tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354191832024-03-13T10:35:25.021-07:00Beatrice BillardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-40871283590233482542015-10-13T17:29:00.001-07:002015-10-13T17:31:24.352-07:00Illustration Friday: Star<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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5 minute pencil doodle made for IF. I'm rusty :-(</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-17454231184159555122009-06-02T08:41:00.000-07:002009-06-02T08:50:37.529-07:00Art opening this Friday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SiVIsX_YQyI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QB5xQaKXdKo/s1600-h/retouched_sredni1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SiVIsX_YQyI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QB5xQaKXdKo/s400/retouched_sredni1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342756460136252194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just a few days until the opening! I've dropped off the paintings and I'm crossing my fingers that the prints I ordered will arrive in time. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you're in the Seattle area and plan to attend the Fremont art walk, stop by and say hi!</span></span><br /></div><br /><p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>When:</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Friday, June 5, 2009, 6:00pm - 9:00pm<br /><b>Where: </b>Frame Up Studios, 3515 Fremont Ave N, Seattle (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3515+Fremont+Ave+N%2C+Seattle%2C+WA" target="_blank">map</a>)</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;">If you want to see what else is happening at the Fremont art walk, here's their blog: <a href="http://fremontfirstfriday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://fremontfirstfriday.blogspot.com/</a><br /></p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllar</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" height="16" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-54935786823907297282009-05-22T12:04:00.000-07:002009-05-22T12:11:09.734-07:00Cool French Adobe CS4 commercial<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><object height="344" width="425">I fell in love with this French commercial for Adobe CS4. Sweet, surreal, with a dash of Alice in Wonderland. I must be the target demographic :-)</object></span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><object height="344" width="425"></object></span></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pYId_mIfQBQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pYId_mIfQBQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></span><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllar</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" height="16" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-55561940130431005172009-05-16T21:02:00.001-07:002009-05-17T10:59:19.196-07:00Illustration Friday: Contagious<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/ShBQWEC-WTI/AAAAAAAAAVI/elozUB3tWiE/s1600-h/bkd.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/ShBQWEC-WTI/AAAAAAAAAVI/elozUB3tWiE/s400/bkd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336853898407598386" border="0" /></a><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllar</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" height="16" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-33130882725419380892009-05-04T22:46:00.000-07:002009-05-04T23:13:07.277-07:00Upcoming show: Sredni Vashtar<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >(click to see the bigger image / clic pour voir l'image en plus grand)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sf_TA7TZOwI/AAAAAAAAAUY/acncbrmfWd4/s1600-h/Postcard_Sredni.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sf_TA7TZOwI/AAAAAAAAAUY/acncbrmfWd4/s400/Postcard_Sredni.jpg" alt="Sredni Vashtar" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332212496702454530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >In my last post I mentioned that I'm working on a show so here's a sneak peak... </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I just finished designing the promo materials and I'm doing my best to ignore the matting board and stack of frames that are waiting for me. Bleh. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >VF:</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > Bon, comme j'ai dit l'autre jour,</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> j'ai une expo qui arrive alors voici un petit aperçu, vu que je viens de finir les maquettes de mes cartons de promo. Là tout de suite faudrait que je me mette à encadrer... je vais aller finir le Nutella pour me donner du courage, tiens...</span></span><br /></div><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" height="16" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-53273540139276775432009-05-02T11:52:00.001-07:002009-05-02T12:15:09.761-07:00Illustration Friday: Hierarchy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SfyWh9-2GRI/AAAAAAAAAUI/BWxlw731EPA/s1600-h/humility.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SfyWh9-2GRI/AAAAAAAAAUI/BWxlw731EPA/s400/humility.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331301569217829138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">My upcoming show is approaching way too fast and I'm racing against the clock to finish things up, so I didn't have time to make something new for IF this week. I think this one fits the theme nicely though; no doubt this little girl knows her place in the pecking order.