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PIC OF THE DAY [04-30-12]
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| Slab Aquarian by Joshua Rayfield |
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Pepsi Warpcam
Mmmmm. Refreshing.
I created these Pepsi images using the Android App ''WarpCam''. The watermark is annoying, but what else do you expect for free?
I created these Pepsi images using the Android App ''WarpCam''. The watermark is annoying, but what else do you expect for free?
PIC OF THE DAY [04-26-12]
PIC OF THE DAY [04-25-12]
PIC OF THE DAY [04-24-12]
"SELFsame"This picture is an amalgamation of a couple of my previous pieces. The face is a caricature of myself done way back in 2001 as I graduated from high school. I scanned in the original image and applied a bit of the 'ol Photoshop magic to halftone the image and burn in the shading. I then created the background image by scanning in a geometric painting I did in 2006, selecting the portion i needed and then multiplying it using a tiny UPC barcode brush contrasted against a abstract background of dirty red hues. Finally, I added the "Parental Advisory" logo purely for the fact I thought it would look badass. I'm weird like that, what can I say?
PIC OF THE DAY [04-23-12]
FXCAM Experiment #61
PIC OF THE DAY [04-22-12]
PIC OF THE DAY [04-21-12]
Things are amiss in Azeroth...
PIC OF THE DAY [04-20-12]
Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat."I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
PIC OF THE DAY [04-19-12]
Art is born of humiliation. - W.H. Auden
Yeah, that's me. Twice as nice for half the price!
RETRO GAME OF THE WEEK: Section-Z
- SECTION-Z [NES]
- "It is now the 21st Century. High-frequency radio and television communications between Planet Earth and the space-exploring Saturn Space Station blast warnings of approaching invaders, then abruptly cease."
"You shed your earthly identity to become the one remaining astronaut in space. You unite with freedom-fighter Captain Commando to enter the outer regions of space. Concealed in a special solar-energized, jet-propelled supersonic spacesuit, and armed with multi-directional weaponry, you depart Earth's surface on a death-defying mission."
"You and Captain Commando must maneuver safely through four levels of adventurous battle scenes, penetrating the defenses established by the Space Soldiers of Balangool. You are challenged as you fight through Sections A to Section Z - where "L-Brain", Balangool's Master Control, programs domination of the universe."
"Your goal: penetrate Section Z, destroy L-Brain Master Control, defeat the evil Space Soliders of Balangool, and save Planet Earth."
"L-Brain, Master Control of Balangool, secured in Section Z of Fortress Balangool, headquarters of this brutal enemy force, transmits communiqués throughout the universe. Balangool Space Soldiers receive instructions from L-Brain while engaged in interplanetary invasions. Their goal is to conquer the universe."
"Balangool Captains are stationed at each stage, guarding giant super powered transmitters. Strong, red barriers surround two transmitters found at Stage One. To clear these red barriers you must destroy the Enemy Generator supplying power to the barriers. Should you successfully eliminate the generator, proceed to eradicate the Balangool Captain. For only then can you proceed to another Stage."
"As you progress, increase your supply of weapons and energy. Without them, you cannot reach Section Z to bring L-Brain Master Control to extinction, heroically saving Planet Earth." [via Capcom Wiki]
- That's straight from Capcom, folks. That's how the "story" in a game was conveyed in those days. I played this game countless times in my youth and NEVER knew what it was about until recently.
- I'm not gonna lie and say I beat this game. I never have. But I will still fire it up and give it another shot every once in awhile. And to this day I still have a blast trying. I think that's really one of the highest praises I can give a game.
- Here's a gameplay video by NEStalgia to jog your sense memory:
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Skins are will also be available for the Gibson X-Plorer XBOX 360 Guitar Controller as well.
I've only made a few of these so far to test the waters and see if there is any demand, but I think they look awesome and truly hope someone out there would enjoy one!
So here are the first few I've made, in the Gibson "X-plorer" style. You might recognize the art it's derived from. I use it as the first available design on every new product. Even the background of this very blog!
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Zazzle has recently launched many new options as far as skins for personal electronics are concerned. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be sharing all the new product lines and options that are now available to you.
Here are the first set of skin options available, thought I'd start out using the "Exalted" piece that I utilize as my background all over the internets and on my t-shirts. I love this piece.
PIC OF THE DAY [04-18-12]
From the FXCam Experiments!
PIC OF THE DAY [04-17-12]
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
- Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
PIC OF THE DAY [04-16-12]
Today's POTD is a new SPYDER ACIDBURN Wallpaper!
Enjoy if you like it! Don't if you don't!
PIC OF THE DAY [04-15-12]
Today's POTD is in ANAGLYPH 3D!
So bust out your pair of David Tennant Anaglyph (Red/Cyan) glasses and break a dimensional barrier or two,
at least in the optic sense...(Ha, very punny...)
PIC OF THE DAY [04-14-12]
HAPPY BELATED PIC OF THE DAY!
Here's some Wolverine awesomeness.
PIC OF THE DAY [04-13-12]
POTD: Ryu has better things to do than worry about Friday the Thirteenth.
Be careful, all you superstitious people out there!
[All three of you that see this...]
PIC OF THE DAY [04-12-12]
PIC OF THE DAY: FXCAM Experiment #60
Touchscreen Laptops? Yes, Please!
With all the hullabaloo these days about tablets and the enormous runaway success of the iPad, it has been predicted by many tech writers that the era of the PC and/or laptop will be over soon. I don't necessarily see it that way. I read an interesting article about Intel recently that has shed a bit more light on what is the logical third (fourth?) option. This option is the adoption of a seemingly hybrid "Touchscreen Laptop". Here's what I feel is going to eventually happen to get us there...
