Artist Hideout

Sex toys just got a whole lot more trendy. But the debate about this one isn’t should or shouldn’t. It’s about stealing the advertising campaign of a product for the sake of promoting a related product.
The poster shown here is a prime example for the allegedly stolen content. Apple has been using the silhouetted figure of people dancing to music in their prime campaign for their iPod.

Apple wants the stores to remove all posters for iGasm and hopes that removing iGasm ads will prevent them from taking further actions. “Apple lawyers claim the poster is …read more

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Sometimes you catch things reading local news that just throws you for a loop. A Baltimore, Ohio woman named Nancy Crow has made quilts that she has sold for $8,000 – $75,000

While studying fine arts at Ohio State in the late 1960s, she says she wanted to be a potter but became allergic to clay dust.
Now her quilts sell for prices ranging from $8-thousand dollars to $75-thousand dollars and have been displayed in museums around the U-S, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian is Washington DC.
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Okay, for someone who accidentally fell into quilt making, this is amazing.
Now, …read more

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I recently hit on the idea to make a digital artwork that was the same width and posting requirements for my blog. One that was rendered specifically for the space but you had to scroll to get the full image. I hadn’t seen anything like this anywhere else. With that in mind, I am opening up the Artist Hideout Challenge.
Make an artwork that fits these dimensions (400px x 1300px) using any theme or software that you prefer. Submit it here and I will post it for inclusion. Be sure to include the name of the software you used to create …read more

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Description:This is a new blog we are launching within the Arts and Design channel of b5media. This blog will focus on making cool things out of junk, keeping useful things out of landfills and conservation as an art movement. Familiarity with wordpress a plus. This will be a split author blog, but will require enthusiasm and passion for the subject that may require higher posting levels than others in the network to make it work.
Knowing what is and isn’t dangerous is also very important for this blog as well giving appropriate warnings, and basic common sense. …read more

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I’ve become a little frustrated by the ebay scene as of late. Sure, you can sell your art via ebay, promote them on your blog and let the buyers bid them up. But what if the item doesn’t sell? How will you distinguish your item from the rest out there?
I think this has been one of those ongoing debates in the art 2.0 world for a long time. www.artflock.com offers a great service for selling your art, and that’s what I’d recommend to anyone who wants to sell their work. It’s an amazing service. …read more

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Have you ever started a drawing or project and you came to a stopping point for the day, you clean up, and plan to come back to it tomorrow, the next day comes, but the enthusiasm that you had for the project has somehow waned throughout the night?
This happens to me a lot.
So now I have a new dilemma.
Do I

a.) work on the project that I really don’t feel like doing now.
b.) Put it aside for later, hoping the inspiration returns and work on something else.
c.) keep it on the drawing table, constantly reminding me that it’s not done.

Once …read more

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One my favorite types of animal is a bear. Any bear, but especially Polars and Pandas. Lately, I’ve started a larger drawing of a bear too using this particular pose.
I recently got an inspiration for a comic I’d like to try to draw.
Here’s the gist:

You know those little teddy bear hamsters, what if a bear, (a tiny grizzly bear) got thrown into the mix? He lives in a hamster cage with a wheel and all, has free roam of the top of a desk where his cage is, and happens to also be computer savvy for …read more

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Ilana Yahav is a sand animation artist.

Using only her fingers, Ilana draws with sand on a glass table.

I found this to be very relaxing to watch. It’s amazing how working in sand can afford this type of detail and evoke emotions. The music probably helps convey the mood thought the images can definitely stand on their own.

This is probably another one of those art forms I’ll have to try one day. Check out Ilana’s website, www.sandfantasy.com for live shows and dvd info.

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Bearly beginning.

Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.

This is what is on my table tonight…. and probably over the next week or so.

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