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">VF:</span> Mon expo arrive à grands pas et je ne suis pas vraiment en avance sur ce qu'il me reste à faire; alors excusez m'sieurs dames, cette semaine je ressors un vieux machin du placard à barbouille au lieu d'en faire un tout neuf. Je pense qu'il ne colle pas mal au thème; aucune ambiguité question hiérarchie, mon petit personnage sait très exactement où elle se place.</span><br /></div><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" height="16" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-84622928696764825932009-04-24T22:46:00.000-07:002009-04-25T13:49:27.937-07:00Illustration Friday: Theater<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SfKlCY5avJI/AAAAAAAAAT4/Si7ITK17PEk/s1600-h/theater.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 349px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SfKlCY5avJI/AAAAAAAAAT4/Si7ITK17PEk/s400/theater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328502769594317970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This has to be the fastest I've whipped up an illustration in a long time!</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I actually scribbled a little pencil doodle while on hold with tech support this afternoon, then I scanned it in and painted it in Photoshop after dinner. I'm still pretty new to digital painting and can't imagine going 100% digital, but it's fun to try and I think it's growing on me.</span></span></div><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-72359516653439279202009-04-10T17:11:00.000-07:002009-04-10T17:11:27.029-07:00Pause button / Interruption momentanée des programmes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sd_DmzP5GuI/AAAAAAAAAS0/P70lD8X7kd8/s1600-h/kauai.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sd_DmzP5GuI/AAAAAAAAAS0/P70lD8X7kd8/s400/kauai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323188355934526178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">No time for Illustration Friday this week, I'm off to hang out under palm trees with the Easter bunny. Happy Easter everyone and see you in a week or two!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">V.F.: </span>Pas de barbouillage cette semaine, j'ai rencart sous les palmiers avec le lapin de Pâques. Il va pas avoir l'air con en paréo, lui. Allez, joyeuses Pâques les zamis </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >et à dans une semaine ou deux si j'ai pas trop la flemme.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-48819725682452224042009-04-08T20:20:00.000-07:002009-04-10T17:13:38.592-07:00Cherry blossoms / Le temps des cerises (ou presque)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sd12CWWfYKI/AAAAAAAAASs/-mR33eBYXzM/s1600-h/sakura.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sd12CWWfYKI/AAAAAAAAASs/-mR33eBYXzM/s400/sakura.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322540117353521314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Last weekend we went to see the blooming Yoshino cherry trees at the UW. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">These 30 trees lining the liberal arts quadrangle are somewhat of a local landmark and draw huge crowds of blossom viewers in the spring</span>. <span style="font-family:verdana;">It's our local Sakura festival, I suppose.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Sadly their lifespan is limited and they are declining; hopefully they will get replaced with something equally graceful</span>.<br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">More photos here: <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/mediarel/galleries/cherryblossoms/" target="_blank">http://depts.washington.edu/mediarel/galleries/cherryblossoms/</a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">V.F.:</span> Ce weekend, on a fait un tour sur le campus de l'université de Washington pour voir les cerisiers Yoshino en fleurs. 30 cerisiers longent le square entouré par les bâtiments de la fac de lettres et sont un peu une curiosité locale; ils attirent toujours les foules au printemps. C'est donc un peu le mini-Sakura Festival du coin.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Ils ont malheureusement une espérance de vie limitée et sont sur le déclin; on espère que leurs remplaçants seront à la hauteur!</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pour plus de photos: <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/mediarel/galleries/cherryblossoms/">http://depts.washington.edu/mediarel/galleries</a></span><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/mediarel/galleries/cherryblossoms/" target="_blank">/cherryblossoms/</a></span><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-55314708217239476332009-04-04T11:43:00.001-07:002009-04-04T12:14:58.063-07:00Illustration Friday: Talisman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SderAB39OPI/AAAAAAAAARM/2Nq1pZrXtVQ/s1600-h/talisman2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 379px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SderAB39OPI/AAAAAAAAARM/2Nq1pZrXtVQ/s400/talisman2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320909501753014514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pink bunny or lucky underwear: never go to a job interview without your talisman.</span></span><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" height="16" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-42638882782876030942009-04-03T17:59:00.001-07:002009-04-10T17:14:48.924-07:00Easter preview<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SdgT4x4an1I/AAAAAAAAARU/NanOGffkqrY/s1600-h/IMG_0414-pola.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SdgT4x4an1I/AAAAAAAAARU/NanOGffkqrY/s200/IMG_0414-pola.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321024825921806162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Easter bunny outdid himself and brought me a care package all the way from France! French Easter candy is definitely one of the things I miss from home (along with socialized medicine, but we won't go there).