January 2, 2008
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Computer Art page update at the Yes, But Is It Art? Gallery
This is a reproduction of the "Computer Art" page on my "Yes, But Is It Art? Gallery" on AllThingsMike. Usually my first post of the new year is a "Best Photos of the Year" photopost, but since I've been spending a lot of time on this latest updating project for my website, I thought I'd put up the webpage on which I spent most of the past two days creating. (And it's not done yet!) Back on 1/3/05 I posted on this blog the Photography page from the Yes, But Is It Art? Gallery site. Created in 2000, it was part of the first major overhaul of the site. Since Dec. 29th of 07, I've been overhauling again, this time concentrating on the "Computer Art" page, where I showcased some of my selected "composite artworks". I combed through my computer and tried to locate as many composite artworks as I could find, going back to 2000. So far, I've got over 50 images, double what I have displayed since early 2005, which was when I updated the site last. A "composite artwork" is an image, either graphical or photographic, which has been modified through image editing programs. Usually more than two elements are utilized. I use composited images for the headers for a lot of the entries here on the blog. For those in a hurry, the first five thumbnail images below are links to the latest pieces, created on 12/29 and 12/30. If you click on Felix the Cat, you will see the full size image "Jessica and Felix at Felix Chevrolet" on the website, with a "back button" which takes you to the previous image, etc. WARNING: This is from my website, where I sometimes post images containing female nudity. The images containing nudity are marked below in the captions, with the tag: !!!Explicit/Nudity!!! but are not listed yet on the manual slideshow. A lot of Xanga artists have websites showcasing their paintings or other artwork. I also have a drawings section, with only six old images, and will be updating the rest of the site soon. MFN/ppf
NEW"Jessica and Felix" :Completed 12/30/07 Jessica Rabbit and Felix crossing the street in Los Angeles. A new Cartoon composite.
NEW"Beach Flower " :Completed 12/29/07 A combination of two photos, a rose bush overlaid on the Torrance Beach parking lot.
NEW"Point Fermin B&W" :Completed 12/29/07 One of my photos of the Pt. Fermin Lighthouse altered so it's in monochrome.
NEW"Stadium Flower" :Completed 12/29/07 Simple overlay of a rose bush photographed on Macro in front of a Coliseum entrance.
NEW"Santa Monica Pier" :Completed 12/29/07 A simple photo of the ferris wheel at the Santa Monica pier, tweaked with added birds.
NEW "Coffee Table " :Completed 03/26/07 A coffee table strewn with cultural Icon magazines.NEW "Dead Bodies": Completed 02/06/07 An image using wheeled coffins on a racetrack created for the WhenWordsCollide blog.
NEW "Castle and Jar Jar": Completed 05/20/06 Jar Jar Binks and Kokopelli outside a magnificent castle.
NEW "Small Jellyfish": Completed 05/20/06 Asst. Jellyfish photographed at the Long Beach Aquarium fronted by some flowers.
NEW "London": Completed 05/20/06 Shot at Universal studios on the "London Street" with added characters.
NEW "Barbie on the Water" Completed 05/20/06 Barbie walks on water in a peaceful lakeside scene.
NEW "Flashback" !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!Completed 05/20/06 Psychedelic Gal With Clockhead.!!!Explicit/Nudity!!!NEW "Space Jellies" : Completed 04/17/05 Strange jellyfish floating through space.
NEW "Aquarium Composites" : Completed 04/17/05 Very large goldfish and such captured in aquariums and electronic gear
NEW !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!"NakedSunset" :Completed 03/18/05 Some nudes cavorting with Mr. Peanut on the shore. !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!
"GodJemima" :Completed 03/19/05 More seemingly racist images combined in an inspirational message culled from Jim Crow culture..
NEW "Viva Las Vegas Las Vegas": Completed 03/13/05 Plans for a "new" casino complex in Vegas based on the town in the 60s.
"Mammy" :Completed 02/21/05 Right in time for Black History month."GoodYear":Completed 02/21/05 A texturized version of the GoodYear blimp
"Stonehenge" :Completed 02/21/05 !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!The girl is a catwoman, and the disembodied heads are racist "Coon Chicken" restaurant images from the 20s. !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!
"Sunset" :Completed 02/21/05 A muted and distorted view of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA.
"GalWithClockForHead" :Completed 02/21/05 !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!A rather disturbing psychosexual image. We always have time for naked girls. !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!
