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The Squirrels Are Coming!!!!!

Be prepared. Be very prepared.

MWA HAAA HAAAAAA!

I’m quite serious about this whole squirrel thing.

Also–and You have Our Most Wonderful Friends Doraz, Tasneem, and Alina to thank for this–break out Your pizzazziest duds cause an uber cowrazy awards show is in the works and You’re invited!!!

I now return You to my regularly scheduled hippy-trippy flower girl post ↓:

Original digital painting of a piano sonata expressing the enchanting sounds of winter.

winter sonata
expressing enchanting sound
contemplates the soul

This is the second painting capturing the beauty of the four seasons. The first was yesterday’s Autumn’s Rhythm. I’ve been dreaming of a new collection that I must paint. Symbols and nature combine to express the stillness, beauty and grace of all that I feel and see through an inner landscape.

– genece hamby, contemporary artist
To purchase Winter Sonata, http://www.shibuistudio.com/wintersonata.html

An artist born in a taxi shows a train, fire truck and other vehicles in action

Machines Go To Work. By William Low. Holt, 42 pp., $14.95. Ages 5 and under.

By Janice Harayda

William Low was born in the back seat of a taxi in the Bronx, so perhaps it isn’t surprising that he has written an excellent book about transportation. Machines Go to Work unfolds as a series of small dramas about familiar conveyances, all described in a clear and at times onomatopoetic text – a backhoe, fire truck, cement mixer, tow truck, tugboat, container ship, freight train, and news helicopter.

In each case Low introduces a machine, then asks a question or makes a statement that encourages you to lift a flap and see it in action. He writes on one spread: “When the drawbridge opens, the container ship may pass. Will it fit through the narrow gap?” You lift a flap and see the ship passing under the raised bridge with the help of red tugboat. On another spread Low shows a helicopter rushing toward a news event: “Is there an accident ahead?” No, just a row of ducklings crossing a street.

Cynics may see Low’s ducklings as a form of brazen pandering to American Library Association awards judges — who gave their 1942 Caldecott Medal to Make Way for Ducklings — while others may view them as a lovely homage to Robert McCloskey’s classic. But Machines Go to Work is so good, it hardly matters. Low suggests the power of his machines through rich, saturated colors and what appear to be thick oil-paint brushstrokes but are, in fact, digital art created with Photoshop and Painter software.

Low has also found a way around the problem with most lift-the-flap books: Children can too easily rip off the flaps. All of his “flaps” are sturdy full-page gatefolds, which should make the pages last for the life of the book. And at the back, Low explains what each machine does in a helpful thumbnail sketch. Low writes of the fire truck: “This truck is so long that it needs two steering wheels: one in the front and one in the back!” His deft blend of drama and facts would make this a fine gift for a 2-to-4-year-old who loves anything with wheels.

Best line/picture: The freight train gatefold opens out to four pages (instead of the three the other machines get) to show “its 22 cars and a caboose in the back.”

Worst line/picture: Low calls cherry trees “cherry blossom trees,” which may be how children see them but also leave a misimpression about their name.

Published: May 2009

Furthermore: Low explains how he creates his digital images in a three-part video on the Holt site.

About the author: Low’s picture books include Old Penn Station, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book.

You can also follow Jan Harayda on Twitter (@janiceharayda) www.twitter.com/janiceharayda. Children’s book reviews appear every Saturday on One-Minute Book Reviews.

© 2009 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.

Hello!

This picture that I use as my gravatar is a picture I painted of a very loving presence/angel/spirit guide I was feeling around me a while back:

I have no idea what his name is.  I’ve  never asked.  But You know what?  Cruising around blogland today, I could replace any of Your beautiful faces with his, because ALL OF YOU are delightful presences/angels/spirit guides in Your own way!!!  I just laughed and cried and marveled my way around today feeling very happy to know You all!  How fun!!!

Thank You for stopping by!  kNOW You Rock The World In A Perfect Way!  Namaste.

Hello!

Ack!  Stop the presses!  Hold on!  Rut Roh…and….huh?

I missed a day!  I missed a post.  I was busy eating, and laughing and laughing and laughing for which I am very grateful! I hope You and Yours had a wonderful day!

