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The Joy of Books

Here is an AMAZING stop-motion film about what books do when we're not around. You can't do that with a Kindle!  (Posted for Jacob C.)

Enhance your logos

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/enhance-your-designs-with-3d-splashes/ This tutorial can help you guys with your logos and posters for BPA.

DMA is in the News!

Click  here  to check out the recent article in the Knight Times about the above film created by  Paul Rooney, Dan Walton, Matt Nelson, Alex Smith, Nick Collado, and Nick Squires for the Crash the Super Bowl contest.  You can check out more new DMA films at our YouTube channel KHSDigitalMediaArts .

Scholastic Art & Writing Regional Results

Daniel Walton   Digital Art  The Streets of Cincinnati Congratulation to the following KHS Visual Art Students who recently earned recognition at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.   Zoe Rodriguez   Photography  Pelirroja Daniel Walton    Photography  The Falls The exhibition is across the street in the RiverCenter Office Building  100 RiverCenter Blvd.  Covington, KY  41011 and will  remain open until 10 pm following the ceremony.  The work will be on exhibition from February 3 -17.  Opening Night Friday, February 3, 2012  (5 to 9 pm)   Saturdays & Sundays  (noon to 5 pm)   Monday - Friday (9 to noon & 4 to 8 pm) Gold Keys    The highest level of achievement on the regional level. Approximately 7 – 10% of all regional submissions are recognized with Gold Key Awards and all are considered for national-level recognition. Danni Miller   Comic Art  Lillia and the Saphire Horseman Daniel Walton   Digital Art  The Streets of Cincinnati Bailey Vermette   Drawi

Long Exposure Fireflies

This is a long exposure picture taken of fireflies in Japan. Though I have not yet, I want to do something similar or at least just a long exposure picture.  (Posted for Grant)

Illustrator Liam Brazier

This is some really cool art made in illustrator by Liam Brazier .  (Posted for Kevin)

Overture Awards

By Matt Liebowitz Congratulations to DMA I juniors Zoe Rodriguez and Matt Liebowitz and DMA II seniors Danni Miller and Betsy Toadvine whose work was recently selected to move on to the Semi-final judging in the Overture Awards.   The Overture Awards Scholarship Competition  is currently the region's largest solo arts competition for high school students (grades 9-12). The Scholarship Competition rewards artistic excellence in six disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art, and Vocal Music. Each year, students compete for six $2,500 scholarships (one for each discipline) and 18 finalist scholarships worth $500 each. Good luck at the Semi-Finals this weekend! By Zoe Rodriguez

Intense Movie Poster in Photoshop

This is a Photoshop tutorial on how to make a really cool movie poster.  It shows you how to make really awesome lighting effects and more. This would have really helped when we were making our movie posters in Intro.  (Posted for Kevin)

Selections '11 Exhibition at the College of Mount St. Joseph

By Zoe Rodrieguez Congratulations to DMA I students Matt Liebowitz and Zoe Rodrieguez.  Both were selected for  this year’s “Selections ’11″ art exhibition. “Selections” is a biennial exhibition and scholarship competition organized by the College of Mount St. Joseph Departments of Art & Design. “Selections” is designed to celebrate the creative accomplishments of student artists, honor deserving individuals, and salute the excellent art programs in area schools .  Over 160 works of arts created by juniors and seniors in 48 local high schools were selected for the exhibition.  Matt and  Zoe were each selected to receive one of only four $2000 renewable Art Scholarships awarded to outstanding students participating in Selections '11.  Matt and Zoe's work was on exhibition at Studio San Giuseppe on the campus of Mt. St. Joe from Nov. 6 until Dec. 2, 2011.     By Matt Liebowitz

Angry Birds

A cool special effects video of everybody's favorite itouch game.

Best Grad Schools for Art

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/fine-arts-rankings

Mat Wisniewski

Matt Wisniewski was born in 1990 and lives in New York.  He creates digital collages by blending fashion and nature photographs together. The aim of his work is to create surreal images.

Tape Art

When I saw this artists work, I thought his style was very similar to the style DMA I is learning right now using Illustrator. Max Zorn is a street artist based in Amsterdam. His primary material is tape.   It was never uncommon to see colored tape on walls and streets, says Zorn. But more recently, it has been ‘conquering the streets’ as a new form of urban art.   In his case, the idea to create street art with tape instead of paint came from a friend working in car design. ‘These guys often use slim tapes to outline their ideas on large boards. I was surprised to see, how fast they could create stunning sketches with it,’ he says. Tape as a street art material has the added benefits of being lightweight, easy to use, and relatively inauspicious. He got his start by decorating the old street lamps that are ubiquitous in Amsterdam. With their golden glow, they proved the perfect open gallery space for tape art experiments.   Over time and with practice, Zorn learned to apply more

My Grandfather

This is a website that has my grandfathers art work on it. http://www.muddyriverart.org/Smith%20M%20GP.html

Skyrim: Time-Lapse Art Video

This is a video of a paint over of a picture of two skyrim characters. I liked the video because of the detail of the texture of the painting.  (Posted for Nick S.)

Animator vs. Animation

This video is very awesome and funny so I think you migh like it…  So sit back and watch  Animator vs. Animation.  (Posted for Romiero)

Photo Manipulations

This page shows many sweet photo manipulations and compositions that have been made. http://www.youthedesigner.com/2011/03/29/creative-photo-manipulations-worth-checking-out/

Super Sprayer

This artist is cool because he use such simple things to make such an amazing piece of art.  (Posted for Jimmy C.)

Elephant

This is a cool beaded elephant sculpture you can buy here .  (Posted for Jordan D.)

100 hours of Nyan Cat

This is NYAN CAT!  This video is 100 hours of an animated pop-tart cat running. (Posted for Devon A.)