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Bruce Allinson is a professional Creative in the North East of England with a passion for Design, Art and Motorcycles.
If your looking for my Creative Services take a look at the Design Aid website.
While I do post here from time to time about work and creative services, most posts on this Blog are things that interest me or things that I think other friends and colleagues might find helpful, interesting or entertaining. For the most part stuff to do with Art, Design and Motorcycles. Continue reading
Doug Landis – an amazing artist
Doug has no hands, so he draws a pencil held in his teeth
One picture from Doug goes from 40 to 400 hours, depending on the amount of detail and size of the picture. As a child, Doug was a super active kid, and not engaged in painting, he liked to specialize in wood and metal. Doug himself says that all the images for his paintings come to him out of his head. At night, when he can not sleep, he represents all of the images in the mind and draws their hands, which in reality he can not use.
via Doug Landis – an amazing artist.
The Best of SEO 2012
Is your SEO taking advantage of “local searches”?
There is a large chunk of our Google searches display Google Places listings – and consumers are taking notice.
SEOmoz did some eye-tracking studies on Google’s SERP search engine results page.
The results show that users heavily gravitate toward Places’ listings, whether mixed into organic lists, concentrated in a group, or even listed in the middle of the page. If your business needs local listings, concentrate on scoring a seat at Google Places.
Twelve discounted website design / builds for charities | Design Aid
A special 2012 Design Aid project
A professional website design for your project
All you need for just £250
web design that works and gets traffic
Every month throughout 2012 the Design Aid “Website Twelve” project will have me provide your charitable project with one complete bespoke professionally designed website for just £250. This fantastic project begins today with the first website to be launched in January 2012.
Read more about this great offer via Twelve discounted website design and builds for charities and good causes | Design Aid.
Please support the Design Aid project – simply tweet, share, like and email links to this post and www.designaid.org.uk
Graphic Design Aid project supporting charitable projects – social enterprise and business with creative solutions in web design brochure design leaflet design and branding
I have brought Design Aid back from the ashes as a Project – check out the site and tweet and share it please people – if this project is going to work we need support NOW!
Design should help communicate the appropriate positioning of your organisation or project and be a positive force within your organisations branding, values and structure.
Shout your message out with graphic design for print Communicate effectively with professional design services for the charity sector
- Good design . . .
plays a key role in creating a positive relationship between an organisation it’s beneficiaries, supporters, volunteers, staff and funders. - Ideas are my business . . .
ideas that engage your beneficiaries and target audience, ideas that provide solutions. Clear direct thinking is how we help you communicate your message. - Graphic Design . . .
Many solutions require design, a well designed flyer, ad, document, website or brochure can really create a public perception that works in harmony with an organisations public image and philosophy.
Good design conveys a positive impression and so much more before even a single word is read. It is essential that the visual impact of your publications, materials and marketing tools are positive and strike a chord with its audience to reinforce your written word, cause and brand.
Fantastic Illustrations and Artworks by Alexey Kurbatov | Digital Art, Photography
These are some of the best illustrations I have seen for a long time, it is not offten that an illustrator strikes me as having something new or different to any otther commercial artist.
Follow the link to see more of his work in this blog post at crunchmag
Amazing illustrations by Alexey Kurbatov. Alexey is an artist based in Moscow, Russia.His illustrations are a mix of urban culture combined with the modernity and elegance, resulting in a dose of originality and sensitivity, making her a concentrated portfolio of works striking at will. In this post we are showcasing fantastic artworks from Alexey Kurbatov. These images are so beautiful and creative. I have a lot of collection of his artwork but i just here post my best collection.
via Fantastic Artworks by Alexey Kurbatov | Digital Art, Photography.
Dogs Shaking High Speed Photography | Modern Art, Design Ideas
What a great use of high speed photography. clickety the link to see more images.
Did you ever see any dog shake? Yeah you must see that, its really very fast and no man can capture in camera but the talented Carli Davidson did it easily, Carli Davidson is both an internationally recognized award winning photographer and an experienced animal trainer and caretaker. Based out of Portland, Oregon, she is able to capture the innate personalities of her subjects using her professional understanding of animal behavior. She is a freelance photographer for the Oregon Zoo, and works regularly with domestic animals both commercially and personally for her fine art projects. Carli spends much of her shoots rolling on the ground with her subject, getting in their skin as much as possible and encouraging them to open up to the camera. For her series “Shake“, pet photographer Carli photographed dogs shaking off water to create distorted expressions like half-grimace, half-smiles that are familiar to many dog owners, but when caught on camera, the dogs look incredibly strange and funny.
via Dogs Shaking High Speed Photography | Modern Art, Design Ideas.
Michael Freeman on Professional Photography
Changes in Photography
This interesting interview looks at how there are changes coming about in modern photography and how there has always been changes. Is it down to the photographer to change as well in order to make a living from his chosen profession?
Michael Freeman on Professional Photography – YouTube.
What is Lomography?
Today, the technological advances in the field of photography has grown by leaps and bounds. Cameras today produce beautiful, high-resolution images, automatic settings, high-speed shutter settings, etc. Even post-processing has improved immensely, thanks to computers and PhotoShop. You can see your picture immediately, so you have the option to delete it or to keep it, an option not available with earlier film cameras. Because of this, everyone can now be a photographer. In fact, it’s almost like spoon-feeding. The question is, ‘Where is the challenge in that?’
Read more on this here What is Lomography?.
Bikers asked for views on anti-tampering plans – | Motorcycle News | Bike News | Motorbike Videos | MCN
British motorcyclists have been asked for views on a raft of European proposals for bikes including mandatory ABS and measures to prevent tuning.A consultation launched by the Department for Transport gives riders until October 28 to respond.Roads Minister Mike Penning said: “This is a chance for both motorcycle manufacturers and riders to have their say on this new EU Regulation. “I hope as many people as possible will respond to the consultation and give us the benefit of their knowledge and experience as we progress towards the negotiating stage on these new rules.”Tuning could become impossible and home-servicing severely hampered under European Commission proposals.All new bikes could get so-called on-board diagnostic OBD systems capable detecting non-standard parts and triggering a warning light until the ‘fault’ is rectified by a dealer.One aim is to prevent any modifications to the ‘powertrain’ which rider groups fear could include anything from the throttle to rear tyre.Find the consultation here: www.dft.gov.uk/consultations
We are being asked – that’s great but will anyone take a blind bit of notice of what we have to say?
Despite all the advantages motorcycles bring to society such as reduced congestion fewer emissions, burning less fuel and a huge sports and leisure industry providing lots of business and jobs etc. we are still a minority that no one cares about!
