Printers are a vital part of a graphic designer and photographers’ workstation. Even the slightest printer blunder can cause the outcome to be catastrophic. Which is why many artists are now leaning towards pigment printers these days. Why is a pigment printer vital towards an artist’s setup? Pigment-based cartridges come with a fast-drying property. On …
There are currently a lot of printers with more features than your fingers. But even so, you might want to opt for a lesser priced printer with the same quality. Though there are a lot of printers under $100 (including used and refurbished), you won’t find many good printers under $100. It’s not entirely difficult …
Amazing paper art from Japanese Artist Katsumi Hayakawa. Katsumi has been featured by us before, including some of his acrylic paintings. Katsumi was born in 1970 and has been actively exhibiting his art since as early as 1990. He received his BFA from Nihon University College of Arists in Tokyo, and his MFA from the …
There is nothing as annoying and frustrating as being in a place where everyone is talking in a language you do not understand. You feel left out and frustrated, or even alone and scared. You feel like everyone else is human and you are an alien dropped on earth. But with technology, not even language …
This brilliant acrylic paintings come from Japanese artist Katsumi Hayakawa. Born in 1970, Hayakawa lives in Tokyo, Japan. He has been active since at least 1990, after receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in 1992 and 1998 respectively, and is the recipient of numerous awards and a veteran …
If there is anything that shouldn’t be missing in a professional photographer’s and graphics designer’s workspace, it is the pigment ink printer. But with so many options on the market today, it can be really difficult to choose. We’ve done the work and evaluated all the options and came up with this final list. We …
The cliché goes like this: a picture is worth a thousand words. But a well displayed or preserved picture tells much more. There are very good photo printing services available all across the online platforms today to help you make the best tangible representation of your photo. We have come up with a comprehensive list …
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As we increasingly adopt digital content in many aspects of lives, tools such as scanners are increasingly becoming important to move the once analog information sources into digital form. This is more and more important as we strive to archive some of the worlds printed information. However, for most people, scanners are relatively novel devices, …
Chicago-based new media artist Nick Briz is interested in working with present-day technology while critically examining its multifacetedness. As an educator and organizer, he believes there is a lot to “celebrate and criticize about the digital ecosystem we’re all living in” and are becoming increasingly dependent on. He doesn’t just work with technology but uses …
British artist Desmond Paul Henry (1921-2004) is regarded as a pioneer of computer art. He constructed a total of three mechanical drawing machines (in 1960, ’63, and ’67) by repurposing components from analog bomb-sight computers. A fourth and fifth machine was produced in 1984 and 2002 from a mechanical pendulum design. None of the machines …
For nearly 40 years Zurich based artist Christian Herdeg has spearheaded the medium of light art in a search for an aesthetic function beyond mere impression. He trained to be a professional cinematographer and lighting technician before he turned to the visual arts. In the late 70’s he began working with light to showcase vibrant …
United Visual Artists is a British collective of artists founded in 2003 by artist Matt Clark, whose focus is combining modern technology and media with more traditional artistic media like sculpture, public installations as well as performance art. They draw from sources as diverse as ancient philosophy to theoretical science to fashion works that are …
These wonderfully vibrant creations by Bahar Yurukoglu , titled Plexiberg, and Waterfall are actually video projections combined with reflective plexiglass to produce a juicy rectilinear display of color. It’s wonderfully abstract but also digestible, using fundamental building blocks such as color and light to generate a new perspective. They are accompanied by the sound of …
“Seascapes” by Hiroshi Sugimoto may appear at first glance as monochromatic paint on canvas, but they are actually a photographic series by the famed Japanese artist. The photographs are on gelatin silver prints. They remind us of Mark Rothko’s meditative acrylic paintings, and in fact were presented in an exhibition at Pace, London side by …
Acetates are a sort of transparent sheet that can be printed upon for arts and craft purposes. And if done right, these sheets can bring out some of the most stunning pieces of art you can see. But printing on acetate isn’t easy by any means. You see the problem with an acetate sheet is …