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patisserie" target="_blank">Pâtisseries</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> typically sell fancy Easter confections: large, hollow chocolate eggs, chickens, rabbits or bells (more on bells later), wrapped in ribbons and filled with smaller candy: little marzipan vegetables (I've always liked the little cauliflowers best!)</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">; "friture" (little chocolates shaped like fish, shrimp, mussels...); pastel-colored fondant eggs; little praliné eggs...</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">They traditionally come in distinctive pastel, illustrated cardboard boxes</span></span>.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >So why the bell motif? In France, Catholic tradition <span style="font-style: italic;">oblige</span>, it is church bells on their way to Rome that bring candy, not the Easter bunny. </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I've been told many times that flying bells that drop candy don't make sense, but personally I don't see how bunnies carrying little baskets make any more sense ;)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >V.F.:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > Bon ben je traduis pas hein, tout le monde sait ce que c'est les oeufs de P</span><em style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">âques, ce qui va dedans, ce qui va autour... Merci les cloches, qui sauront se reconnaître!</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><em style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;"></em></span></div><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-24994377598588870242009-04-01T07:34:00.000-07:002009-05-02T18:25:03.747-07:00Kreativ Blogger Award<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SfzyZ5bcn2I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/XWqPAg4Z0jE/s1600-h/kreativbloggerawardsmall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SfzyZ5bcn2I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/XWqPAg4Z0jE/s400/kreativbloggerawardsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331402585626419042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Many thanks to the talented <a href="http://pamutmamut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Eva</a> for giving me this award!</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Check out her blog if you don't know it already, her work is a delight. It is now my turn to pass the award to other bloggers and share things I love.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">So here we go, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">7 things I love...</span></div> <ol style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li>My family and old friends, and picking up right where we left even if we haven't seen each other for a while.<br /></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Cooking something nice and enjoying it over the course of a long, leisurely meal and good conversation.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Getting lost in art supplies stores and losing track of time.<br /></span></li><li>Reading. I can't go to sleep, no matter how late it is, unless I've read at least a couple of pages.<br /></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Goes with #4... books. Made with paper, that is. I'm no technophobe, far from it, and I will read news online, but I can't get into the whole e-book thing.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Waking up to the sound of rain, warm in my bed and knowing I don't have to get up for a while!<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Coming home after a trip.<br /></span></li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">... and 7 blogs I'd like to give the award to: </span></span><br /></div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://didyoudrinkmybeer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Murphy</a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://artemiswilde.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artemis Wilde</a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://itsawhimsicallife.blogspot.com/">It's a whimsical life</a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://moongazinghareillustration.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kathy Hare</a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://anjaboretzki.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Anja Boretzki</a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://xovika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">xovika</a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://adolieday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Adolie Day</a></span></span></span></li></ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">[Note to the selected bloggers: You're off the hook if you already got the award or if tagging isn't your thing, I just like your work and blogs :) ]</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-7027735078345592592009-03-31T19:27:00.000-07:002009-04-10T17:16:38.044-07:00Face transformer<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Brought to you by the venerable University of St. Andrews: the face transformer </span></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/" target="_blank">(http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/</a>)<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">, an online thingy that lets you upload your photo and visualize your face aged, as painted by Modigliani, as someone of the opposite gender, etc</span></span>. <span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's a sampling of the results...</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I'd make one cute dude, if I do say so myself.