Artistic Inspiration Links Part I

Whenever I feel an artistic block coming on, or I'm in need of inspiration, one site I turn to is
Comic Alliance.com - Best Art Ever this week.

This is a weekly depository of cool art compiled by the art pro's of Comic Alliance. The artwork sampling is awesome! Check it out:
http://comicsalliance.com/tags/best-art-ever/

Part II of Inspirational Links is right here:
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2015/08/artistic-inspiration-links-part-ii.html

Enjoy!

Read More: Best Art Ever (This Week) - 11.07.2014
Because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great pinups, fan art and other illustrations on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web.


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http://21draw.refr.cc/DLF66DM

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Free Audio Loops (Summer Special)

Peace  Love  Productions Summer Special-

Came across this link that offers free audio loops in various musical styles:
http://www.peaceloveproductions.com/specials.html

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Here is a bonus link for building a DJ booth from Ikea parts .Can be modified for other audio uses. Pretty cool. Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rv0j-963uo

See our prior posts on free synth plugins and effects:
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2015/04/audio-freebies.html
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2015/05/audio-freebies-part-ii.html


Also check out our past posts for a few more audio goodies.
See the link below, "Free stuff for the holiday's":
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2014/12/free-stuff-for-holidays-part-i-art.html
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2015/01/free-stuff-for-holidays-part-ii.html

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Stop Motion in Adobe Premiere

Had an incident in which my software license for iStopMotion ran out while trying to teach my students about animation. This is an excellent program by the way for shooting stop motion frames straight into the Mac. It has an onion skin type function were you can space your moves based on the before and after frames.

I needed an alternative fast. I had Adobe Premiere already on my computer, but did not realize I could do similar functions (minus onion skin). A quick trip to YouTube remedied this problem.

Check out this excellent tutorial on bringing in still images from a DSL or any still camera into Premiere to view them as a movie sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTSQVWqII2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp7NI72ZdBQ

(process described in more detail)

Animating on a Mac? Need to do Stop Motion?
Here is the link for Boinx iStopMotion software
http://boinx.com/istopmotion/mac/


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Audio Freebies Part II

A few more freebies for you audio folks, courtesy of Computer Music Magazine

VIRTUAL STUDIO by Beyerdynamic (PC &Mac)
 http://north-america.beyerdynamic.com/virtual-studio/
This plug-in virtually simulates real speaker systems (such as stereo or 5.1) in various environments (recording studio, concert halls, etc.) on your headphones.

Glitch by Illformed (PC)
http://illformed.org/plugins/
A multiple effects sequencer, with the ability to trigger unique scenes from every note on your keyboard. Hear it in action.

Check out the video:

http://flskins.com/downloads/free-vst-download-illformed-glitch-13





Argotlunar by Michael Ourednik
(PC, Mac & Linux) 
http://argotlunar.info/

A realtime delay-line granulator. It breaks up an incoming audio stream into short samples (Grains) and provides further manipulation.

Samplers
TX16Wx by CWITEC (PC &Mac) http://www.tx16wx.com/
Modeled after Yanaha Samplers from the 80's -90's








SHORTCIRCUIT by Vember Audio (PC)
http://www.vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit.php

Easy to use sampler. Instructions are here:
http://music.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-adding-samples-to-shortcircuit--audio-14999

SFZ Designer by Mildon.de (PC)
http://mildon.me/sfzdesigner

Create your own sample instruments in SFZ format with this cool sample mapping tool.




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Freebies part I you will find here: http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2015/04/audio-freebies.html

Also check out our past posts for a few more audio goodies.
See the link below, "Free stuff for the holiday's":

http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2014/12/free-stuff-for-holidays-part-i-art.html
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2015/01/free-stuff-for-holidays-part-ii.html

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Audio Freebies

Been a while since I posted anything audio wise. Hopefully this makes up for that.

If you are a fan of Computer Music Magazine you know that at certain times of the year they publish the must have issues that you have to purchase. Here are a few cool freebies to investigate courtesy of the CM Ultimate freeware issue.

Synths
Ichiro Toda's Synth1 (PC &Mac)
http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/
Modeled after the Clavia Nord Lead 2 (May have to translate the page)



Dexed by Digital Suburban (PC &Mac)
http://le-son666.com/asb2m10/
FM Synth Modeled after the DX7.








Triple Cheese by u-he (PC &Mac)
https://www.u-he.com/cms/triple-cheese
A Luscious cheesy comb synthesizer.






EffectsMFreeEffectsBundle by MeldaProduction
http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/product.php?id=MFreeEffectsBundle

A1StereoControl by Alex Hilton
http://a1audio.de/index.php/a1stereocontrol
Expand stereo width of tracks.

SlickEQ by TDR VOS (PC &Mac)
http://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-vos-slickeq/
Mixing and mastering EQ.




LFX-1310 by Luxonix (PC &Mac)
http://sonic-cat.com/lfx-1310/
Possible modeled after Lexicon effects devices.

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More to come in part II!

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Being a Better Artist

Here are our top post so far for artists just starting out.

Advice and tips on being the best you can be.





Becoming a Subject Mater Expert:
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2012/03/becoming-subject-matter-expert-part-i.html
 

http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2012/03/becoming-subject-matter-expert-part-ii.html


http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2012/04/becoming-subject-matter-expert-part-iii.html

http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2012/04/practice-makes-perfect-strength-and.html

Motivation and Inspiration:
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2012/06/motivation-inspiration.html




The "Wow" Factor
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2012/06/wow-factor.html





4 Ways to Amplify Creativity
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2013/02/4-ways-to-amplify-creativity.html



Complacency is not an Option 
http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2014/02/complacency-is-not-option.html


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Enjoy.

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Windows free on devices with screens under 9 inches

It appears that Microsoft will be offering Windows free on devices with screen 9 inches or smaller. This seems to be a push to combat the overwhelming popularity of Andriod devices.

More info here:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/5574146/microsoft-making-windows-free-on-devices-with-screens-under-ni

You may find this post also interesting -  "Spring Cleaning; Alternatives to Buying New Software". Check it out: http://tripleadude.blogspot.com/2014/04/spring-cleaning-alternatives-to-buying.html


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