We now return to our regularly scheduled schedule!

Thank You for stopping by! kNOW You Are All~Ways Beautiful.  Namaste.

A weekday morning on a corner in Washington D.C. at 5:30am.

© 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.

NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L Ennis. Link to be used…(Visual Thoughts http://dlennis.wordpress.com/)

NOTE: Commercial use, and the creation of prints, must be purchased! For more information you can contact me here.

Black Calendar by VioDeBlack
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2010 calendar INK by anneliolander
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We’re now almost in December, Christmas is coming, and soon , the new year will be here, so today, on my weekly post about Zazzle products, I decided to feature two 2010 Calendars. The first one with some beautiful and stylish black and white floral patterns, and the second one with some great ink illustrations by swedish illustrator Anneli Olander. If you want to see these products in more detail, just click on the images above, or use the links below it to see other products from these authors, or search for other calendars on Zazzle.

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Humpback Bridge lays claim to being the oldest of Virginia’s remaining covered bridges. Located in Alleghany County, just west of Covington, it was built in 1857.
The 100-foot-long, single-span structure is four feet higher at its center than it is at either end, thus the name, “Humpback”.
© 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.

NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L Ennis. Link to be used…(Visual Thoughts http://dlennis.wordpress.com/)

NOTE: Commercial use, and the creation of prints, must be purchased! For more information you can contact me here.

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FUNNY HOT ROD T-SHIRT DESIGNS

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ACM SIGGRAPH (Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques)

Second ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia

SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, 16-19 December, 2009

Date:  Dec 16 (Wednesday) to Dec 19, 2009 (Saturday)

Venue:  Pacifico Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan)

Address:  1-1-1 Minato Mirai Nishi-ku Yokohama

The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques www.siggraph.org  is an interdisciplinary community interested in research, technology, and applications in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Members include researchers, developers and users from the technical, academic, business, and art communities. SIGGRAPH provides information to the computer graphics community through its annual conference, publications and the SIGGRAPH Video Review.

The ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award is presented annually to an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that significantly advances aesthetic content in the field of digital art.  Nominations for the 2010 award are accepted until November 1, at www.siggraph.org/programs/awards

The world’s leading experts on computer graphics and interactive techniques. An international festival of art and animation and tomorrow’s technologies. The products and services you need to achieve your creative visions and corporate growth. Thousands of researchers, developers, producers, and providers of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer Animation Festival award ceremony will be held on 17 December 2009 to honor the well-deserved award winners!

Speakers

Jun Rekimoto (The University of Tokyo and Sony Computer Science Laboratories Director)

David Kirk (NVIDIA Fellow and former NVIDIA Chief Scientist)

Joe Rohde (Executive Designer and Senior Vice President, Walt Disney Imagineering)

Original digital painting of autumn’s rhythm and sounds–the deep tonal quality of the season orchestrated by the cello.

colors fall to ground
notes of stillness bend and sway
blending deep, rich sounds

Autumn’s rhythm adds a deep tonal quality to life. It is richer, stronger and more contemplative. I can listen for hours to the sounds of the season; to the colorful notes falling to the ground and vibrating my heart with gratitude.

– genece hamby, contemporary artist
To purcahse Autumn’s Rhythm http://www.shibuistudio.com/autumnsrhythm.html

A misty fall morning, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, after a night of rain.
© 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.

NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L Ennis. Link to be used…(Visual Thoughts http://dlennis.wordpress.com/)

NOTE: Commercial use, and the creation of prints, must be purchased! For more information you can contact me here.

Blasphemous and irreverent FUN!!!

Fixtion Jesus T-Shirts are now available in a huge assortment of styles.

Check out the JesusPOPS store at Zazzle!

Q44z Gallery – A new era in art.

Q44z Gallery is working hard to be the premier online gallery for self-taught artists. While we know that traditionally trained artists produce amazing and wonderful work, we believe that the self-trained artists often produce more meaningful art.

It’s the outsider artist that is free from create untainted by educational influences and prejudices. Self-trained artists create their work because they simply have the desire to create, they typically don’t create because they are trying to make a living or build a career from their work. They create because it’s in their souls. They create because they can’t not create.

Q44z is a unique kind of gallery because our artists are unique.