http://www.smileyskit.com/blog Where art meets the digital world Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:30:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en London may have had a washout summer, but the West end is pumping with some great new shows as well as some of the old classics. The Lord of the Rings musical, which was premiered in Toronto, has become the world's most spectacular, ambitious and expensive theatre show to date, taking ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/08/08/londons-west-end-theatre-heats-up-for-the-summer/ London is well known for its vibrant arts scene and its year-round packed musical programme. From Camden's Roundhouse to the world famous Royal Albert Hall, the UK's capital is overflowing with eclectic musical venues that attract concert-goers from all corners of the globe. But amongst the giants of London's summer ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/08/01/tosca-at-the-garden-a-true-london-summer-experience/ One of the problems most designers and writers have is that they don't know where to start promoting, or even displaying their artwork and poetry. There are many places online which require paid membership, but not everyone who has talent can also afford sponsoring his talent's exhibition. Thankfully, the guys ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/07/24/dreamspostcom-join-free-and-share/ The recently re-designed Nowg.Net is up online now with a new logo: What does it represent? From artistic point of view - not much, I didn't want to add icons or anything that would suggest what the blog is about since it's running rather general recently, but from design point of ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/07/18/art-of-logo-design/ London's West End is famous the world over for its first-class theatrical productions and renowned musical adaptations. From Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest production of The Sound of Music – starring TV’s 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' winner Connie Fisher - to the recent stage adaptation of the ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/07/08/new-york-or-middle-earth-the-choice-is-yours-in-londons-west-end/ There are tons of products on the web, offering miscellaneous utilities and software, most of which are taking your money for doing something which you can just as well do manually, only don't know how. And because of you can't do it, you have to pay. I strongly do think ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/05/06/database-conversion-tools/ To my total surprise we are now ranked PR2. Thanks to all the incoming backlinks from Technorati and those who downloaded and used the Lorelei Bliss 2.0 Theme. Man, what a few backlinks can do? If I calculated correct, only 250 websites with PR4+ are currently linking over here, at ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/05/06/yay-page-rank/ One of the first works I submitted to deviant art in my fantasy art photo manipulation series. This happened right after DA enabled submission of prints to non-subscribed users (yes, I see no point in paying 30$ for Print account, just in HOPE that someday, maybe, someone will come across ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/05/04/fantasy-art-prints/ Have you thought about it? 35,571,104 deviations to date, at least 1/3 of them are for sale as prints, at least 1/3 are well selling, and from 100% of them they charge between 50% to 90% profit, leaving the artist with a few cents off each canvas he is selling. ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/04/29/deviantart-a-damn-good-profit-organization/ This is one of the most basic tutorials I made, for one of my forum's moderator's, Niels, who requested a tutorial for making a basic animation. This is a video tutorial, and yes, the voice is mine. You can view the tutorial by clicking HERE and going to DeviantArt's ... http://www.smileyskit.com/blog/2007/04/15/basic-video-tutorial-for-animating-photos/