Blodget Blog

Blodget Blog

Today I set up a new Wordpress blog on my new blodget.net website. So far so good. I evn have posting from Flickr and audio enclcosures working.

Magnolia

Magnolia
Originally uploaded by jimblodget.

This is the first painting I've done with Painter 8 using my own custom oil brush. I like the look. I also used the round camelhair brush. On the left I was using the clone color, but it looked too photographic. So, from the center to the right I sampled various colors and hand painted sections of stems and branches. It looks more natura that way.

I started the painting by brushing in the background blue with a large brush. It ended up looking like water instead of sky, but it's kind of interesting. I also uploaded a detail of the painting to Flickr so you can see the brush strokes. After I painted the sky I worked from left to right and roughed in the flowers and some of the branches. Then I switched to the camelhair brush to paint the branches and add some detail to the flowers.

RockYou Slideshows

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RockYou offers free Flash based slideshows with transitions and captions. The sample above uses photos I took at Pacific City on the Oregon coast. I first resized the images down to 520 x 390 and then uploaded them one at a time to RockYou. They then give you the code to embed on your own blog or web page.

Rhododendron

Rhododendron
Originally uploaded by jimblodget.

I'm continuing to experiment with Painter. I did this little 5 x 7 inch oil painting to try some new brushes. I used a Van Gogh Artist brush to start and then used a number of Impasto brushes and finished up with a Round Camelhair Oil brush. I took the reference photo in the rhododendron gardens in Eugene, Oregon.

iSight Test 2

iSight Test 2

This is the same sample video clip as in the previous post, but this one is stored on YouTube.com. I wanted to see the difference in the video playback interface of the two services.

Vimeo Test

iSight Test on Vimeo

Today I discoverd Vimeo.com which is another video storage and sharing web service. In addition to letting you embed the video on your own web page or blog this one let's you download either the original mpeg-4 file or the flv. I tried downloading the flv file and uploading it to our Breeze server and it worked. Here's a link to the file on Breeze - http://breeze.chemeketa.edu/p61749394/

Hellodeo

This little video was made at Hellodeo.com. It's a new free web service for recording and playing back video on the Web. I used my MacBook on a wireless nerwork to record this short sample piece. After you make the recording, they give you a snippet of code which you can copy and paste into your blog or web page. Couldn't be easier.

Forrest Painting

Forrest
Originally uploaded by jimblodget.

This week I installed Painter 8 on my new MacBook. This is my first trial painting based on a digital photo I took at the Basket Slough wildlife preserve near Rickreall, Oregon. I used a couple of "Oil" brushes on this 12 by 16 inch image. It took me two hours to complete it. As I compare it to my other paintings done in Painter 5, I find I really prefer the custom brushes I made in version 5. I'll have to do a lot of experimentation to duplicate those brushes in this new version since I can't figure out how to import the older version brushes.

I printed this image on my Epson 1280 on Epson Velvet Matt Heavyweight paper. I looks very rich, but too soft. Most of the brush strokes blend too much with the underlying paint.

Flickr Photos on Slide

I'm trying Slide.com again, this time on my MacBook. I like the way you can create a slideshow from a Flickr RSS feed.