Art
Do you know the difference between HTML, CSS, and JavaScript? Not many people do, so I thought I’d share my analogy of a website being like a house, where each webpage a room. The HTML is the architecture of the house — walls, floors, ceilings, pipes. On a webpage, this will be its layout and size [...]
Things that made me… …sigh: No, this isn’t Photoshop! Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde creates clouds indoors through the clever use of a meticulously climate-controlled room and a fog machine. Isn’t it lovely? It makes me appreciate the fragility of nature all the more. …think: Schrödinger’s Cat explained …squeal: Sound-Maker from Tipsy, my favourite experimental lounge [...]
Whew! This semester is keeping me busy. I’m barely keeping up with email, much less Twitter and blog posts… How have you all been? I’ve been busy redesigning websites (flaurena and laurenvasil) for my web design class, and creating art projects for my Photoshop and Illustrator classes. That Confucian wisdom Do what you love and [...]
One of my favourite bloggers, Brandi at Brandi Girl Blog, recently tweeted about organising a Color Palette Blog Walk. The theme was Achievements — anything you’re proud of, big or small. § Taking in the Venetian skyline Here is a photograph that I took when I was 10 years old, on a family visit to [...]
For our final project in Photoshop class, we had to create a 3D animation. It could be anything we liked, whether for personal or professional use. Adding sound (in a separate program — in my case, iMovie) was optional. In fact, the only criterion was that it be a minimum of 10 seconds long. I [...]
I’ve finally made proper use of my domain, LaurenVasil.com — the third project for my Photoshop class was to make a 4-page website. I decided to create a simple website to help propel me into the world of Graphic Design. A sort of virtual business card, if you will. And that got me thinking about [...]
What do you get when you combine these photos and several more? A surreal art gallery at the beach, of course! If you read my last post, you will see Sir Banjo floating in the ceiling. Now you know why he was knighted! What you might not know was that this was a project for [...]
Golly! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, which I think is the longest stretch I’ve not posted in a year. I guess sometimes life takes over and some things get pushed to one side, temporarily. I’ve been quite busy this past month with work, class, restocking my Etsy store (2 sales already, [...]
