The lady in Blue

August 31st, 2008

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Check this out.

I will use this image for my multiply page and from time to time, I’ll try to make more art image and place it as the main image to my site. I hope this will give you a smile to your face.

Thanks for visiting my page.

3D and Seamless Tiles

August 30th, 2008

3D Tiles

What are seamless tile images?

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Simply, these are small images that when stitches together will give you one great whole picture and you can use it as your desktop wallpaper.

But to my amazement, there’s more to it than just simple wallpaper.

Today, I’m going to give you an image that when you focus your attention to it and stare unknowingly, you will see its 3D image. I bet you can do it.

This will test your eye’s capability to see things beyond the real thing.

If you can see it the right way the image seems to grow as you get closer to the monitor, but if the image doesn’t grow as your gets near the monitor, you got it all wrong.

But I have to warn you, don’t over do it because it may strain and harm your eyes.

Click the image and good luck…

Seamless Tiles #003

August 15th, 2008

Here are more of tile images I’ve created so far. As you can see here, its a group of images with different color and I have to add one image to fit the space and make it more presentable though. You can download them and make them as your own background to your web page.

I am doing the same thing, please visit my other page at multiply and you will see what I am trying to say. I randomly choose any image from this page and upload it to my other site as a background.

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gra1_2akh.jpg…….gra1_2akg.jpg…….gra1_2aki.jpg

gra1_2akj.jpg…….gra1_2akl.jpg…….gra1_2ali.jpg

gra1_2alj.jpg…….gra1_2alk.jpg…….gra1_2all.jpg

gra1_2aln.jpg…….gra1_2alm.jpg…….gra1_2aaa.jpg

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Seamless Tiles #002

August 13th, 2008

I am fond of making images. One that caught my attention is a simple “tile image”, a small graphic that when multiply and put together will bring you astounding background for your desktop. Then the seamless image comes. This too, is a small graphic of anything but when tiled you won’t see any lines that break the good looking image. It is continuously repeating the small picture, you can’t even distinguish it from left to right or from top to bottom sides.
This images will give additional beauty to your webpage background and feel free to download my seamless tile, no obligation in your part. I hope this will make you smile.

hoe2.jpg…… hoe42.jpg …… jlee41.jpg

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hoe41.jpg…….. jlee51.jpg ……..000081.gif

I’ll be using this tiles to my multiply.com webpage and you can view the effect, although my site there is under constraction at the moment, you can still see what its look like. You too, can make a good background of your choice to you page, just click the image then copy/paste the link to your css file.

Please see my multiply page.

Any comments will be much appreciated.

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Announcement

May 11th, 2008

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Hello friend and welcome to my webpage.

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I added one page named Goodies in the side bar, meaning you can read some very important articles or facts that could do you favor. It did give me big favor and I am passing this knowledge on to you so that we all could benefit from it. Aside for my article about the color in your diet, I stumbled to an important notice that won my interest and now it’s your turn to know the idea, just read all the articles in my Goodies menu in the side bar and spread the good news. I’m glad to be of help in any which way I can.

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Ps.
I will add some more as soon as I capture more goodies in and out of the internet.

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Nice Portraits from a skillful hand

April 18th, 2008

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I was wandering around the internet when suddenly my mind was struck by a somewhat like lightning and found myself in the page where I can see many people from my country that offer and sell their work of art, that is, their paintings, crafts, antiques, etc.

So I decided to post their work here to help them find people who are willing to do business with them and appreciate their creations.

Here is one that I want to feature first.

This is a store named as Guhit Kamay. They offer good quality portraits, caricatures, and corporate giveaways. You can visit their website here to view more of what they can provide.

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They quote:

“Motivated by the value of Art as a way of life, Guhit Kamay envisions a store successfully spreading artistic works made especially for an individual. The never recurring characteristic of art is the force that compels the business to be challenging in every single workday.”

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Group Tile Images #001

April 12th, 2008

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Here are some of my collections of Tile Images which turn into a beautiful background. You can use it as a desktop image, in your webpage or blogs as a still background.

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gra1_2aak.jpg         gra1_2aaka.jpg         gra1_2aakb.jpg

 

These collections are all free, you can use it anytime, anywhere, feel free to copy them in your computer, no royalty fee.

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gra1_2aal.jpg         gra1_2aala.jpg         gra1_2aalb.jpg

 

I also made some black image out of its group so you have many options to choose. Its great to have these good quality of image.

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gra1_2aud.jpg         gra1_2aue.jpg         gra1_2auf.jpg

 

If you would like to view the images as tile images in your desktop, read my recent post entitled “Beautiful Tile Images for background #001”, here’s the link: http://passion.pinoybusiness.org/?p=65, so you can get the software I used to view the image fast.

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gra1_2aug.jpg         gra1_2auh.jpg         gra1_2aui.jpg

 

Your comments are much appreciated, thank you.

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Let’s talk about Color in your Diet

April 7th, 2008

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Everyone’s talking about health food, that means reducing ailments and increasing the possibilities of having good life and being healthy throughout the years. So let’s talk more about color on your plate. Well I’m having Reds, Yellows/Oranges, Greens, Purples/Blues and Whites in my diet. This will give me so much joy knowing that there is a relevant between the color of food we eat and the color I usually use to paint.

This combination of color is what I want to see on my paintings, the color red, green, orange, yellows, and blues. The more you see them on the plate, the more health you are also getting from your vegetable and fruit intakes.

Our nutritionists had many research showing how this colorful vegetables and fruits contain all-important vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals that our body needs to gain health and help you feel great.

