebest

From Flickr Member whizchickenonabun

From Flickr Member Olga

 

 

From Flickr Member Susanne Stoop

From Flickr Member Bondiben

From Flickr Member Michelle Tribe

From Flickr member Newsbie Pix

Wouldn't it be fun to drive around the country shooting pups in windows for a book?  Maybe some day when we are semi retired we will get a travel trailer and load up the pups and take on photography projects like that. All of these terrific shots were found over at Flickr.

Star Wars Papercraft: Life Size Yoda

It seems more and more people are creating full scale paper models from video games. This life size papercraft of Master Yoda by Noturno Sukhoi is based on a 3D model from the Star Wars: Battlefront II video game. The character Yoda (as we all know ^^) first appeared in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The finished model stands 23.6" (60 cm) tall. The template for the model is available in Pepakura PDO format only and may be downloaded here.

B. W. For Team Up Thursday

B. W. For Team Up Thursday
Originally uploaded by artpaw [rebecca collins]

Just a silly and fun post for my Team up Thursday group. The shot to left is me taken with the i-site camera on my computer. Kris Hundt shot the lovely goat. They have a new male in the petting zoo to keep the lady goats company ... yes they want babies. I am glad to be getting back to this flickr group, not sure I will go all year, as we both fell off posting last year, but it certainly was a fun creative kick start last Jan. and it seems to be that again. Kris is a fun person to play creatively with. She is into shooting for fun this year and she even has another team up Thursday partner.