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Cinemagraph by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg – http://cinemagraphs.com I found an absolutely stunning bit of photography and animation on the web today. I went to google and searched for “sophisticated GIF” and found some work that blew me away. Each shot is like a time capsule, a magical micro-moment – and they’re [...] I finally launched a long discussed travel presentation night – the idea gestated over the last year and was conceived when I was a friend’s at Christmas and we were all exchanging stories about trips to exotic overseas lands. Eventually a laptop was fired up and we were shown an impromptu slideshow. The problem wasn’t [...] Two art show / exhibitions open this Friday that explore the geography of Ontario, one focusing on the man-made spit at the foot of Leslie St. in Toronto, and the other on the remote wilds of northern Ontario, north of Thunder Bay by and reached via Highway 11. I don’t really frequent art openings and [...] I’m a teacher and designer offering a free online course for people interested in developing skills in areas like Graphic Design and Marketing. I’m offering the course to people who are not artists, but who have “artistic” or “artsy” tendencies and would like to develop some materials to promote themselves, their business or their organization. [...] The annual Contact Photography Festival is taking place through the month of May. Unlike the other famous Toronto festivals, including HotDocs and TIFF, this one is completely free – so there are no excuses – check some stuff out! This year’s theme is “Pervasive Influence: Exploring the social and political consequences of the medium of [...] Click image to view larger version. This is two images layered in Photoshop – taken on Carlton St just west of College and Yonge, downtown Toronto. Taken with Motorola cellphone. View more of my photos! Art by a Chinese artist named Liu Bolin. He specializes in camouflage painting. His work challenges us to think about identity and ambiguity in contemporary Chinese society. Click to view larger image. It’s no secret that China has long been the world’s factory and is increasingly looking to change its position from that of producer [...] Irina at the edge of the woods in High Park, Toronto – New artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (Click for bigger image) Recently Sam Javanrouh, the excellent Toronto photoblogger who specializes in interesting landscapes, street scenes and buildings, shot a pic that blew me away. I couldn’t figure out where it was. Turns out it was a work commissioned by the United Church. The scale is phenomenal. The three story mural awaits your perusal at Church and [...] |
Mike Simpson is a teacher, writer, musician and designer from Toronto, Canada. He is a new media enthusiast and has been "strongandfree" since 1996. Mike is working on new graphic design, developing websites and multimedia, and leading training workshops on weekends. Check out Strong+Free for his Design and Media work. Check out Mike's Edu-Tech Workshop site. Please contact him at this address: mike | strongandfree.ca 
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