Sketching In is my answer to Foursquare check-in. Every time I’d otherwise check-in on Foursquare, I draw a picture and upload it to Twitter. Inspiration came from a response to my enthusiasm about a recently earned Foursquare badge: Cognitive slavery (aka crowdslaving) in action.RT @ckundo: Just got a super-palindrome bonus on @foursquare: c-c-c-combo breaker!!! — John Robb (@johnrobb) November 11, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Art'
Twitter Portraits
August 29th, 2010 1 Comment
I’m working on a new series of paintings I’m calling Twitter Portraits. They are small acrylic painting based on the profile pics of people I’m following on Twitter. I chose Twitter because it was right in front of me while at my desk getting ready to paint, and because I’m inundated with it, glancing at it [...]
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It’s just art… Honestly
September 6th, 2009 No Comments
My wife Kate has started a blog – Honestly Art – to promote “accessible artwork”. She has recently showcased Nahcotta Gallery’s Enormous Tiny Art show, as well as a handful of individual artists. She’s also creating a gallery/artist database for browsing. I’m enjoying getting the tech side established: WordPress Blog – plugins, themes, hacks Google [...]
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4-in-4
January 12th, 2009 No Comments
Day 1: My goal is to make 40 paintings in 4 days. So far so good, 10 down. Day 2: I’ve solicited photos from ITPers for inspiration. Thanks all! 5 paintings today. Day 3: 2 paintings today. I’m seeing an exponential decay in the quantity of paintings, but I’ve been working larger and longer. Probably [...]
Making light of the artist
July 5th, 2008 1 Comment
The Lumiere Manifesto expounds on a vision of online media that emphasizes authenticity of experience, for creator and consumer alike. Its tenets are based on the characteristics of early film, e.g. brevity and lack of editing. For the authors, these qualities enhance the integrity of the experience, and stand in stark contrast to most contemporary [...]
