New Artwork - Useful

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Open Source Resources

• 65 Open Source Downloads That Could Change Your Life — Datamation.com
• Best PHP Open Source CMS: Drupal wins, Joomla and CMS Made Simple tie for second | CMS Report
• http://www.ohloh.net/ - Open Source Development
• http://www.foobar2000.org/ - Advanced Open Source Media Player

Free Wordpress Themes

Free Wordpress theme resources:

• http://wordpressthemesbase.com/
• http://www.blogohblog.com/
• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/18/100-amazing-free-wordpress-themes-for-2009/
• http://wpcrowd.com/free-wordpress-themes/100-the-very-best-of-free-wordpress-themes/
• http://webrevolutionary.com/

Egg Soup

Gig Group - Gig Taxi Website

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DJ Set - Psytrance at the Park - 11.10.09

Tom Allen and I DJed at the Mtatsminda theme park in the open air cafe, Tbilisi, Georgia on 11.10.09.  We used Ableton Live. It is part of an emerging project to bring electronic music to people in Georgia through parties organised by some lively people here.

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DJ Set - Psytrance in the Forest, Georgia - 3.10.09

I DJed at a prototype Psytrance party nearby to Tbilisi. I created the DJ set in Ableton Live using the warping functionality. It was my first time DJing but I have produced a lot of electronic music and I’ve been a devoted listener for years, so it was a thrilling exercise to come up with some favourite tracks and download new ones to create a mix which would satisfy a crowd who wanted to listen to Psytrance. Psytrance is a variation on standard Trance music, characterised by a sound with hypnotic synths and 4/4 beats. The mixing leaves a bit to be desired but I don’t think it’s bad considering it’s my first attempt. I could spend time tweaking it to perfection but that’ll be for the next one.

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Georiders - Mountain Biking in the Republic of Georgia

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‘Coffee Goes Cold’ Wordpress Mock Up

This is a wordpress mock up, a fairly generic style but a little bit dark and grungy. I created it as an experiment for my own blog / portfolio and to mock up a wordpress-targetted design. It’s created in Photoshop following some tutorials and inspired by looking as various other wordpress designs. It’s not 100% finished and I don’t intend to use it,  but I like the outcome of the experiment and add it here to my portfolio.

Components

I created this last night. It’s an abstraction of shapes inspired by bike components. I went out cycling yesterday and afterwards felt inspired to create this. I’ve been inspired by the colours of Andre Butzer’s and Beatriz Milhazes paintings. The multi-media and complexity of Julie Mehretu’s artwork builds on my previous interest in scale and resolution within the image, different levels of detail created with different media. Also the painting style of Albert Oehlen - I like the way the different quantities and quality of painting leaves the viewer to interpret as they wish and gives depth and layers - particularly ‘Selbstportrait mit 50 millienfacher Lictgeschwindigkeit’.

My image is a drawing from memory, with acrylic paint, crayon, felt tip, biro, thick and medium black markers on scrap paper.