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Lesson - How To Begin An Oil Painting It is very hard for many painters and students to initially begin making a new painting. Your canvas or panel (depending what you use) is blank! and this blankness is very intimidating, especially when you do not have a procedure for beginning The thing you are painting is sitting there all complete and you have to start from scratch - blank canvas. Yes, the first step usually is the hardest and biggest, and the first step is - "How do I begin?" Let us say, for this example, you are painting a still-life that you have set up. Maybe some apples in a bowl with flowers in back of them. And, let's assume all of this is against a background of dark green cloth. That will be your subject to paint. You have red apples, colorful flowers, a green background, maybe on a wooden table. All of these colors and objects that you see before you, yet, when you turn to look at your painting surface, it is blank! How do you begin to p...

Yeahhh.. sudah hari ke-9 bulannya 6 tahunnya 2009.. Aku rasa boring.. aku ingin baring.. jikalau baring.. perlu mengiring.. selepas mengiring tentu berpusing.. Argghh.. tidak jadilah aku boring.. Image by dominiqs via Flickr Aku rasa berang.. aku ingin barang.. jikalau barang.. perlu parang.. selepas berparang tentulah garang.. Hmmm.. tidak jadilah aku berang.. Image via Wikipedia

yeah! punya lama aku terlupa pasal blog ini. sebenarnya ini blog terpinggir yang aku buat pada tahun 2004. dek terlupa email address yang aku guna untuk login, wajar aku biarkan sahaja. entah macamana - selepas beberapa tahun - hari ini aku terlebih rajin berusaha mendapatkan semula akses blog ini. ceh! macamlah ada harta karun aku tinggalkan di sini. entah apa-apa. yang lawaknya dan misteri kepada aku sendiri ialah selang 2 hari lagi ulangtahun ke-5 blog ini semenjak catatan yang pertama. betapa aku telah kehilangan 5 tahun tanpa berbuat apa-apa.

Salam grafik di angin lalu. Lama sudah tidak mengemas dan mengini blogspot. Banyak sangat tempat buat kerja sehinggakan tidak terjaga. Ini antara projek cari duit poket sikit-sikit untuk kawan siber. Buat poskad versi digital. Satu poskad dapat RM1.00. Kira oklah. Baru siap 10 keping. Layannnnnzzzz..

Copy from http://www.qassia.com/how-to-charge-for-your-services Are you a freelancer and wondering how to charge for your services? Some of us share their secrets of charging more for less! Please allow me to share my experiences on web development. There are lots of people I am sure would be interested to know the 'market price' or how much to charge for their services. I been setting up websites about 10 years ago, self thought. I am quite a lousy designer but I am quite good at modifying and better still at understanding what client wants. Today I no longer do web business but hire web developers to run my retail/distribution business. I use to charge RM2000-RM10000 per site. I do not care whether it is simple or difficult to handle but I calculate myself if I were to work 8 hours a day at a company, probably I'll get paid at RM 2500 a month so I work back my time. If I have to spend with a customer 40 hours a week developing, consulting the clients, I would charge R...

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How to Read a Painting art is a great status symbol in modern society and because of that it can be quite intimidating to the casual viewer. For many the first impulse is to blow it off, to see it as a worthless plaything for the rich and boring. This is too bad, not only because art can be a great source of pleasure in our lives, but because even a passing acquaintance with art can enrich and deepen our understanding of the world around us. (via Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done )

Hari ini kepenatan. Selepas terkejar-kejar memandu ke pusat bandaraya negara untuk penghantaran dokumen tender, bergegas pula perlahan-lahan ke pinggir bandaraya satelit. Balik ke pejabat, terasa hendak minum pula. Kerja yang separa siap seawal pagi tadi sudah dilunaskan. Masa yang terhidang ini diguna untuk mempertajamkan kemahiran yang tidak seberapa. Foto spontan posse anak lelaki menjadi bahan ujikaji. Diambil menggunakan kamera digital Kodak Easyshare . Lokasi hanya di ruang tengah rumah. Manipulasi hasil janaan Photoshop CS2 . Crop, Blur, Glow, Level dan segala macam pilihan filter yang ada diaplikasikan. Hasilnya? Hmmm... bolehlah untuk rasa seronok sendiri.

