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8-second nighttime exposure of this backyard character using a fixed 50mm Nikkor lens on my Nikon D60. 

tick, tock…

Just another pencil sketch.

Some work I did for my friend’s specialty foods store & deli, Gaucho Gourmet Market. Acrylic on chalkboard.

Also, they make the best pulled pork sandwich you will ever have.

For the past few years, I’ve been looking for something like this for my parents: a large (yet unobtrusive), video-streming, wall-mounted, internet-connected touchscreen monitor for the kitchen. What a fun DIY project! Check out the details here.

Whoever decides to take this from a DIY prototype to an affordable commercial product could make some great cash! But then, Apple is probably all over it (iKitchen?).

Recent discovery: Akutunes, by Akutou. Fun electro-pop mixes!

1.   Listen to Akutunes radio here. Check out the pop-cool graphic design work while you’re there.

2.   Download album “Milkshake For Everyone!” here (free).  Great music blog for this genre.

3.   See full album list available here. Want.

I did my friend’s portrait for her birthday.

A better likeness would be if she was smiling, but it’s a lot to ask of someone to hold a frozen smile for 20 minutes while they’re being drawn.

…a.k.a. lead singer from The Knife.

With such a distinctive voice (she somehow makes ’shrill’ sound good), it’s easy to recognize her in other collaborations (i.e. multiple tracks with Royksopp).  So refreshing to hear a female vocalist that doesn’t fall into the category of Miley-pop, Bruni-folk, or Winehouse-whining (ba-dum-bup).

This track, ‘When I Grow Up’, is off her solo album Fever Ray. Hypnotic, icy-cool pop-synth with a primal touch. Are those whale sounds?

It’s a Wacom Intuos 4.

Zomg. Best. Present. Ever.

I’ve been using the tablet in Corel Painter 11, which has opened up a world of infinite artistic possibilities. I’ve also, consequently, lost all desire to ever paint realism again with real media – the results using Painter to convert photos to paintings are too good.

Messin' around with new tablet using Corel Painter 11.

More random tablet-messin'.

The result of converting a photo I took at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, to an "oil painting" using Corel Painter 11 + tablet.

The result of converting a photo of me in Waikiki to a "watercolour painting". In addition to being able to select brush type and medium from a wide variety, in Painter you can also select paper type (i.e., watercolour paper). It still looks too photo-like, but I also did a rush job. Corel Painter will emulate wet and dry paint characteristics, brush angle, and smudging/blending/mixing of media. Tres bon!!

Once upon a Sunday in December, three girls drank a pot of spicy mulled wine, listened to cheesy Christmas music, and baked gingerbread, almond biscotti (recipe given below), Italian ‘pizzelle’, and shortbread.