http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:DigiFuMaster&section=today deviantART RSS for by:DigiFuMaster en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:01:44 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/26264110/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/26264110/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:54:22 PDT Hey, woohooo! Corel recently totally surprised me by awarding me for an entry in their Asia-Pacific Digital Art Competition, placing me among 2nd prize winners ! Here's the pic, which I had great pleasure in producing with CorelDraw X3:
Thanks very much Corel!

You can view all the other winning entries (all stunning!) here. All contestants, incl. those who didn't get prizes, seemed to've had a lot of fun with their works and deserve to be congratulated !

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Meanwhile, I'm trying to work on several pieces I've had ideas on. Hope I can get them up soon.

Cheers, everyone!

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/24852514/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/24852514/ Wed, 20 May 2009 07:51:37 PDT Wacom Bring Your Vision to Life Contest:

I can see some amazing submissions for this competition!


Will fill more into this journal entry soon...

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/23395503/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/23395503/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:58:38 PST I know, I'm a little behind, but anyway..

Happy Carnival / Mardi Gras Season everyone! Below are great dA articles with superb photos & artwork related to these celebrations all over the world:

• everybody loooves CARNAVAL!!!


• Voices Around the World: Carnival / Mardi Gras (this' one extensive article!)

Pity about a shooting that marred the New Orleans parades.

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Good on ya Mr Ledger! Well, you picked up the Oscar as most expected. Rest in Peace, man.

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/23097743/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/23097743/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:57:38 PST Watch Out for Nasty Hoax Links!

Got important news from who got it from about links you shouldn't click. Here are but some you may encounter:

Hey! check this out! I just saw who my Secret VALENTINE WAS !! it really works.. see who your VALENTINE is just CLICK HERE.
Hey. check out this funny blog!! LOL CLICK HERE
Hey. this person wrote something about you in their blog.. CLICK HERE
hey i thouight this iQ quiz was cool. i just took mine!! CLICK HERE
or
Hey. I think i saw your picture on this website/blog here CLICK HERE."

DON'T CLICK THOSE! You have been warned! If you do, dA says, "...you'll be taken to a page disguised as an official deviantART page, where youd be asked to enter your username and password... Now if you do enter those details its known to cause "your account to post replicas of the malicious post on the pages of other users."


Fiery Environment

The massive bushfire in the Aus' Victoria has claimed over 170 lives . Many were trapped in their homes with no escape and there were those trapped in their cars while attempting to flee. Reminds me of the Californian fires last year. Here's hoping there'll be sufficient aid for the surviving victims.

In broader view, this world's environment is obviously becoming an increasingly harsher place to live in. We're failing the environment because we're human. But I still believe in our spirit and our ability to pull together to reverse our destructive directions. It'll be difficult, but we'll fight until we win for our environment .. because we are human.

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This is my 1st journal entry for this year and marks my 1st tryout at CSSing. So, did I make the team .. or maybe it's a fail?

Hope you're enjoying/enjoyed your sprinkle of festive seasoning!

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/22132514/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/22132514/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:14:44 PST
[Wow, I feel like yelling out the window to the nearest passing kid & asking him to help me buy the fattest something-or-rather from the local foodstore!]

In related news, I've just submitted a Christmas-themed deviation ..

.. starring a cyber someone in her second outing here on dA.

So finally, I've got enough to release a calendar. And, here's the collage deviation that links to it ..

Pity I had to sift out stuff I couldn't sell, like, fanart & competition art - they were quite enjoyable to create.

Finally, RIP once crooner & Catwoman, Eartha Kitt

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/21680630/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/21680630/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:29:47 PST leading up to October 31st, which here in Australia, is actually called "Pink Ribbon Day".

So, for dA's ' PiNKiTUDE ' competition, which has been going for the last couple of weeks now, I've injected this entry. I'd worked on it in between my other schedules for the last couple of weeks and I can agree with those who say that in digital art, vector's longer-winded than painting. But, vector has its own unique charms and it's kinda my speciality, plus, this is done for a good cause, anyway.

Hey, if you wanna hurry in a last minute entry, the comp ends on Nov 28!

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Growing up, I'd never given much thought to cancer, but just over the last decade, several people I know have been struck by it, majority, breast cancer. I can't express enough my admiration for their courage, those who're still here and those who've gone.

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/21199243/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/21199243/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:26:57 PDT To some others, Happy Halloween! It's that Trick or Treatin' time of year again!