Values Value is the difference in tones of light and dark. Light tones are "high" in value, dark tones are "low" in value. Values create form, the shape of the image and a sense of volume or 3-dimensionality. The use of different kinds of lines and dots, alone or in groups, and cross-hatching can also create tonal values & texture. A value scale is a series of steps from pure white to black with thousands of grays in between. When light falls on an object, Five Tone Values emerge: Body tone - the color value of the object. Body shadow - the shadow that lies on the crest or curve of a rounded form as it turns away from the light. Cast shadow - the darkest shadow; an object blocks the light and a cast shadow is created behind the object. Reflected light - a dim light that is bounced back onto an object as passes by it causing light to fall on surfaces around object. Highlight - the brightest light; the light that falls most directly on an object. via Santo...

Values Value is the difference in tones of light and dark. Light tones are "high" in value, dark tones are "low" in value. Values create form, the shape of the image and a sense of volume or 3-dimensionality. The use of different kinds of lines and dots, alone or in groups, and cross-hatching can also create tonal values & texture. A value scale is a series of steps from pure white to black with thousands of grays in between. When light falls on an object, Five Tone Values emerge: Body tone - the color value of the object. Body shadow - the shadow that lies on the crest or curve of a rounded form as it turns away from the light. Cast shadow - the darkest shadow; an object blocks the light and a cast shadow is created behind the object. Reflected light - a dim light that is bounced back onto an object as passes by it causing light to fall on surfaces around object. Highlight - the brightest light; the light that falls most directly on an object. via Santo...

Baiklah anak-anak semua. Topik kita menyentuh cara-cara melukis watak komik dengan mudah. Disebabkan tidak begitu mahir memberi penerangan, kali ini Abang Miau hendak tunjukkan beberapa buah dokumen .PDF yang boleh dimuat turun sebagai bacaan panduan. Antara yang diterangkan ialah cara melukis watak hero wanita dengan langkah paling asas. Ya! tersangat mudah. Adik-adik yang belum tumbuh gigi juga boleh lakukannya. Senarai panduan seperti berikut : FEMALE HERO (From the book, "Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist.") BICEPS: THE FAMOUS "SHOW" MUSCLE (From the book, "Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist.") HOME ON THE RANGE: THE BARBECUE (From the book, "Cartoon Cool - How to draw new retro-style characters .") PRETTY TEEN (From the book, "Cartoon Cool - How to draw new retro-style characters .") THE HEAD IN FOUR RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE STEPS (From the book, "Manga Mania - Bishoujo .") THE CRUSH (From the book, ...

Salam salam. Pakcik pun tidak ingat bila tarikh sebenar pakcik buat 'Cik CT' melalui Kedai Foto Adobe ini. Yang pasti pakcik terjumpa selepas menggoda ehh... menggodek URL yang terbiar lama di blog 360.. Sebenarnya gambar Cik CT (sebelum bergelar DATUK, isteri & ...) ini hasil penjelmaan semula (wah! serupa cerita seram geli-gelilah pulak) menggunakan teknik dan taktik yang pakcik pun sudah lupa hasil janaan aplikasi grafik yang glam itulah. Gambar sebenar merupakan foto yang diambil hasil persembahan nyanyiannya. Kemudian dipotong-potong dan dikerat-kerat 18 bahagian (opsss!). Selepas itu dibiarkan semalaman dan diembunkan lalu ditoskan secara pusingan berirama 270 darjah arah selatan batu nantikau ehh... nautika! Ok, sebenarnya pakcik memang langsung tidak ingat proses pembuatannya. X-D

Salam.. Pakcik sebenarnya terlupa pasal kerja "ARTIS DALAM PEMBIKINAN" yang asyik tertangguh ini. Memang tidak berkesempatan hendak menyempurnakannya. Sehinggalah Encik Azhar sudi memberikan komen maka pakcik secara tiba-tiba bersemangat untuk meneruskan kembali catan digital FAFAU ini. Harap bersabarrrrrrrrr...

