Digital Signposts

A blend of craftsmanship and technology

Art teacher Bob Truby has created a beautiful site, Brand Name Pencils, an online gallery featuring his vast collection of pencils. I have captured one of my favourites above, although in my art school days the 6B was de riguer  for life drawing class.

Bob writes;

"Sadly those days are over and the craftsmanship, skill and pride once put into the ordinary pencil is but a thing of the past."

I think Bob's work personifies these qualities, and by sharing his collection and research on the web,  I am convinced  he will inspire others to do likewise.
via Boing Boing

Digital imaging moves to the next level

Just when digital imaging applications seem to have reached a high water mark, new developments appear at Siggraph. The video above (via O'Reilly Radar) shows some stunning developments in resizing images without cropping and scaling. The last sequence will add completely new perspective to the debate around 'removing' data from images.