Well, I'm working on a Halloween deviation --> [link]

And, I just wanna push away my embarrassingly-outdated previous journal from my profile page.

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/19853505/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/19853505/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:48:25 PDT .. Though, by the Chinese calendar, it's 9/7/97, which also looks interesting, huh?.. With the repetition of figures? .. Oh, Never mind..

If you haven't already, you may eventually guess, I get kinda digit-obsessed - I made biggish deals out of my 666 pageviews, my 777 pageviews, the date 7/7/07, so why not 8/8/08. See how the sideways figure for 8 is infinity? Yeah, and now I've gone & nutted out something for that!

And oh, how about that?! The Happiest of Birthdays to you, deviantART ! How old did I hear you are? 8?! And though it maybe the 7th over there, it's the 8th of the 8th of the 8th over here! *Where's my oxygen mask?! .. Ahh! That's better!* .. Anyway .. May your days be .. infinite !

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/19139824/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/19139824/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:18:28 PDT

Mock Android Ad, Done

I'm so relieved to finally submit my mock android ad, after plenty learning curves with my new software: DAZ 3D & Illustrator.

Anyway, I thought it'd be fun to make it like a half propaganda (Uncle Sam style), half retro movie poster (Metropolis style) and half environmental awareness poster (3 halves make a whole, right? ). So, almost at the last minute, I decided to throw in all this text and somewhere in my tired ol' mind I thought I should be cringing at this. Thanks Temeraire for your critical-eye and tons of great advice! I hope to perform some tweaking real soon *rubs hands together*.

I also want to upload a finished version, minus the text. Meanwhile, Works in progress are in my scrapbook.


Rest In Peace, Michael Turner

On a sad note, the world of comics has lost a superb & versatile artist/writer. Michael Turner, who was responsible for some amazing artwork for DC, Marvel, Top Cow and eventually Aspen MLT Inc. (his own co.), died last Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 37.


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A club I joined. It's by & for fans of genies

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/19037216/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/19037216/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:10:43 PDT
I'm just continuing to be pulled in all sorts of busy, time-consuming directions - i.e. seems all directions except artwork that I'd rather be spending time on. Well, there is this one task ..

Someone asked me if I can do a take on the "I Want You" Uncle Sam poster. And, I'd been trying to cater for a lil' "metallic curiosity" of mine, so I'm doing an android .. illustrating one, that is. Sorayama, anyone? Works in progress are in my scrapbook.

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/17407548/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/17407548/ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:12:34 PDT
Here's to the man who made me realise that science and this universe is truly an exciting place to live in. His name and works will no doubt live on here as he, himself, begins the ultimate journey beyond this world.

To Sir Arthur C Clarke .. 1917 - 2008.

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/16571206/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/16571206/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:05:10 PST .. Happy B'day Mr Frank Frazetta!

And, oosh! Got my 1000th pageview (well, 1001 when I finally saw it)! Thanks very much everyone! But, so I've missed my 888th & 999th screenshots that I needed to achieve world domination .. oh well *shrugs* .. I got my 666th & 777th - so I get to keep my room & house .

Still busy.. hope to put more stuff in this journal & hope to finally have something up again .. reeeal .. sooon (grrr!).
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And here's wishing y'all a Happy Chinese New Year & Happy Valentine's.

BRB?

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/15296802/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/15296802/ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:10:50 PDT , I'm honoured to have my pink version of Lady & the Dragon featured in her most recent The Dragons of deviantART news article. Check out the super-talents she's featured!

And, a Happy Halloween to everyone! Though not that widely celebrated here in Australia (we don't even have a holiday for it), it's still my favourite "holiday", anyway. So, here's the kick-off to another season of end-of-year celebrations - the Aussie silly season.

Well, this lil movie is what I've come up with in celebrations, anyway.

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/15090191/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/15090191/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:05:27 PDT screenie.

Let's see.. it's 17th today (in Au, anyway), 2007 & it was 7:37 am when I found out. That means something lucky, right?

Wish I had time to do up some proper deviations for this Pink day, but at least I got to play around with a couple of old ones & come up with these:
* Lady In Pink and Pink Dragon
* A Genie in Pink, Unbottled

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/14255611/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/14255611/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:13:34 PDT from home .


Anyway, feel free to comment on my 'Caveman Jumps a Dino' "caption me" cartoon.


Final ramble: one of these days, I'm gonna do up my journals with catchy CSS, perhaps to mask my boring ramblings.

