I've noticed some recurrent patterns in music videos (use of numbers, colors, etc.) that have piqued my interest. I'm wondering if any industry insiders can shed any light or if anyone has explored this concept academically or otherwise.
[more inside]
posted by xenophile
on Feb 27, 2013 -
3 answers
I have a large (but not terribly heavy) wooden shield that I'd like to hang. Yesterday I used two eye screws, wrapped wire around the handle, and tried to suspend it.
Pic of the back of the shield here:
http://tinypic.com/r/34ffwbk/7
Unfortunately there's no stud, it needs to hang in a very specific location, and the eye screws were too short. To be honest it was a little sub-par as a solution anyway. All the grip clamps (like you'd use to hang a broom) at the hardware store are either too big or too small.
How would you mount this? With the handle on the back, the piece extends about four inches from the wall. I'm willing to trudge back out into the frozen wasteland and hit up the hardware store again, but not if I don't have to. Thank you!
posted by 2soxy4mypuppet
on Feb 26, 2013 -
10 answers
Lets say I found an amazing macro photograph of a flower or of an old building and I wanted to do a very detailed graphite drawing of the photo. Am I able to claim this drawing as 'my' artwork? Can I use it in a painting to sell? Does the photographer need to be credited? Do I need permission in the first place to use the photo as reference or should I just avoid all the potential hassle and take my own darned photographs for reference from which to draw?
posted by tenaciousmoon
on Feb 24, 2013 -
9 answers
I have this Phaidon Nan Goldin monograph written by Guido Costsa, and there isn't any info or even title/date of the (NSFW) cover photo. It is the same photo as you see here:
link.
I would like any info available about this photo. Does anybody know who the model is, what her relationship was to Nan, when the picture was taken? Any other interesting info?
Thank you.
posted by mermaidcafe
on Feb 24, 2013 -
2 answers
A couple weeks ago I wrote down "gaddyne" on the page in my notebook where I write down artists and musicians and albums and the like. I now trying to find out what the hell I meant. I can find nothing on Google as to what this would be. I have fairly good handwriting and this was written in all caps. as I often do (I do not think it is initials/anagram for something). Probably dub or electronic music related.
Please, tell me what I was trying to tell myself.
posted by J0
on Feb 21, 2013 -
7 answers
For my job, I'm looking for some material to create an audio soundscape for
this photo. I don't know much about hip hop or what might have been associated with hip hop culture in 1993 coastal Texas. What songs, ambient sounds, interview snippets, or other (very short) sound experiences would enhance your viewing of this photo?
posted by Miko
on Feb 20, 2013 -
8 answers
This picture is a framed clipping from a magazine that dates back more than 30 years. The original is by
Pietro Annigoni, I believe. I am looking for a copy of the original that is better quality than a magazine clipping.
[more inside]
posted by MuffinMan
on Feb 20, 2013 -
2 answers
My husband and i love the works of derek hess, steven kasner, etc. Can you name any other artists that work in the same vein/style/feel?
I am also searching for someone who can make me a really beautiful pendant of a cicada. *fingers crossed*
Thank you!
posted by unlucky.lisp
on Feb 20, 2013 -
2 answers
I am a decent artist but very rusty, have intermediate Photoshop skills but draw quite well on my cheapie SB Pro app on my Kindle. (I even sold prints using just that.) Now, I have a new Wacom and besides the usual adjustment to using a wacom stylus, am finding that all three applications on my Mac have pros and cons (as a beginner with this wacom tablet), with the biggest con being the user myself. Can you recommend any books or links on doing drawings and paintings using the Wacom Bamboo (Splash) besides the applications' websites? Any brushes you favor or have downloaded and so forth? As an aside I note that pics I do in Art Rage at 300 dpi saved as psd don't open on my SB Pro application but this may be a future question.)
posted by snap_dragon
on Feb 17, 2013 -
3 answers
I want to change my Barbie doll's skin tone and paint her face to give her different eyes. How?
[more inside]
posted by discopolo
on Feb 14, 2013 -
8 answers
The walls of my apartment are seeming a little bare as of late, and I'm wondering where in the city I could go to pick up some nice art or prints to put up on them...
[more inside]
posted by un petit cadeau
on Feb 6, 2013 -
8 answers
Wondering if anyone else who uses the Wacom Intuos5 drawing tablet knows how to deal with this problem. My Intuos3, which I loved, had a big dead space in the middle of the drawing pad because I used a cleaner on it that messed it up. Two new versions had been released since I bought it, so I figured it was time to get the latest and greatest.
[more inside]
posted by cartoonella
on Feb 2, 2013 -
4 answers
The ice melts, releasing the pebbles onto the sculpture.
YOUTUBE
Anyone know more about this genre of what I call sonic sculpture?
[more inside]
posted by surplus
on Jan 29, 2013 -
10 answers
I enjoy making large, colourful crochet blankets. I have enough blankets but I don't want to give any more away or sell them. Apart from yarn bombing, in what artistic way can I use them? It can be for private or public display.