NEW "Bedflight" Completed 02/01/05. A gal on a bed flying through the air.
NEW "Hollywood" Completed 01/25/05 A bunch of cartoon characters congregate along Hollywood Blvd.
"Monochrome Clouds " : 01/22/05 Greyscale renditions, with composited elements, of some of my cloudscape photography..
"Self Portrait 2005" : 01/22/05 The first composite of 2005. This is a photo of me with composited elements from a number of sources, including a cloudscape background, inserted architecture, and cloned animals.
NEW "Art 2" Completed 12/31/04 A composite constructed specifically for the Yes But Is Is Art? Gallery site.
NEW "Art" Completed 12/31/04 A companion piece to Art.
"Busses On the Moon" 12/25/04:In a true fit of artistic inspiration, a "found" image of the moon serves as backdrop for school busses parading across the surface ot the moon, with guest appearance by the artist.
"SaturnRise" : 12/25/04 I just sort of threw this together using a photo from Cassini and a castle from Webshots.
"Disneyland at Christmas" :12/22/04 Two pieces. One was created using a photo of twilight clouds overlaid on a photo of Disneyland from a video capture. The image is then colorized to give it the look of one of those old hand tinted postcard. 2nd image from 2002 is a stitched photo of the Cinderella Castle.
NEW "Shackled Angels" 07/25/04 Some angel statues marching along the beachside.
"EarthMother" :2/1/04 This is not a composite "per se". I "drew" and "painted" the portrait, based on a photograph, and composited it into a photograph the subject took. It isn't finished, either, and took about two hours to "draw".
NEW "Beaconing Branches" 06/29/04 Majestic magnolia trees line the beachfront, with added sky and cloudscape, then colorized.
"Tweaked Graffitti" :Another composite using some of the same elements in "Cheerleaders."
"Cheerleaders on the Beach" :Here is a combination of a photo I shot at Cabrillo Beach, with the sky replaced, and the images of the cheerleaders added. The graffitti was there at the time I took the photo.. 3/13/04
"Breck 2" (Camel) and "BreckPorn" :!!!Explicit/Nudity!!!also composited in 2002. Here are some of the images I worked over for the Advertising section of The Cultural Blender site.
"Girls of Summer" composited in 2002.I know this one got me thrown out of Webshots. It's their background, but I actually "drew" Betty on a Wacom Artpad, so I signed the piece. I noted that I was using copyrighted cartoons on the site, but it wasn't enough. My composite art got a lot of hits too!
"Stitch Presley " composited sometime in 2002. Here I am skewering two copyrighted icons. This may have been one or the composites on my Webshots cartoon gallery when they shut it down. This was done rather quickly, and isn't as inspirational as the thought I had before I actually "created" it.
"RobotGal on Parade" composited sometime in 2002 I loved the robot image which might be something from an Olivia collectible card, or a similar artist. Porn starlet face, and fruit with nipples. There is a definite theme running through some of these composites.
"EdenFractal" !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!composited sometime in 2002 This image is comprised of a porn starlet, fruit, eyes, and a fractal background I got off of a community site at Webshots. !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!
"VerseImage1" composited 4/14/02 Another Anfy Applet, with music from "The Wizard of Oz", and a "poem" I composed especially for the constraints of the program. The image of the waterfall is from Webshots.
"CloudLake" composited 4/12/02 This composite uses Java applets developed by Anfy, and can only be showcased on it's own web page..
"FaceJune" composited 6/02, is more of a "drawing" than a composite..
"SkullsForSale" composited 8/3/01 (exhibit on loan. removed temporarily.) This is, sadly, another pretty sick piece of sh*t if you look at it one way.....but then again....what constitutes art? Good taste?
"Breastmen" composited 7/7/01 !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!Be warned. This is not a kid-friendly piece of art. It is rated "R", and will most likely give people nightmares. But I want to show that I have a rather sick sense of humor, as well. !!!Explicit/Nudity!!!
"HomesteadLemmings" composited 7/7/01 This is inspired by the messages being placed on the boards at Homestead.
"MoonAndCanyon" composited in late 2000 This is one of the first things I composited.
"MikeEyesGuy" composited 4/19/00 I'm finding examples of computer compositing I forgot I had created and am posting links to the works here as I find them. This isn't too "artistic" but exists in my database, so I am putting it up here.
