#technique

[ilikeit-art]

#technique #ceramics #dishes #jewelry and ring dishes #artwork

[honeythistle]

Just wanted to share my latest miniature - I'm calling it 'Bloom' and it will be part of the 'Stories of Home' exhibit at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives later next month :)

I tried a few new techniques for this, and I'm happy with how it all came together. The flowers posed some slight issues here and there, and I have a few floral rejects. I'll probably revisit this technique again in the future and make a few other smaller versions.

#miniature #technique #arts and crafts #toronto art #crafting #dollhouse #floral #springtime #fiber art

[picknmixsims]

Renaming "sale price" to "Quarter Tile" in SimPe

Notes on how to change "sale price" in the OBJD resource to "Quarter Tile" in SimPe, for versions up to and including 0.75.68

The OBJD entry 0x0022 is mis-named in versions of SImPe prior to 0.75.69 as it is used to determine if an object can be placed at quarter-tile offsets and not its "sale price".

Fortunately, it's fairly easy to both rename this entry and move which section it is in. (As it sits better within the "User Placement" section, not the "Catalog Price" section.)

1) Before starting SimPe find out its directory path, you can do this by right-clicking the shortcut and selecting Properties. The info you need is the "Start in:" directory.

2) Start SimPe

3) From the File menu, select Open…

4) Navigate into the "Start in:" directory noted above, then into the "Plugins\pjse.coder.plugin" sub-directory and select the GlobalStrings.package file.

5) Sort the resources (they should all be STR#) by Instance and scroll down to 0x00CC "ObjectDefinition (GLUA) Correct to BV" and select it.

6) In the Plugin View tab, scroll down to entry 0x0022(34) and change it from "sale price" to "Quarter Tile".

(If you want you can change any other entries here, for example, 0x0061(97) from "Vacation Sort" to "Holiday Sort" depending on your language preference.)

7) Commit, save and exit SimPe.

8) With a plain text editor, for example, Notepad, open the file "{Start in:}\Data\objddefinition.xml"

9) In the "<category name="02. Catalog Price">" block, find the block of text <property type="short"> <name>sale price</name> <help>sale price</help> <default>0</default> <index>34</index> </property>

and Cut and Paste it into the "<category name="05. User placement">" block.

10) Change "sale price" to "Quarter Tile". (This step is not strictly necessary as the displayed text is taken from the GlobalStrings.package file, but it's good to keep things consistent.)

11) Save your changes and exit the text editor.

12) Restart SimPe, open a .package file with an OBJD resource and check that it has worked.

#simpe #trick #technique #quarter tile #simblr #ts2 #sims 2 #the sims 2

[elitadream]

I noticed with a lot of your drawings there seems to be a particular color palette or overlay that you do. How do you choose what colors to use in the photo? Like the most recent one was blue theme while others are pink based or beige/orange/yellow.

That's a great question! :3 Honestly, I would say that it's largely instinctual (as in, I don't meticulously plan in advance what color I will choose for each monochromatic piece), but there is a method to my madness, I swear! 😄

The pink hue is one that I often use to depict jovial and/or somewhat romantic scenes, ranging from anecdotal to more heartfelt:

Then there's the sepia tone, which is easily my favorite. 🥰 I always pick this one whenever I want to present something in a more "neutral" manner, but with a definite sense of warmth and nostalgia:

And of course, another important one would be the bluish/cold shade, which is usually meant to convey a sad, wistful or solemn atmosphere:

Basically, I use color to amplify moods, and I love playing with both hue and saturation to come up with a result as cohesive as possible. Each new piece is like a new puzzle that I discover as I'm piecing it together, and it's a process that I love to explore in my art!^^ 🎨

#asks #Mario #fanart and fanwork #artistic process #hues and atmospheres #technique #digital art

[kafkasapartment]

Girlfriends [Gustav Klimt An Aftermath], 1931. Gustav Klimt. Collotype. Plenty of subtext.