Assalamualaikum dan selamat sejahtera.. bagaimana dengan kesihatan anda hari ini? semoga anda dalam keadaan sihat dan ceria di samping keluarga tersayang. apa? anda tidak sayang keluarga anda? hmm.. anda harus lakukan sesuatu berkenaan perkara itu.. setelah sekian lama meninggalkan khidmat blog oleh blogger.com ini, maka saya mengambil tindakan untuk berbuat sesuatu. sekadar menghidupkan kembali fungsi sistem dan mempergunakannya untuk karya amatur saya. ini sebahagian dari projek "sekejap ada, sekejap tiada" artis Malaysia dalam bentuk lukisan vektor oleh saya. lukisan vektor ditekap dan disalin dari gambar asal yang terdapat di Gambarartis.blogspot.com tatacara ini mengambil masa saya sebenarnya, maklumlah masih di tahap amatur. jika ada kelapangan akan diwarnakan. sekianlah catatan yang tidak seberapa ini sekadar membungakan sedikit taman yang hampir layu ditelan zaman.

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Novel grafik pertama Nur Azmi terbitan Ameen Serve Holdings. Ini merupakan "masterpiece" Nur Azmi. Karya yang lari dari aspek konvesional penceritaan komik melayu. Pelancaran novel grafiknya "Mambo di Kuale" pada Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Mac ini di PWTC, Kuala Lumpur

Saya sedang mempelajari kaedah "memaparkan isi kandungan blog di blogger.com ke tempat lain" dengan mengujikaji tapak blog saya sendiri.. Tujuan saya, supaya capaian dapat dilakukan melalui ringkasan tajuk jika ada isu/artikel yang menarik dapat di "blog"kan.. Alat utama dalam kaedah "sedut" ini ialah penggunaan MagpieRSS , sejenis sumber terbuka untuk memindah terima pelbagai jenis bahan RSS.. Harapan saya jika tiada gangguan, usaha ini akan terlaksana sebaik mungkin..

This article is from The Star Online (http://thestar.com.my) URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/22/nation/12930996&sec=nation Thursday December 22, 2005 "Sultan" sets up palace in Malacca PETALING JAYA: Self-proclaimed "Sultan" of Malacca, Raja Noor Jan Shah Raja Tuah, has set up his own "palace" in Malacca, with a team of officials, to meet people he calls his "loyal subjects". His secretary Azri Sapian said the "palace" at Bukit Punggor was a gift from the people. "There could not have been a better choice than a 70-year-old traditional Malacca house," he said yesterday. Property businessman Raja Noor Jan Shah, 48, claims to be a direct descendant of Sultan Mahmud Shah and the 44th Sultan of Malacca. He held an "investiture ceremony" with 500 guests in Kuala Lumpur last month. His claim to the throne, however, has been dismissed by Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam. __...

By VIVIENNE PAL SEE Yew Lee still seems a little dazed although it has been a year since he was selected by the Malaysian Cartoonists' Association (Pekartun) to take part in the 9th Asian Cartoon Exhibition. The exhibition aims to introduce Asian society and culture by way of a medium that is accessible and understandable to all – cartoons. Themed “How’s IT in Asia?”, the annual showcase of one-frame cartoons is jointly organised by The Japan Foundation and The National Library of Malaysia, and is currently on display at the National Library. “I was a little surprised that of all the other cartoonists, they selected me to represent the country in this exhibition,” See said during the launch on Nov 10. One of See’s works called ‘Charm of Internet.’ “I didn't expect to be noticed and felt somewhat inadequate; my favourite topic is politics and I've only been working on my children's comic series (Ge Mei Lia) since its first pu...