Forum artists

[Eisenwinter]

Hey people.

I make music, and I know other people here who make music too.

I also know some are programmers, some make themes, some create images.

Feel free to post your art here.

Share your art, for this community is not just about an operating system, it is about sharing yourself.

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This is a new track I have made: http://trashis.alrig.ht/music/Void_of_Yearning_-_Voice_of_The_Creatures.ogg

This track, for me, represents all the voiceless animals who are suffering in the meat industry.

Feel free to comment, and even flame, I'm simply glad to share my creations with you.

[bashveank]

Great idea.
I'm a Graphic Designer with a passion for photography, here's some of my work:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3311109509_818ecd1dc1.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3307601980_d331df7778.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3304429736_55a806f950.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3304429734_2ae531a8d3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/bashveank)

I also do a lot of music composition, but nothing I'd like to share, just yet :)
Looking forward to seeing other's work.

[Eisenwinter]

Dude, your art is inspirational, I salute you.

I'd love to see more.

[bashveank]

Dude, your art is inspirational, I salute you.

I'd love to see more.

Thanks! And I didn't notice that you had posted your song. I really like it! I love the mechanical feeling of the beat, it adds a lot to the feeling of a meat processor type setting.

[billgoldberg]

Great idea.
I'm a Graphic Designer with a passion for photography, here's some of my work:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3311109509_818ecd1dc1.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3307601980_d331df7778.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3304429736_55a806f950.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3304429734_2ae531a8d3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/bashveank)

I also do a lot of music composition, but nothing I'd like to share, just yet :)
Looking forward to seeing other's work.

For me that's just pictures of random, cheesy stuff.

I know we should uphold the CoC, but for crying out loud guys, there is a picture in there from a piano with a rose on it.

</facepalm>

[raul_]

For me that's just pictures of random, cheesy stuff.

I know we should uphold the CoC, but for crying out loud guys, there is a picture in there from a piano with a rose on it.

</facepalm>

The majority of great pictures is from trivial stuff..the perspective makes the photographic art, not the subject. If the subject is something to be amazed about, then itself is the art, not the photo..

I don't know if I made myself clear :(

I like the photos BTW. I wish I had one of those cameras. I'm sticking with my point-and-shoot for now :D

[Giant Speck]

Great idea.
I'm a Graphic Designer with a passion for photography, here's some of my work:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3311109509_818ecd1dc1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/bashveank)


I like this one because it almost looks like it was painted rather than photographed.

[.Fuze]

http://i43.tinypic.com/n2kdo2.png

I do graphic design on another forum, these were my recent tags.

[swoll1980]

For me that's just pictures of random, cheesy stuff.

I know we should uphold the CoC, but for crying out loud guys, there is a picture in there from a piano with a rose on it.

</facepalm>

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I for one(or at least 2 in this case) don't get it though. Maybe the art part of my brain is broken, or something.

[bashveank]

For me that's just pictures of random, cheesy stuff.

I know we should uphold the CoC, but for crying out loud guys, there is a picture in there from a piano with a rose on it.

</facepalm>


I fail to see what's wrong with a picture of a piano with a rose on it....



I like the photos BTW. I wish I had one of those cameras. I'm sticking with my point-and-shoot for now :D

Hey, a point and shoot can take great pictures too :D

[jimi_hendrix]

the photos i have seen are all really good...the song wont play though :(

heres some of my stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLKKGHrGMxQ

[JECHO]

Here are some ubuntu wallpapers I have made :)


and a link to one of my themes: Here (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Divinorum+Black-Blue-Green?content=88476)

[LMP900]

Great photos, bashveank. I checked out your flickr and I really like "Blue Hour." It reminds me of my friend's house outside of town that we used to hang out at during high school. After seeing that picture, it makes me want to photograph that house when I get back to my hometown.

I'm still learning as a photographer, but here's two shots of mine that I really like:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3151842352_561039384f_m.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3357120276_6d58cb0fe9_m.jpg

I've had mixed results with a point-&-shoot, but I've seen some good shots by others with similar cameras so I know there's a lot of room left for improvement.

[Eisenwinter]

Everybody, your creations are wonderful, keep it coming :P

@jimi_hendrix: the track is in OGG format, you might need to install a codec for it.

I'll post more tracks once I'm done creating them.

[bashveank]

Great photos, bashveank. I checked out your flickr and I really like "Blue Hour." It reminds me of my friend's house outside of town that we used to hang out at during high school. After seeing that picture, it makes me want to photograph that house when I get back to my hometown.

I'm still learning as a photographer, but here's two shots of mine that I really like:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3151842352_561039384f_m.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3357120276_6d58cb0fe9_m.jpg

I've had mixed results with a point-&-shoot, but I've seen some good shots by others with similar cameras so I know there's a lot of room left for improvement.

