Animated gif saved on delicious. Don't know where from.

"This is Relevant to my Interests"

This is too rad to merely reblog.

Via UUIUU

Things I like about this image: The chance to give your computer "Freedom of Speech".

Although the potential of giving my computer freedom of speech makes me feel morally superior as enlightened liberator, I'd rather not give my computer any actual individual rights fearing a robotic uprising. Instead, I'll let it think it has "freedom" and only have it repeat my commands ... like a parrot.

(via pootee.tumblr)

Sexy Adrienne graphics by another Adrienne

Adrienne's PSP

(via seanorr.tumblr)

Spiritual Internet - Opening the Chakras

Eilis McDonald, Opening the Chakras (2009)

Amazing GIF!

Original on Brokeoid's Flickr.

Via digipunx.tumblr.

Who needs colour? - My search for MacPaint

Image Source: Mac Daniel

I've been frantically searching the web for some kind of MacPaint clone or ROM of some kind. The search has lead me to all kinds of interesting sites, including this long history of interactive design on Étienne Mineur's blog, and a nice MacPaint Primer on MacDaniel's Advice.

Finding a clone or even an old disk image is a lot more difficult than you'd think, considering most of the results from my search were of forum threads either asking for some kind of clone or discussing what were the best alternatives. I did, however, manage to find what I was looking for.


I found a disk image of MacPaint 1.5 and Mini vMac, a fairly simple Mac emulator. I say fairly because I'm not that proficient when it comes to computers, but I still managed to get it up and running. There's a good Mini vMac guide on E-Maculation.com that I'll be pouring over for the next few days, there are a lot of other programmes available besides MacPaint that I'm sure will be fun.

I still have a lot of experimenting to do, but I managed to knock out the above illustration (and screen-grabbed, not yet sure how I'm going to save these images) just to make sure it was all working. I'm really looking forward to it, though, as the aesthetic is something I really enjoy.

*The disk images available for download are only there for those who own/ed the original programmes but have since lost or damaged them. Technically these programmes still belong to Apple but have since been discontinued, which is why they are so difficult to come by.*

abstract_1.gif

I downloaded free image editor Pixen a little while ago and I finally got around to trying out it's animation feature.

As an editor it isn't that easy, nor is it stable. It's easy to crash, and its functions aren't terribly evident, so my production was very limited. I started with a bitmap that I created with another free editor (Paintbrush ... until it also crashed) and then just played around with what little effects I had access to (circles and paint bucket). My favorite part is how the colours got completely screwed around in the compression process, although I'm also a bit irritated with how slow it is ... anyway, I should probably play with it or read the readme file or something.