Well Hello Ladies

We're ready for our close up Mr. Deville!!

Jupiter/Venus

This is Boston one morning earlier this month. The two dots in the sky are Jupiter (top) and Venus (bottom)

Terence McKenna - Art

http://soundcloud.com/ribiq/terence-mckenna-art

at river's edge

 

playing with a paint filter

dark light

Hello there...

Mr. Froggy. I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy.

This was a picture of a candle

Bagged Fusion

Playin with bluring on a pic I took at Battle At The Border

a new perspective

good stuff. just wanted to share.
http://blog.reflexstock.com/2010/08/50-extremely-awesome-examples-of-typography/
http://blog.reflexstock.com/2011/01/33-amazing-and-inspiring-typography-designs/

feeling watered down

Instrument Effects

http://soundcloud.com/ribiq/adele-ending-alto

I often record saxophone additions to random songs, and this one I did awhile ago. I was thinking about how much I like when musicians use different effects on their instruments, so here are some saxophone overtones (~16-25). Hope you're all enjoying life

Misty Morning Album Art

Apparently I'm all about the album art lately. 

This one is a fictional album though.

Misty Morning

Can you figure out what this is?

night blossoms

Monkey See Monkey Do

I was pointed to the band Quiet Company by Nicole and liked their album art so I made something similar in Photoshop while I was bored for a moment. 

The orig:

My photoshopical representation:

this is all i got.

I have created literally nothing good in the past few months. Here is a Japanese painting inspired picture of my American car. Don't ask why I didn't use my Japanese car. 

can I paint this... personal challenge time

Some shots from my trip to the forbidden village...

Importance of Art and Change

Every time I change something -- what I wear, what I eat, how I organize things, anything at all -- the newness of the experience of that thing I changed is what makes it worth it. These patterns reach so much further into everyday life than we recognize, and changing any of them means taking control of waking experience. Art is generation of novelty, and that is why conscious people realize how important it is. Change more things; produce more art; live more spontaneously; break repetition wherever possible; never settle for the pattern that you're in. The discomfort you feel from serious change is merely a stepping stone to something you couldn't have imagined before you took the leap. And once change becomes a trend, your whole life will be one huge process of dynamic evolution, free to develop without being hindered by stagnancy.

Challenge things; not just the things that are "meant" to be challenged. The best way to live an unfettered life is to start living it with no preconceptions or fear for the unknown. Love and accept everything that brings you down, simply because you have no better option. Compassionate emotions will start to flow through you and problems won't seem so oppressive. With a new outlook on what gets to you, you're able to take control over the useless thoughts and emotions that conspire to control your experience and direct it in a good or a bad direction. Owning this process means you can spread your new happiness and vibrance to the people you care about and -- by association -- those you don't even know; we can all help each other more than we allow ourselves to believe, and the only place to start is within yourself. Things only remain broken as long as we accept that that's the way they are; don't accept the norms, the standards, the mindless political schemes that will use you however you allow them to. Either you live in full control of youself or you are not living at all, but simply allowing pattern and training to manipulate you into something you're not. At your core, there is something beautiful that aches to flourish and express itself in a genuine way, but it will always wait for you to make the right move that allows that to happen. Terence McKenna said "Magic is done by hurling oneself into the abyss, and realizing it is a feather bed."

This is what Friday feels like as a teacher...

I see the light!!!!

So, the first is my original of the original :P Just a little more dramatic really in the coloring lol. ,Buttt, nothing strikes me as more romantic than floating faces in a sunset sky....so, y'all get a bonus of our beautiful faces!!!! hahahaaha :) :-P :-P LOL :)

Piccsy

found this on Piccsy but it's so true and I thought fitting for our blog :)

well I certainly can't top that but...

It's a cranky day so I'll post something relaxing I made the other day

a little water color action

I may have gone too far...

Yikes.

challenge for my fellow bloggers

alright I took this shot, which I think has great potential, but I'm not in love with it yet. So my fellow contagion bloggers have at it, do with it as you like, make it a masterpiece, give it your flare! The first is the original and the second is with a little adjustments (as I was fiddling on my lunch break), do as you please with either and repost!

I look forward to seeing this photo through your eyes!

The Barn

Saw this shadow on the barn on my way home the other night. grabbed a shot with my phone. all editing was done on my phone with the exception of the text. The text is a poem online I found that I liked by William Burkholder.

winter wonderland

Scream

http://soundcloud.com/ribiq/alto-f-scream

Third Eye Blind - My Hit and Run

http://soundcloud.com/ribiq/third-eye-blind-my-hit-and-run

Third Eye Blind is my favorite band I suppose if I have a favorite, and I used one of their instrumental tracks to do this. Nothing beats the original though

SRT-Rally Edition

 

I want this on canvas. 

My Work for the Day

Rendering for a webinar Jim and I are doing this week on using PhotoView 360

I miss the nieve

http://soundcloud.com/ribiq/have-yourself-a-merry-little

I wanted to post this in an effort to maybe inspire more snow here today than the inch we're supposed to get later. I miss real winter. I did this when I was home for winter break and just sort of did it quick and then forgot about it. I didn't tune or anything at the beginning, so the first like 16 seconds were mad out of tune, which is why I removed them. So sorry that part is missing, I just wanted to post it anyway. PLEASE SNOW TODAY

a new fun site

a sweet new site I found for drawing with!!!

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/17CWN7/andrew.thenewhive.com/drawonme/

down the hill

Winter Wonderland

Night stroll...

Heart Chakra

I didn't do this myself, but I wanted to post it anyway. I'm really into metaphysical kinds of stuff, and so this is the heart chakra -- energy center in the center of the chest. If you guys ever want to talk about anything remotely metaphysical let me know!

New Car. New Post.

Oy. I've been a slacker. IKIK. Here internet. Take your morsel from me. 

Are red cars not just delicious to color touch?

A Bird's eye view :)

Sorry I don't have anything new but, I thought I'd still contribute---I was in the mood to revisit some beautiful scenery! :)

7th Grade - Mr. McDonnel

I did this in 7th grade "digital photography class"