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prior listings

 

• Ludosabato.com 3/31/04 
  Description: the illustration portfolio of ludovico il sabato (Flash)
  Comments: There's something odd and interesting going on at NowGoCreate, a pick from the past, but until I get the confirmation email, I'm in the dark.  A whois query result told me that the guy behind NGC is also behind today's pick.  His name is FM.  Or is it Sabato?  Ludo Sabato.  Ludovico il Sabato?  I think his name is actually Mike Tucker.  I'll come into the light now and tell you his illustrations are different.  Something I read in his source tells me he's in a state of creative discovery, engaged in an "internal struggle with exploring the mind and the essence of life itself."  He's been experimenting with an animated illustration technique.  [Enjoy... 
   
• del.icio.us 3/30/04 
  Description: a social bookmarks manager
  Comments: The web certainly has its visionaries.  They create sites like memepool, which since 1998, has been serving up short articles with links to a variety of interesting web destinations in dozens of categories.  Its community has grown to over 170 authors.  Or they write programs like the one behind GeoURL.  "Find your neighbor's blog, perhaps, or the web page of the restaurants near you."  Or programs like the one behind today's pick, a "social bookmarks manager" that launched late last year and is catching on bigtime.  What do these three web projects have in common?  For starters, the same guy, Joshua Schachter, is behind all of them (Jeff Smith runs memepool with Joshua).  All three of these innovations have been embraced by the web community.  And finally, all three are wonderful starting points for exploring the web in all its variety...;~))
   
• Patrick Phegley 3/28/04 
  Description: expression of thought - advocacy of community
  Comments: Patrick announced his brand new magazine at Newstoday® a few days ago.  Over 300 pages of visual goodness by 19 different contributors – impressive!  I found his personal site from there with several Quicktime movies and some lomos that blew me away.  Patrick's a 23-year-old art and design student and like the magazine, his personal site is also a community thing where readers can submit covers, news, or thoughts.  "My thoughts - your thoughts - my work - your work" is organized into frames within an iframe and it works well.  Between Patrick's works and photo collections and all the external links, one could certainly spend some time there...
   
• Zosia Zija 3/26/04 
  Description: photography documenting the relationship between the people and places they live (Flash)
  Comments: "There are stories, which are untold."  Polish actress and photographer Zosia Zija says "the most interesting areas [of photography] are those that I don't explore myself."  But she does explore an area I think is one the most interesting – "people in their surroundings."  Her portraits have what I call emotional depth.  You have to be there to understand...  [webesteem]
   
• filterpaper 3/25/04 
  Description: weblog and gallery of photographer Albert Yee
  Comments: The square black & whites posted to the weblog this month are really good photos in my opinion.  I love the back alley shot.  The weblog is a few years old with plenty of Albert's photos among the posts.  There's also a large Gallery section (actually more a standalone site) with a variety of interesting projects/albums.  I also discovered a link to his lomographics.  "Snaps are therapeutic" says Albert... indeed!  [photoblogs.org]
   
• Rooster Iglehart 3/24/04 
  Description: Illustrator
  Comments: The expressive faces in Rooster's illustrations seem magical to me.  Inspiring.  Several of them left me imagining stories and scenarios that might be written about the characters.  I'm not sure how else to say it, except that this small collection of Rooster's work certainly sparks the imagination...  [Design Radar]
   
• unluckyOS 3/23/04 
  Description: prompt based web
  Comments: I could have just picked Paul's main site, where you'll find an eclectic mix of techy links, scripts and tips, plus a very cool map and several lookup goodies.  But using the simple command prompt to find him is way more fun!  The unluckyOS is plugged into oodles of real data.  Just type "?" and explore...  [For the Masses]
   
• Pixelfly.net 3/22/04 
  Description: personal playground
  Comments: You could start with a cool graphic battle or take a seaside tour.  Or maybe go straight to Zero's unique wallpapers or a colorful wall of button links.  Or just start at the beginning.  In any case, it's tasty pixels ahead...;~))   [Designlinks.org]
   
• Nirvous 3/21/04 
  Description: people, places, and things plus digital art (Flash)
  Comments: Newstoday® led to I Eat Links.  After feeding the thingy, a little further exploration led me to today's pick.  There's 3 sections to the photos and my fave is all of them.  Jason, a cynic by profession, quotes a proverb:  "Fall seven times, stand up eight."  Something clicked with me there, but that's a different story.  Anyway, there's also a section of cool digital works and Jason shares some misc_files.  And I love the soundscape...;~))
   
• three 3/20/04 
  Description: build your own visual story and view others' creations (Flash)
  Comments: Any one of the 3 characters will get you on your way to building a unique visual narrative.  You choose the photos for the storyboard and can add your creation to the collection, connecting it to others' works.  Watching the stories is the real treat.  Though I'm not sure how the connections work, I did notice variations in some of the scenes.  Intriquing Flash interface and a wonderfully artistic combination of illustration and animation...
   
