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.
As a tribute to May 4th, I’ve compiled some of my Star Wars art. I’ve also added some fun, unusual facts. Some I didn’t know until today. As a big Star Wars fan (Not the prequels – they don’t count) I like that there is still so many random things I don’t know. May the Force be with you.
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Yoda Fact – Yoda was intended to be his second name. His first name was going to be Minch. Minch Yoda – Weird.
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Boba Fett Fact – The braided ropes Boba wears around his shoulders are made from the pelts of Wookiees that he’d killed.
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Stormtrooper Fact – In the US it has been ruled that the Stormtrooper armour design is under copyright. However a 2011 UK court decision considered it to be industrial design, which is only protected for 15 years, and thus the armor is now in the public domain, but only in the UK.
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R2D2 Fact – In ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ R2D2 makes an unlikely cameo in the form of ancient hieroglyphics.
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Emporers Guards Fact – The Imperial Red guards apparently concealed armour, more advanced than a Stormtroopers under their robes. Not too tough really as Stormtrooper armour doesn’t allow much mobility or visibility and doesn’t protect from blasters.
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Han Solo Fact – Kurt Russell almost got the part of Han Solo. Nick Nolte, Billy Dee Williams, Burt Reynalds, and Chrisopher Walken also auditioned for the part. Harrison Ford was not even allowed to audition until late in the process
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Death Star Fact – In the Italian version of Star Wars, the Death Star is called “Morte Nera”, which literally means “Black Death”.
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Darth Vader Fact – Vader never says, “Luke, I am your father.”
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Chewbacca Fact – Chewy is a Wookiee (Wookiee has two E’s, OMG, I really shoul’ve known that.)
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C3P0 Fact – Although mainly gold, C3PO had a silver right leg. Never noticed this back in the 80s when I was a kid.
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Jabba Fact – Voice actor, Larry Ward speaks Jabba’s Huttese in Return of the Jedi. He is not credited for his work.
Emporer Fact – Simply, that he frightened the crap out of me in 1983.
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‘Pantatooine’ Starwars art is created using a 40 x40 grid of 1600 (one thousand six hundred – Phew!!) swatches each. The swatch choice for each square is an average colour of that section of the photograph or scene. Close up each square is simply a Pantone (Pantatooine) swatch, From a distance, the whole image is revealed in detail.
The simple stylized minimalist illustrations are created in Adobe Illustrator. My concept was to restrain the images to a square (intended to go on cushions etc.) and use flat colours. No gradients or shading allowed.
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Prints and such available from my society6 store. (will be updating soon.)
Top quality art prints can be bought at my own art shop Mono Wave Art. UK only at the moment.
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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.
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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. 🙂
Feng Shui is believed to use the laws of heaven and earth to improve your life. Feng Shui literally translates as “wind-water”.
Each direction on the Feng Shui compass represents certain aspects of life and can, (with a little research and knowledge – or Google) be used as a reference to construct a more harmonious life. If you want to know more, try Google 🙂
Personally, I really love the simplicity of Feng Shui and especially love the compass direction symbols and meanings.
My version of the Feng Shui compass are deriritive of my love of cubes, squares and colour.
Note: Feng Shui compass is upside down? (Weird?) South at the top? Huh?.
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LI – South – Represents your Fame, the element fire and the colour red.
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K’UN – South West – Represents your Relationships and marriage and the colour orange.
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TUI – West – Represents Children/Creativity/Future, the element metal and the colour white.
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CH’IEN – North West – Represents Helpful people/travel and the colour grey.
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K’AN – North – Represents your career, the element water and the colour black.
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KEN – North East – Represents knowledge/spirituality and the colour blue.
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CHEN – East – Represents your family, the element wood and the colour green.
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SUN – South east – Represents your wealth, the element water and the colour purple.
Would love to live a simple, more basic life but unfortunately i seem to just gather….well…. things. I know a lot of the stuff i hang onto is really just clutter but i just cant seem to to throw the stuff out.
Recently tried to have a bit of a clear out but still have waaaaay too much random stuff. Moving flat in next few months and dreading it. Gonna be a big job.
All comments are welcome.
Please visit my personalised Sound wave art shop at Mono Wave Art or my Society6 shop for random geeky prints and cushions. Might add Feng Shui prints and cushions in the future. If you’d like anything, just ask and i’ll sort you out. Cheers. 🙂
Please re-post, like or follow if you appreciate my comic pantone swatch artworks.
These pieces were created as collages of Adobe Illustrator Pantone swatches (as found in the swatch pallette). Each of the 1,369 swatches is an average colour tone of that particular square section of the image.
Zoomed in the art print is just a series of block swatch colours. Only when you step back or squint do you actually see what the image is.
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Please get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions on any art I should do. Always happy for new ideas.
Also, Checkout mono wave art, my soundwave art site. Perfect personalised gifts for your loved ones.
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