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The original photo</span>,<span style="font-family:verdana;"> as a man, as a Botticelli, and as Asian:</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SdQgrGI8KCI/AAAAAAAAAP8/RjPbX58UXk8/s1600-h/facetransformer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SdQgrGI8KCI/AAAAAAAAAP8/RjPbX58UXk8/s400/facetransformer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319912984585971746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >VF:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > Voilà un programme créé par les gentils geeks de l'Université de St. Andrews, un truc rigolo qui permet de manipuler sa photo et de se vieillir, se transformer en mec ou en Vénus Botticellienne.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Voilà ce que ça donne sur moi - oué enfin moi ya 3-4 ans disons, on va dire que j'avais pas de photo récente de face ;-)</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Et ben je dis que moi en garçon, on dirait le fils de Patrick Juvet et Björn Ulvaeus (mais si, le blond qu'était dans Abba).</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Enfin je dis ça, je dis rien...</span><br /></div><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-21285892521136985642009-03-28T23:09:00.000-07:002009-04-10T17:16:13.917-07:00Illustration Friday: Poise<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sc8Q5lRMa5I/AAAAAAAAAPE/olf8yCpfFC4/s1600-h/IF_POISE.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/Sc8Q5lRMa5I/AAAAAAAAAPE/olf8yCpfFC4/s400/IF_POISE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318488266390662034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't think it shows too much, but I'm trying my hand at slightly different things... I wanted to try and paint faster and a bit more spontaneously than usual, so I drew this one directly on illustration board with acrylic, then did a bit of digital doodling. Usually I sketch and plan meticulously, and hardly do anything other than trim in Photoshop.I think I'll continue working on it, add more highlights on the face, and maybe redo the background to make the pattern stand out some more.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyway, I'm not sure if she's poised or just uncomfortable :)</span><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Button END --></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-88223429604564355852009-03-21T09:30:00.001-07:002009-03-31T20:08:55.999-07:00Illustration Friday: Subtract<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/ScVeAJZpgAI/AAAAAAAAAOc/FJX1qM61f2M/s1600-h/IF_SUBTRACT.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/ScVeAJZpgAI/AAAAAAAAAOc/FJX1qM61f2M/s400/IF_SUBTRACT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315758291797245954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I made this for I.F.. I think I'll probably rework it, I'm not so happy about the contrasts; especially the stuffed animal's face, which blends too much in the background.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >V.F.: </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Je viens de faire ça pour Illustration Friday, je suis à moitié contente du truc; les contrastes ne sont pas formidables, en particulier le visage de la peluche qui ne se détache pas bien du fond.</span><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br /><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="beatricebilllard";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Button END --></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-76887992391473802082009-02-22T10:12:00.000-08:002009-02-22T15:41:00.636-08:00Three's a charm? / Et de trois...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SaDgrj7fPuI/AAAAAAAAAOM/M2qIBvNP7kY/s1600-h/IMG_0370.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SaDgrj7fPuI/AAAAAAAAAOM/M2qIBvNP7kY/s400/IMG_0370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305487400026193634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Still plugging away at my new series, and this one has been giving me a bit of trouble; I'm on the third iteration, no less. I think this last one's finally a keeper, although it still needs some work. Note to self: stop attempting to paint without music. #3, brought to you by <a href="http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/" target="_'blank"">Deerhunter</a>'s Cryptograms and Microcastle...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">VF: </span>Lentement mais sûrement(?), je continue d'avancer sur ma nouvelle série. Je coinçais méchamment sur cette image, il a fallu que je la refasse 3 fois, rien que ça. Je crois que je vais garder le troisième jet, mais y'a encore du boulot pour que ce soit présentable. Enfin bon, comme quoi peindre sans musique, ben ça marche pô</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > pour moi. On dit merci aux grands garçons de <a href="http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Deerhunter</a> qui ont réussi a me décoller la pulpe avec Cryptograms et Microcastle...</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ljgAnV8iNXE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ljgAnV8iNXE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-47875930169000991942009-02-21T16:26:00.000-08:002009-02-21T19:05:33.231-08:00Almond green tea madeleines / Madeleines matcha-amande<span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SaCcdHnuiqI/AAAAAAAAAOE/z12AJs86uQU/s1600-h/IMG_0366.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SaCcdHnuiqI/AAAAAAAAAOE/z12AJs86uQU/s200/IMG_0366.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305412385118259874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is the kind of recipe that I like: quick, easy, full of buttery goodness, helps me pretend I'm a French culinary goddess.