by danhermes | Oct 3, 2009 | Art Reviews, Digital Arts, Moving Paintings, SeePastTech
Principles guide us through the centuries. Through the dark ages when events would have us forget our homelands. Fashion distracts and entertains, but principles steady the tiller. What are the Principles of Art? Hints: They are not render times, nor intersecting...
by danhermes | Oct 3, 2009 | Digital Arts, SeePastTech, Whimsy
What would Monet think of filters? Cezanne and splines? Voillard and the Clone Tool? None of it matters. Why? They are gone. And we are here. They have left us their world, to make it...
by danhermes | Oct 3, 2009 | Digital Arts, SeePastTech
Are we graphic designers or artists? What is the difference? What do hex codes want with color? Do pixels know line and gesture? Do polygons understand form? What does our hand know of an optical mouse, or a digital pen? What do our eyes know of backlit cells? Will...
by danhermes | Aug 10, 2009 | Art Reviews, Art Reviews - Featured, Digital Arts, See Past Tech - Featured, SeePastTech
A computer is a wondrous tool, but playing with a wondrous tool is not the same as using it to build visual art. The eyes can see the difference. Timeless visual art can be seen with the eyes of the face, the eyes of the mind, and the eyes of the heart. The...
by danhermes | Feb 4, 2009 | Art Reviews, Digital Arts, Moving Paintings, SeePastTech
Over the past one hundred years, the Fine Arts have suffered a sudden death at the hands of Edison, Marconi, George Eastman, and Philo Farnsworth. Prior to the invention of the phonograph, cinema, radio, camera, and television, sounds and images were...
