Archivio
L'Archivio è il luogo in cui inserisco gli articoli più vecchi che hanno ancora valore: lavori che non sono più attuali, ma non obsoleti. Scrittura che appartiene alla lunga sequenza temporale del viaggio, preservata perché continua a informare, ispirare e connettersi all'arte che sto realizzando oggi.
Archivio
Tools: Fun with Fractal Generators
A 2009 tour of fractal generators and other tools for creating abstract digital imagery. The archived article explores how visual controls turn mathematical processes into patterns, textures and landscapes that artists can shape into their own work.
Resources: Free 3D Model Sites
An archived collection of free 3D-model sources for artists building scenes in tools such as Vue. The article introduces download sites and communities, with attention to model quality and the usage terms attached to each resource.
Marketing: Standing Out in the Digital Crowd – Part Two
A 2008 discussion of how portrait studios could distinguish their work as digital photography changed the market. This archived second installment examines competition, differentiation and the opportunity to offer something clients cannot easily reproduce themselves.
Tutorial: How to create your own Image Hose nozzles
Create a custom Corel Painter Image Hose nozzle from a set of individual images. Using stones as the example, this archived tutorial shows how reusable nozzle elements can help build detailed surfaces and repeated natural forms.
Review: Vue 7 Infinite
A review of Vue 7 Infinite as it appeared in 2008. The archived article examines changes to ecosystems, clouds, lighting, water and plants, offering a period view of the software’s evolving landscape-generation tools.
Tutorial: Painting Fairy Portraits with Corel Painter
Follow the making of a fairy portrait from a simple studio photograph. This archived Corel Painter project combines a photographed pose with a painted fantasy setting, showing how the environment can be designed around the subjects.
Marketing Tips: Standing Out in the Digital Crowd – Part One
A 2008 look at the opportunities and pressures digital technology brought to portrait studios. This archived first installment discusses heavier editing workloads, new competition, creative collaboration and ways to develop more distinctive offerings.
Create Digital Backgrounds with Vue, Part 3
Convert a daytime Vue scene into a moonlit portrait setting. This archived final installment explores atmosphere, moonlight and additional scene elements before bringing the background and photographic subject together.
Create Digital Backgrounds for Your Photos with Vue
An archived introduction to creating digital portrait backgrounds with Vue Infinite and Photoshop. The first installment prepares a photographed subject and compares daytime and nighttime settings to show how a single portrait can take on different moods.
Create Digital Backgrounds with Vue, Part 2
Build the daytime setting for a portrait composite in Vue Infinite. This archived second installment develops the scene with atmosphere, water and 3D elements, continuing the process of replacing a photographed background with a digital environment.
Show Your Stuff: Getting Your Work Online
An archived guide to putting artwork online through galleries, communities, personal websites, photo-sharing services and blogs. Written in 2008, it compares ways artists could display their work and connect with an audience.
Corel Painter Resources: links to Brushes, Papers, Tutorials
A 2008 collection of Corel Painter brushes, papers and learning resources from artists including Rob Chang, Don Seegmiller and Cher Threinen-Pendarvis. Preserved as a record of the creative tools shared within the Painter community.