#gustav klimt #collotype #art #painting #peinture #pittura #maleri #print #technique #subtext #1920 #secession #classical

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Archie by Dan DeCarlo

#the best comic book panels #archie comics #dan decarlo #betty cooper #archie andrews #archie #technique

[saramencken]

Image: Anton Corbjin

#new order #factory records #rob gretton #hooky #peter hook #barney #bernard sumner #stephen morris #gillian gilbert #movement #power corruption and lies #lowlife #substance #brotherhood #technique #itsgrimupnorth #tony wilson

[2001hz]

Issey Miyake: Spring/Summer 'Tubed Veil' Dress (1998)

- The manufacturing process of 'Tubed Veil' was an innovation based on a method of (partial shrinking technique)

#2001hz #01hz #archive #2001hz archive #1998 #ss98 #technique #method #design #issey miyake #issey miyake archive #tubed veil #dress

[eucanthos]

Andrea Crespi (IT, - )

Optical illusion, social transformation, digital revolution

The Mystery of Beauty (cropped detail), 2020

https://andreacrespi.com/collections/all/products/the-mistery-of-beauty-andrea-crespi-2020

https://foundation.app/@andcrespi

#Andrea Crespi #street art #painting #illusion #linear #digital #minimal #reference #boticelli #venus #technique

[boanerges20]

Built For Speed SuperMoto Style

#motorcycle #supermoto #style #sport bike #racing #motorsports #experience speed #ride hard or go home #built for speed #technique #lean #please reblog #moto love #lifestyle

[blackswaneuroparedux]

What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theatre, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form.

Robert Gottlieb

It’s hard to believe that Swan Lake’s original premiere was seen as disastrous. When it first performed on 4 March 1877, at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre.

Tchaikovsky’s magical ballet tells the story of the doomed love of Prince Siegfried and Princess Odette. Prince Siegfried goes out hunting one night and chases a group of swans – one of them transforms into a young woman, Odette, who explains that she and her companions were turned into swans by the evil Baron Von Rothbart. The spell can only be broken if someone who has never loved before swears an oath of undying love and promises to marry her. The Prince declares his love to Odette and promises to be loyal forever.

At a grand reception at the palace, the Prince must choose a bride – but he can think only of Odette. Suddenly a fanfare announces the arrival of two guests - it is Odette! The prince dances with her and asks for her hand in marriage. But it’s not Odette - the mystery woman is the daughter of the evil von Rothbart, Odile. Odette has witnessed the whole scene. Too late, Siegfried realises his mistake.

Siegfried follows Odette to the lake and begs her forgiveness. She says she forgives him but nothing can change the fact he broke his vow. They decide to die together. The lovers throw themselves into the lake.

There are a few different theories as to how Tchaikovsky came up with the idea for Swan Lake. Though the libretto is based on a story by the German author Johann Karl August Musäus The Stolen Veil, many of Tchaikovsky’s contemporaries claimed that he was deeply fascinated by the tragic life story of Bavarian King Ludwig II - sometimes called the Swan King - who died under mysterious circumstances by drowning himself in a lake.

It is likely that Tchaikovsky chose Ludwig II as the prototype of Prince Siegfried. It is easy to tell that the composer clearly enjoyed working on the music for Swan Lake, as he wrote far more material than would ever be required. As a result, the version most commonly performed today is, in fact, an edited one, created after Tchaikovsky’s death and significantly shorter than the original work. 

Considering that Swan Lake is currently the most frequently performed ballet in the world, it's hard to imagine that it was a failure upon its premiere, with near unanimous criticism of different production aspects. Critics were universally disparaging, claiming the production was indistinctive and forgettable. They disliked the set and the choreography, thought the orchestra and dancers were subpar, and thought Tchaikovsky’s score was too complicated. The dancers who performed in the ballet’s premiere also declared Tchaikovsky’s music was too rich to accompany their balletic moves, and simply too difficult to dance to.

Because of these distractions, the actual brilliant score by Tchaikovsky got largely overlooked amidst the chaos.  Although a few critics did recognise the virtues of the masterful score, it was considered far too complex for ballet, too “noisy” and too “symphonic”, resembling the grand, weighty music of Richard Wagner. Even the initial ballet dancers deemed the music too difficult to dance to as its density clashed with the fluid and graceful balletic movements.

One of the issues for the premiere performance was the absence of the Bolshoi’s prima ballerina, Anna Sobeshchanskaya. Sobeshchanskaya rejoined the production as Odette/Odile in April 1877 but insisted on making certain changes to the choreography and score. Two years later the original choreographer, Julius Reisinger, left Moscow and was replaced by Belgian choreographer Joseph Pater Hansen. Hansen set about re-staging Swan Lake, launching his new version in January 1880.  All 33 performances of the ballet between 1877-1883 sold out, attesting to the ballet’s increasing popularity amongst audiences.

A planned revival of the ballet in the early 1890s was cast into doubt by the death of Tchaikovsky in November 1893, who didn’t live to see the ultimate success of his ballet. Tchaikovsky had written far more material than was ever required, and after his death, Riccardo Drigo took on the job of revising Tchaikovsky’s score, with the approval of his brother Modest Tchaikovsky.

