Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. – Maya Angelou

Mr. Walker's Classroom Blog

  • Clever Conceptual Photo Manipulations That Tell a Story

    Go read the full article at PSDTUTS, this is a great site, keep up with it while you are in class.
    Sonali Vora on Mar 15th 2011

    Conceptual photo manipulations are all about depicting an idea, message, or story that a digital artist wants to convey to their viewers. In a conceptual photo manipulation the idea is the primary motive for the piece, not the materials, tools, or techniques that were used during its creation. These works are truly inspirational and tell a story through the characters, landscape, emotions, or through political or social commentary. In this collection you will find a mixed bag of clever conceptual photo manipulations, some of which include a bit of fantasy, surrealism, or humor.

     

    Australia Post: Hug

    E-mail and texting have made communication instantaneous and easy. But a hand-written letter has a personal touch to it. There is something about ink and paper that an email will simply never replace. This print advertisement for the Australia Post successfully conveys that message.

  • We want YOU-Tube: now hiring

    3/10/2011 12:43:00 PM

    (Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog)

    Nearly six years ago, YouTube was created to enable people to create, share and discover the world through video. Today, 35 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute and we see well over 2 billion views a day. It’s been amazing to watch an idea become a platform that turned into a stage for hundreds of millions of people to express themselves. We now have aspiring filmmakers and musicians building their careers on YouTube, activists opening our eyes to global issues and individuals telling their stories in ways that only video can capture. And because we believe that technology and platforms like YouTube are giving rise to the most diverse set of faces and voices ever seen or heard in human history, us YouTubers really enjoy and feel proud to work here.

    2010 was a bang-up year. And in 2011, we plan to grow the number of people working at YouTube by more than 30% (!), making it the largest hiring year in YouTube’s history. We’re looking for top talent from around the world. Why don’t you join us?

  • The latest in solutions for students to consider storing files in the cloud that I have found is Uploadingit.com

    The Resources You Need

    With free and paid plans ranging from 10 GB to 100 GB of disk space and daily bandwidth we’ve got the perfect plan for your file hosting needs. Our network is blazing fast, we have served over 400 million files in less then 2 years. We have the network capacity to serve millions of files a day, so you can be sure you’ll have no trouble accessing your files.

    How Can It Help You

    Uploadingit is the easiest to use file hosting service, designed not just for business, professionals, artists, or students but for everyone. Share all your files though one site with tons of disk space, bandwidth, large file sizes, fast downloads, and so much more. It’s simple to upload all your files to instantly manage and share them from any computer.

    How much storage do free accounts get?

    Each free account is given 10 GB of storage. You can upgrade your account to get more storage.

    How much bandwidth do free accounts get?

    Each free account is given 10 GB of daily bandwidth. You can upgrade your account to get more bandwidth as well as get hotlinkable bandwidth.

    What is the max file size?

    On a free account the max file size is 200 MB, upgraded accounts are either 1 GB or 2 GB.

    Is my data secure?

    Absolutely. All your files are stored securely on our servers in protected folders only accessible to you.

    Referring friends, how many?

    You can refer as many friends as you want. But you will only be given 256 MB extra storage for the first 20 users your refer. That’s an extra 5GB for free!

     

  • For use in class, I have a couple of Quick and Easy guides to Photoshop.  Brief, quick tutorials on removing backgrounds as well as tattoos.  Don’t have time to take Graphics 1, learn the basics so you can use the tool.

    Download them from makeuseof.com for FREE, or read them below.

  • Discover more than 3 million Google eBooks from your choice of booksellers and devices

    from Official Google Blog by A Googler

    100+ people liked this
    Today is the first page in a new chapter of our mission to improve access to the cultural and educational treasures we know as books. Google eBooks will be available in the U.S. from a new Google eBookstore. You can browse and search through the largest ebooks collection in the world with more than three million titles including hundreds of thousands for sale. Find the latest bestsellers like James Patterson’s Cross Fire and Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, dig into popular reads like Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken and catch up on theclassics like Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and Gulliver’s Travels.

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