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">VF: </span>Voil</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >à</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > le genre de recette que j'aime... déjà y'a du beurre, ensuite c'est simple, c'est rapide et comme ça un peu de gueule, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >ça </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >aide </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >à perpétuer le mythe de la française qui sait ce qu'elle fait en cuisine.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Ingredients (6-8 madeleines):</span><table width="100%" style="font-family:verdana;"><tbody valign="top"><tr><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><td width="50%"><span style="font-size:100%;">1 egg white<br />3 1/2 tbsp butter<br />1 tbsp flour<br />1 1/2 tbsp ground almonds<br />3 tbsp confectioner's sugar<br />1 tsp matcha powder</span></td><td><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >1 blanc d'oeuf</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >50 g de beurre</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >15 g de farine</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >20 g de poudre d'amandes</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >40 g de sucre glace</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >1 cuiller à café de matcha en poudre</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />(conversion: <a href="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/gram_calc.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/gram_calc.htm</a>)<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Elbow grease / </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Huile de coude</span></span><table width="100%" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><tbody valign="top"><tr><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><td width="50%"><ol><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Preheat the oven to 325° F<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">sift together the dry ingredients</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Melt butter in a pan until slightly golden<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Mix in the egg white with the dry ingredients.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Mix in the melted butter</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">When the batter is homogenous, pour it in the greased madeleine mould</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Bake for 12-15 minutes<br /></span></li></ol></td><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><td><ol><li style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Préchauffer le four à 170° C<br /></span></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tamiser les ingrédients secs<br /></span></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Faites dorer le beurre à la poêle<br /></span></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Ajouter le blanc d'oeuf et bien mélanger</span></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Ajouter le beurre fondu et bien mélanger</span></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Quand la pâte est bien homogène, verser dans le moule à madeleines beurré</span></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Faire cuire de 12 </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >à </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">15 minutes</span><br /></span></li></ol></td></tr></tbody></table><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Largely inspired by French cooking magazine Elle A Table. It's lovely for a foofy afternoon tea or brunch, and the flavor of matcha goes well with a lot of things e.g. red currants, chestnut cream, white chocolate...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">VF: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Pomp</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >é sur </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >une recette de financiers de Elle A Table (si si, il a toujours 2-3 mois de retard mais je le trouve ici!). C</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">'est d</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >é</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">licieux pour un th</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >é</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> ou un brunch, et le parfum du matcha se marie bien avec plein de choses, en particulier groseilles, crème de marrons ou chocolat blanc.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-25343822555602392442009-02-20T19:21:00.000-08:002009-02-20T23:17:47.347-08:00Sculpture<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Today E.K., purveyor of</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <a href="http://howtoimpressahipster.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"">hope and ammunition for aspiring hipsters</a> looking to fit in with the cool kids, compiled a list of sculptors worth checking out. <a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://thehummingwires.blogspot.com/2009/02/sculptors.html" target="_blank">So check it out!</a> I'm adding a small selection of my own here.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >VF:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> E.K. offre en général des <a href="http://howtoimpressahipster.