Archive for September, 2009

U2 Concert Pictures

Go to see some of the photos

here are more on Facebook

Posted on 23 September '09 by Patrick, under Exercises. No Comments.

A my name is Alice…

Twist on an old game. There is that school yard game of starting with a letter and coming up with a Name, a Spouse name a Place to live and the an Item you Sell eash starting with the same letter.

Example:

B my name is BRENDA, my husband’s name is BEN, we live in BERMUDA and we bring back BUGS.

Well, I think this would be an easy assignment, but nope I have to complicate it.

  • Start with the last letter of your first name.
  • then for each item after use the next letter in the alphabet (if you get to z before finishing loop back to a)
  • use these items
    • __  My Name is…
    • __ My Spouse is…
    • __ We met while…
    • __ We live in…
    • __ We sell …
    • __ I collect …
    • __  We have a pet…
  • Have Fun!

Bonus: Start with the first letter of your first name and use only the letters in your name, in order, using some letters from your last name if needed.

Posted on 18 September '09 by Patrick, under Exercises. No Comments.

Coffee

I make a lot of coffee through out the course of a week and I throw away a lot too. So I was really excited when I found this list. If you like coffee like I do and make a pot some times just to have one cup maybe this will help you too.

5 Creative Uses for: Coffee

hmmm that's good coffee.

I also prefer to just drink it.

Posted on 16 September '09 by Patrick, under Information, Inspirations. 1 Comment.

12 Fun and Creative Umbrellas

Collection of unusual and creative umbrella designs that will protect you from bad weather in style. http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/09/09/12-fun-and-creative-umbrellas/

Posted on 13 September '09 by Patrick, under Exercises. No Comments.

Creative exercise sites…

Sites that offer creative challenges and contest. You may have to sign up or create an account.

worth1000.com
Photo manipulation contests or challenges. A great site just for creative inspiration.

ibeatyou.com
Offers tons of contests on many topics, photos, videos or text. You can create your own contests here.

illustrationfriday.com
“A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation.” How fun is that?

drawingboard.org
This site is more of an illustrator’s forum with some topics offering challenges (Jams) so participants can compare styles.

If you know of any others, please let me know. I would be happy to include them in this list.

Posted on 4 September '09 by Patrick, under Exercises. No Comments.