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ON1 Inc has announced the availability of ON1 Photo Raw for Immediate download. The photo editor has been made with modern code optimized for today's super-mega-pixel cameras and high performance computer graphics systems. This could be very well cal
Mantis Camera: Mantis shrimp is an underwater animal which has sophisticated eye sight. Humans have three eye receptors, whereas the mantis shrimp has different color receptors and six polarization channels. Scientists have developed a camera which mimicks the mantis shrimp eyesight and it can be used to detect early cancer and in other medical fields. This camera will definetly make the lives of humans better.
Illinois researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive camera capable of sensing both color and polarization by mimicking the eye of the mantis shrimp. A...
Painting: Autodesk Sketchbook is an amazing painting software which will be suitable for both emerging and professional artists, architects, concept designers and other creative artists. Artists can create stunning illustrations and designs with the ease of technology and less paint mess at work place. It's easy to carry your sketchbook, so you can be a creative designer at all times.
Autodesk Sketchbook Painting Software is compatabile in Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices. It's preloaded with 140 brushes and if you don't find your favourite brush, it has an...
It's going to be a great fun-filled weekend on July 7th till 9th 2017. The awards and closing ceremony will be held at 3:45pm on Sunday. Elmira Street Painting Festival is a family fun festival hosted by Elmira Downtown. It was started in uly 2008 to bring the local artists together and showcase their talents. During this Street painting festival, the pavements are used as the canvas and paintings are done with only chalk. You can see many styles ranging from the Renaissance classicism to Cubism, Pop Art to their own creative style. These beautiful pieces are...
Sony goes creative with technology by introducing 3D into smartphone industry. So far there is nothing much apart from 3D games for smart phone users but now sony has started the new trend, 3d photography with a smartphone. The latest Xperia XZ1 smartphone brings a truly amazing 3D-scanning feature which is one of its kind in the smartphone industry. This is obviously a groundbreaking idea to play with objects in the real and virtual world without much knowledge about hardware and software applications.
Highlights:
It lets you create a 3D avatar of yourself...
Lumen Prize for Digital art is open for all artists worldwide. It's the 9th annual edition and fabulous chance to win the cash prize $11,500. Winning/Shortlisted a Lumen prize gives more network visibility in the art industry. There are totally 9 awards which can be won this year. Lumen Art Projects, a not-for-profit based in the UK, is dedicated to providing opportunities for artists who engage with technology globally through links with cultural venues, festivals and institutions globally.The Lumen Prize celebrates the very best art created with technology...
Painting: Rebelle is a poweful and useful paint software which has been creating waves in the art industry. Now with the launch of Rebelle 3, artists can create authentic digital paintings, which can be created using any of the techniques like oil painting, watercolors, acrylic and the result is similar to those of the traditional hand paintings. According to Rebelle,"is a one-of-a-kind paint software that lets you create realistic watercolor, acrylic, wet and dry media artwork, using real-world color blending, wet diffusion and drying". Rebelle paint software is...
Sculpture: Every year Sweden invites artists to sculptures of ice in it's Icehotel, which can be used by visitors. The icehotel has 35 suites and this year 36 artists from 16 different countries have designed the rooms. The artists who work on the bed sculptures have no prior experience in working on ice. This year we have stunning bed sculptures of Queen of the North, which a holds a bed in it's long hands. To build this icehotel, 30k cubic meters of snow and ice was used and for the ice sculptures 500 tons of clear ice was used. IceHotel reopens every year with...
Body Paintings : the 21st edition of the annual World Body Painting Festival is all set to take place in Austria, between July 8 - 14. Pre book your tickets now to get early bird discounts. The first body painting festival was held in the 1998 and ever since it has gone to become the most important festivals around the world. This bodypaint festival offers more - Music, Fashion, Parties and many more. People of all ages can enjoy this festival, because there is something for everyone. Since 1998, this bodypaint festival has witnessed artists from 50 nationalities...
It's the harvest festival time in Japan. Japanese are known to be very frugal and do not waste any bit of scrap. After the harvest, the straw is fed to the livestock, enhancing soil and also donated to the annual Wara Art Festival which is held at the Uwasekigata Park. This is the 10th edition of the Wara Art festival and this year we have giant size straw animal sculptures like gorilla, dinosaur, snake, roaring lion and so on. The Wara Art Festival started in the year 2008, when the Niigata’s farming community contacted the local Musashino Art University...
A 500-year-old painting is returned to the museum. It was discovered in a flat in Italy. The museum staff was not aware this painting had been stolen. The painting was a copy of Salvator Mundi was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. It was found in Naples in a bedroom cupboard on Saturday. It is believed that this was a copy that was painted by one of the students of da Vinci.
The owner of the flat was 36-year-old and was arrested on suspicion grounds for receiving stolen goods, confirmed by police. The finding of this painting was a brilliant operation of...
Painting App : Procreate is a very powerful app for IOS phones and it's easy to sketch and draw on this app with great ease. This app was developed by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd and is a very interesting application. Now it's easy to create awesome paintings and drawings on the go, since it has an easy drawing interface and allows smooth gesture. According to Procreate, "Create a canvas and start painting with any of Procreate’s exclusive dual-texture brushes. Use the immediately responsive smudge tool to perfectly blend colour with any brush in your...
3D Model Design Contest : Pixel Lab is all set to start a new steampunk modelling sculpture contest and it's expected to run till february 2018. The theme for the modelling design is 'Steam Punk'. As the name goes, the designs should be completely made from steam powered technology. Wendy E Castillo is the owner of Pixel Lab and he will be giving away awesome prizes from Pixel lab for the top three winners. You can send pictures of your 3d rendering designs to joren@thepixellab.net. Pixel Lab is a huge online resource for motion graphics tools and resources...
The largest international photography show comes with it's 4th edition at NEC, Birmingham in March 2017. According to NEC, " It will take place between 18-21 March, offering visitors the chance to try the latest technology from leading photography brands and access a variety of seminars, demos and conferences, designed to suit all levels of photographer". The show is organised by Future Plc, an international media group. Professionals and non-professionals, this show has something for everyone, from workshops, live demos, masterclasses, latest technologies and...
L. Ramanujam, 76, passed away in Srirangam. He was an acclaimed teacher and practitioner of Thanjavur painting. He has trained more than 2000 students in Thanjavur painting offering a certificate course. He is a 2014 lifetime achievement award recipient from the Tamil Nadu government. He focused on imparting his skill to support home-based employment. Ramanujam learned painting and photography as an adolescent in 1962 and was self-employed. He undertook orders and conducted classes at his Sri Ranga Tanjore Art Gallery located on Amma Mandapam Road. He...
Sculpture: Ron Mueck is an australian sculptor who is well known for his hyper realistic sculptures. National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne have stashed atleast a 100 resin human skulls in one of their rooms which was created by Ron Mueck. Each of these human skulls are approximately three feet tall and are made of fiberglass and resin. Some of these human skulls measure atleast five metre in height. The sculpture is named as Mass and it was part of the inaugural ceremony of National Gallery of Victoria Triennial, which happened on December 15th 2017. Ron...
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