Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Urban Clothing Store Specializing in Ed Hardy

If the phrase “Ed Hardy jeans sale” does not get you excited, then you have not been paying attention to latest trends. The Ed Hardy clothing line is just the latest stunningly successful endeavor of fashion mogul, Christian Audigier and that alone is enough to get the stars excited. These days say “Ed Hardy on sale” out loud and you’ll get the attention of everybody within hearing distance, but it wasn’t always like that.

Ten years ago, the idea of unknown Audigier and tattoo inspired fashion, would have probably made many fashion forward folks laugh out loud. After arriving unemployed in the states in 2001, Christian Audigier is now at the center of one of the most meteoric rises in fashion history.
He is known far and wide as the top designer for Diesel, Fiorucci, Bisou Bisou and Von Dutch and now adds Ed Hardy to his collections as well.

A true case of life influencing fashion can be seen in the story of Ed Hardy. With the popular followings of tattoo shows such as Miami and LA Ink, tattoos and the art inspired by them have been slowly seeping into the mainstream line of sight. As a true artist and traditional tattooist, Don Ed Hardy can be seen as one who has been waiting for this day to come for quite some time. With an honorary doctorate from the San Francisco Art Institute, this California native is recognized around the world for his hypnotic imagery as a painter and printmaker and his tattoo influenced designs as fine art are shown in galleries and museums all over the West. Audigier saw the writing on the wall in 2004 and licensed the rights to produce the Ed Hardy clothing
line, which is based on Hardy’s imagery.

The collection represents an entire lifestyle of street couture, appealing to both men and women, with high quality, intricately designed tee shirts, caps, wovens, and outerwear. Ed Hardy fresh and inspirational designs are hot, hot hot! As Audigier keeps track of which celebrity is wearing his clothes today, cutting edge jeans urban clothing store offers a great selection of discounted Ed Hardy screened tattoo tee shirts, jeweled and glittered tee shirts and With prices at 34.99 to 149.99 (elsewhere $54 to $265), you can’t go wrong with this hot trend.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Girls Tattoos


Have you spent a god awful amount of time and energy looking for wrist tattoos for girls yet? If you haven't, you might want to prepare for it if you continue to look for them the way 90+% do. The one true searching method we use s no longer a sufficient way of finding fresh, quality tattoo art. Here's how to reverse this terrible trend, so you can find all of the good wrist tattoos for girls available on the net.

If this sounds a little confusing right now, it will be crystal clear in a matter of moments. Let me start by asking a quick question about your searching ways. Concerning the 90+% I mentioned above, how do you think they are all looking for wrist tattoos for girls? If you said "by using search engines", you just won yourself a nice gigantic cookie. Yes, it is the good old search engines which are now bringing us to nothing but low end websites that have nothing but a plethora of generic artwork, even for the wrist tattoos for girls you are after.

There was a time, in the not so distant past, when Google and Yahoo gave you a pretty list of quality tattoo galleries. This is sadly not the case any longer. All you get now is a list of galleries that have all the cookie cutter designs you could imagine, while the galleries with fresh, original art are nowhere to be found. The good galleries are still out there, though. It's just that you aren't going to find many of them (if any ore them) by continuing to rely on search engines. You need a better, more effective way of finding to truly great websites that have wrist tattoos for girls.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

About Realistic Painting



1 A photograph is an easy way to remember something. Another way to remember something is by painting a picture of it. Long ago, before cameras, that is what artists did. Painting realistically is not that easy. So keep your camera handy just in case!

2 Artists have painted realistically for centuries. Many of the best realistic artists lived during the Renaissance. Their paintings were elegant and beautiful. People who study art called this kind of painting Ideal Realism. That was just a fancy way to say that these artists knew how to paint very well. Some of their paintings looked almost like photographs. Renaissance artists had a lot of skill.

3 The word "renaissance" is French. It means "rebirth." The Renaissance covers the time from the early 14th century to the late 16th century. Many scientists and artists studied Greece and Rome. They liked classical things from ancient times. They also liked to discover how things worked. Some artists even dissected bodies to learn about anatomy.

4 These artists thought the human body was the "noblest living form." One artist named Leonardo da Vinci drew a picture that showed this idea. He thought that the proportions of the human body were a good way to measure everything. He thought that the circle and the square were the basis for many things in science and in nature. So he drew a man who fit exactly inside a circle if his arms and legs were spread out. The man fit exactly inside a square when his feet were together and his arms were straight out from his sides.

5 Leonardo loved art and science. He liked to paint. He liked to invent, too. He even tried to invent flying machines. Leonardo's ideas filled many notebooks. He also painted amazingly realistic art. He liked to draw plants. He did sketches of muscles and bones. He drew raging storms. And he also painted the mysterious Mona Lisa. This famous portrait shows a lady with an odd smile. It is now in the Louvre in Paris.

Friday, September 5, 2008

World of Generic Art


Most women will need up spending quite a bit of time looking for good tattoos for girls. The truth is that many of them won't find what they are after and will instead "settle" on something they don't even 100% like. It's a shame that this happens, because no sane person should end up settling on a tattoo. Here is why that happens, as well as how to avoid it. I will also share a great way to find tons of good tattoos for girls.
Let's start with the number one reason most women will run into a huge sea of generic artwork. The reason is because 95% of people (men and women included) rely solely on search engines. This is the only way most people know how to look for tattoo artwork, so it's not wonder so many individuals are having problems. Search engines usually pull up a big, random list of low end galleries and they all tend to have the same generic artwork as the next place on the list and barely any truly good tattoos for girls.
This is fine is you prefer generic, cookie cutter designs, but that's not what most women are truly after. The fact is that even though most of you will start out searching for good tattoos for girls, many of you will end up with a tattoo that you don't fully like. That brings me back to the first crucial point, which his that no sane person should "settle" on a tattoo.
You are the only person that can ultimately choose the tattoo you will ink on your skin, but there is a fantastic way to locate tons of the quality artwork you've been missing out on. The way to do this is by utilizing the great knowledge that internet forums contain when looking for good tattoos for girls. The big forums of the web are the best way to find out where people across the globe are locating some of the best artwork the net has to offer.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Artistic Painting

