Sharing is Caring

Wanted to share with you one of my favorite photos, taken near Multnomah Falls.

Homemade Wallpaper

I wanted to share with you, my newest art creation. This project cost me a total of $15.00. It's a cheap way to create your own wallpaper without the cost of buying a pre-made one. Extremely useful for college students with low budgets.

All you need is some cheap paper, either newspaper or scrap paper. Next, you want to head to the store and buy some double-sided tape and spray paint. Preferably black but if you want to spice up your sky, and got some cash to burn get some blue and purple. Then spray paint all the paper you're using, sometimes it's good to go back over and spray twice. I only sprayed the newspaper once, the reason being I didn't have a large budget. Then once you have completed spray painting all the paper, start attaching the double-sided tape to the back of each paper.
Align all the paper on your wall, try to cover as much area as possible depending how big you want your city or landscape. Once all the paper is up, you'll need a pen and an X-acto knife. Now I used random object's laying around to create the outlines of my buildings such as, books, tissue box, rulers, a CD, and cardboard. Feel free to create whatever you want, I had a vague idea of the image I wanted. Use the X-acto knife and cut out all the outlined areas. Depending on where you cut, you may have to go back and add more tape.
I also have plans to add stars, a mountain range and airplanes. Here's the photo when it's darker.

Photo Magic

Today, I would like to thank the makers of Adobe Photoshop CS4 for providing magnificent editing abilities. The photo on the top left is a raw image of Moulton Falls taken by my friend Caitlin. Obviously, the photo lacks color, life and appeal (not her fault). I decided to jump on my computer with Photoshop and add some beauty to this photo. If you're not a professional photographer, not worries, this program gives you a chance to make up any lack of skill. I've been taking photos and using Photoshop for nearly 6 years now. Personally I find having a photo editing program allows a large amount of flexibility. When I was in high school, I remember taking photos with film, then processing the photos and hoping they'd turn out somewhat decent. Occasionally, I walked away with a glorious photo but after discovering photoshop, I found all my photos could be easily made perfect. I recommend buying The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers for those who consider themselves newbies. It will make understanding the program a lot easier and help you towards making professional photographs.
     Here is a link to the photo, if you would like to see the larger version.

Definitely a wake up call

      Over the course of my life, I've seen countless movies and documentaries, but nothing comes close to Waking Life. Almost every 15 minutes you spend watching Waking Life, your perspective on society and life change's drastically. This movie provides some mind-bending philosophies on our world. With a team of artists used to color each individual scene in this already over flowing diversity of ideas, only makes it that much more crazy. Full of different and interesting people demonstrating their take on the world gives Waking Life its flavor. Admittedly, I had to take breaks while watching this movie. At moments you find yourself doubting your existence and at times I thought about telling everyone my new insights. However, if you tried explaining some of the radical theories presented in the movie, people would think you've been hit by the looney train. It's definitely a movie I will keep in the back of my mind for the rest of my life.
      I would recommend this movie to anyone seriously curious about life. Though, I am warning you now, you need to view this movie with an open mind.