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">cours de rattrapage de it trucs </a>pour avoir l'air moins boulet avec vos copains qui sont trop ha</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">ïpe. Aujourd'hui il a pondu un billet rien que pour moua <a href="http://thehummingwires.blogspot.com/2009/02/sculptors.html">ici</a> (en anglais), avec des vrais morceaux de sculpteur dedans. Du coup j'en rajoute quelques-uns ici, des sculpteurs que j'aime bien, faudrait pas que je sois en reste. </span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZ9EVy5kC4I/AAAAAAAAANI/wkizb7KuPvo/s1600-h/16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZ9EVy5kC4I/AAAAAAAAANI/wkizb7KuPvo/s200/16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305034027296885634" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do Ho Suh</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">image credit: <a href="http://designboom.com/" target="_blank">designboom.com</a><br />bio credit: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/suh/index.html" target="_blank">pbs.org</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do-Ho Suh was born in Seoul, Korea in 1962. His sculptures continually question the identity of the individual in today’s increasingly transnational, global society. I was lucky enough to see his work twice in Seattle - all I can say is that photos don't do justice to the scale and grace of his work.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">VF: </span>Do-Ho Suh est un artiste coréen. Ses sculptures remettent en question l'identité de l'individu dans la société actuelle, de plus en plus globalisée et transnationale. J'ai eu la chance de voir ses oeuvres à Seattle deux fois, et franchement les photos ont du mal </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >à </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > rendre l'</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >é</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >chelle et l'allure du travail.</span> </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZ9H3AOeg6I/AAAAAAAAANk/m-FHrjNgfeY/s1600-h/exiles1_r3_c9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZ9H3AOeg6I/AAAAAAAAANk/m-FHrjNgfeY/s320/exiles1_r3_c9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305037896344830882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Tricia Cline </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">image credit: <a href="http://www.triciacline.com/" target="_blank">triciacline.com</a></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >bio credit: <a href="http://www.bettchergallery.com/artists/cline/index.html" target="_blank">bettchergallery.com</a></span><br /></div></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">A self-taught American artist, Tricia Cline has been sculpting the female and animal form for over 20 years. Her small, highly detailed porcelain clay sculptures are complex metaphors describing our relationship to animals and to ourselves as…Animals. </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">VF: </span>Tricia Cline est une artiste am</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >é</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >ricaine autodidacte qui sculpte depuis plus de 20 ans formes f</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >é</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >minines et animales. Ses sculptures de terre glaise, petites et riches en d</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >é</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >tails, sont de complexes m</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >é</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >taphores qui d</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >é</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >crivent nos relations envers les animaux et envers nous-mêmes, en tant qu'animaux.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZ9JQ0VoHkI/AAAAAAAAANs/ib1x2RbxEzU/s1600-h/Charles-Krafft-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZ9JQ0VoHkI/AAAAAAAAANs/ib1x2RbxEzU/s200/Charles-Krafft-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305039439341821506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Charles Krafft</span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >image credit: <a href="http://re-title.com/"><span class="maintitle" style="margin-right: 1px;">re-title.com</span></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />bio credit: <a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/index.php?module=Artists&ArtistID=71&page=view" target="_blank">RoqLaRue</a></span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >A self taught American painter and ceramicist, Krafft is now best known for his notorious Disasterware™ plates, porcelain weaponry, and SPONE™ reliquaries made of human bone china.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">VF: </span>Charles Krafft est un peintre et céramiste américain autodidacte, connu pour ses porcelaines décalées: armes et munitions, lapinous à grenade etc dans un style classique facon Delft. Il fait aussi des reliquaires, c'est-à-dire des poteries faites avec les cendres de mémé. Un poil morbide quand même.</span><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-52940867519466473012009-02-19T18:44:00.000-08:002009-02-19T19:19:39.275-08:00Shiny objects / Ouh, ça brille<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cute silver and glass pendants seen on </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.smallthingsdesigns.com/" target="_blank">http://www.smallthingsdesigns.com/</a>; </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >lovely clean, simple design</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">. I'm not sure if I want to wear them or just look at them...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZoTD7QrDKI/AAAAAAAAAM4/t7W7ToUkeg4/s1600-h/smallthings.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZoTD7QrDKI/AAAAAAAAAM4/t7W7ToUkeg4/s400/smallthings.