tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71204981094901900952011-08-25T03:05:48.241-04:00Dale's Starving Artists' Internet Survival GuideI've recently rearranged my website to show my blog on page one of my website. I figure this is the best and fastest way to keep you updated on what's new.Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-30250409775250530202010-09-18T02:03:00.003-04:002011-03-08T15:26:41.547-05:00How I use Google in my business.All the work I do as an illustrator is from contacts I find on the internet. I almost never do business locally anymore. My computers have not only been my tool for creating the illustrations I sell, they're the tools by which I advertise my trade and seek out new clients on a daily basis.
Aside from the fact I'm writing this blog on Google's 'Blogger', I'm finding some really intricate ways Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-91583402268594585212010-06-20T00:24:00.010-04:002010-06-20T00:41:52.135-04:00Moto-Q Windows-Mobile 5 Screen Choices Suck.So I've had this Moto Q for some time, and being the anal-retentive efficiency fanatic that I am, I've had some real problems with their choice of screen themes and layouts, both in their arrangement of icons and screen info, and in their choice of color schemes and background images.
All of them have major flaws that could be greatly improved.
The main issue I had with the screen arrangements Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-74067457391517917462010-03-25T09:56:00.004-04:002010-03-25T14:44:46.487-04:00A quick note on drawingI went to CCAD for a year and only learned 2 things that I found useful.
The closer you want something to look, the more contrast you use, the farther away you want it to look, the less contrast you use. Take that rule and follow it - or learn how to successfully manipulate or break it.
When you draw, start light - VERY light - barely touching the pencil to your paper.
If someone had stood up in Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-77798818099179665532009-01-15T09:49:00.004-05:002009-01-15T10:37:09.235-05:00Why Yellow Lights Up Your LifeWhen using Yellow in a painting, you will find that it's actually brighter than white, or at least gives the illusion that it is. When painting the sun or a flame, using yellow around the inner perimeter makes the white center appear to vibrate.That's because the high chroma (or amount of color) placed adjacent to low chroma (or "closer to grey" color) is actually a contrst in color, much like Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-27704508169749153552008-08-27T13:16:00.003-04:002008-09-01T08:48:39.035-04:00Links to Art Lessons and Pshop TutsThought I'd list tutorials that I run across in this blog.The power of color in direct marketing30 Photoshop TutorialsDale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-13767185472060694742008-08-22T14:29:00.002-04:002008-08-22T15:26:45.812-04:00Why is grey depressing and color so revitalizing?The sun brought our ancient ancestors warmth, spring, relief from the ice age, and life. All plants bow to and face the sun. Each night, we hid in caves or bushes or any form of shelter we could find until the safety of the sun brought light to our world, fending off the nocturnal predators and making it safe to forage again.It's no wonder early humans worshiped the sun.The sun was the brightest,Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-2812466797250448172008-08-22T00:38:00.003-04:002008-08-22T03:50:08.265-04:00Why is the Green Glow so Mysterious and Eerie?Remember the movie "Alien"?When I was learning about creating bookcovers, one of the main rules was that green doesn't sell books. Then the movie Alien came out. It's not so much that the color green is eerie --- it's the green 'glow' that we find spooky. That 'otherworldly' luminence eminating from that egg shape drew lots of crowds to the movie theaters, and the rule of 'not using green' to Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-87488748439697002902008-08-21T23:21:00.002-04:002008-08-21T23:43:51.854-04:00How Cool is Blue?Blue not only creates depth in landscapes, it creates depth in objects. It evokes a cool sensation in the mind, obviously because ice and snow are blue.But because of this psychological link to distance, it can be used to enhance subjects in your fantasy or sci-fi paintings like a crystal ball, a dragon's eye, or a portal to another dimension, by strategically using blue to create depth in an Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-26389121499464024542008-08-15T04:23:00.006-04:002008-08-15T04:37:53.599-04:00Why is blue so relaxing to the eye?Lesson Three in my series "The Effects of Evolution on Art"Look at a distant mountain. What's the difference between the colors in that mountain and the colors of the same rocks a few feet in front of you? The answer is blue.The air is filled with tiny droplets of water vapor, no matter how dry it is outside. And the farther away that mountain is, the more water droplets there are between you andDale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-14617712676381927672008-08-14T01:49:00.002-04:002008-08-14T01:59:04.555-04:00What is it about a landscape that is so calming?Lesson Two in my series "The Effects of Evolution on Art"As I mentioned in my first blog, if you wanted your family to remain safe, you camped at a place where you could see what was coming for great distances. Watching for predators or attackers was usually done after you've spent some time walking and you've eaten, or were beginning to prepare a meal after a strenuous hunt.It was done at a timeDale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-22878346459208045282008-08-14T01:41:00.003-04:002008-08-14T01:48:45.928-04:00Why does red 'stand out' from other colors?Lesson One in my series "The Effects of Evolution on Art"When we were walking through the woods, gathering food, we saw mostly various shades of greens, yellows and browns. When we saw red, there was a distinct possibility that red was food. An apple, a cherry, a strawberry, a plum, a flower, raspberry, a grape, a pepper, a tomato -- could be anything. Our eyes were trained to react immediately Dale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120498109490190095.post-15425772659823071202008-08-14T01:10:00.003-04:002008-08-14T01:30:39.252-04:00The Effects of Evolution on ArtWhy is blue cool?Why is red hot?Why is orange and yellow warm?Who made these rules up?Evolution has a lot to do with how you react to colors and shapes. We lived in caves for about a million years --- hunting for nuts and berries, occasionally killing some poor creature and -- once we figured out how to harness and maintain fire (even though it took a LOT longer to figure out how to actually makeDale Ziemianskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014327172962321558noreply@blogger.com0