 

Consider this notes:

Reds

Tomatoe

 

Adding deep reds or bright pinks to your daily food, it is said that you are also adding a powerful antioxidant called lycopene. Lycopene which is usually found in tomatoes, red and pink grapefruit, watermelon, papaya and guava, is very good to our daily intake. It has the ability to fight heart disease and some cancers, that is, the lycopene.

 

 

 

Blues/Purples

BlueberriesThese add health-enhancing flavonoids, phytochemicals, and antioxidants. The pigments found that responsible for the blue color are being studied, because it is said to be the body’s defense of harmful caecinogens, that is, the Anthocyanins, a phytochemical. Blues and purples add beautiful shades of calmness and richness to your plate. In particular, blueberries are so rich in Vitamin C and folic acid and also high in fiber and potassium. Researchers have shown us their record that a serving of fresh blueberries would give us more antioxidant activity than those we usually eat.

 

 

Greens

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So do you know why this color is so necessary to your diet? Green vegetables look great and taste good and they are rich in the phytochemicals that keep you well. We found carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin in collards, spinach, kale. Broccoli have antioxidant properties and are being studied for their ability to protect our eyes, thus, keeping our retina strong. Some cruciferous vegetables and others are being studied to see if they may reduce the risk of cancerous tumors! We also knew that greens provide us essential vitamins (folate), fiber and minerals.

 

 

 

Oranges/Yellows

CarrotsThe nutrition we need is a beta-carotene that is found in the orange vegetables and fruits like mangos, apricots, sweet potato and carrots. This carotenoid is a natural antioxidant and still being studied for its role in enhancing the immune system. Most often we found Folate in leafy greens, is also found in orange fruits and vegetables. We should know that bright yellows have many of the same ingredients as the orange groups. Tough as a powerful health-protector, the orange group is rich in Vitamin C. I would suggest that you make the orange group a part of your daily diet.

 

 

Whites

OnionNote this one, I don’t usually eat onions because I don’t like the crunchy taste, but this kind of vegetables from the onion family contain the phytochemical allicin., and that include garlic, leeks, scallions, chives, and any variety of onion, Research is being conducted on Allicin, that is, to learn how it may help lower our blood pressure and cholesterol and increase the body’s ability to battle infections. They found Indoles and sulfaforaphanes, these are phytochemicals in cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower, for finding how they may inhibit cancer growth. Another one is Polyphenols, a very important phytochemical in pears and green grapes, studying how they may reduce the risk of certain cancers.

Now you know the importance of colors which I associated to the food we eat and the understanding we have to gain from reading this article and what to prioritize when it comes to healthy eating diet. Just to let you know that colors are very important to the eyes of an artist as well as important to everybody else regarding the food we eat. There is color in every season, while there are many colors in every painting.

 

 

Beautiful Tile Images for background #001

March 17th, 2008

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I always fascinated by the way the tiled image formed and I wanted to make my own image. At first, it was a trial and error job because I haven’t enough knowledge to do this back then, but I’m happy for the result and it’s worth trying for. So, here are some of my finished products and enjoy the fine release.

You may freely use and download these graphics from this site on your commercial or noncommercial projects, you may edit, distribute them, but you may not sold or any other earning purposes. I only ask you to provide a link back to passion.pinoybusiness.org, that is, my homepage, and it would give me much pleasure.

I use this small program long time ago from Usama, which was uploaded to download.com, and when I visited the site today, the program was not found, I search Google for the said software and you can download it here. Just click the download button, choose any of the two filenames, install and run the free program.

This is a very neat program and it works for me and I’m satisfy with the results, his Picture Viewer is capable of tiling your image in full size in your desktop, You can view it with speed and ease, you can use it in your project. Surely you have to agree to his agreement about using his software, after all its free. Have fun.

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Your comment is much appreciated, thank you.

Colors

January 23rd, 2008

What is life without colors? Can you identify a thing by merely looking at its color? We love to see everything in colors. That is why our great inventors didn’t stop until they developed the modern television that’s delivered a great image in full color. Then, the invention of the colored photograph using colored film came and others followed.

  What about someone is using colors in his painting, will it be great to see a picture channel to a canvass or wood, paper, textile or glass? Long time ago, our ancestors invented more ways to bring their paintings pleasant to the eyes of the viewer. They developed paints made of water, pigments, egg, this kind of medium when applied to canvasses dries quickly because water evaporates fast so, the outcomes of these paintings were often flat in their characteristics because of the matte finish of the dried egg. Many great paintings were done by this method and some were not satisfy, they were thinking of more possible idea to make their painting a pleasant one, a more realistic looking masterpiece.

  The news unfolded that in the Northern part of Europe, artists begin to paint in a new means. This changed the history of painting for good. This became their humble beginning, simply because they change egg tempera to vegetable oil and the pigments dry slowly, thus, reacting with oxygen, this serves to set with little loss of bulk so, the brushwork becomes important to emphasize, it has an outstandingly brilliant finish because of the varnish as the coat to it. This is what we call the “Revolution in the Art of Painting”. The result was truly amazing, one can now paint with brighter color, and more depth noticed as well as the contrasts, too. This new oil-based technique spread widely throughout Europe and neighbor countries, and the whole world apply and enjoy using it.

 We are much enjoyed the painting done in the Renaissance era, and most of the artists contribute their work in a highly remarkable way. Their paintings appear more realistic as clearly as the water, the folds and highlights are visible thus, from light to dark.

 By the 20th century when artists believed that their world is nearly in an extinction, because of photographic processes improved, there were an art movements that’s began to form where Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, and Expressionism had been born. More and more stylization were discovered and being practice until today, that is, painting is a way of life and the expression of ones mind channeled to any medium and colors, we simply don’t have to stop, we should show our ideas through paintings with expressive thoughts and disciplines.