Category: art

DIY comics artist Jody Culkin: Making and Drawing Comics in a Makers World

Jody Culkin, an artist who uses a variety of media, speaking at South by Southwest Interactive 2013 in Austin Texas. Lasersaurs, science geek comics, comic book how-to’s on lasers, creative uses of iPhone cameras, hacking, soldering, coloring books on electronics, rapid development of instructional manuals using photo-comics—Jody Culkin brought many graphic examples (pardon the art… Read More DIY comics artist Jody Culkin: Making and Drawing Comics in a Makers World

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One virtual singer, unlimited creators. Hatsune Miku: The open source girl who conquered the world

The Hatsune Miku demo booth at South by Southwest Interactive 2013. #sxswmiku The creators of Hatsune Miku, the virtual singer software, discussed how the vast collaborative effort that is expressed via Miku blurs the perceived boundaries between audience and star at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival 2013 in Austin, Texas. Miku is singing synthesizer… Read More One virtual singer, unlimited creators. Hatsune Miku: The open source girl who conquered the world

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Deep thinking with Nathan Martin, of Recode, Deeplocal

From the Deeplocal website. I thought I’d seen complex workflow charts working with engineering graduate students, but this kludge takes the prize. DEEPLOCAL Nathan Martin, owner of Deeplocal. Recode Recode.com was based on Priceline and was a punk trick. Copy subbar codes; change the bar code, and you can get your item at the price… Read More Deep thinking with Nathan Martin, of Recode, Deeplocal

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Hacking and tracking fingers, automobiles, with Daito Manabe and Kaoru Sugano

There was a point in time when I understood this. Now it remains as a mysterious poem. Poem Note Crypton CEO Hiroyuki Itoh (l) visited with technology artist Kaoru Sugano (r) and a member of Itoh’s Crypton Future Media team  (middle) representing Hatsune Miku at South by Southwest 2013. Somewhere, there is a picture but you… Read More Hacking and tracking fingers, automobiles, with Daito Manabe and Kaoru Sugano

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