Like the first run on a ski trail after a snowfall. But not half the fun. If you get the first run of the day on a trail that was groomed out overnight, then you get to “shred the corduroy.”
This is a LINK to an article about the digital artist Eldar Zakirov.
He actually wrote the programs it took to create this work. There are more of his works displayed there; his bolded name at the link’s site is itself a link to Zakirov’s own website where the variety of his work will become apparent.
From yesterday.
Re: “I hate when YouTube titles over-extend, so you lose the ends or the edges… often, as on this one, the performer’s names.”
Either your computer’s programming is wonky, or your mind has hit a blind spot.
Clicking the play arrow on a YouTube posting here on “Cleo and Company” will bring up the YouTube menu.
Either click the full screen icon or the “YouTube” direct link.
Going full screen will bring up the rest of the title with a brief delay before it closes.
Clicking the YouTube direct link will, of course, bring up the YouTube page where everything is listed (sometimes you’re subjected to the advertisement, but just restart the video).
I posted the attachment just in case your computer’s programming is wonky.
First… you may think you’re merely being helpful, so I try to appreciate that, but please consider how you would react to someone telling you “your mind has hit a blind spot”?
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Beyond that… no, hitting full screen on my computer briefly shows the video exactly as it looks in the thumbnail here in the forum, AND in your own posted image above…. the text ending with “Be”, the rest cut off.
That may have something to do with the small size of my laptop screen, and its resolution, or it may not… it doesn’t mean anything is wrong, but possibly a bit underwhelming in its specs.
…
After that, it immediately starts to play, without displaying a title, or Benedict Cumberbatch’s name.
Of course if you click the YouTube link, the title is displayed on the page, below the video…. some titles get cut off even there… but I’m not talking about going to another site.
I often do that, to get more information, but sometimes don’t want the distraction, or have the.time.
I think most people seeing it in a forum will just click to play it there.
…
I just don’t happen to like the way the thumbnails often don’t show the performer’s name, as that’s the way it will be viewed.
If everybody wanted to visit YouTube, we wouldn’t need embedded videos, only links.
Last edited 1 year ago by SusanSunshine
Liverlips McCracken
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1 year ago
Claude, you dolt! It takes five thrown battle axes into your interior walls to rouse you from a newspaper-induced stupor? And even then, you can’t be bothered to get up out of your recliner?! You may not have a heart attack, but you’re definitely a carrier.
Of course Claude doesn’t bother getting out of his chair….it’s par for the course.
He has watched Cleo destroy walls, and furniture, ruin food and appliances, and wreak mayhem upon helpless smaller animals for years, without getting up.
She also destroyed a bowling alley in front of him, and another time took out a wall in their home to install a lane there.
The needle on his anger meter scarcely rose above nonchalance.
…
He and Clara didn’t even move a muscle, the other day, while Cleo was setting up a catapult to lob who-knows-what directly at them.
It could have been a bomb instead of dog food, or aimed to hit one of them directly… but they’d still have barely blinked.
After all… we wouldn’t want to scold the poor pup, and give her a complex.
…
And these axes may be whizzing past his nose, but after all, none are hitting him, right?
I think everyone is missing the point. Claude isn’t upset about the flying axes (he’s used to that from Cleo.) It’s that Cleo is using a dart board instead of a regulation battle-axe board…
It IS a bit sketchy, but also due to the type ‘brush’ I used when ‘inking in’ before coloring.
I really like the effect—you can see the difference in the crisper lines in the bottom version compared to the ‘sketchier’ brush ….of course, when using the sketchy brush,
I make the lines much looser ,contributing to the look
thanks for asking
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I wonder what he got into.
You mean, besides trouble?
Or hot water?
NOSE!
.
Like the first run on a ski trail after a snowfall. But not half the fun. If you get the first run of the day on a trail that was groomed out overnight, then you get to “shred the corduroy.”
it’s like the small stuff falling right now.
Just window shopping?
Vincent Van Gogh
..
Looking like a character out of Alice in Bassetland. Probably not one of the good guys, being feline.
I think maybe Dinah was a good kitty… unless you buy the sometimes proffered theory that she turns into the Cheshire Cat in Alice’s dream.
This is a LINK to an article about the digital artist Eldar Zakirov.
He actually wrote the programs it took to create this work. There are more of his works displayed there; his bolded name at the link’s site is itself a link to Zakirov’s own website where the variety of his work will become apparent.
Looks like an “all hands on deck” moment.
The missing dinosaur-chicken link?
Finger lickin’ good
Not if you miss!
