 | Art Series Episode6: Drawing Pure Contour Lines In today's exercise we'll be drawing the wrinkles in the palm of your hand, but without looking at your paper while doing it. The reason for doing this is that your logical left brain would look at the wrinkles and devolop a pale ugly symbol for it. When you're not looking at the paper while drawing then your left brain rejects the task allowing the artistic right brain to draw in the details as accurately as possible. This is an example from Betty Edward's book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain." which is out there in book stores for anyone interested in buying this book. This video is here merely to inform readers about the book that's all. |
 | Fantasy Artist Ed Beard Jr. "line technique" Part 1 /516kps Internationally reknown fantasy artist known for his published works on calendars, books, t-shirts, Magic the Gathering, Tolkien and more. This video takes you step by step through a contour line drawing of a Dragon, with a time lapse demonstration along with a narration by Ed Beard. |
 | Darktwilightknight's Professional Artwork Collection ****PLEASE READ DESCRIPTIONS!**** ****BACKGROUND INFO**** Well, since I've been at college for my first year, one required course in my field of study is Drawing Studio. If you've ever wondered or even known that I like to draw, here is a collection of all of my artwork that I have drawn for my course and for myself. ****ARTWORK COLLECTION LIST**** Opening Drawing: Auron (FF X) Contour Line Drawing: My Newbalance Sneakers Shading Drawing: 4 Objects of my choosing-Benadryl box, Vitamin Bottle, Stress Ball, and my Cell Phone Profile Drawing with Shading and Lighting: Yep, that's me! :] Texture Drawings: 1. Saltine and Truscuit Crackers on a Napkin 2. Starfish 3. Moon Plant Pilea from a greenhouse on my campus 4. Blown up portion of the Pilea plant Color Drawings: 1. Skyline of Oakwood Cemetery on my college campus 2. Raikou Pot 3. Same portion of Moonplant Pilea with extra color and background My Sketchbook Favorites: 1. Forested Area overlooking the horizon of my campus from my dorming hall 2. Abstract coffee mugs 3. Coffee Pot abstract 2 4. James Dean Grid Drawing 5. Auron (started and completed July 1st) ****MUSIC CREDIT**** Song: Panama by Van Halen mp3 Credit: RinKami |
 | Contour Lines & Serenades An epic love story between a gay man and a lesbian woman... |
 | Curved Surfaces in Google SketchUp This is some kind of a tutorial of how i prefer to do this. 1: Create desired contour lines in 2 projections. And make a group from them. 2: Craete desired profile in 3-rd projection (quarter-circle arc in this case). 3: Create additional "helper-plane" which i use to scale the sections more easily. And make it a group 4: Copy this plane along the axis of the first 2 contours. The more copies u'll do the more detailed your surface will be. 5: This auxiliary planes will be used for [push-pull]ing and scaling the profile(or section) along the contour-lines more easily. 6: Start by copying and scaling the first profile (arc in this case) on the first plane. (by referencing the black dots where the contour-lines intersect the plane) 7: When scaling is complete [push-pull] the profile to the next plane and rescale as needed. 8: To see the profile more clearly, delete or hide the planes that you used already. 9: Delete all unnecessary geometry and smooth the remaining lines. |
 | Fantasy Artist Ed Beard Jr"shading technique"Part 2-A FIRST Fantasy Artist Ed Beard Jr. takes you through the completion of the "Dragon contour line drawing video Part 1" in this (Part 2-A) VIEW THIS SEGMENT FIRST "Shading Techniques" This video segment was split in two parts due to the length. VIEW THIS SEGMENT FIRST then Part2-B for the "Shading Techniques" completion. |
 | Tsali Mouse Loop video # 1 Tsali is just a beautiful place to ride with great views that can't be beat. Most of the riding is gradual climbing and dropping along contour line trails just off and above the lakes edge. |
 | Charming Kettlewell "The charm of Kettlewell is an abiding charm, and to those of us whose life is spent amid the hurley-burley of city life, the village seems the peculiar abode of peace and quiet beauty; its limestone terraces, with their fringes of hazel and rowan coppices give to the district a characteristic beauty. But the special glory of Kettlewell is not that of colour, but of line. Situated at the junction of the main valley of the Wharfe with side valley, which descend from the Coverhead Pass, Kettlewell is the converging point of many contour lines, and to the eye which delights in the flow and ripple of sky line there is a beauty in Kettlewell which is all its own." This was written nearly one hundred years ago by Professor Moorman but is as true today as it was then. The music is on the Spa Series Tranquility album and is called Secret Place by Tribe. |
 | Marvelous Makeup Tips: Smoky Eyes, How To (Part 1) Marvelous Makeup tips on how to do a smoky eye look. (Part 1) This video covers what products you need to use to achieve this look and how to contour, line and shape your eyes for the smoky eye look. My page: http://www.MarvelousMakeup.com |
 | Chinese calligraphy on magic paper (水寫紙) with water Chinese calligraphy on magic paper (水寫紙) with water Step 1: Add water in inkstone and dip water sparingly with a clean brush. Step 2: Start writing within the contour lines of the strokes of Chinese characters in moderate speed. If the amount of water is excessive, the strokes will be flowing out of the contour lines. Try to use less water. Step 3: Repeat writing different characters while waiting for water evaporates in minutes. 精制水写本 in Simplified Chinese Characters; 精製水寫本 in Traditional Chinese Characters. In China, people practice calligraphy in Traditional Chinese Characters as printed inside this booklet, not the simplified versions as used in their daily pen writing. Though the name of the product is printed as 精制水写本 in Simplified Chinese Characters, the contents for practice are all in Traditional Chinese Characters. 神 God, 法 method, 知 know, 江 river, 石 stone, 流 flow Water Writing Booklets & Magic Paper ( 水寫紙 ) available from www.oriental-crafts.com or www.chinatradesky.com |