Thanks! you have some great shots yourself, there. The second one you posted has something unique about it, the colors, the texture, the composition.... As for the first one: One of the fundamental rules of photography is to not place the subject in the center, instead put it in the upper right, upper left, lower right, or lower left :)

[jimi_hendrix]

Everybody, your creations are wonderful, keep it coming :P

@jimi_hendrix: the track is in OGG format, you might need to install a codec for it.

I'll post more tracks once I'm done creating them.

package in repos?

[simtaalo]

maybe i should of posted this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1081440
in community cafe instead of media production lol

the first two tracks on here (http://www.myspace.com/thesymmetry) are produced using lmms.

i'm currently working on a track with vocal samples sent to me from RMS.

[Nevon]

I'm not really an artist, but the creative part of my brain isn't completely dead. I used to do a lot of webdesign, but I kind of gave up on that after a few years. Now I just tend to do some simple illustrations for lulz whenever I need a new avatar.

Here's my latest creation (I go by the name of Eight on some other forums).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3343872997_de27e5c92f_o.png

It's not much, but I think it's cute.

[Eisenwinter]

package in repos?
I don't use Ubuntu, so I can't give you a definite answer, just do apt-cache search *ogg*

or you can get gStreamer, it more than likely has an ogg codec.

EDIT -

P.S: bash scripters, if you have a nice little fun script you want to share, you can do it here, scripting and programming is a form of artistic expression too.
:)

[gn2]

My wife is an artist here's her website's gallery page (http://www.art-by-jax.co.uk/Gallery_Home_Page.html).

[chucky chuckaluck]

[URL="http://www.flickr.com/bashveank"]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3311109509_818ecd1dc1.jpg

this one kind of looks like my niece. i keep seeing pictures of people who look like her, including a dead ringer for her with her same name on facebook, even in the same network. weird. (and no, i didn't kill her and this is just the results of a guilty conscience. she's alive and well and we have a nice, normal uncle/niece relationship.)

[gn2]

this one kind of looks like my niece.

Mariah Carey is your niece?

[chucky chuckaluck]

Mariah Carey is your niece?

you think she looks like mariah carey?

[gn2]

you think she looks like mariah carey?

I don't know, I've never met your niece... :popcorn:

Girl in the picture looks like her though.

[ElSlunko]

I'm currently in the process of uploading my photos to the internets so I don't have much to link at the moment. I don't consider myself much of an artist, but I sure do love taking photos :

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/3364763544_0e4a046437.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3350329665_53d55f0e0f.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/3351153552_0389e0680f.jpg?v=0

I am very proud to say that these photos are developed with software in ubuntu :).

[Eisenwinter]

Amazing capture on the third picture.

[LMP900]

As for the first one: One of the fundamental rules of photography is to not place the subject in the center, instead put it in the upper right, upper left, lower right, or lower left :)

Thanks, I'll certainly keep that in mind. :)


I'm currently in the process of uploading my photos to the internets so I don't have much to link at the moment. I don't consider myself much of an artist, but I sure do love taking photos :

*snip*

I am very proud to say that these photos are developed with software in ubuntu :).

The last shot is lovely!

[bashveank]

I'm currently in the process of uploading my photos to the internets so I don't have much to link at the moment. I don't consider myself much of an artist, but I sure do love taking photos :

snip

I am very proud to say that these photos are developed with software in ubuntu :).

Very nice shots. Everyone's saying how much they love the 3rd, but I like the 2nd just as well!

[Dragonbite]

These are some great shots everybody! Make sure to tell us what you use (camera, software, etc.)

My time doing Accounting didn't quite suck all of my right brain out of my head but it got close! ;)

In my defense, I'm not looking at taking the thread off-track, rather I'd like to be able to know what is used to produce the picture I am looking at.

[wipeout140]

Am Not if this counts but i have created an icon theme which is on GNOME-Look

Simple is designed and created by using the very best icons created by the open source community for GNOME

Screen shots Attached

Simple - Download Link (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Simple?content=99470)

[Eisenwinter]

Am Not if this counts but i have created an icon theme which is on GNOME-Look

Simple - Download Link (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Simple?content=99470)
Those are lovely icons, very appealing.
I don't use GNOME, rather, I use Openbox, but I could get myself a graphical file manager and use those icons ;)

(Not implying that I will :P, managing files through the terminal works for me ;))

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Total respect to all the artists, I didn't know we had so many! I love you all.