• girlyhandwriting 3/19/04 
  Description: a collection of drawings and paintings
  Comments: Fellow (or is that Fella?) lefthandsider Marcela calls Suzanne's illustrations "very cute."  It's their childlike quality that amazes me most, considering Suzy's 22-years-old.  And the site's all handwritten in her girly style.  What creativity!  Enjoy her drawings and paintings – let her know what you think...
   
• Planewalk 3/18/04 
  Description: a harbour for my visual creations
  Comments: Eleni a/k/a curly-haired monster, a 21-year-old artist, launched the site last September after several prior attempts and I'm glad she made it.  A harbour for her art, the site's simple ink-splattered design is appealing.  The works, going back as far as 1998, include traditional paintings, pen & wash, and pencil sketches plus digital portraits, paintings, scribbles, and collabs.  Cool style – I love the untitled pencil drawing of a tree done in August, 2001.  Eleni says "explore, enjoy, and perhaps be inspired."  3 for 3...  [raster]
   
• IdealWord 3/17/04 
  Description: a product of the new artistic societies and its aim is to raise doubts within the digital art field
  Comments: There's more, considerably more than meets the eye when you view the artworks.  "Computer aided methods of transformation of human consciousness" are at play here and the tasty combinations of image and text, and in many cases, text as image are absolutely astounding.  Viewing the source of some of the HTML pieces will shed light on what's going on here and you can download .pdf versions for printing.  It's all copyleft and meant to open doors.  Explore and enjoy intertextual art...  [linkdup]
   
• Signs of Life 3/16/04 
  Description: photographs of signs that transcend their objectivity to reveal our humanity
  Comments: From mumble@del.icio.us, a bookmark reminds us it's only human.  Signage everywhere disclosing bits about humanity.  "MANAGEMENT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR GASTRONOM[I]C INDIGNITIES CAUSED BY THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR PRODUCTS."  I guess people tend to sue restaurants too much.  Another sign at the foot of a marble stairway is shared as evidence that "bureaucracy stares you in the face."  And I've already thought of several social statements I could express if I cared to tag a stop sign or two.  Finally, a black & white photo of a handwritten sign on cardboard says it all... if you're listening.  Forgive me if I've bored you, but I simply love this stuff...
   
• Comfort Stand 3/14/04 
  Description: a not-for-profit community driven label where all releases are free for download with artwork and liner notes
  Comments: Nothing Is True led me to the site – Jeremy called it an "excellent selection of bedroom producers, plunderphonia, exotica, and tiki freakiness."  There's some excellent homegrown content in its catalog of 16 releases.  "Having no business model or profit motive we strive to bring you recordings that we find interesting, compelling and downright enjoyable.  Everybody needs free music."  Yes, it used the "F" word.  Today's pick is an independent record label that let's you download everything, even cover art (plus lyrics in some cases), and it's all...free.  Thank you Otis!
   
• Sinah Nthodi Nkoane 3/13/04 
  Description: exploring photography
  Comments: "It is pay day.  There is a vibe about the city today.  The[re] is excitement.  The security guard is happy to check your bag.  Car drivers a happy to let you cut them off, the sales person smiles when you buy more than one pack of cigarettes."  A day in the life of Sinah in South Africa.  This is version 8 of the site, launched in January and called "Shift*"  It's a photo journal with 2 pics per entry.  Great photos plus 3 other interesting projects in the archives.  Word is that a new Flash version of the site may be in the works.  "Where can I learn to dance, I can dance, but I need to Samba."  I'm guessing one of Sinah's readers knew exactly what that meant...  [Swikiri]
   