The revised and edited version – commonly the version of the score used today - is considerably shorter than the original, full-length work. It premiered on 15 January 1895 by the Maryinsky Ballet at the Maryinsky Theatre to overwhelmingly positive reviews.

Call it what you like - Dance of the Four Swans, Dance of the Cygnets, The Four Little Swans - but for me the pas de quatre from Swan Lake is one of the most iconic dances in one of the most iconic classical ballets of all time. It is a coveted role for a ballerina, one that requires technical precision and teamwork. The light-hearted Dance of the Cygnets involves 16 pas de chat performed by four dancers moving sideways in exact unison with their arms interlaced. 

I’ve always found its spirit of sheer innocence and beauty breath-taking to watch. I’m left with wonder restored and a distinct feeling of the flight of innocence coming back to rest in my hardened heart.

Video: Royal Ballet's Swan Lake (2018)

#gottlieb #robert gottlieb #quote #tchaikovsky #swan lake #ballet #ballerina #music #dance #dancers #history #music history #technique #movement #pas de quatre #dance of the cygnets #pas de chat #beauty #arts #culture

[chocolatepeanutexpert]

#feminine style #self defense #technique #cool

[picknmixsims]

Changing Hood View of Maxis items with Object Relocator

Object Relocator can be used to change the hood view visibility of Maxis objects by creating “override packages”.

Note: This feature requires SimPe correctly configured to locate the Maxis scenegraph files so is subject to this caveat.

1) Start Object Relocator. If using V5.3 or later, from the Options menu make sure Advanced is ticked.

2) From the “Options” menu, ensure “Hide Local Objects” is ticked.

3) From the “Options” menu, ensure “Show Hood View” is ticked.

4) From the “Mode” menu, ensure “Make Replacements” is ticked.

5) From the “File” menu’s “Select Folder…” item, navigate into the TSData sub-directory for your latest installed EP, for “Ultimate Collection” this will be “…\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData”.

6) Navigate further into the “Res\Objects” sub-directory and click the “Select Folder” button, Object Relocator will chug along as it loads all the 11,000+ Maxis items.

7) The "Hood View" column will display "unknown" for all but the first item in the resource grid

8) Select the item(s) you want to change, right-click to bring up the context menu and select "Show In Hood View" or "Remove From Hood View"

9) Click the “Save As…” button, navigate into the sub-directory you wish to save the override package into, enter a file name and click the “Save” button.

10) Exit Object Relocator, start the game and check your changes.

11) You can use SimPe to check that Object Relocator has extracted the selected item(s) CRES and SHPE resources into the save file and updated them as required.

12) Start the game and check your changes.

I recommend that you put all such override packages into a sub-directory with a meaningful name.

#sims2tools #object relocator #trick #technique #c-sharp #source code #simblr #ts2 #sims 2 #the sims 2

[elitadream]

I love the softness of your art, I was wondering what brushes do you use?

Oh, nothing special! I actually use the default one! 🤓

However, there's this fantastic option called 'pen pressure' (for opacity and size respectively) that I absolutely adore and always use whenever I draw or paint digitally. It allows me to manually control things like sharpness or fuzziness with both my lines and coloring, which is immensely convenient for me because I sometimes change my approach from one piece to the next. 💁

Usually, I apply a main gradient beneath the additional shading, and it's always done using this method as well.

It's such a fun and easy tool to use that I rarely ever need to change the hardness of the brush itself. I always keep it around 75%; the rest is entirely done through pen pressure! 🤗✨

#Hoped this helped!^^ #Photoshop CS6 is truly a charm in that regard #haven't used that many art softwares tbh #but this one is my favorite by far! #Also thanks! :D #I'm glad you like my art 😊 #asks #Mario #fanart and fanwork #technique #brushes

[kafkasapartment]

Vase in the Window, 1950s. Antonin Gribovsky. Silver print. The main difference between a gelatin silver print and a silver print is that a gelatin silver print is made using a specific process that uses a gelatin emulsion. Silver prints can be made using a variety of different processes, including gelatin silver printing.

#black and white #photography #1950s #photographie #foto #fotographie #fotographia #vase #flower #moody #technique

[ancientorigins]

Desertification is a serious problem for many countries today. Modern innovations and traditional techniques have all been attempted to counter it – and one man has found success by looking to ancestral ways.

#farm #farmer #farming #Agriculture #plant #desert #nature #technology #technique #traditional #ancestral #ancient #history #ancient origins