[bashveank]

Am Not if this counts but i have created an icon theme which is on GNOME-Look

Simple is designed and created by using the very best icons created by the open source community for GNOME

Screen shots Attached

Simple - Download Link (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Simple?content=99470)

Those most definitely count. They're very nice! I'd probably use them if I was using gnome!



A couple more shots of mine:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/3294449853_3214815532.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bashveank/3294449853/)
and in response to Dragonbite: shot with a Nikon D4, 18-55mm kit lens. Processed in Apple Aperture.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3313687873_927bc00b6d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bashveank/3313687873/)
Nikon D40, 18-55 kit. This is actually an HDR from 5 images, tone mapped in Photomatix Pro, further processed in Aperture.

Since I forgot to say what I was using in my previous post, it was a mix of the Nikon D200, D40, the Lensbaby Composer, and the Nikon 18-55. All processed in Aperture.

And here's some actual graphic design stuff I've done:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/2734357978_7d47598faf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bashveank/2734357978/)
Done in GIMP.

[ElSlunko]

Thanks all. Can't wait to see more of everyone's work!

The 1st shot was with a Canon SD 990 IS point & shoot. Developed in GIMP.

The 2nd two were shot with a Nikon D90 / 50mm 1.8 lens. Also developed in GIMP.

I organize all my photos in f-spot and use that to upload to my various galleries. I haven't quite worked RAW format into my workflow, but when I do I'll be adding UFRaw into my programs used.

[LMP900]

Aside from taking photos, I also like to experiment with the GIMP (as well as other tools). I usually dump these works into this Facebook album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2346744&id=1935302&l=7aee889875

Most of these are by no means final products - they're certainly rough - but hopefully as I improve they'll evolve into good-looking designs.

[ElSlunko]

Aside from taking photos, I also like to experiment with the GIMP (as well as other tools). I usually dump these works into this Facebook album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2346744&id=1935302&l=7aee889875

Most of these are by no means final products - they're certainly rough - but hopefully as I improve they'll evolve into good-looking designs.

I really love your work in GIMP. There are some great tutorials out there, however it's been a while since I've dabbled in webdesign.

The metapixel flickr image is amazing! Was it very difficult to process? I've thought about making a metapixel image for a friend who has an obsession with toilets. Don't ask.

[LMP900]

I really love your work in GIMP. There are some great tutorials out there, however it's been a while since I've dabbled in webdesign.

The metapixel flickr image is amazing! Was it very difficult to process? I've thought about making a metapixel image for a friend who has an obsession with toilets. Don't ask.

Thanks! As for the metapixel image, it was quite easy, but finding the proper parameters to create a nice image took some time. I'm almost certain this is the tutorial I used: http://www.fsckin.com/2007/12/09/generate-awesome-photomosaics-on-linux-with-metapixel/

Good luck finding all the toilet photos needed to make your image! :P

[Giant Speck]

Wow, some of these photos make me wish I had a Nikon D40. I've been thinking of getting one recently and using it to learn photography.

[ElSlunko]

Almost forgot about this photo! Stitched together using Hugin :

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3366385942_6bba1485a1_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elslunko/3366385942/

[wipeout140]

ElSlunko (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=558698), I like 3rd one in the your first post, Currently my Wallpaper - Thanks


Those are lovely icons, very appealing.
I don't use GNOME, rather, I use Openbox, but I could get myself a graphical file manager and use those icons :wink:

(Not implying that I will :razz:, managing files through the terminal works for me :wink:)

I used openbox when i created a custom ubuntu distro from the mini iso but for work i find the default ubuntu install better and nearly all new users to Linux i show it to.


Those most definitely count. They're very nice! I'd probably use them if I was using gnome!

Thanks for the comment - You have produced some great photography

[Eisenwinter]

Here is a track I made nearly half a year ago.

http://trashis.alrig.ht/music/jwkejrk22222222222_version2.mp3

I couldn't think of a title for it, so you can either call it by it's filename, or untitled, or whatever else you want.

Also, in the future I will either add streaming on my website, or I'll just upload my tracks with a video to YouTube.

I used to have a MySpace account, but had no real use for it, so I deleted it.

[ElSlunko]

Eisenwinter, My girlfriend would greatly appreciate the message you have for the first song you composed. What did you use to compose it?

[Eisenwinter]

I used Cubase SX 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinberg_Cubase), I use it for all composition.

Unfortunately, it is closed-source software which runs only on Windows.

But it allows you to create any imaginable sound, add effects, create melodies, etc.

It's a VST host.

[abyssius]

A personal photo/image gallery. Gallery 11 has some Ubuntu Desktops.

http://www.fotofinesse.com

[simtaalo]

I used Cubase SX 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinberg_Cubase), I use it for all composition.

Unfortunately, it is closed-source software which runs only on Windows.

