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BP11_2010013_Comment on Robyn Rhyne's Post

Here is the Link to the comment made on Robin's post:

http://robynrhyneetcblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/bp82010012reflective-media-asset1.html


The following is a painting from my neice Shannon. She paints an amazingly impressive T-Rex for her age. Although I don't think she meant to paint a T-Rex.

BP10_2010013_Comment on Jordan Culver's Page

Here is my link to my comment on Jordan Culver's page:

http://jnculver.blogspot.com/2010/01/bp82010012reflective-media-asset_18.html

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The latest and greatest choice for web 2.0 that I can use in the classroom and I can also use myself is IMAGE SPARK ( http://www.imgspark.com ). Here you can discover, share, tag and converge images that inspire you and your work. Basically, think of it this way, it's social bookmarking, but instead of links, it revolves around images.

From an artist's standpoint, this is pretty important. There's the kind of artist that simply appreciates. There's also the artist that wants to celebrate. Then, there's the artist that wants to imitate. Personally, while I do have my own style, I am definitely self-admittedly derivative.

To be derivative doesn't mean you're unoriginal. That all depends on how your own artwork is concieved, how much original additional thought goes into this conception, and then of course, the final product.

If I wanted to redesign or simply decorate my living room for example, Imagespark is a good place to start to find ideas. It's also a place where I can keep images that I find that give me good ideas and new directions to go in. There are even browser plug-ins available off the site that allow the user to simply right-click and add images to your account.

Here are a few examples of what I'm talking about:

I want to decorate my living room...



Now, I want to suggest cool ideas for my students to use when they design their dream house in Google Sketchup:



How about when I bid for a freelance web design job and I have artist's block, I search for 'web design' and come up with this:

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Here is the link to the comment I made on Isabel's page:

http://sevenfireflies4edu.blogspot.com/2010/01/bp32010011web20-t1-wix.html

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Here is my link to the comment that I put on Ursula's page.

http://ursulajones.blogspot.com/2010/01/bp32010011web-20-t1-businesscard2com.html