The anatomy of a mash up. Cameron Adams, aka “The Man in Blue”, mashed up, edited and remixed some of his favourite Daft Punk songs. Definitive Daft Punk reveals the entire structure of Daft Punk’s track list: the cutting, layering, levels and equalisation of 23 different songs.
By dividing up the sound data for each song and computing its appearance in realtime, the visualisation combines a circular waveform of each of the songs concurrently being played with an audio map timeline at the bottom showing each song color-coded.
I couldn’t believe my eye holes recently when I recieved a message in my comments telling me that my blog had been nominated for a prestigious Liebster award. Possibly the first of many accolades, but i’ll try to refrain from getting ahead of myself. It’s not very often you feel noticed in the gigantic world of the internet so even the smallest bit of recognition is more than appreciated.
I was nominated by the fantastic and talented‘found this, painted that.’(If you aren’t following it already, you’re missing out). Go and follow it now before continuing….. I’ll wait.
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Followed it? fantastic, then we can continue.
The acceptance of my Liebster award comes with a few little hoops to jump through. That is par for the course with everything in life though. hmmm
Ok, here are the rules:
1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog and link back to them in your post. Hmmm, I think I already did that but they deserve a second link in case you skipped the bit where I told you to follow them already. Thankyou ‘found this, painted that.’keep up the good work.
2. Answer the 11 questions from the nominator, list 11 random facts about yourself and create 11 questions for your nominees. See below for this stuff.
3. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 blogs who you feel deserve to be noticed and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen. Ok, I’ll have to do that over the next week or so.
4. Copy and Paste the blog award on your blog.
(Copied and pasted this whole section and award image came along for the ride Yay!) I’ve also put it on my main banner. I’m so proud. Note: (These are the “rules” but please feel free to do as you wish. If you have 5 bloggers to nominate instead of 11, and you can only think of 7 random facts about yourself – that’s perfectly fine! )
Questions from ‘Found this painted that’, to me.
1. If you were a superhero, what would your powers be? – Evil Psychic hypnotist.
2. What colour is your bedroom? – A tasteful cream with an accent wall of blue/grey.
3. What’s your idea of the best gift to give? – Anything hand made or with some personal thought put into it.
4. If you could only choose one, would you be beautiful or smart? – Smart
5. What’s the longest amount of time you were away from your home? – Other than when I was at University, only a couple of weeks. That kind of makes me sad for some reason.
6. What do you consider to be the hardest thing you’ve ever done? – I once did a skydive. but adrenalin got me through it.
7. When are you most creative? A.M or P.M – Without a shadow of doubt I’m a night time person. P.M.
8. Ocean or mountains? – I love to surf so it has to be the ocean.
9. Book or computer? – Computer. Sadly, I never seem to have time to read much anymore.
10. Dog or cat?– Dogs are much better but I like that cats have some level of freedom.
11. Coffee or tea? – Coffee. More caffeine the better.
11 Random facts about me:
1. Been playing video games since I was 4 years old in 1980.
2. Can’t stomach mayonaise but have nothing against its ingredients.
3. Life motto, is a cynical ‘question everything’.
4. Favourite comedy is ‘Monty Pythons Life of Brian’
5. I can’t grow a full beard.
6. Hate getting my haircut even though my mother is a hairdresser.
7. I really like biting into blocks of cheese. – guilty pleasure.
8. I’ve arranged my DVD collection into colour order.
9. I have watched ‘First Blood’ more than any other movie. – great film.
10. I very rarely get bored. I can always find something to waste my time.
11. One of my front two teeth is dead, the other is smashed in half and capped.
My questions for my nominees:
1. What is the best car you have driven?
2. How much wood can a wood chuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
3. What is the first single or album you bought?
4. What is your guilty pleasure?
5. Starwars (original trilogy – prequels don’t exist) or Star trek?
6. Savoury snacks (Crisps(chips if US),olives,pretsils) or sweet snacks (Jellies, chocolate, candy)?
7. Should you throw food out if it says its out of date or trust your nose?
8. What is it called when you slide your scissors through paper or fabric without squeezing them?
9. What is your favourite ‘go to’ website?
10. What really annoys you or creeps you out, even though it really shouldn’t.
11. If you’re not from the UK, what is your perception of British people? If you are, slag of the yanks! haha!
Can’t wait to see all your crazy answers.
