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Creating a Digital Photography Workflow That Protects Your Work

Written by on Sept. 25, 2012 in Ads, Advertising , Alternative, Animation, Architecture, Art History, Art Installation, Art Installments, Art school.

Whether you take photographs professionally or you simply take pictures as a hobby, editing digital photographs can become tedious and time consuming. In order to help you manage the task better and finish editing your photos quicker, consider developing a digital workflow plan. This article will provide you with a step-by-step guide to edit and store your photographs, allowing you to move through the process easier and quicker.

Steps To An Efficient Digital Workflow

Begin by copying, renaming and backing up your photographs. Creating a backup is a critical first step in your digital workflow. Consider getting a software program ...

Total Recall (2012): Finally a Fresh Sci-Fi Vision

Written by on July 28, 2012 in Concept Art, Digital Art, Featured Artist , FF Members, Movies, Product Design, Set Design.

Thanks to Jeffrey Morris for this great article.
Jeffrey is a very successfull writer / designer and owner of FutureDude.com. He currently has a great Kickstarter project for a new sci-fi graphic novel in the works. Click here to check it out and show your support

Kate Beckinsale hides behind her evil robots in ...

Industrial SPARK!

Written by on Nov. 11, 2011 in Ads, Advertising , Alternative, Animation, Architecture.

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Thanks to Staples, and a half dozen other mega-stores, that song will always remind me of holiday shopping. And when I think of shopping for gifts, be it for loved ones, office mates or myself (insert smile here) I think of all the wonderfully unique products I have seen my fellow designers create. Some of the more creative contrivances unfortunately are not for sale :( as was the case with Design Inc.'s dumbbell sports bottle and Andrew Kim's green designs.

So with credit card in hand (I'm getting those ...

Sparks are starting to fly!

Written by on Sept. 14, 2011 in Ads, Advertising , Architecture, Art History, Art Installation, Art Installments.

SPARKS are flying!

For several days now, the art smiths at FF have been sending me links to amazing artists and their works. So what better way to share them than with this our inaugural issue of SPARK ™, Filter Foundry’s weekly artist showcase.
Published every Friday, this online source of all that is cool will kick off your weekend. Share it with your friends and feel free to submit your own art to our SPARK™ editors.

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Tags : 3D Anime colors Las Vegas Paintings photography Prints t-shirts

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PULSE: The new book by Harald Belker

Written by on July 28, 2011 .

carbodydesign.com | Jul 15th 2011

Scott Robertson'sDesign Studio Press, a publisher specialized in concept design, with original artbooks and educational books, is launching "PULSE – the complete guide to future racing", an artbook by concept designer Harald Belker.

PULSE illustrates Harald's vision of the future world of motorsports in the year 2035, featuring extreme vehicles based on magnetic levitation. Harald Belker himself has unveiled the first images on Filter Foundry. He has commented "In this new book, I introduce the world of PULSE in illustrations and graphic detail. Based on Mag-Lev principles, these newly designed and developed racing ...

Call for Sketchbook Pro Submissions! SIGGRAPH 2011

Written by on July 5, 2011 in Concept Art, Digital Art.

Submit your original SketchBook created character design, concept art, storyboards, costume design, or matte painting to be presented at the Autodesk booth at SIGGRAPH while simultaneously hosted online at the AREA. If you love games, film, and television, this is your chance to contribute to a collection showcasing the best work of industry professional and aspiring artists. Let Autodesk help you make your friends jealous by showcasing your SketchBook skills at SIGGRAPH.

Deadline:
August 3, 2011 (to make it for the gallery launch)
Submissions during SIGGRAPH accepted until August 11, 2011

How to Submit?
Send up to 3 submissions to ...

Koralie and SupaKitch Art

Written by on June 15, 2011 in Fine Art, Music Videos, YouTube.

Koralie and SupaKitch are two acclaimed street artists from France who share equal success in their own right. Projects include Converse, Emilie Simon, Artoyz, and Kidrobot. Now based in New York, both have joined together in love and as a talented duo sharing their unique creative styles with the rest of the world. Heavily influenced by contrast, Japanese art and culture, much of their work is seen on urban canvases. But that fact is rapidly changing as their art is increasingly finding its way onto the walls in galleries on three continents.

Set Design for Amon Tobin 'ISAM' live

Written by on June 3, 2011 in Music Videos, Set Design, YouTube.

Trailer for Amon Tobin's all new, highly ambitious, breathtaking 'ISAM' live show. Tobin will be stepping away from previous DJ centric performances, and instead will be providing a large scale live audio/visual experience to select cities around the world. Designed in conjunction with Blasthaus, VSquared Labs, Vita Motus Design, Leviathan and others.

It’s hard to believe but this year marks Amon Tobin‘s debut at Montreal’s MUTEK Festival, now in its 12th year. Even so, Tobin is no stranger to the Canadian city, having lived there while producing several of his albums for the celebrated electronic ...

ROME: 3 Dreams of Black

Written by on May 19, 2011 in CSS3 and HTML5, Digital Art, Motion Graphics, Music Videos.

ROME has a new album out called "3 Dreams of Black" and deciided to use Chrome for little coding expriment. Check out this great music video made popssible with Google Chrome. http://www.ro.me/

"3 Dreams of Black" is an interactive film by Chris Milk and some friends at Google that showcases the creative potential of WebGL. WebGL is a context of the HTML5 canvas element that enables hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in the web browser without a plug-in. In other words, it enables your browser to show some really beautiful visuals. On this page, you'll find a WebGL ...

Man Unveils Interactive Toothpick Sculpture of San Francisco That Took 35 Years to Create

Written by on April 25, 2011 in Vimeo.

Artist Scott Weaver recently unveiled “Rolling Through the Bay,” a toothpick Rube Goldberg machine of the Bay Area. A product of 35 years of work and over 100,000 toothpicks, the piece can be explored via a number of ball runs that take you through toothpick replicas of Bay Area sights and attractions. Pretty cool!