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Archive for January 2007

January 31st, 2007

Artist Hideout News: Feeds and Submissions

I think I finally got all my feed related issues solved for this site (for anyone who may have experienced issues with them lately, thank you for your patience).
Also, I have had many submissions lately for artists who would like to be featured. If you are one of the lurkers (people who read but […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

January 30th, 2007

Trading Art: Reliving the Fascinations of Trading Cards

When I was about 9, I used to enjoy trading baseball cards. Phrases come back to me of “I’ll trade my Jose Canseco Dream Team card for your Nolan Ryan?”. I must admit I was a big fan of Nolan Ryan. Baseball fanatics today don’t know the love of the game that […]

By William Lehman -- 5 comments

January 29th, 2007

Netsuke: Please touch my art.

A friend of mine recently was telling me about Netsuke (pronounced NET-SKAY) art. Apparently there is an animal that is representative of each person’s birth year. This Cocker Spaniel was carved by Netsuke artist-in-training, Nori Mimbu.
Netsuke is the art of taking each one of those animals and carving it. Apparently Netsukee has quite a following […]

By William Lehman -- 1 comment

January 29th, 2007

How to continue Art when life happens… (asking for opinion on cars too)

It’s been a rough last two days. Car problems mostly. A few other things too.
I’ve been a little tied down in terms of actually getting to some paints lately or sitting down in front of a blank piece of paper to even draw a little.
I’ve come to realize that for me when […]

By William Lehman -- 2 comments

January 27th, 2007

New Logo for this Site

For awhile there’s been talk of new templates around b5. I have been frustrated with the colors around here being a little drab to say the least. So while thinking about a new color scheme, I decided to reinvent the logo too with the new colors.
I am pretty pleased with the results. […]

By William Lehman -- 2 comments

January 27th, 2007

Artistry in Music: Andy McKee

Thanks to Aaron’s post (Where he thanks Dan Wilt) I followed the link to McKee’s site and found a link to some other videos on Youtube.
This one I particularly like. I play both hand percussion (which I am decent at) and guitar (though I am not near decent) , and this guy integrates the […]

By William Lehman -- 5 comments

January 27th, 2007

Grand Opening: b5media Forums

You may not know this, but there is a whole community of bloggers that make up b5media. We all communicate behind the scenes with people like Darren Rowse, Jeremy Wright, Aaron Brazell and Christina Jones among others.
In short, it’s like our own little family of support for blogging each and every day. […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

January 26th, 2007

Design on the fly: Computers of the future.

I can’t help but when I am watching this video (which I found thanks to Design Sojourn, a blog which I discovered earlier today) think how will this affect art in the coming years. Browsing through a collection of paintings will be a breeze compared with the programs we are currently using. I […]

By William Lehman -- 2 comments

January 26th, 2007

Snapshots from a drive.

My wife and I went for a nice little drive yesterday evening. Just on some local back roads of central Ohio. Saw a few deer and spotted some clouds. I thought I’d share. I did a little editing in Picasa to these. :)

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By William Lehman -- 1 comment

January 25th, 2007

This is Bob

Occasionally I get the urge to just post strange things here to see how many people tell me about it. I think the truth of some art is just to see if anyone is paying attention.
So, this is Bob.

Bob’s had a hard day. He’s not sure why it’s been hard. In fact Bob is […]

By William Lehman -- 5 comments

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