But it allows you to create any imaginable sound, add effects, create melodies, etc.

It's a VST host.

paaaah be gone with your proprietary ways ;)

lmms can host vst's. not as well as cubase can, but its getting there. but i would argue you can create every imaginable sound on there too if you have the skill.

i've literally just finished the writing of this track, still a little tweaking to be done but 80-90% finished

http://www.sendspace.com/file/opdyop

it was written in lmms, didn't use any vst's for this one. i used the native instruments in lmms (which are pretty good, but i do use vst's when i need) also samples sent straight from the crypt of RMS.

[Eisenwinter]

Here is a fairly simple Perl script I made.

It uses the feh program to set backgrounds. It cycles through all the files found in the given directory, and sets the next file as the desktop background, then sleeps for X seconds.


#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use File::Find;

#feh background cycler.

#First, retrieve files.

my ($dir, $sleeptime) = (shift, shift);

print "Searching $dir for files\n";

find(\&search_, $dir);

my @Files;

sub search_ {
my $fname = $File::Find::name;
if ($fname =~ m/\.jpg$/i) { push(@Files, $fname); }
}
print "Found $#Files files in $dir\n";
#Files retrieved, now lets cycle through the array and set a background each time.
my $i = 0;
while (1) {
my $background = $Files[$i];
print "Setting background $background - next background in $sleeptime seconds\n";
my $feh = `feh --bg-scale $background`;
#We have set the background, now lets sleep.

sleep($sleeptime);
$i++;
if ($i >= scalar(@Files)) { $i = 0; }
}

Note that the .jpg format is hard-coded into the searching function here, you may alter that to your needs, should you use this script.

Usage, in terminal: perl <script filename> <directory> <sleep time>

Example; perl feh.pl /usr/share/archlinux/wallpaper 30 - this will search the directory /usr/share/archlinux/wallpaper for images, set the first one, then sleep 30 seconds before setting the next one, then sleep for another 30 seconds before the next one, and so on.

[timjohn7]

I'm a full-time artist...

Some of my paintings can be seen in my Virtual Gallery at tbdj.wordpress.com. Enjoy!

And for those too busy to look there, here are a couple to whet your appetite!

[simtaalo]

@eisenwinter - just listened to your track, very much my kinda style ;) love the vocal samples - daria FTW :). i can tell you that track could easily have been written in lmms.

checkout the track above and here (www.myspace.com/thesymmetry) for more stuff of mine, i think you would like it.

[Dragonbite]

I'm a full-time artist...

Some of my paintings can be seen in my Virtual Gallery at tbdj.wordpress.com. Enjoy!

And for those too busy to look there, here are a couple to whet your appetite!

Very nice. Nice to see some traditional mediums here!

[Eisenwinter]

@eisenwinter - just listened to your track, very much my kinda style ;) love the vocal samples - daria FTW :). i can tell you that track could easily have been written in lmms.

checkout the track above and here (www.myspace.com/thesymmetry) for more stuff of mine, i think you would like it.
I listened to your music yesterday. I love it man, everything blends in so perfectly.

I love experimental styles in general. :)

[simtaalo]

I listened to your music yesterday. I love it man, everything blends in so perfectly.

thank you! really appreciate that. i've been a vocalist on other peoples stuff for years but only just started producing last couple of months and these are the first tracks i've done so definitely special to hear you say it all blends nicely :)

all done with lmms ;) we can bring you to freedom from cubase :P

[Eisenwinter]

I was a drummer for a metal band for a few months.

We only performed one gig, and by the time we did, I had discovered Cubase.

I was also not very happy with my share of song writing and decision making, so after that gig I quit it.

[simtaalo]

i've never really been part of any band, but played with quite a few giving vocals. also did a 14 date tour of england performing spoken word poetry.

so have you tried 0.4.3 version of lmms yet?

[Eisenwinter]

The last time I used LMMS was in 2006, I don't know how new 0.4.3 is.

[simtaalo]

was released a 1/2 weeks ago

[Saint Angeles]

well i have some stuff to share, although i'm not sure how it will stack up to some of the other stuff on this thread. here is some of my music:

http://darkmusic.coolpage.biz

check out the "Dual Malaise Tracks" on the right hand side. I posted 41 songs I recorded a couple years back when I had too much time on my hands. unfortunately, the songs were recorded using Garageband (on my 14" iBook). I played the piano/organ/synth, saxophone, bass, vocals, guitar (on a couple tracks), and I used pre-recorded drum samples.

and here is some of my artwork:

http://darkmind.shim.net

the links are along the top - Artwork (Logos and Wallpapers), Portfolio, and GTK. i'm proud to say, ALL my artwork was created on GIMP.