From yesterday.
Re: “I hate when YouTube titles over-extend, so you lose the ends or the edges… often, as on this one, the performer’s names.”
Either your computer’s programming is wonky, or your mind has hit a blind spot.
Clicking the play arrow on a YouTube posting here on “Cleo and Company” will bring up the YouTube menu.
Either click the full screen icon or the “YouTube” direct link.
Going full screen will bring up the rest of the title with a brief delay before it closes.
Clicking the YouTube direct link will, of course, bring up the YouTube page where everything is listed (sometimes you’re subjected to the advertisement, but just restart the video).
I posted the attachment just in case your computer’s programming is wonky.
First… you may think you’re merely being helpful, so I try to appreciate that, but please consider how you would react to someone telling you “your mind has hit a blind spot”?
…
Beyond that… no, hitting full screen on my computer briefly shows the video exactly as it looks in the thumbnail here in the forum, AND in your own posted image above…. the text ending with “Be”, the rest cut off.
That may have something to do with the small size of my laptop screen, and its resolution, or it may not… it doesn’t mean anything is wrong, but possibly a bit underwhelming in its specs.
…
After that, it immediately starts to play, without displaying a title, or Benedict Cumberbatch’s name.
Of course if you click the YouTube link, the title is displayed on the page, below the video…. some titles get cut off even there… but I’m not talking about going to another site.
I often do that, to get more information, but sometimes don’t want the distraction, or have the.time.
I think most people seeing it in a forum will just click to play it there.
…
I just don’t happen to like the way the thumbnails often don’t show the performer’s name, as that’s the way it will be viewed.
If everybody wanted to visit YouTube, we wouldn’t need embedded videos, only links.
Claude, you dolt! It takes five thrown battle axes into your interior walls to rouse you from a newspaper-induced stupor? And even then, you can’t be bothered to get up out of your recliner?! You may not have a heart attack, but you’re definitely a carrier.
Of course Claude doesn’t bother getting out of his chair….it’s par for the course.
He has watched Cleo destroy walls, and furniture, ruin food and appliances, and wreak mayhem upon helpless smaller animals for years, without getting up.
She also destroyed a bowling alley in front of him, and another time took out a wall in their home to install a lane there.
The needle on his anger meter scarcely rose above nonchalance.
…
He and Clara didn’t even move a muscle, the other day, while Cleo was setting up a catapult to lob who-knows-what directly at them.
It could have been a bomb instead of dog food, or aimed to hit one of them directly… but they’d still have barely blinked.
After all… we wouldn’t want to scold the poor pup, and give her a complex.
…
And these axes may be whizzing past his nose, but after all, none are hitting him, right?
So far.
I’m more concerned about those horns. 🙁
Just the commonly accepted but erroneous idea of a Norse helmet… could even be a plastic costume-shop model….
though in Cleo’s case, they’re quite possibly genuine, and sharp.
Nothing but the best, when you have Claude’s credit card.
…
Still… if Claude won’t dodge battle axes, he won’t dodge sharp horns, either.
His sweet doggie couldn’t be intending to hurt him, could she?
And accidents never happen, right?
I was referring to January 6th, two years ago. Bad mojo.
oh , you mean this convicted felon
I think everyone is missing the point. Claude isn’t upset about the flying axes (he’s used to that from Cleo.) It’s that Cleo is using a dart board instead of a regulation battle-axe board…
chocolate cake
yum, yum, YUM!
Meant to say, @Nighthawks…
Different drawing style here. Sketchy.
Is this from your G.-Herriman-and/or-R.- Crumb influenced phase?
I like it.
It IS a bit sketchy, but also due to the type ‘brush’ I used when ‘inking in’ before coloring.
I really like the effect—you can see the difference in the crisper lines in the bottom version compared to the ‘sketchier’ brush ….of course, when using the sketchy brush,
I make the lines much looser ,contributing to the look
thanks for asking
Yes, I could tell it was from a drawing tool… probably something extra sensitive to pressure, to give more variance In thickness….
But there are also more stops and starts, little gaps, angles and cross hatches in the line work, that contribute to the feel of it.
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It also appears that you can drop color into an incompletely surrounded space, without filling the whole background… like near the ears of these two.
Maybe you can set a lower sensitivity level to line breaks?
Using only Paint, you can’t do that!
One missing pixel and the whole picture is flooded.
i thought dart boards were confined to the garage or a local beer joint.
Yeah, and I bet you thought tanks were confined to the army, and heat-seeking missiles were never stored in a civilian laundry room.
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