Digital Art
Articles and tutorials about digital art. I explore various applications such as Blender, DAZ Studio, Photoshop and many more. In some of these I create 3D models or set scenes and in others I compare the various applications and what they offer.
Blender: An easy underwater / above water 3D cut-away approach
This is basically a “how I did it” post about Blender. In it I only cover the sea creation aspect, not the terrain aspect which can be found in hundreds of places online. You see, my goal was to try to create one of those shots where part of the picture is above the water and part is below. I figured that, just like terrains, there would be hundreds of
Pen, Pencil & Brush
These articles address the more traditional art forms and my attempts with them.
Painting interuptus – Almost not finishing The Three Sisters
February 2013. I had finished the portrait of my daughter Rhiannon a few months earlier and I still felt upset that it had not met my expectations. I did not want to touch a brush again. Then, out of the blue, I was contacted by Richard, an old school friend who now resided in Japan. He had seen the post of Rhiannon’s portrait on Facebook and wanted me to paint
Photography
Articles regarding photography
Old photographs, Machine Learning and DeOldify
In my day job I am a database programmer. I love data. The reason I love data is twofold. Firstly, within data there resides stories and I adore stories. Secondly, data offers a challenge in its presentation. How do you present data in a manner that is not only meaningful but also engages and inspires? For work I have been asked to find out more about using Machine Learning to
Writing Shade
Posts concerning my thoughts while writing novels based in the world of Shade. These posts may contain spoilers and excerpts.
#Writing the second draft of the first scene
This post is about editing a first draft. Anyway, about the way I do it. You can compare the product of the first edit (this post) with the unedited first draft (last post). Note: as with any of my other posts in this section of my blog, it may contain spoilers to my writing. So proceed at your own risk. In my last post I discussed my routine of reading
Writing (General)
General articles about writing
Interview: L K Weir – author of “Prism City”
Life is funny. Full of the unexpected. Somehow, while trundling along in my own little world on social media (in this case Twitter) I stumbled across an author named L K Weir who was describing her freshly released novel. I cannot remember the exact words that she used, but I do recall it being something like “science fiction noir”. Well, I had to give this novel of hers a go.
Reviews
Reviews of films, television shows and books
Review: “A Hole in the Universe” by J H Wear @JH_Wear
Introduction I know that Gene Roddenberry wanted Star Trek to be a “Hornblower in Space”, but I reckon that this novel should also get that description, albeit Hornblower was in the navy and the Captain in this novel is not. But the sense of it. The feel. It is so very much like that. The first few chapters provide background information and then the novels explodes into action. While I
Travel
My #GoogleLocalGuide photos reach 3 million views on #GoogleMaps
As many of you may remember, when I was unemployed one of the things I did to keep myself sane when not applying for jobs was to become a Google Local Guide. This meant visiting local attractions and food spots and photographing/reviewing them. The results were then placed on Google Maps. There was no money doing this, but there was an opportunity to get more free online storage from Google.
Technology
Articles regarding my experiments and interests in technology and programming
Review: “Learning Microsoft Power BI Desktop” LinkedIn Learning Course
Perhaps, like me, you are an information worker and have been seeing references to Power BI turning up in articles, conversations and job ads. You wonder “what is this Power BI that they speak of?” Well, this course at LinkedIn Learning will give you the good oil. The BI referred to is Business Intelligence. To borrow from Wikipedia “BI technologies provide historical, current, and predictive views of business operations. Common
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Greg-
Thanks so much for your continuing support. Much appreciated.
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I should be thanking you for writing blog posts that interest me :)
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You do, frequently.
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Thanks.
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Hi Greg,
Glad you found something you liked on the website. Thanks for visiting it. I like the range of interests expressed in yours, your art ain’t too bad either!
My sister’s husband is from Australia, and they lived in Sydney for a long time, She rode the ferry a lot and taught there as well.
I’m not a programmer, so only know a bit from taking a Java class (pun not intended) and a C++ class. Really enjoyed both, Programming, esp. user interfaces is fun and interesting. Your website is eye-friendly, and pleasantly uncluttered, very easy on the mind! Thanks!
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Hi :)
and thanks for visiting. :) You know how sometimes you will be reading an article on someone’s WordPress site, and at the bottom WordPress will recommend a couple of other similar posts/sites? Well that is how I found your post that I liked. The entire idea of tailoring illustrations to match how the mind learns was thorough and thoughtful and deep. I felt that I had no choice but to like it. :)
I am very much an amateur at what I do with illustrations and art, but appreciate the comments :) And I’ve always been interested in just about everything. :)
Whareabouts in Sydney did your sister’s husband come from? I’m from the southern suburbs of Sydney.
As a writer, I may well call upon your knowledge one day when some of my characters need to perform some tracking :)
Once again thanks for visiting :)
Greg
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