Combine your digital photos with the ancient practice of ASCII art.

Over the coming days, as art lovers take in the hundreds of images mounted around town at FotoWeek D.C., most of them will probably look a fair amount like photos always have. The technology used to produce them, however, will almost certainly be new. They will have been shot and printed digitally. Read the article here Imaginginsider.com

In “Beyond Digital Photography: Transforming Photos Into FIne Art with Photoshop and Painter” by Cher Threinen-Pendarivs and Donal Jolley, Blogcritics found this book to be nicely organized. It gets a highly recommended and is observed that even if you cannot paint there are definite benefits from reading this book with the extremely long title… BUY NOW

TIME features Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art, a gallery of the artist's photographs followed by the paintings they inspired.

The NY Times recently published a fascinating article on the subject "how people engage art" in art galleries. As one might expect, there are a variety of "approaches" people take. to viewing art. Some walk around slowly, savoring each artistic morsel on a wall. Some walk through the gallery quickly, hardly glancing at much of anything save for the watch on their wrist (in hopes of escaping, perha...

Jodi with MCP Actions shared this photo on a post here several months ago, and it remains one of my favorite photos of hers. I love the color, I love the composition…and I love the texture. I haven’t really gotten into the art of using textures in my photos, more because I haven’t taken the time to perfect the process (translation: I’m lazy) than anything else. And though I...

It’s here... Remember that Blurb Book Contest we had for the best face photos WAY back in July ? Well, the book is finally done!! Yeah! After hours and hours of organizing 72 of your photos, designing and proofing a 64 page layout, we are very excited to announce this beautiful book!! Seeing all your photos together makes one amazing work of art! We want to thank each one of you who entered a ph...

I am a blogger. As such, it is my prerogative to occasionally post photos of my feet propped up on a desk while I work on content for my blog. It’s my attempt at the fine art of capturing banal photo subjects. (See today’s Photography post for more information.)     Here’s where I part ways with the true artists, though, who just let their art speak for itself: I ruin i...

Many people want to erect a firewall between art and commerce, between creative acts and financial transactions. The implication is that people who create art are somehow debased by being forced to sell their art in order to survive (and make more art). If you are a creative professional, I’m willing to bet that selling

We want to introduce you to one of our new sponsors Critical Point Design. They turn your photos into art by using graphic design to personalize your gallery wrapped canvas. We love personalized art work such as these! This is our favorite... How cute would this be in a child's room? They have a lot of unique designs to choose from. These would make such a great gift! After you tell them the infor...