• Daniel Lee 'Manimals' 3/11/04 
  Description: digital images combining human portraits with animal features
  Comments: There's an amazing animated .gif called "Fish out of water" done in 1998-99, which shows Daniel Lee's "view of evolution."  That's just the online representation of the actual work of art which is a sequence of 11 larger digital C-prints with a 5-minute animated presentation on DVD, currently on display at the JM Kolar Art Center in Wisconsin.  That project is 1 of 5 showcased here.  It looks like Daniel started doing his "Manimals" in 1993 and his work has been exhibited all over the world.  Drawing.  Photography.  Fine art.  Photoshop.  Uniquely cool...  [pictoblog]
   
• Mars - 1 /3/8/04 
  Description: gallery of paintings, sculpture, and walls by 'urban-Gothic' artist Mario Martinez
  Comments: It's off to Mars today, as in Mario Martinez, an artist living in San Francisco who paints on both walls and canvas.  Mario calls himself "a visual artist with a street background" and his paintings are literally out-of-this-world.  His sculpture work and streetart are also showcased and Mario's got style – "urban-Gothic, a dimensional grid of self-echoing harmonics, and sci-fi abstracted, quasi-organic form."  [k10k #]
   
• In Passing 3/7/04 
  Description: a collection of the random things I see and overhear on a daily basis
  Comments: "I'm the narrator of this story of sorts, and though it's about my world, right now it isn't about me."  So, Eve's not her real name but this college student says "I have a habit of really noticing my surroundings" and she can't help overhearing "comical or tragic or cool" things and her site is "a place to share them or save them."  Even more interesting than the things Eve overhears are the comments made by her visitors (and her own remarks in some cases).  One recent post has over 50 responses in the comments.  Berkeley's "a rather unusual town" for sure and the web is a great place to watch it from with the help of one Eve S. Dropper...;~))   [curious frog]
   
• populardelujo 3/5/04 
  Description: a project from Bogotá, Colombia inspired by the popular (or folk) culture
  Comments: "Some sections of this site are not translated in order to keep the original and true sense of local idiomatic expressions which have no precise equivalent in other languages.  However, you will realize that the graphic language is so rich in shapes and colours, that it speaks for itself."  Through the images, one gets a true glimpse of Columbian popular culture.  You'll need to select one of the languages at the top of the main page to get to the "Galería Deluxe" page, with thumbnails leading to a variety of interesting artifacts.  There's also some cool panoramas of Bogotá in "Fotografía" and a wealth of additional content for those familiar with the written language.  ¡Un qué sitio fresco! 
   
• Complacent 3/3/04 
  Description: on a journey somewhere between apathy and inspiration...
  Comments: "I realized the greatest impediment to change is our complacent culture" says w.e.  "I set out to change the planet, but the planet changed me."  So, w.e. and friends have a playground that "spreads across New York City" and have been known to use it for various street stunts and other assorted events.  Online, they provide communication tools. a big collection of propaganda images, and other creative content meant to "inspire you" to maybe create a little dialogue yourself.  If the statements made don't urge you to act, you can bet they'll at least urge you to think.  I like the design and fullscreen presentation too.  "From the mind of one to the eyes of many..."  [AlterFin]
   
• LEFThandSIDE 3/2/04 
  Description: showing our pride of being left-handed people in a right-handed world
  Comments: The "newest lefthandsider" Tim Dawson says "I picked up the blue crayon with my left hand so I could eat it back in '86."  He also points out that "the mouse cursor tends to point to the left."  Well.  I'm glad he only ate the blue crayon because the artwork that accompanies his profile shows some pretty cool use of the other colors.  Lefthandsider Nick Young notes that "a lot of left handed people are injured every year from using tools made for right handed people!"  Craig Robinson says it's more fun "reading magazine from the back."  Being a lefty myself, of course I like Marcela's concept of bringing together "talented left-handed artists and designers" but being an equal-opportunity consumer of art and design, I surely have nothing against right-handers.  That's why I found a comment in "Leftvoice" so amusing.  "I am hurt and offended that just because their r less of u, u guys think ur more impotant. u discriminate againest all the right handded people....."  Today's pick isn't all that serious, Mr. Discusted.  It's just a community thing – and a fun and interesting one at that...  [Lounge72 #]
   
• Exitwound 3/1/04 
  Description: photos and text by frank kolodziej
  Comments: A blogroll led me to "Exitwound (no space, no 's')" and I consider that a lucky moment.  Outstanding photography and site design.  I especially like Frank's close-up/macro shots, but the diverse collection is all good.  There's over 2-dozen shots taken on the 28th alone.  Whether using the archives (going back to 2001) or just clicking through the photos, it's an enjoyable browsing experience.  – Jenett (one 'n', two 't')...;~))