For some reason my background cloudscape and at least one of the graphical links in my sidebar are missing this morning. (01/02/08 6:15am pst.) I couldn't find a copy of the cloudscape on the site from work so if Xanga hasn't "found" it by the time I get home I'll have to insert a copy from my home puter. MFN/ppf
Comments (57)
I looked at a few of the pictures. You know everybody's going for the nudity first, right? I like some of the racist composites. Very telling. Tell us, Mike, how do you really feel about pubic hair? I love the background song - Green Grass and High Tides forever. I'll be listening to that on the elliptical this afternoon.
I can't claim "disasterbacle," much to my chagrin. I think I heard it in high school, but not very often. "Mouse potato" is new to me. It makes sense, is pervasive, and I like it a lot. I grew up Catholic, but as a military family, we usually went to the church on base. It had the Catholic structure but a very inclusive and welcoming feel. Everybody was encouraged to sing, to get up and help, to be involved. In college, I went to Little Italy's big Catholic Church a few times. I didn't like the priest at all, but when he openly said that "aromatherapy is evil," I officially called it quits. My fiance and I found an affluent but down-to-earth Episcopal church. We fell in love with the (happily married, sensible) priest there and had him marry us. Now I read my mysticism and keep saying that I'll get around to trying the Lutheran Church that is literally across the street from my house one of these days. Maybe it'll be 10:30 this Sunday
I have some problems with the way I see Christianity today. God doesn't need your money; people do. Some churches spend their money right, but so many of them seem to give their pastors Cadillacs and huge salaries. I'd rather donate to Goodwill and my local homeless shelters. Oh, and freerice.com is fun and easy, even if it's not the most effective way to give 
wow interesting stuff!
Wow! I really dig some of this stuff! The imagery is definitely daunting at times. I liked the advertisments and a couple of the nudes. Where do you find all those images royalty free?
RYC: Welcome to my shitty blog! Thanks for that feedback. There was something there that I hadn't considered...
those are weird but I like them
Mike, :coolman:
You give a lot to read and see...my comment relates to only beginning to look at what you have got here. Art is defined by us. From my perspective it is still a visual and symbolic presentation and thus must be seen as art. You do put a lot of thought into some of the images and altough you might be taking from various sources the end product is still a unique rendition with a new perspective.
Jurgens
I looked at about 1/3 of the pics. I liked what I saw. You have a gift.
I think beauty is in the eye of the beholder and art is too...:sunny:
you have been very busy!!! i'll spend some time there over the rest of week and let you know what i think. i think it's a great idea to put everything in one place! ryc: that's the exact piece of pottery. there are a ton of them around and they aren't very expensive- even the best isn't more than $150- 200. a similar one to mine is on ebay for $45! so i won't get rich from it- if i were to sell it! :heartbeat:
Yes, it's definitely art, and I loved them. Especially the Shackled Angels.
good to see ya keeping busy and utilizing this xanga-sphere -- you add much to the xanga community!
Hi Mike! Happy New Year to you. I've been away for awhile.
Somebody in my town as a coffin-car. It is very funny.
RYC: The rabbit thingy makes more sense than Lyle Lovett. I do not understand why he is famous.
RYC: I think with your first lines and a bit of creativity (which you certainly have), Jeri's challenge would be awesome for you..., and I think liking Queen qualifies you to be in the Kween of Queens Blog Ring.
The beer thing, why does that happen? I love cold beer..., arggghhh..., I have tried switching up to some less calorie drinks, it is just not the same. Too much work involved in a "gin and tonic" or some other snooty drink... maybe a martini shaken, not stirred, LOL! Whatever you look great.
Hugs, Tricia
Oh, and your art... very you! :coolman: :goodjob: :coolman:
I like Stitch Elvis, but then I like Elvis. Betty Boop is always a favorite too.
Hugs Again! Tricia
Interesting. Artistic fella.
Have a nice day, Mike.
Loved your black and white from your photo. All interesting work and fun to see things on this entry. I can tell you have fun with it all. I don't do anything with graphics from other artists, only my own things. ONce in a while an animation from a safe site or tubes from my graphics programs. I usually make my own tubes as it gives a sense of creative satisfaction I don't get using others work. I do work with a small group where we share our own photos as a challenge. That is regularly done. Otherwise I worry about copyright and don't want the possibility of legal hassles.
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