Art And Technology

Australian Idol contestant and Sheep Shearer, Luke Dickens Rough Sketch Caracture

Here is a rough pencil caricature sketch of amazing Australian Idol contestant and Sheep Shearer, Luke Dickens. This guy has an amazing rock vocal voice, something like Joe Cocker....

V8 Supercar, Farscape, Go Kart, "Nitromethane is for Racing" caricatures and middle aged rockers.

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:15:54 GMT

Site update with two Farscape caricatures, V8 Supercar, "Nitromethane is for Racing" topfuel dragster, Mach1 Go Kart logo and links to Topgear middle aged men rocking out.

TopFuel Nitromethane MP3

Nitromethane, 2:35 minutes of rock guitar, TV Drag Race coverage and synths. Made in Reaper, DI'ed Guitar using a Cabinet Simulator. Narration by Dean Neal of ANDRA used with permission.

Guitar Amp Load & Phantom Powered Cabinet Simulator Sound example

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:16:54 GMT

Another sound file Bitter Sweet, a short 2 minute instumental with rock/metal guitar and synths, this time using the Guitar Amp load and Phantom powered Speaker Cabinet Simulator with the MinimogueVA and some other Free VST instruments in Reaper.

1970 Bertone Stratos Dry Marker Concept Design Sketch

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:56:44 GMT

Industrial Design Dry Marker Sketch of 1970 Bertone Stratos update.

Ultimate, Almost Free, Audio Production Studio

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:20:44 GMT

The Reaper Multitrack studio, ASIO4ALL and the available free VST instuments, effects and processors available on the net make the ultimate Home Studio environment. That is all these short samples were done with.

Boutique Guitar Pedals, Distortion and Boost

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:34:53 GMT

12AX7 Tube based Guitar distortion pedal now available.

Fender Stratocaster hum reduction: DiMarzio HS-3 bridge pickup

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:42:17 GMT

Updated how to shield a Stratocaster to include changing a single coil pickup to a hum bucker. The DiMarzio DP117.

Cartoons on T-Shirts

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:14:17 GMT

Update with Jazz Pianist Caricature

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:52:01 GMT

A cartoon of Dave Halls, a Sydney Jazz pianist / composer added.

theWARofART by Steven Pressfield

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:22:59 GMT

Suggested reading. theWARofART by Steven Pressfield: Break Through the blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles.

Shielding a Fender Stratocaster

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:28:16 GMT

Article on how to use Copper Shim to shield and reduce hum and noise in a Fender Stratocaster. Also suppliers for the materials and parts required.

David Tan Go-kart Caricature Stages

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:30:41 GMT

Here are the stages in a recent caricature of David Tan in his Number 27 Go-kart. From rough idea to finished illustration.

Now accepting PayPal

Sun, 06 May 2007 06:23:02 GMT

After requests, now accept PayPal.

Taxman, you can't take the sky from me

Hi-resolution version of caricature "Taxman, you can't take the sky from me" added.

Step by step images added to the Sculping Technique article

More step by step images of a Spock bust added to the Sculping Technique article.

Creative MuVo TX FM MP3 Player Power Supply

The Creative MuVo TX FM MP3 Players are being cleared out now in Sydney. I picked up the 512MB model for A$59. Not bad for a unit that also has an FM radio, Recording and can hold 133 128kbps mp3 files. To make it a little more usable around the home I threw together a small 1.2Volt Power Supply from parts lying around the workshop. Allows it to be used without batteries when connected to AUX on a stereo. An LM317 regulator, a few electrolytic capacitors, heatsink, diode and an old Motorola mobile phone charger ( output of 300ma @ 4.5VDC). Contact us for details.

Designing and building a Japanese Bathroom in Australia

Product Suppliers info added to Designing a Japanese Bathroom article. Stylus contact and website link info and image also added.

Ferrari 550 Marinella Caricature Rough

Was asked if I had a Marinalla cartoon lying around. No, but I can do one if you want, and a final will cost $%#!. Haven't heard back from them, but here is a very rough sketch, that has some color blocked in that would be my starting point.

Silverbrook's FAST Inkjet Page Printer

Kia Silverbrook's group, Silverbrook Research, has lifted the secrecy over one of their developments. I've known about this for some time, and like everyone else had an NDA. Kia is the same age as me, and we worked at Fairlight together many years ago....

Drawing a Caricature of a Lamborghini

More stages on drawing a caricature of a Lamborghini Gallardo added to the article: How To Draw Car Caricatures and Cartoons.

RIAA Preamp for Technics SL-23 Turntable

More info on the RIAA Preamp added to Reparing a Technics SL-23 Turntable. A Soundcard has an AUX or LINE IN level input that does not match the output of a Magnetic Cartridge, or the way records were encoded. Modern vinyl records were not recorded with a flat frequency respone, but with an RIAA response. To get a flat response back, you use a RIAA preamplifier to reverse the effect and boost the signal to AUX levels.