Thaumatrope

A thaumatrope of a dog and birds The layout of Laura Hayes and John Howard Wileman Exhibit of Optical Toys's site is a little boring, there's nothing really interesting about it, it's a plain white and black, with a center alignment, it's not very intriguing. The actual content of this site is quite thorough and well written, they have a lot of information on the actual toys, along with pictures, ...

Photoshop Test

'Stand In The Rain' This is an image I made in photoshop, it's of a lone figure, standing in the rain next to a tree, all pictures were acquired off of the internet. To create a picture similar to this, you would first need to find a field or barren land that has a clear skyline, then, using the warp tool, warp so it has a dip in it's right side. Afterwards find a picture of a mountain, then put ...

'Falling Through the Cracks'

Chess Piece Drawing Once again, I've made a chess piece drawing, this chess piece had the criteria of; making the chess piece realistic, using value and creating movement, rhythm and pattern, with the background.I feel that the chess piece looks very realistic, though small, you are able to recognize it as a bishop and it looks quite real. The shading of the chess worked with the rest of the background, ...