Brush Pattern Feature: Wings for all

Well not really. 

They are simple wing brushes to be used in
Adobe Photoshop or in the Gimp,
or indeed any other image software that has an ability to convert images into a brush file.
Really maybe it should be called a stamp file instead. 

Anyway these brushes were created by sammigurl61190 @ DeviantArt.
Sadly she seems inactive at the moment, but her profile is still there,
as are other brush packs she has made. 

Click the link to view it or 

here to see the original upload of her brush set.

The brushes can make interesting motifs
when repeatedly piled on top of each other.

The brushes are well capable in forming flowers too,
very pretty flowers might I add
and as the brushes are in grey-scale
you simply select the colour you want and paint.
(For users of Gimp the brush-set in .gbr)

QR codes - so much more than a URL.

I've only just begun to use the wifi on my phone
despite having it for a year,
and began to get attached to using these QR codes,
with a few questions on my mind,
so I've researched and answered the main ones.
I did the research on my mobile, at night...thank you wifi
(you monstrous thing that now I'm addicted to using).

Above an example of a QR code I found in September's
issue of novel, a local Newcastle based magazine that has just started up. 

They make interesting blocks of pattern. 

As there is only one photo today, have a look at a Bing images search.

What does QR stand for?
 QR stands for quick response,
and is a type of code that has been around since 1994,

well before the Internet became so widely used and recognised.

QR started life as a way of tracking parts made by Denso Wave,
an arm of Toyota
and is a type of 2D bar code that is designed to be read at high speeds.

So far I have seen it used on business cards,

flyer's, posters and mostly in magazines or newspapers.
It has further possibilities in marketing which have yet to be discovered and researched.

Barcodes have a maximum of 20 characters in them whilst QR codes have 7089
Barcdoes can only be read horizontally where as QR codes can be read horizontally and vertically.

 Research links:
Who Cares About QR codes? (Author: Betty Adamou)
QRcode.com (Site owned by Denso Wave)

Thoughts of blue and music: Christian Marclay

A look at ArtForum this week, somehow this week is the last of September 2011.
The below photos below are of works by Christian Marclay
and are displayed at Fraenkel Gallery
and are taken from ArtForum (an arts journal/magazine)

I found an advert in ArtForum which I liked,

now this isn't new as well if you an occasional or rabid reader of ArtForum
you'll find the articles a bit, well over complicated me thinks

and I kind of feel the need to get out the dictionary.
Any way when I went ahead and googled the artist whose advert looked so refreshing,
I found I still liked his work. Now that is NEW.

I have been resizing images a lot and cropping them down just so that you get the good stuff

(and admittedly to save space but thats not benifitial to you)

As you can see, only good premium stuff. I deserve a snickers

(of course Christian Marclay deserves a large bag of malteasers).

A link to photos of more of his work on T R I B B L E & M A N C E N I D O

Glossy paper is a nightmare to photograph.
Some detail above shows actual tape strand entwined, circled, twirling and looking abstract.
His works from this exhibition are cyanotypes,
a form of work that combines both print and photography,
where an image is used and exposed onto paper that has been painted with a chemical mix.
A youtube video with more information and a 'how to' on cyanotype 

I really like the tape being used to create line,
and its reminder of analogue technology's existence, that and of physically owning a piece of music or sound on a tape, unlike mp3 files on a memory card of some kind.