http://www.doodlesmith.com Doodles and Other Fine Art Wed, 31 May 2006 20:21:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has posted some doodles of animation legend Ralph Bakshi along with some background and stories about Bakshi’s career. http://www.doodlesmith.com/2006/05/31/ralph-bakshi-phone-doodles/ Ha ha. Via MilitantPlatypus. http://www.doodlesmith.com/2006/05/20/young-escher/ Google purchased @Last Software and has released a free version of their SketchUp 3D modelling software. Google SketchUp main page. A Pro version is available for $495 and supports additional file formats, high resolution rendering, and other features. This is intuitive and extremely easy-to-use software. In the screenshot of the free version ... http://www.doodlesmith.com/2006/05/16/google-sketchup/ I’m stunned. Really, this Pump King Utter guy (a.k.a. Scott Cummins) is good. Weird name, but as it turns out, he carves pumpkins. Yeah, a bit. Oh, and read the frequently asked questions. Funny guy. He also does more traditional illustration too. http://www.doodlesmith.com/2005/10/20/pumpkin-carvings/ Children’s art is great. While they have trouble coloring in the lines, their work is often unrestrained, innocent, and engaging. They can reveal and inspire. I posted about the Monster Engine, Dave DeVries’ interesting project of “completing” drawings done by kids. Thomas the ArtLad is six years old and has no ... http://www.doodlesmith.com/2005/08/04/thomas-the-artlad/ Do you draw on your trash? Too easy. How about others’ trash? Ian Stevenson has been enhancing the the rubbish on trash pickup days and has an exhibition at his website I Like Drawing. Fun stuff. Take a look around at his simple but amusing drawings too. Seen here and here. http://www.doodlesmith.com/2005/08/03/i-like-drawing/ Stumbled on a great “how to draw” article by Niklas Jansson. Mostly Photoshop, but the concepts apply to Painter and regular old natural media. Niklas seems to gravitate to comic art, but does so with aplomb. Some other useful tutorials can be found here, here, here, and here. http://www.doodlesmith.com/2005/06/30/how-to-draw-2/ This is great. Doodling with type, or TypeDrawing is a fun online tool to create simple “drawings” with type. My feeble first attempt is here. Some more here and here and here. Neat stuff. Reminiscent of a tool… Wacom (maybe?) put up last year. Anyway, TypeDrawing was seen here, here, and here. http://www.doodlesmith.com/2005/06/22/typedrawing/ Dave DeVries’ compelling work of “completing” kids’ artwork is showcased at The Monster Engine. On the one hand, the project is a great way for kids to see their creations taken by a professional artist further than where they left them. It’s easy to see how this might ignite and inspire ... http://www.doodlesmith.com/2005/06/16/the-soul-of-a-childs-art/ Channel One has a Doodle Decoder gallery, with commentary from graphologist Anna Koren. We all scribble stuff in the margins of notebooks or on our shoes, but what do all those stars, hearts and initials mean anyway? Some professional graphologists (people who analyze handwriting) like Anna Koren believe that these drawings ... http://www.doodlesmith.com/2005/06/04/decode-your-doodles-maybe/