This is an example of what I make.
posted by drunkonthemoon
on Jan 23, 2013 -
15 answers
I currently have a high paying desk job, but want to live free and make art. Should I save my money or aggressively pay down my student loans?
[more inside]
posted by Miss T.Horn
on Jan 23, 2013 -
14 answers
My friends went to Germany on a whim and now they are cold and miserable until their flight back in early February. I don't want them to give up hope. What are some truly awesome things that they can do in Berlin and the surrounding areas in the coming weeks?
[more inside]
posted by cloeburner
on Jan 18, 2013 -
38 answers
For an art project I'm looking to build a transluscent human-sized fishtank-like container. How can I accomplish this without spending thousands of dollars?
[more inside]
posted by divabat
on Jan 17, 2013 -
10 answers
I've been re-reading Tolstoy's "What is Art?" and Ayn Rand's "Romantic Manifesto".
I would like to read more about how we think about art and what we consider to be art as well as the relationship between the artist and society/culture.
I'm especially interested in how we think of art and what is my responsibility as an artist to the greater society and culture.
[more inside]
posted by Tchad
on Jan 11, 2013 -
20 answers
I'm spending all next week in Oakland, CA. Help me get an art-y, fixed-gear, artisanal taste of this city on the make.
[more inside]
posted by sureshot
on Jan 11, 2013 -
12 answers
I've been looking at environments, especially my home, and seeing how they impact me in terms of imagery. I'm specifically looking for images I could place in my home that are evocative of successful relationship.
[more inside]
posted by diode
on Jan 10, 2013 -
8 answers
Can you give me examples of public statues of historic, individual animals? (eg. statue of Balto the famous sled-dog, in Central Park in NYC.)
[more inside]
posted by Flood
on Jan 9, 2013 -
50 answers
I'm an established photographer with a large body of work in travel and performance/event, with a niche in circus arts. I've exhibited in the past, and I'm looking for resources on funding/grants to put on an exhibition in either New York or London.
[more inside]
posted by felspar
on Jan 8, 2013 -
5 answers
I'm getting a start making jewelry and am looking for suppliers for inexpensive beads and pendants. Most of what I've been using has been cheap stuff from Fire Mountain and I've been really happy with the stuff I've gotten for them in the 75 cents to 2 dollar range but am looking for more variety. I'm more interested in pendants and other focals than beads, but I'm addicted enough to the bead part that I'll look at sites that focus on those too :)
[more inside]
posted by NoraReed
on Jan 3, 2013 -
8 answers
Depictions of success and failure in American culture? Films, videos, commercials, shows, songs, and other (non-literary) media requested.
[more inside]
posted by cymru_j
on Jan 3, 2013 -
24 answers
Creative wibble: Feel like I could do some cool stuff but crippled by insecurity and thus don't sit down and DO IT. Hope me?
[more inside]
posted by anonymous
on Dec 26, 2012 -
14 answers
Can I print an image at Kinko's that has the copyright symbol, but also says "free for personal use"?
[more inside]
posted by smirkyfodder
on Dec 22, 2012 -
9 answers
What are the most unusual, non-traditional, online comics? I am especially interested in learning about comics that are visually different. For example, I would love to learn about comics that blend photographs with drawing, are interlinked in a non-linear way, or are all one continuous strip rather than divided up.
posted by mortaddams
on Dec 19, 2012 -
17 answers
I liked capoeira a lot, but my wrists did not. Are there any other martial dances? Or schools that take a martial art like tai chi but do something dance-y with it?
posted by curious nu
on Dec 17, 2012 -
12 answers
I have some hand drawn portraits by my late Grandfather, they were drawn on thin paper before he went to the Southern Pacific during WWII.
I would like to make sure other people in the family have copies. What is the best way in Seattle to make copies?
posted by slothhog
on Dec 16, 2012 -
2 answers
Looking for an artist previously featured in the magazine Hi Fructose...or I'm mistaken and I saw it in a tattoo magazine like Inked.
[more inside]
posted by DisreputableDog
on Dec 15, 2012 -
2 answers
I've been asked to put together a longish reading list for a BA Art/Literature module, and I'd love some ideas for texts outside my current knowledge. The list should cover a series of genres and contexts, with writing from, and about, the history and theory of art, journalism, academia, design, architecture and film. Writing on design and architecture are particularly outside my knowledge. What innovative and critically significant writings can you recommend across any of these subject areas?
[more inside]
posted by 0bvious
on Dec 14, 2012 -
8 answers
I bought a print of a painting I love in the only format available: A full bleed art show poster on glossy 11"x17" bond. The painting reproduction is approximately the top half of the poster, say 10"x8". I can clearly see the grain of the canvas in the print, and it is entirely possible that the original painting is not much larger than the reprint. So my question is, is it feasible to have this print blown up to twice or thrice it's size without sacrificing quality?
[more inside]
posted by carsonb
on Dec 10, 2012 -
9 answers
Looking for an artist that would go into natural environments (e.g. a stream) and organize objects there (e.g. rocks in the stream). by some salient characteristic (color, size). I think I'm making up the stream example, but they were objects that would never end up ordered through any natural process.
posted by phrontist
on Dec 9, 2012 -
5 answers