"Painting only can "describe" everything which can be seen and suggest every emotion which can be felt! Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument!" (William Hunt, Talks About Art)

Painting has existed as an artistic tradition for thousand of years. From the cave painting of Lascaux to the great, masterpieces of Da Vinci it has played a historical and aesthetic role in the different ages of existence. Schools of painting were developed as well as many various texts discussing the art form. Mural painting and fresco launched the theory painting into classical societies. Out of this came the development of several styles of painting. Historical, allegorical, religious, portraiture, landscape and still life are all different forms of painting that have developed over the years.

Although these are generally accepted themes for artistic painting the components that determine its value aesthetically ate varies. In different time periods the values of true art shift, even with its alterations, the general guideline still remains. It has been said that there is no one distinction that results in a successful painting.

In Painters and Personality, Lewisohn states "to a natural art lover such lack of unity on a painting creates a repulsion which warns him that he is not looking at a real achievement." Going back to Renaissance theory art is the true depiction of nature and its ultimate beauty. This ideal was established in many writings of the Renaissance and still holds true in some aspects of the various styles painting has evolved into.



Saturday, August 23, 2008

Indian art

The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cultural contexts.

Indian art can be classified into specific periods each reflecting particular religious, political and cultural developments.

* the ancient period (3500 BCE-present)
* Islamic ascendancy (712-1757 CE)
* The Colonial period (1757-1947)
* Independence and CARISSAISM the postcolonial period (Post-1947)
* Modernism
* Postmodernism

Each period is unique in its art, literature and architecture. Indian art is constantly challenged as it rises to the peak of achieving the ideals of one philosophy in a visual form, then begins anew for another. This challenge and revolution in thought ovides, Indian artists with reasons for innovation and creation, and the process of visualizing abstract ideas and the culture of the land.

Each religion and philosophical system provided its own nuances, vast metaphors and similes, rich associations, wild imaginations, humanization of gods and celestial beings, characterization of people, the single purpose and ideal of life to be interpreted in art.

The earliest Indian religion to inspire major artistic monuments was Buddhism. Though there may have been earlier structures in wood that have been transformed into stone structures, there are no physical evidences for these except textual references. Obscurity shrouds the period between the decline of the Harappans and the definite historic period starting with the Mauryas. Soon after the Buddhists initiated the rock-cut caves, Hindus and Jains started to imitate them at Badami, Aihole, Ellora, Salsette, Elephanta, Aurangabad and Indian rock art has continuously evolved, since the first rock cut caves, to suit different purposes, social and religious contexts, and regional differences.

The Chola fresco paintings were discovered in 1931 within the circumambulatory passage of the Brihadisvara Temple in India and are the first Chola specimens discovered.

Researchers have discovered the technique used in these frescos. A smooth batter of limestone mixture is applied over the stones, which took two to three days to set. Within that short span, such large paintings were painted with natural organic pigments.

During the Nayak period the chola paintings were painted over. The Chola frescos lying underneath have an ardent spirit of saivism is expressed in them. They probably synchronised with the completion of the temple by Rajaraja Cholan the Great.

Kerala has well preserved fresco or mural or wall painting in temple walls in Pundarikapuram, Ettumanoor, Aymanam and Trivandrum.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Tips For Cartoonist

All over the web there are many sites and programs that always guarantee that you can make money within the next 10 minutes as fast as ABC. I am sorry but almost without exception they do not work.

This is equally true when it comes to the world of cartooning. Most of these sites however, focus on drawing techniques, very few of them actually discuss what you can do and where you can start.

Nothing here will be new to you, but more as a reminder of what is possible. So here we go hope your ready.

1) Tell a great story. Actually this is not exclusive to cartooning and graphic work, but even in any business, story telling is a great aid to selling. People can relate to it and see the images in their heads. The story is actually more important that the art. Many cartoons have pretty average art, but have become world famous due to their stories.

2) Develop your own unique style.

No one wants to watch the same things over and over again. Again this is not exclusive to cartooning. If viewers can identify your art as soon as they look at it all the better and you will be known for that style. Be an expert in your style.

3) Develop your own characters. Your product will become more valuable if you have your own characters in the stories. This will also become very important in the future should your cartoons become famous and you venture into selling them to a studio.

4) Produce Your Own Art-Folio. If no one knows what you do how can they find you. Your folio and presentations should look excellent. They are your sales tools and will speak volumes for your talents before people even meet you.

5) Be seen on the internet. This is a worldwide sales bulletin for you. Free access worldwide 24 hours a day. This is a must and you can include so much more formats such as video and audio.

6) Niche marketing. One of my successes in life is that I chose to work in niche markets. It is easier to be number one if not the only one. Become an expert in your niche and you will gain almost instant respect.

7) Be a businessman. This is not a joke or a gimmick but a serious business. Don't loose the fun element but if you treat it as a sideline you will get sideline results.

8) Join professional web sites, forums and associations to promote your artworks and talents. Network whenever you can and hand out your business card everywhere. Put your art wherever you can.

9) Think long term. Your artwork may take a while before it becomes known. Never give up and draw at every occasion you can. Do work for free if you need, but do produce work and get it out.

10) Be honest and stay in integrity. Don't cheat, don't copy and only draw thing that are in alignment with your values.