Ryden opening review

The LA Weekly has a review of the recent Ryden collection opening, "The Tree Show". Ryden is a flagship of Lowbrow art. I would say is one of the most frequently imitated artists these days. He is a precise and skilled painter with a sensibility for the surreal. The centerpiece "The Tree of Life" sold for 800k!

Super Favorite Illustration Blog

Bibliodyssey has some of the most fantastic old-timey illustrations collected in one place. I have a large collection of these (scattered over numerous hard-drives), it's about to get a whole lot bigger....

I like paper (still)

Jen Stark rocks the block when it comes to hacking paper.

Usefull source of images...

Wiki commons has lots of images (some are actually good) both vector and raster. All of which embrace copy-lefts (CC).

Robo-starfish

Cornell researchers develop a robotic design that "self determines" its shape and locomotion. Nice use of A-Life in R-Life.

New Gengap

I like the explanation of the new generation gap over at New York Magazine. Motivates me just a little to try out second life, facebook, and all that other "trendy web stuff". Might just have to start a blog....

Distance Transforms...

Paul Rosens Salience Distance Transform.