8 of clubs task

well under the instruction of mr lennon i set the attributes to 6 by 10 cm so that my 'canvas' is 6 by 10 cm. anyways, i did that shift and eclipse thing to make a perfect circle and i lined up 3 and used the straight line thing to make the triangle at the bottom.

i used select and copy and pasted 2 more identical clubs and lined them up according to where they're supposed to go on the card. i copy and pasted another and then went to image and clicked flip and guess what, it flipped! i copy and pasted 4 more and lined those up to where they're supposed to go on the card.

THEN i put a text box in the corners where the number 8 is supposed to go but the number wasn't coming up and i was freaking out, but as Michelle pointed out the colour was on white (who knows why). anyway, i put it on black and typed 8 into the text box. saved. now im typing up my blog for this task. oh yeah i also saved it. yeah i know im typing about nothing but im trying to it look like im actually doing something important.

here is my beautiful 8 of clubs (don't dis me okay i suck at computers)yeah i know there's no border but it didn't come up when i uploaded the image. probably because i forgot to make a border when i was drawing the card but who cares.

the file size for the monochrome thingy is 7.56 KB and the file size for the 24-bit bitmap is 180 KB.

there's a difference in the file size because each colour has a certain number of bits and when you save it in monochrome there's only 2 colours used therefore there's less bits used. i don't think there's a difference in image quality, if i hadn't named them differently i wouldn't have been to tell them apart.

i know that im a boring bloger but i can't be bothered to make them interesting like sabine.

PAINTING TOOLS

i was going to use gimp but it took me like 10 minutes to figure out how to get a blank page so i gave up on that. now i have to do paint which is really boring but at least i know how to use it. below is an image of paint and i am going to explain what each tool does.

i had sooooo much trouble getting the picture on it took me around 15 minutes and Michelle comes and does it in like 2 seconds. life saver! any ways back to the task.

the dotted rectangle on the top right corner is called 'select'. you can move a square of an original image around the page or delete it. (im not sure how to explain it)

the dotted star next to the rectangle is called 'free-form select'. it's like select but instead of moving a square you can move a random shape but while you're drawing the shape you have to keep the mouse button down.

the yellow rectangle below it is the 'eraser'. it's what you use when you want to rub something out. like the name suggests. (it's kinda obvious)

the thing to the right of it is called 'fill with colour'. if you have a shape without any gaps in the outline you can fill it with a certain colour with one click of the mouse. it's really simple.

the mini magnifying glass symbol is called 'magnifier'. it's pretty obvious because it zooms in and out.

next to the magnifier is a symbol that looks like an eye dropper but it's actually called 'pick colour'. if you click on a certain colour the 'fill with colour' changes automatically to that colour you clicked on. (i never knew what it did before this task)

below it is a pencil and you guessed it, it's called a 'pencil'. WOW! anyways you can draw lines with this but it's not as cool as the 'brush' but i'll explain the 'brush' later.

next to the pencil is the 'brush'. it's nearly the same as the pencil but you can change the thickness of the lines and whether the line is a circle or a square. however like the pencil you can change the colour of the lines.

below the 'brush' is a picture of a 'A' and this is called 'text'. you can draw a square or rectangle and then type some text in side it.

next to it is a picture of a spray can but it's called 'airbrush'. it's kinda like a spray can because the lines can be faint but if you leave the mouse in the exact same position it makes it solid. (arghhh... this is so hard to explain but im sure you know what im talking about, this is paint im typeing about here.)

below it is a diagonal line which is called 'line'. this tool helps you to draw a straight line which you change the colour of and the thickness. just a little obvious.

next to it is a squiggly line called 'curve'. it's basically the same as 'line' but you can curve it. it really annoys me when you don't want it to curve but it does anyway. has that ever happened to you because it REALLY annoys me.

there are 4 more random, useless tools that i can't be bothered to explain because no one even uses them and i doubt anyone wants to keep reading my boring blog. so im off to do my stupid english homework. YAY! i just love english, not. bye...

Is Digital Art Real Art? Hmmm...

Well here are some definitions of art:

• the products of human creativity
• the creation of beautiful or significant things

is digital art a valid form of art? i have no idea! well, you have some creepy people who say that photos of naked kids is art but that's just them. on one hand digital art is still technically art because it's a product of human creativity and it's also the creation of something beautiful. it can have a meaning, theme and other random stuff art is supposed to have. on the other hand it's kind of cheating because in some programmes there are certain icons/pictures downloaded on it, and all you have to do click on where you want it to go. there are also artists who draw it by hand and scan it onto thier computer to digitalise it.

i don't really know if there are any advantages to using digital paint and draw programmes. some people can't draw so they probably think that it's easier to use these programmes because of the pre-programmed icons/pictures that you can alter with a click of a button. i think that to us people who totally suck at using the computer even for basic stuff, that the programmes are frustrating because you can't get the computer to do the things you want it to do. (i tend to just give up and do it by hand because it's easier). when you use the paint and draw programmes it's easier to erase any mistakes you make but if you are using paint and canvas you can't just erase it because it's almost, maybe, basically permanent. wait that's an advantage so i guess that there is an advantage.
here are some cool artworks i found on google and sticking with the theme of digital they are all digital.








to be a digital artist you don't really need any special skills just creativity and some good software. the hardest part is learning how to use the software. some people believe that graphic programmes are destroying traditional art skills, because by using graphics software use don't need any painting or sketching skills. people who use these graphics softwares are saying that this is another case of technophobia.
Some artists just draw it by hand and scan it onto thier computer to digitalise.
people who are digital artists sometimes take classes in painting and sketching to improve thier artistic skills (whatever there are these days). For example,
a man named Joel Mongeon, who is a digital artist, wanted to "hone" (improve) his skills so he took up some painting and sketching classes at his university.

Digital Media Explanations

The definition of Digital is the representation of information in binary (1's and 0's)

Some different types of digital media are:

• digital videos
• digital audio
• Digital phone calls
• digital photoes
• digital televison

The number system digital data is based on is the binary numeral system and the numbers used in this system are 1 and 0. The binary numeral system is a way to write lot's of different numbers using only 2 digits. Here are some examples:

1. 1

2. 10

3. 11

4. 100

5. 101

A bit is the smallest unit of information a computer can use. A group of 8 bits is called a byte.

A sampling rate is also called a sample rate. It's typically expressed in samples per second, the rate at which samples of an analog signal are taken to be converted into digital form. For example, a PC's sound card will sample a recieved analog signal, like through a microphone, and digitalise it for the computer. The higher the sampling rate the better the reproduction.

Colour depth is how many colours the monitor can display. The higher the colour depth (or the greater number of colours shown) the better the image quality will be because it will look more realistic and detailed.

This picture shows the difference in colour depth.

The sampling rate only affects video not still media (like photos) because still media doesn't involve sound. It's just like that colour depth doesn't affect the music you listen to because there's no pictures involved in music.