The Four Horsemen vs My Graphire4
Handdragon Deviation & AFAE
Chinese New Year, Lady & the Dragon, CafePress
The One Million Masterpiece ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/13616390/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/13616390/ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:31:39 PDT .. the result being my take on the 4 apocalyptic dudes:


With little time to create the artpiece, I decided to tweak a past photo as backdrop; this beach is at Queensland's Sunshine Coast, ironically! Tweak = turn a cloudy but fine day into a dark angry one, equipped with lightning.

Problem * Ed. Problem was fixed (10 July 07) *
Though the art's up, dA's search can't pick it up yet - even if I search for "by:digifumaster", I get every other deviation of mine except this one. But, this is a known issue, as Helpdesk tells me, and is listed in the latest Bug Juice. Well, at least I'll know where to check for issues next time.

Also, is there no way to customize a deviation's thumbnail, e.g. to zoom in on the action more?

Handdragon Deviation & AFAE
Chinese New Year, Lady & the Dragon, CafePress
The One Million Masterpiece
New Year & that Phoenix Deviation ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/12360746/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/12360746/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:00:20 PDT exclamation mark this sentence). It's been way too long & I've been way too busy, topped-off with a major hardware problem that caused me to lose & redo about half the forementioned new piece!

I have a new gallery up at the Australian Fantasy Art Enclaves (AFAE) owned by the super-talented..
. Do check her out.. here & there!

Another reason for this journal - so visitors don't see me ravin' on in my previous one about something more than a month old!

Hope to get back to stuff I promised fellow deviants (you know who you are ).

Need bad - may continue journal soon!


Chinese New Year, Lady & the Dragon, CafePress
Conan Creator, My Username
The One Million Masterpiece
New Year & that Phoenix Deviation ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11850770/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11850770/ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:00:49 PST Lady and the Dragon on sale as posters, postcards, greeting cards & t-shirts at CafePress, where I already have a simple sales account. Now, you can own the picture on your wall, send it to others or wear it!

No, I haven't gotten around to create a Lady & Pig image or something like that, even though it is the year of the pig..
Sorry, Babe, but most people seem to find dragons a bit cooler.

Conan Creator, My Username
The One Million Masterpiece
New Year & that Phoenix Deviation
$50,000 CD-Sized Frazetta
Genie Pic - Elfwood Mod's Choice ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11536710/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11536710/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:51:19 PST Conan Creator's B'day

It's Happy Birthday to the late Robert E Howard! The creator of everyone's favorite barbarians, Conan, and the lesser known, Kull, would be 101 either today (23rd) or tomorrow. Well I don't need to go on about the Arnie movies but movie buffs know of / should note the little-known-but-totally-memorable The Whole Wide World about author Howard. His romantic interest is played wonderfully by Renée Zellweger and Howard's played by the equally effective Vincent D'Onofrio from Law & Order: Criminal Intent (hey, anyone remember him as Thor in Adventures in Babysitting also known as A Night on the Town?).

Countless authors have written of Conan since, but Howard's writing, including in-story poetry, have yet to be matched!


DigiFu.com

If you think the site name sounds like my username, it's purely unintentional! It's a cool & funny site, that's still being built-up, run by a group of upcoming filmmakers, with big potential. They have a number of funny & thought provoking vids if you wanna check'em out. Just a slight language warning for some of you.

I got in touch with Digifu.com after only recently realising their existence! They've been around longer than my use of DigiFuMaster, so I'd been feeling pretty stoopid & worried. They were gracious to say that our names were different enough for'em not to mind, and even wished me luck, here! So relieved & thankful to the co.!

Previous Journal Entry Highlights:

The One Million Masterpiece
New Year & that Phoenix Deviation
$50,000 CD-Sized Frazetta
Genie Pic - Elfwood Mod's Choice
Wolfmother & Frank Frazetta ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11356375/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11356375/ Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:05:27 PST

Here's something I meant to say a month ago..

Have you taken part in The One Million Masterpiece? I joined it a month back and had a great time drawing my contribution on their online app. Pity I only have a mouse to do it with.. Oh well, you can see the full thing & everyone else's by clicking the banner above .. a lil' embarrassing to show but fun to make.

Donation's optional, but you'll be helping out worthy causes for the environment, wildlife, kids, illnesses, etc.