Thankyou for your likes, follows, comments and most of all for inspiring me to actually do some creative stuff, rather than watching tv, looking at websites, playing playstation, eating pizza, watching movies and generally procrastinating.
Superman – Man of Steel has been released. The latest gritty reboot to the Superman franchise. I am still yet to see the movie but I am reliably informed that it is pretty damn good.
Hope you like my Supermantone art. If you do, and would like to purchase a high quality 50cm art print, just send me a message and i will sort something out. All prints are signed and numbered for authenticity.
Simple minimalist art depicting my one rule in life that i will not break. Question Everything! Look carefully, it’s a Q and an E. By questioning everything you can avoid so many of lifes pitfalls and prevent yourself becoming just another consumerist sheep.
Below are a few of my views and how i question them (Not everyone will agree… and thats good).
NEWS/MEDIA
If you believe everything that the news tells you, you will likely become a nervous wreck. Good news does not sell. Sensationalism sells! News reports generally have an ‘angle’ that has been simplified so the (dumb) masses understand. Before you react to what you see, try to consider some of the other angles. Even the most horendous things that happen in the world have more aspects than what a reporter will tell you. Look at all the facts and make your own, considered opinion.
FASHION
Yes, it’s pretty… sometimes. But do you really need to change everything you own to keep up with trends or are you being affected by magazines, advertising and friends?
POLITICS
I don’t trust any politician, from any party. I don’t believe that they ever make any real difference. Promises are made to get into power and when in power they are almost never followed through. No long term workable plans will ever be put into practice as they are not immediately quantifiable. Goals in politics are all short term as a party may not be in power long enough to take credit for any long term successes. When a politician pushes an idea, just stop and consider why he is saying what he is saying. Is he trying to be popular, contrare to other parties, or are they just trying to improve their own personal profile?
ADVERTISING & CONSUMERISM
A big hate in my life is advertising. It is just in your face, all the time trying to make you feel bad about yoursel unless you have the latest things or look a certain way. Adverts are not entertainment, they are offensive and intrusive and only there to make you spend your hard earned. All special offers are still heavilly weighted in favour of the seller. Buying something because its on special offer is only a bargain if you were going to buy it anyway. If you bought it because it was on special, you fell for their tricks, hook line and sinker. Pause and consider, do i really need this outfit?/CD?/game?/DVD?/go large? or am i just buying it ‘because’?
COMIC SANSQuestion why any person or establishment would use such an ugly typeface. It has no place in civilized society.
RELIGION
I have looked into religion in some depth and have not seen one shred of evidence that there is any truth in an all seeing God or gods. To follow a religion you basically have whole heartedly accept an undeniable truth of which there is no proof. Looking at facts, religion has caused more wars, destroyed more history and held back the advancement of the human race by hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Just to avoid any confusion, religion has nothing to do with morals. Morals can be taught without trying to instill fear in a person. Preaching religion as far as i can see is preaching fear. That fear is intended to control and manipulate the weak minded.
PEOPLE AND RACE All people are equal. No one is better than anyone else. Your validity and importance in life should not come down to rank, job title, colour, education or religion. People are basically the same, where ever they are from and whatever they do. Question what you have been taught, without prejudous, and that is the only real conclusion.
Okay, i may have gone a little deep there, and I fully understand that you, as the reader, will not agree with everything i have written. That is a good thing.
Question Everything…. and make your ‘OWN’ considered opinions.
ironman mark 35 red snapper pantone art by Alex Patterson
To celebrate the release of Iron Man 3 I endeavored to create some custom Pantone style swatch art. I named them “Ironmantone” 🙂. Each piece depicts the suits that are on show in the Iron Man 3 movie.