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303572469350337698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">En VF:</span> Z'avez compris, ça brille, c'est jouli, j'en veux, c'est des pendentifs en argent et pâte de verre, et </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ça s'achète sur un site Etatsunien qui ne fait pas dans l'international. Donc effectivement pourquoi traduire hein, on s'en fout un peu; ben bicose j'ai décidé de faire mes billets dans les 2 langues, et qu'il faut bien commencer quelque part. Alors autant que ce soit avec un truc court, des fois que je me foule un neurone.<br /><br />Bon, ben ze end pour aujourd'hui, c'est pas tout </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ça mais j'ai <a href="http://pourdieutapezun.canalblog.com/" target="_blank">caté</a>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-22319759526663944242009-02-15T15:00:00.001-08:002009-02-18T08:10:18.985-08:00Flourless chocolate cake for dummies<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Today I tried the chocolate "cake in a cup" recipe from the endlessly entertaining <a href="http://papillesetpupilles.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Papilles Et Pupilles</a> blog. I was a little dubious because you cook it in a microwave, which I'm not a big fan of. Anyway, I tried it - and it was so easy and scrumptious that I'm shamelessly lifting her recipe and posting it here. The original recipe (in French, and much more humorous than mine!) is <a href="http://papillesetpupilles.blogspot.com/2009/02/gateau-au-chocolat-dans-une-tasse.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingredients (makes 2 cupcake-sized individual cakes):<br /></span></span><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><li>1 egg</li><li>40g sugar (4 tablespoons)</li><li>25g cocoa powder (2 tablespoons)</li><li>20g ground hazelnuts (2 tablespoons)</li><li>25g vegetable oil e.g. canola (4 tablespoons)<br /></li><li>milk (1 tablespoon)</li></ul><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Substitutions:<br /></span></span><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><li>I ran out of unsweetened cocoa powder and used an aztec chocolate mix (with chile and cinammon); that was a happy accident and turned out delicious.</li><li>I didn't have hazelnuts and replaced them with unsalted pistachios. I ground them with the sugar so that they wouldn't turn into a paste in the food processor. That turned out very well, too.</li></ul><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">How-to:</span><br /></span><ol style="font-family:verdana;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Mix the dry ingredients together</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Mix in the egg, oil and milk</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Grease a couple of cups or ramekins</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Pour the batter in, not all the way to the top as the cakes will rise<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Put in the microwave for 2 minutes or so. It's a good idea to check the cake after 1 minute 1/2: if it's still soggy, put it back in for 30 more seconds. Don't overcook it as it will get dry.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Eat it while it's still warm<br /></span></li></ol><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >That's it! It's virtually impossible to screw up, takes 10 minutes tops from start to stomach, and it's disturbingly delicious (and I am way way way picky when it comes to desserts...)<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-69665789285827539112009-02-14T16:54:00.001-08:002009-02-14T17:02:32.256-08:00Progress shot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZdn2ZBP4jI/AAAAAAAAAMY/Sf5hJPm5Suk/s1600-h/IMG_0334.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZdn2ZBP4jI/AAAAAAAAAMY/Sf5hJPm5Suk/s400/IMG_0334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302821270378766898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nibbling my way through my next series... I usually work on one painting at a time and finish it before starting on the next one. For some reason this time I can't focus and have several in various stages of undoneness. The June deadline still seems pretty far away, but I just know it will creep up on me...</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Yes, I know, my studio desk looks, um, "lived in"...)</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-55414379148268729852009-02-14T08:21:00.000-08:002009-02-14T11:41:11.360-08:00I see deer people... all the time<span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.imsmitten.com/shirts.html" target="_"blank""><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; font-family: verdana;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZcKtKgRd1I/AAAAAAAAALg/n6KmYhPu3Gw/s200/smitten_blackcanvas_lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302718857282156370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><a href="http://www.outregallery.com/browse.aspx?Category=143" target="_"blank""><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; font-family: verdana;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SYkn3Q2uL0I/AAAAAAAAAKo/Cvs3TtWhGtI/s200/becisculpt_antler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298810266948874050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Ok, I have to ask: what is it with the antlers? Not exactly a new phenomenon, but a bafflingly enduring one: the deer girl. Just google "deer girl" or "antlers girl" and start counting the paintings/drawings. </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Let's face it, it's been done to death; I've seen it on t-shirts, shopping bags, </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >even children's books and horror flicks:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imogens-Antlers-Reading-Rainbow-David/dp/0517562421" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZcU1dLTwZI/AAAAAAAAAMA/YWtc0_2elAU/s400/510KEFGZPSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302729994849730962" border="0" /></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZcau0pSV1I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/yGd8YWGEsHU/s1600-h/deer-woman-movie-poster.