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Generative Art and the Mona Lisa Meme

I want to share with you the results of a recent experiment of mine using a creative process known as generative art. The target of my generative art system was Leonardo's painting Mona Lisa. The neat...

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Judging the 2014 NSS Space Settlement Student Art Contest

Sunday night you would have found me on a conference call judging the art that had been submitted to the National Space Society's (NSS) Roadmap to Space Settlement 2014 International Student Art...

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Image Processing and Telling RGB/HSB Color Lies

Recently I've been exploring the world of generative art creation by writing my own generative art programs. The other night I thought of a cool modification that I could make to one particular...

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A Pillar of Rock at Grand Canyon National Park

I recently entered Twenty20's Rock Formation Challenge with a photograph of a pillar of rock at Grand Canyon National Park. Here is the story how I wound up submitting this particular photograph.

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Video: The Liquified Paintings of Claude Monet

Since setting up an account on YouTube towards the end of last year, I confess to not having been active on that platform. I created the account for the purpose of publishing several video portfolios...

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Generative Art plus Instagram and Pinterest at Musecon

This weekend I'll be teaching two classes at Musecon - a creative arts convention held in Itasca IL. The first class is Generative Art and Processing and the second is Instagram and Pinterest for...

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Artsnova Digital Art Gallery – Mobile Friendly At Last

Last night I rolled out a responsive web design based version of my Artsnova Digital Art Gallery web site. This is a project I've been working on over the last few months in order to improve my site's...

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Enterprise Orbiter Design Contest

Want to design a spacecraft that may actually fly? The NSS Enterprise Orbiter Design Contest is providing artists, engineers, visionaries, and SF fans with a unique opportunity - to design what a...

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St. Louis and the Gateway to Space Conference

Here's a wrap-up of my activities at the St. Louis Gateway to Space Conference

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Windycon Science Fiction Convention 2014

Today I'm off to the Windycon Science Fiction Convention. Fortunately for me I have an active interest in a fairly broad range of subject areas: art (space art, astronomical art, SF art, and...

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Voting Open For Enterprise In Space Orbiter Design Contest

Enterprise In Space Project The open submission period for the National Space Society (NSS) Enterprise In Space Orbiter Design Contest is closed and the polls are now open for the public to vote for...

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New Photography Web Site

On Dec 12, 2014 my Jim Plaxco Photography web site officially went live.

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Photography: Composition, Color, Contrast

Monday night I attended a meeting of the Schaumburg Area Photographic Society with a photographer friend of mine. My renewed interest in photography is a consequence of my decision late last year to...

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Winning Entries in the NSS Enterprise in Space Orbiter Design Contest

I previously wrote about my role as orbiter design contest manager for the National Space Society Enterprise in Space Orbiter Design Contest and now I can share with you the identity of the three...

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A Weekend of Art and Space at Capricon

This weekend I'll be attending the Capricon Science Fiction Convention which is being held at the Westin Chicago Northshore in Wheeling IL. This year I'll be pretty busy - giving one presentation and...

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NSS 2015 International Student Art Contest

The National Space Society is holding a student space art contest which is free to enter and is open to students aged 13-25 years old world-wide. The theme for this art contest is life in a space...

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Space Art, Lunar Bases, and Space in Chicago

Did you ever see that movie Sybil with Sally Field as the multiple personality woman? That's me. Only I'm not a woman and it's not multiple personalities — it's multiple interests.

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Chicago Lake FX Summit and Expo for Artists

I'll be attending the Lake FX Summit and Expo April 16-19. The expo has as its target audience artists and creative professionals working in film, music, fashion, culinary, the visual arts, and...

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What’s New? Latoocarfians and Talks

What’s New? Latoocarfians and Talks A Latoocarfian chaotic function After a long hiatus, I’ve finally published new content to my Artsnova Digital Art Gallery web site. Frankly, I’ve been busy with...

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A Mobile Friendly Artsnova Blog

Last night I held my breath and swapped out my old blog theme files and CSS with the new responsive web design replacements I had just finished coding up. Why? Well, if you follow the news of the web...

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