As of this writing, we have 183 days to add/change our piccies. Or you can just go there & be blown away by some stunning art & even ingenious animation; each art creation can be played back at hi speed & some artists have had fun with that aspect, too. Just check out the work of our fellow deviant, bananalicious to see exactly what I mean!..


And, how about the animation on this one, by Laura Dixon?..


Previous Journal Entry Highlights:
New Year & that Phoenix Deviation
$50,000 CD-Sized Frazetta
Genie Pic - Elfwood Mod's Choice
Wolfmother & Frank Frazetta ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11271505/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11271505/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:45:20 PST
Here I am wishing everyone a happy new year & I've just been reading Asimov stories from 1940s & 50s about robots in the future and watching a 1973 horror movie about a murderous creature from prehistoric times. Oh, I had my fun partyin', but that was last nite! Say, has anyone tried a watermelon vodka mix?

Well, I was relieved to finally finish & upload A Phoenix and a Gentleman and further relieved to find positive responses from some very cool fellow deviants! Yeah, it's related to Lady and the Dragon. And yeah, I've now got similar poetry to go with both deviations and it's no accident they both seem to be set in the same place. What they're exactly about is still fuzzy, but I've always been fascinated with stories of parallel worlds and a certain Michelle Pfeiffer movie called, 'Ladyhawke'..

Previous Journal Entry Highlights:
$50,000 CD-Sized Frazetta
Genie Pic - Elfwood Mod's Choice
Wolfmother & Frank Frazetta ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11114334/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11114334/ Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:51:00 PST
Well, I actually have something I wanna say.. There's currently what's stated to be an original painting done by fantasy master, Frank Frazetta, on eBay with an asking price of US$50,000. The artpiece's a prelimary rough to his Sea Witch, which can be seen on the cover of Wolfmother's debut album. What's more, the $50,000 prelim. on eBay's only roughly CD cover sized ! Kool'uh?!

eBay item no. 230064674948. And if you read this before 23/12/06, good luck on your bid !

Previous Journal Entry Highlights:
Genie Pic - Elfwood Mod's Choice
Wolfmother & Frank Frazetta
ImagineFX Online ]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11055121/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/11055121/ Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:13:20 PST

My genie pic was made mod's choice of the day (the 9th) on Elfwood. Here's the page. Now, to celebrate .. where's that bottle of djinn ..

And for one brief shining day, I got 10 to 20 comments, some for other pics, too! Currently, I'm down to 1 .. oh well .

Previous Journal Entry Highlights:
Wolfmother & Frank Frazetta
ImagineFX Online

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/10832643/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/10832643/ Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:33:39 PST
On the upside, I got my hands on the international version of Wolfmother's self-titled debut - with limited edition collector cards! "So?", you may ask. Well, if you know Wolfmothers CD covers, they each have fantastical artwork. But, did you know they're art by Frank Frazetta (he's listed in my profile as my fave artist)! His art's what's on the collector cards. Oh, and the band & their music are simply superb, too!

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/10731203/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/10731203/ Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:07:15 PST
As a fan of UK digital sci-fi/fantasy art mag, ImagineFX, I was thrilled when their website was properly established. It's got all the stuff you'd expect, incl. digi-arts news, reviews, tips, tutes & (probably to many) most important of all, a gallery for artists to upload & showcase their work (feel like I'm using deviantART's facilities to advertise for their competition, here ). Having said that, deviantART's of course still significantly more mature with more extensive facilities.

Hey, Mr Rucka & co. really know their Batman. No Man's Land is as non-campy-gritty as you'd hope of Batman. Gotta get hold of the graphic novels after this err novel novel. No, not a huge fan or I'd have those issues by now.

]]> *DigiFuMaster http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/10555854/ http://DigiFuMaster.deviantart.com/journal/10555854/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:25:47 PST (darn, where's the champagne emo when u wannit!)

Thought this might b good timing. I just setup an account on IllustratorWorld & threw on a few vector pics. Though, I feel like an outcast walkin' into a saloon, coz CorelDraw art's in minority in an Adobe Illustrator dominated world (hence, Illustratorworld.com). No, it should b cool .

Jason Brooks, whose well-known art's seen on Hed Kandi & Tokyo Project albums & various fashion mags, is an Illustrator/Photoshop user, too, according to his site. I don't think he's a Deviant but do a search on his name & you'll find plenty of fan-imitations & desktop art of his. Anywayz, I'm diggin' the 14 track 'Introduction' which has his artwork (hafta get hold of Tokyo Project's 3 disc 'The Collection').

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