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZcau0pSV1I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/yGd8YWGEsHU/s200/deer-woman-movie-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302736477960165202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I guess trends, in art as in anything else, aren't exactly something new or to be puzzled by; the Pre-Raphaelites in their day were pretty obsessed with Ophelia and produced prodigious quantities of Ophelias pre-water, in water, floating, sitting, blond, red-haired...<br /><br />I'm sure there are plenty of other trends (hey, kokeshi are starting to proliferate...); I find the antlers one particularly amusing though, because the only symbolism I'm aware of for wearing horns/antlers is the </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >French one, where it means that your significant other is being unfaithful:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_blank" style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Order-cuckoldry-ca1815-French-satire.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZcTLvQx0gI/AAAAAAAAALw/BYv6APmGCu4/s320/cuckold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302728178638377474" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The obscenely talented Mark Ryden just opened his <a href="http://arrestedmotion.com/2009/02/preview-mark-rydens-snow-yak-show-in-tokyo/" target="_blank">Snow Yak show</a>. Could this be the start of a new trend? Can't wait to see the yak t-shirts and tattoos that one's going to generate...</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-81431765475624743552009-02-13T08:18:00.000-08:002009-02-13T08:28:53.545-08:00Bonne fête to me<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZWeBTf16WI/AAAAAAAAALY/y0d6ttP5dZ0/s1600-h/fete.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jVq9vf-_4U/SZWeBTf16WI/AAAAAAAAALY/y0d6ttP5dZ0/s400/fete.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302317881549515106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Who cares about February 13 when the big fluffy day is tomorrow, right?</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Well I kinda do. You see, February 13th is my fête, aka the Feast of Saint Beatrice. That's right, Beatrice has a day named after her, like Patrick and Valentine. Henri, Robert and many others also do, for that matter; they just didn't have the right connections at Hallmark I guess.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />The fête is a day that is supposed to honor the memory of a particular saint, whichever gruesome way they got to meet their maker; but like many French traditions, it is largely secular nowadays despite being rooted in religion.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I've heard it described as a second birthday; it's a bit like that I guess.<br /><br />Typically friends, family and coworkers will say "bonne fête!" to you; maybe you'll get a card, or flowers, or a little sumthinsumthin'. Florist web sites often have a fête reminder or let you look up fête dates; and after the evening news, the weather forecast guy typically announces whose fête it is tomorrow. Woe to who forgets!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Interestingly, I've noticed an anti-Valentine trend on French sites recently, and encouragements to boycott Valentine's Day and celebrate Saint Beatrice instead. I say bring it on!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Here's a French site that lists the names to celebrate each day of the year: <a href="http://www.saint-dicton.com/mois/fevrier.php" target="_blank">http://www.saint-dicton.com/mois/fevrier.php</a></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">. Makes me glad I wasn't named </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Adeltrude</span></span>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35419183.post-26006676855304239372009-02-11T08:23:00.000-08:002009-02-11T08:48:11.269-08:00Edible idioms<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Clotilde from the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/" target="_blank">Chocolate and Zucchini blog</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> has been doing an interesting series of posts on food-related French idiomatic expressions... there are many of these, and they usually designate things that have nothing to do with eating! A few examples from her </span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/cat_french_idioms.php" target="_blank">"Edible idiom" archive</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">: </span><br /></span><ul style="font-family:verdana;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2009/01/mifigue_miraisin.php" target="_blank">Mi-figue mi-raisin</a> - literally "half-fig, half-grape", figuratively "ambiguous"</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/10/couper_la_poire_en_deux.php" target="_blank">Couper la poire en deux</a> - literally "to cut the pear in two", figuratively "to compromise"</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2009/01/soccuper_de_ses_oignons.php" target="_blank">S'occuper de ses oignons</a> - literally "to look after one's onions", figuratively "to mind one's own business"</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Beyond the translation, she's actually explaining the origin of these expressions; it's a fun read. I'm a bit of a language geek and love how idioms reflect a culture, history and way of thinking. Not surprising that food would be ubiquitous in French!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0