All created from Pantone style colour swatches. Each “Ironmantone” is made from 1600 individual swatches in a 40×40 grid. Each swatch is the average colour of the particular region of the image. Look up close and all you will see are coloured square Pantone style swatches; Take a step back and the iron man 3 suits are revealed. To purchase any of these prints send a message and i will make them available at my web art store Mono-Wave-Art.
ironman mark 40 shotgun pantone art by Alex Pattersonironman mark 17 heartbreaker pantone art by Alex Pattersonironman mark 39 gemini pantone art by Alex Pattersonironman mark 33 silver centurian pantone art by Alex Pattersonironman mark 38 igor pantone art by Alex Patterson
Check out my spiderman , comic, and newcastle Pantone style swatch art I’ve created. Also, please visit my shop mono-wave-art where some of my prints are available for UK purchase.
If you liked these, help me get my name ‘out there’ by liking, linking, re-blogging, tweeting, pinning etc. All help is extremely welcome… as are custom commissions :).
I’d love to hear your thoughts – good, bad and indifferent. Just send me a message.
Art by myself, depicting some landmarks in and around my home city of Newcastle Upon Tyne. All painstakingly created from Pantone style colour swatches. Each image is constructed as a 40×40 square grid comprising of 1600 individual swatches. Each swatch is the average colour of the particular region of the image. Looking closely and all you will see is a series of coloured square Pantone swatches; Take a few steps back and the stunning landmarks are revealed.
The Angel of the North divides the local residents. Some love it as an icon of the nort east, while others see it as an unsightly blot on the landscape. Personally I like it.
Fog on the Tyne Pantone art by Alex Patterson
Fog on the Tyne inspired by a recent conversation with a friend – Cheers Brendan
The bridges over the Tyne are iconic, stunning, pictoresque and well worth a visit. The above image is the view from the Gateshead side of the High Level bridge. You can make out the beautiful shape of the Tyne bridge as well as its bright red neighbour, the Swing Bridge.
Grey’s Monument Pantone art by Alex Patterson
Grey’s monument sits at the heart of Newcastle. Erected as a tribute to Lord Charles Grey for passing the great reform act of 1832.
St. James’ Park Pantone art by Alex Patterson
Dominating the Newcastle skyline is St. James Park, home to Newcastle United Football Club since it opened in 1892. It now regularly holds over 50,000 geordies after renovations between 1998 and 2000.
St. James’ Park Pantone art by Alex Patterson
It’s a shame that permission cannot be gained to continue the stands around the whole stadium to create a 100,000 seated mega stadium.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions, ideas, commissions. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
High resolution quality 50x50cm art prints are available on request. For more cool art visit my personalised soundwave art and art print shop at MonoWaveArt.co.uk.
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. These simple four colours combined in printing can create a huge colour gamut. Not sure if its because i’ve worked in print for so long but there is something about the base colour combination that still brings a smile to my face.
The boxes are simple and clean with CMYK colours spilling from them. Combining a few of my art staples, this shows my design geek love of pantones, CMYK colour pallettes, simple layout and clean geometry.
Spiderman painstakingly created from 1,156 Adobe Illustrator Pantone swatches. A fairly embarrasing ommision from my previous Pantone comic post. (link) (Oops!)Please leave a comment with any other pantone arts you’d like me to create… or repost/pass this on.
Each pantone swatch is the average colour of that particular region of the image. The overall image is only comprehensible from a distance, up close, it is just a series of block colour swatches.
If you like this keep an eye on my web store mono wave art. I will soon be adding framed art pantone prints (Maybe even the ability to personalise them). Right now you can buy beautiful soundwave art prints of your own recordings or your favourite song. Great wedding gift… personalised sound wave art of the ‘fist dance song’ will earn you a massive amount of kudos points. 🙂
A is for Rebel AKA Alex Patterson 