How do I mount my enormous masonite painting? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there a name for Satoshi Kitamura's art style in Creepy Crawly Song Book? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 1 answers

I am looking for a good website for free clip art. I have googled but come up with rather lame clip art. I am putting together a one page memo and wanted some cartoonish things like aliens and comic book like designs. And I am using Word 2004 for the Mac.
posted on May 15, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I improve my art awareness (i.e paintings, sculpture, crafts, etc.)? [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2008 - 21 answers

I want to get a poster-sized art print of a PDF (all vector graphics). Since it seems like there are a thousand companies promising high quality prints online, I'd love to hear anybody's recommendations about who I should go to for this sort of job.
posted on May 12, 2008 - 3 answers

I am looking for a good non-auto junk/ salvage yard in Portland, OR area that allows you to dig though and buy scrap metal. I am trying to find some funky old metal to use to build a metal gate and some trellises for my yard. That and I just sort of feel like wandering around a junk yard, but I can't seem to find any (other than auto yards) that allow people to dig around. [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2008 - 10 answers

Please explain to me step by step how exactly to hang art using picture rails. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 18 answers

Can anyone give me any insight into this mystery painting? All thoughts welcomed. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 6 answers

Is there a name for this style of drawing? And can you suggest a good course of action I could take to learning it? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 14 answers

Seeking reliable internet service to enlarge an image to poster size. [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a source (video name, who did it, what the music is called, why was it made, is it available online, any other information) of the CGI video that appears at the very start of this YouTube video of Tomorrows World c1984 clip. [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 2 answers

How should I get started in vector drawing? I'd love to be able to produce those smooth, clean scalable drawings someday. [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 12 answers

Looking for sites with embroidery on paper patterns. [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me figure out what to do with some travel money! Specifically interested in arts / electronics / performance festivals, but any suggestions are welcome. [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - 16 answers

About a month ago I saw an exhibit at Le Palais de Tokyo in Paris that included tree-like sculptures set around big, white, globe-shaped lights. Does anyone know the artist's name?
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - 3 answers

Have you had a Harper's subscription since 1995? Have you been saving the back issues? Because.... [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I, though clueless, learn to do digital art on the cheap? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 10 answers

Help me remember this painting! The subject is three people in a cafe or club. One (a soldier I think) is checking out a woman across the room. She in turn is checking out another man who happens to be checking out the first. If I recall correctly, a green light is shining down on at least one of the subjects, the gay man. This was possibly painted in Weimar Germany, but I could be wrong. The style certainly fits into that time period. Thank you metafilter.
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm looking for websites that analyse the work of successful or well known photographers in the art genre (as opposed to documentary or portraiture styles). [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 5 answers

I am looking for online magazines to submit art/literature/experimental/fun articles to. I think 'The Believer' magazine is a good example of the type I crave. UK based would be best, but not completely necessary. [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 9 answers

All this talk on flickr lately of "long photos" reminded me of a VERY "long photo" I saw in SFMOMA probably around a year ago... it was a scene at a cafe, with someone at a piano, a man and woman talking, one holding a cigarette, and a couple of other people, all frozen for at least five minutes... the most noticeable movement was cigarette smoke trailing up into the air. Does anyone know who that was by, what it was called, and whether I can find it online?
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 6 answers

Could someone name the artist who created http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4508/strangeza8.jpg, and the other images in the series? I know it was part of an art photography piece, but I can't recall the artist's name, or the link.
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 6 answers

I have about 6 or 7 Tiny Showcase prints that I would like to display. Does anyone have a clever way to display this collection? I'd like to display them all together.
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 1 answers

Who painted this and what is it called? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 4 answers

Hiring graphic novel artist to create professional graphic-novel-style portrait as gift? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 13 answers

What's the best way to make sharp, detailed, flexible custom stencils? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 8 answers

Please help me determine the best software (windows) for an interactive video/video game art project. I'd like to have participants use a video game controller to create a realtime animation by cycling through different sprites and "drawing" their paths on a single scene. Or better yet - where can I find someone skilled in programming who might want to collaborate on such a project? I can't seem to determine whether to look at game-construction apps or interactive video apps (vvvv, Processing, etc.) [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 3 answers

How much should I budget for a series of 26 illustrations for an online ABC Book? How about 26 short animations? Any tips on finding a good artist who won't break the bank? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 5 answers

Creative Ideas Filter: I need ideas of Famous and Memorable Photographs or Paintingsor famous and memorable scenes from History, Movies, or Television that can be Reenacted on the spot without planning by 3-6 people for me to photograph for a final project for school. [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 18 answers

What are the best options (paper types, inks, etc.) for making prints of digital art? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 2 answers

60s pop art painting of a Gulf sign -- who is the artist? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 10 answers

Where can I learn to make fork whirligigs? [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 7 answers

Does anyone have any suggestions for books about photomicroscopy or astrophotography as art? In particular I am looking for books that deal with these subjects in relation to traditional art practices like painting and photography. [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 4 answers

Please recommend some good inspirational illustration websites. I currently check Drawn.ca on a daily basis and I love them, but I am hungry for more. [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 7 answers

Unique gift ideas for surprise birthday/care package for female friend in the UK for under $50 (not including shipping)? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm being taken advantage of at work. My life and career need a major overhaul. I need to make a really big U-turn, but how? [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 20 answers

Where can I get prints of David Villaseñor's oil paintings? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 1 answers

I am looking for a painting. I think it was in a book providing an overview of the popart movement. [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm in Chicago alone and bored tomorrow Saturday April 5th looking for interesting galleries, showings, art exhibits, etc. What would you recommend? Near an el is a + :) [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 5 answers

Who created those 8-bit pixel art graphics of many famous characters? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 3 answers

Recursion filter: I recently came across the phrase 'Mise en Abyme' and have become fascinated by recursion in literature, language and film. What writings have used these themes in their form to address the questions they posed? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 18 answers

Would it be possible to buy a laser engraver to engrave my stuff...like they do here and here? [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - 4 answers

What printer/printer output will please an art director? An artist is shopping for a new inkjet printer. It will be used to print graphics and photographs for submission to art directors, so she would like to know if there are industry standards or preferences for the output. [more inside]
posted on Mar 29, 2008 - 5 answers

I've been watching BBS: The Documentary and just finished the "scene" episode. I was struck in particular by Metalhead / Shaggy from iCE. He seemed much, much cooler (my standards, obviously. I also liked Jed from ACiD) than anyone else interviewed. I was kind of into ansi art and demo stuff in high school and college (though not as a participant) and it was refreshing to hear someone kind of deflate the hubris surrounding it. I'd like to see what he's up to now, if anything, but google is failing me. Current work. Websites. Even just his real name.
posted on Mar 26, 2008 - 7 answers

I want to physically cut-up vinyl records and books into pieces, which I will then glue back together in various, alternate combinations. What are the best methods of doing this? [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 10 answers

If I buy an original piece of artwork, from the artist, without a written contract, who owns the copyright? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 13 answers

I gave a collector Right of First Refusal on a painting. How long should I give him to decide? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 7 answers

WebLibary filter: MeFites, in your opinion what is the BEST web library for art journals and books a la, Questa? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 2 answers

A couple of years ago for an art project I made a couple of four foot long geckos out of conduit and fence wire. It was a lot of work and the end result, while pleasing, wasn't quite as finished looking as I would have hoped. I got the idea from looking at beaded wire frame animal shapes you can see for sale in artsy stores. How can I make a frame for animal shapes that represents the original more accurately with less guesswork? [more inside]
posted on Mar 23, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the best way to make prints of my art for resale? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 6 answers