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From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A mixed media painting by Mike Herrera, depicting an underwater scene with a fish and some rocks in stark relief. I am not sure what media Mike used to get the rocks and the fish in relief but I do remember that this was quite a striking painting. If I am not mistaken, this would have been seen in Rufee Art Gallery in Mabini Street, Ermita, Manila sometime around the year 2005?© Mike Herera estate
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From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A mixed media relief art painting by Mike Herrera, seen in one of the art galleries in Ermita, Manila, sometime around the year 2005? I am not sure what sort of technique Mike used to get the (cave wall rocks, or whatever they are supposed to be) into such stark relief? 'Very interesting painting, though. -
From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
Image courtesy of artfreaks.com member Noel L. Laxamano. He writes: "I never thought that a Mike Herrera original was hanging in our living room! Here is his rendition of everyday Filipino activities in the early 19th century in the infamous Binondo, Manila. The work is oil on canvas, measuring 30in (height) x 50in (length)..." -
What do you think of artfreaks.com?
smb replied to smb's topic in Intros and members announcements/advertising
Come back, FunkyBoy! It's time for some more art!! -
Self-portrait and an Upside-down practice sketch
smb commented on smb's gallery image in Members Albums - Index Page
Haha! Number 1: That was me when I still had some hair! ??? Vic Rolfe circa 2005!! ?? -
I started drawing and sketching in 2005 - before moving on to some early attempts at pastel painting. Soft pastels are still my medium of choice but the paintings often start out as a rough sketch, followed by some watercolour embellishments before overlaying with pastel. Although I don't have much time for art these days, I really must get myself a sketchbook, at least, and bring that with me on my travels...
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From the album: Drawings and sketches
This was a practice sketch that I made back in 2005 when I first started trying to get back into art. My inspiration was a really good book that managed to convince me that I could draw! Personally, I think that this is the one book that every aspiring artist should read, before anything else... The book is called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and, after 15 years, I would still highly recommend it. -
Self-portrait and an Upside-down practice sketch
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From the album: Drawings and sketches
Both of these were done as exercises back in 2005 when I was trying to get back into art after a thirty-year break. Both exercises came from a great book for beginners, called "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards. And here's a link to her website: https://www.drawright.com/ Drawing number 1 was a pretty fair attempt at a self-portrait, I thought. (You will notice that I still had a little bit of hair around my ears and the back of my neck in those days!) Number 2, the "upside-down" drawing was a particular revelation for me! Basically, you had to turn the book upside-down, (thus confusing the right side of the brain,) and then copy the drawing just like that. Finally, having cheated the right side of your brain out of its tendency to make you draw things in its own stylized images and just copy what was in front of you, I was quite surprised by the results... Never mind... Betty Edwards can explain it a whole lot better than I can! -
Gustave Courbet - practice sketch using charcoal
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From the album: Drawings and sketches
This was another practice sketch that I did from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards, back in 2005 when I was trying to get back into art after a 30-year break. This little exercise was based on copying a portrait of Gustave Corbet, and it introduced the use of charcoal with a little bit of shading here and there. -
From the album: Drawings and sketches
Another early practice drawing from when I started trying to get back into art in 2005. I did a series of sketches and drawings back then, before moving on to pastels. None of those early sketches would have been at all possible, had it not been for the confidence that I gained after reading and doing some of the practice exercises in a wonderful book called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. This was the lovely Faye - from Boston, apparently!! To be honest, I can't remember where I got the inspiration for the sketch but it was most probably copied from a photo in Playboy magazine, or somesuch! -
OK, so it was a silly question... And no one else seems to have any questions for this forum. Oh well, no problem... Here are a few brief answers to some real questions: Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
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Beautiful!
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Artistic inspiration and missed photo opportunities
smb commented on smb's blog entry in Vic Rolfe's Art, Photography and Travel Blog - (formerly smb's Blog)
Happy days!! (I just edited this post to get rid of a 'bad' link... It brings back some memories, that's for sure!!) -
Lovely little doggie!!
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This is the MP4 video of the unofficial ปล่อย ("Ploi") music video by a Thai band called Bodyslam. Together with the .srt subtitles file of the same name, is intended purely as a demonstrative sample of my ability - firstly to translate Thai musical lyrics into English and, secondly, to put these into the correct .srt file format. The video file remains the property of its publisher and it is not to be redistributed in any form. In order to view the video with my English subtitles, you will need to download both this MP4 video file and the .srt subtitle file of the same name. Both files should be downloaded to the same folder on your PC. Both files need to have identical file names, (only the file extensions will differ,) in order for the English language subtitles to work when reviewing the video. Comments on the accuracy or otherwise of my translation of the subtitles to the video will be highly welcome. Thank you! Vic Rolfe 02/05/2019Free -
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This is the .srt file for the English language subtitles that I made for the unofficial ปล่อย ("Ploi") music video by a Thai band called Bodyslam. It is intended as a demonstrative sample of my ability - firstly to translate Thai musical lyrics into English and, secondly, to put these into the correct .srt file format. In order to view the video with my English subtitles, you will need to download both the MP4 video file of the same name and this .srt subtitle file. Both files should be downloaded to the same folder on your PC. Both files need to have identical file names, (only the file extensions will differ,) in order for the English language subtitles to work when reviewing the video. Comments on the accuracy or otherwise of my translation of the subtitles to the video will be highly welcome. Thank you! Vic Rolfe 02/05/2019Free -
Since Lim closed down all the food and live music venues on the Baywalk, years ago, the place is good for a stroll and watching the famous Manila Bay sunset - and that's about it, these days...
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Nice!!
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I've just been cleaning out some old posts with broken, bad, spammy and other useless links. This will be a major task but, unfortunately, a necessary one if artfreaks.com is ever going to get any chance of being recognized by any of the major search engines. The wyspers site, (previous post by FunkyBoy,) looks good and I am very happy to be able to keep that one in!
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This is a .xml file containing over 300 flashcards with the Q sides depicting a random selection of Thai words and phrases, all written in the Thai script, and using various different fonts. You will have to download the StudyMinder Flash Cards software to your PC, in order to view and use the cards. Once the software has been installed on your PC, it will create a directory, (a sub-folder - usually in your Documents folder,) called StudyMinder Flash Cards. Just install the .xml file to that subfolder and you can start using the cards right away. Most of the information contained in the flashcards was obtained using a combination of the Thai2English v.2.3 language software and Longdu Dictionary To get the full benefit of the flash cards, I would also suggest downloading a comprehensive selection of Thai language fonts to your PC. You will then be able to change the fonts in which the cards are displayed - and play around with them to your heart's content! The file is provided free of charge and therefore the owner does not warrant the accuracy of any of the information contained in it - nor will he accept any liability whatsoever for any consequences of its use.Free -
'Looks good!!
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Awesome!!
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'Sounds like a lot of work!
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The background is fine... I would have been tempted to put a couple of long, straggly bits of seaweed in there. A bit corny, I know - but then that's just me!! ?
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