December 2008

  • More Blender Renders

    Since my last post about using Blender with vectors I’ve explored taking vectors into it and then exporting jpegs. Below is an image I stated creating awhile back in Inkscape but never finished. This is what it looks like after I’ve taken it into Blender and messed around with it a little bit Pretty…

  • Blender renders

    For the past month or two I’ve been getting my head around Blender to do some 3D modelling. It’s a tough program to learn, but with the aid of some very useful tutorials and strong community support I feel I’m getting somewhere! As well as using Inkscape to make vectors I want to explore…

  • Open Source Art Zine on The Pool

    I mentioned previously how I wanted to start an Open Source Art Zine (or something similar) and I’m still looking for any input! My idea is also up on The Pool. In case you didn’t know the pool is: …an experiment in sharing art, text, and code–not just sharing digital files themselves, but sharing…

  • Make and Do at The Edge

    On Friday 29th November I was invited to the first Make and Do Party over at The Edge, which was hosted by Friction Arts. There were about 20 artists present and there was a strong emphasis on just having fun creating art! I think there’s definite potential to increase collaboration amongst artists, possibly through…

  • the beardos

    the beardos, originally uploaded by yaxu. A picture from OpenLab in London where they “make art and music using open source/free software”

  • Birmingham Hacklab

    I’m looking for a social centre where people can meet and learn more about computers, such as a Hacklab. There is/was a hacklab collective down in London who usually occupy the rampART social centre. A new centre opened in Birmingham recently, but I wonder if there’s a hacklab there?

  • Which licence?

    I’ve been wanting to start an open source art project for awhile now but the most confusing aspect of all of this is which licence to choose! I’ve already discovered that the GNU GPL doesn’t really cover art, and since I have stumbled upon three different licences that I could choose. Before I reveal…

  • Free Art Or Free Design

    Reading Floss+Art really has got me wondering if art should be free. By free I don’t mean public domain, but rather in a way that ensures the work stays free, such as releasing their work under Creative Commons or some similar Copyleft licence? When I approached this question I split it into two questions,…