RAW POWER
While dual and quad-core chips are just now coming into the tablet marketplace, they have been pretty much standard on mid-to-high range laptops for a while now. Tablets are also just starting to flex their muscles in the graphical processing power department, but they are constantly one-upped by the next "powerhouse" tablet to come out, which means they are quickly outdated.Meanwhile, upgrading graphics on a PC or a laptop is a simple operation. As far as RAM and GHz goes [and I'll use an iPad (3) as an example] a tablet just can't compete. The newest iteration of the iPad, which is what some consider to be "best" tablet out right now, has only a scant 1GB of RAM and 1Ghz of processing power. Compare that to laptops where 3.3GHz+ is considered a good rating and RAM is available up to 8GB on most laptops. Those RAM numbers multiply even more if you bring home PC's into the mix. Comparing Laptops/PC's and tablets is really like comparing Excalibur to a pocketknife
PRICESimple enough premise. A nice tablet is the equivalent in price to a nice mid-range laptop. A laptop is cheaply upgradable. A Tablet is not upgradable and only REPLACEABLE. Eventually people will tire of replacing these devices every year, especially in a down economy as inflation slowly envelopes us all.
I think that with the imminent release of Windows 8, a touchscreen heavy front end OS for PC and tablets with all the usual Windows bells and whistles (compatiblity, no app stores, freedom!) available as well, the laptop and tablet will combine into a new unholy conglomeration that will truly make the next leap in tech possible. I personally can't wait for this!
Here's a link to the original article over at Tom's Hardware that inspired this rant (and shows a hopeful glimpse into this proposed future):
Intel Conducts Study to See If You Want Touchscreen Laptops
PIC OF THE DAY [04-11-12]
Friends and family are like the binding of a notebook.
Your stuck with them forever, but you're not complete without them.
PIC OF THE DAY [04-10-12]
Here's a piece from a Easter-themed photo shoot I did.
Better late than never, I say. So now it's the pic of the day!
PIC OF THE DAY [04-09-12]
Here's one of those "I'm taking random pictures and something cool comes out of it" pics. Using a UV filter and 4x Magnifier lens against some of my original art pieces. I thought it looked cool, so here ya go. A new POTD.
PIC OF THE DAY [04-08-12]
For today's flavor of POTD visual stimuli, I've chosen another selection from the "FXCAM Experiments" series.
This particular one is #171.
Enjoy!!!
POTD [04-07-12]
For today's POTD, I present to you "Spooktastical Pyro". This is a piece that was/is included in my "Spooktastical" series. And, yes, that IS me in the bottom left corner.
You can view the rest of the pieces in this series on DeviantArt.
Here's a link to the "Spooktastical" Gallery.
POTD [04-06-12]
World's Finest. Arkham City Style.
I was pretty pleased with how this turned out. After doing a "Batman" photoshoot in an attempt to emulate the style of the B&W "Arkham City" advertisements and promos, I simply couldn't resist trying to create the same feel with DC Comic's true "Dynamic Duo"
(Screw Robin. Except for Tim Drake. He's a badass.)
The only issue I really had was choosing which Superman figure to use for the shoot. I ultimately went the the "Last Son" version of the character for the shoot as it played up Supe's physical stature and looked right at home with my Neal Adams Batman figure. There are alternate versions as well that include tests with other various Supermen.
Maybe I'll post em up at SPYDER ACIDBURN's Action Figure Photography Blog eventually...
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| Acidburn V1 Plate by SpyderAcidburn |
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Product design elements courtesy of my first published work, "Spyder Acidburn Vol. One"
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POTD [04-05-12]
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. - Francis Ford Coppola
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AVENGERS TRAILERS ASSEMBLE!
With the Avengers movie just weeks away now, I thought I'd "ASSEMBLE" all the trailers for the movie together so you all can get as psyched as I am.
If Marvel can truly pull off such an ambitious film, then they will have paved the way for the rest of the Marvel Universe to start coming out of the woodwork. Marvel now has an entire film universe into which they can frame subsequent Marvel movies. If magic exists in a Thor movie, then it's a lot easier to introduce a character like Doctor Strange or Morbius. If the technology is shown in a Iron Man movie, then it would be easier to believe in M.O.D.O.K., A.I.M., the Vision, Ultron and countless others.
Heaven help DC Comics/Universal's movie aspirations if Marvel/Disney ever regains the film rights to Spider-Man/X-Men/Fantastic Four.
If you don't want to see "The Avengers" after watching these clips, then you must be a Norse God hellbent on destruction!
First up is the initial teaser trailer. Nothing more than a Samuel L. Jackson voice-over and a title graphic...
Next up is "Official Trailer #1" (As seen during the Superbowl)
After that we've got "Official Trailer #2"
And lastly, we've got the "Head Count" Trailer
As an added bonus, here's a behind the scenes video regarding the creation of the Marvel film universe, courtesy of Norton Antivirus.
POTD [04-04-12]
Today, for your viewing pleasure I present not one, but three, pieces for you as my POTD.
These are a few Tilt-Shift images I created while on my honeymoon in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
*The top image is of the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk looking from the outermost pier into the boardwalk itself.
*The middle image is the view from our suite at the Caravelle Resort.
*The bottom image is from a day trip we made to Charleston.
If I recall correctly the view is from "Old" Charleston looking across the bay to "New" Charleston.
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