 | Ferro Quadrupole Contour Fluid #7 Using a lens with a thin layer of sandwiched ferro fluid to map a magnetic field via optic affects of the field on the magnetic fluid. Blue LED's of the apparatus are spaced at 9 degrees, facing inward directed at the edge of the lens. Two spherical magnets are rotated by single axis robots at different speeds on other side of glass. The poles are the moving cone dark sections; and the geodesic contour lines are from perpendicular led sources bending in the magnetic fields of the magnet. The two moving magnets produces an quadrupole pattern. All Rights Reserved, 08/04/07 M. Snyder |
 | Liat Okin - NZ's biggest search & rescue Taken during the search for Liat Okin which became one of New Zealand's largest search operations. One assumes she attempted a shortcut from Ocean Peak Corner off the Routeburn Track above Mackenzie Hut down to Gunns Camp on the Hollyford Valley floor below which looks deceptively easy to reach. Photographs can be seen at http://www.nhc.net.nz/index/scenic-new-zealand/scenic.htm This is my account of the trip down the hill where she was found. I hope it explains how an easy walk in the New Zealand bush can slowly become very difficult. Note we had radio communications, helicopter support, climbing equipment, plenty of light, adequate clothing and a look at the hill from the helicopter before descending. From the track it appears to be a 2km walk through bush with a few undulations to the camp which can be seen on the valley floor below. The canyons appear as creases in the tree canopy lower down but where they form cant be seen. One assumes it will take about 3 hours. The last 1/4 of the hill is obscured by the curve of land. The view of the ocean from here is shown by a still in the video. The first 100m is knee high tussock which leads from the well formed track to the bush line and is steep but easy. You then enter the bush line where the sea can still be seen through the trees and start to descend steep but manageable terrain. Some of it you could do with your hands in your pockets. You admire the beauty all around, fungi, colourful berries, majestic trees and carpets of moss. The combinations of soil, mosses and leaves underfoot are soft and easy. You are aware you are beginning a mission out of the ordinary but there is no cause for significant concern. You can no longer see the outside world except occasional peaks of the ranges on the far side of the valley miles away. Getting lost is not an issue as you simply have to walk down until you intersect the Lower Hollyford Rd that runs along the valley floor or up to the track running parallel to the road. You can see the track, road and Gunns Camp on google earth by searching "Hollyford nz" At about 300m or so into the bush you meet a canyon that is only visible from a short distance by the absence of low vegetation such as ferns, some would not notice this clue. You may notice a few patches of gray rock through the vegetation being the sheer and far wall as you approach it's edge, if light permits. You try and inspect but cannot get close enough to see all the way down and estimate it's about 20m deep from what you can see of it's far wall. So you veer away for a while to give it a wide berth and continue to descend determined to avoid walking or slipping in. It's the first sign of danger but can be avoided with care. The canyon intercepts your descent again. The contour lines of the map give the impression it less sever than it is being a minor geographical feature. The canyon guides you to a fairly gentle area of mild slopes with boulders the size of small houses, terraces the size of tennis courts and moss bearded ancient trees that stand amongst the ferns on carpets of moss. This area the camera cannot capture the wonder of, is in the video, at the end. She was found nearby. The situation is now different from envisaged at the top. You are aware the only way out is down due to limited daylight left. You have discovered the hill is laced with near invisible canyons. You're committed to descending the unknown with a time limit. All seems ok as there is enough light if all goes well. From this nice place you have to decide which route to descend to the road about two hours away. The difficulty is you can only see 5m to 30m ahead at any time. To the right there lurks the canyon that seems intent on crossing your path. You have a scout about for a route and there it is again blocking what seems the way to go. So you traverse across the hill further to give it a wide berth and find about 40m of easy descent through the ferns straight down a gully. That route eventually rolls you off the top of the ridge where you should be and draws you into a newly forming canyon parallel to the first. Option 1: Descend right down the floor of this newly forming canyon at high probability of it becoming too difficult further down so risk a long but manageable climb back out stealing the last of your energy and light. Option 2: Back up then and there while the climb back is only 30m then traverse above this new hazard for 20m back onto and down the top of the ridge between the two canyons hoping they don't meet further down blocking your exit. Now you have to guess what is the best option. You could be guessing for your life or at least a cold wet night you will never forget. Flat bush is even worse. You can get lost after remarkably short distance not being able to see further than the next tree. Hundreds of thousands enjoy our great walks. Prepare well and keep to the track. |
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