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Color in Motion

April 29, 2007 by Liz

An Interactive Experience of Color Communication and Color Symbolism

Permalink: http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/

Target Audience: Anyone interested in color!

Content:

This site was created by Claudia Cortés as her thesis for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Computer Graphics Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

I’m not sure what’s more fun – the Stars, the Movies, or the Lab. I really like the Movies because it’s such a nice visual way to learn the symbolism of color. And the music is terrific. So many ways that color communicates.

Check it out yourself and let me know what part is your favorite.

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

Picturedots

April 22, 2007 by Liz

Create Your Own Dot-to-Dot Pictures

Great Find: Picturedots

Permalink: http://picturedots.com

Target Audience: Kids of all ages !

Content:

Picturedots is a web-based tool for making dot-to-dot puzzles. The neat part about it is you can take a photo or image that has meaning for you and make it into a puzzle. They can be as simple or as complicated as you like. There’s a tutorial to get you started.

Sounds like a fun idea for a party! I can imagine the surprise on your friends’ faces when they see what the picture is.

Click on the images to see the finished puzzles.

Let me know how you use this tool.

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

Sandy’s Great Graphic Find: The One Million Masterpiece

April 14, 2007 by Liz

There’s still time to join in the creativity!

Great Find: The One Million Masterpiece

Permalink: http://www.millionmasterpiece.com/

Target Audience: Everyone!

Content:

This project has been underway for some time. There’s artistic contributions from almost 24,000 people in 174 countries. And they have raised over $17,000. Check out the charities that will benefit and the sponsors and supporters.

Here’s a picture of what it looks like.

And this is a close-up of my square. It’s a ‘work in process’ with just the eye and beak of the Purple Wren as a placeholder.

Why are they doing this? You have to browse the site and find out. Follow the news on the blog.

You can zoom in on any of the squares to get a close-up view. There are some amazing works of art out there – and some that are very simple. You can send the artist an email. This is our community.

So don’t worry about how artistic you are. Just join in!

I still get goose-bumps when I’m part of the larger projects going on with the new web. The ways we can connect with others is truly powerful.

Check it out and spread the word. If you can and you feel moved to do so, contribute a little cash.

I found this project quite awhile ago and have had it on my ‘to blog list’ ever since. This is good timing because they are now about to release a new version of the site with "significant upgrades."

Here’s a few random links you gotta see:

Some of the graphics are posted with a live replay feature so you can see how the picture evolved. It’s like an art lesson! And it’s fun to see the profiles – age, location, and about the author.

There’s so many great things about this project that I can’t stop talking about it – but I will. Go check it out yourself.

Don’t be shy – leave me a comment and let me know what your favorites are and where your square is.

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

Sandy’s Great Graphic Find: PictureTrail

April 8, 2007 by Liz

Create Photo Flicks with PictureTrail

Great Find: PictureTrail

Permalink: http://www.picturetrail.com/

Target Audience: Anyone with photos!

Content: This growing public photo community boasts a number of features that you are sure to enjoy, including image hosting, photo sharing, print ordering, and Flash slideshows called Photo Flicks, available in more than 30 formats. Most allow you to add descriptions and control the speed and color.

Here’s a couple Photo Flicks that I made. Click on the pictures to view.

Cool Slideshows

Try it today and let me know what you think. These were easy to create and post to this site. What a wonderful way to share your favorite pictures.

This community is a great place to connect with others, and the services I tried out were free. When you upgrade to a premium membership, you have access to time saving functionality – like a utility called ‘Batch Move’ that enables you to move more than one image at a time.

Have fun with this great find . . . and send me links to your creations.

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

Sandy’s Great Graphic Find: typoGenerator

March 25, 2007 by Liz

Create typoPoster with typoGenerator

Great Find: typoGenerator

Permalink: http://www.typogenerator.net/

Target Audience: Anyone – just for fun!

Content: Here’s a generator that creates random graphics just for fun. It searches images.google for backgrounds and images according to the text you enter. And you can manipulate the results and change up the text, images or colors.

This generator was a student project. I’m curious what Katharina is doing now.

Here’s a sample that I made.

Let me know what you create and how you use it.

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

Sandy’s Great Graphic Find: CoolText

March 18, 2007 by Liz

Create Logos and Buttons with CoolText Graphics Generator

Great Find: CoolText

Permalink: http://cooltext.com/

Target Audience: Computer users who want to create buttons

Content: Every now and then I need a button. Sure, I have all the programs to create my own, but why spend the time when there are tools out there that can finish the job quickly.

There are a lot of button generators, but this one caught my attention because it worked so well. Recently a few people told me the ‘hire me’ on my site doesn’t look like a link, so it seemed like a good time to try out CoolText. Here’s what I created.

Then check out the logo designs. I’m not crazy about the terminology and would prefer banner, or something more descriptive. But it doesn’t really matter what they call them, there’s a great selection. Remember to save the image files on your computer because they don’t store them.

It took longer to write this post than to create the buttons/banners.

Here are six things I like about CoolText:

You can create an account to save your designs
There’s more than 1200 fonts available
It’s easy to use
You can edit your button until it’s just right
There are several file types to choose from
It’s free!

Click the screenshot to go there.

Let me know how you use CoolText!

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

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