The Mad (Digital) Scientist
by skocko on Apr.23, 2009, under Educators, Students
Balend pushed way back when and thanks to his most recent push I’m able to knowingly welcome readers of Scott Kelby’s blog who’ve begun to drop by because of a comment I made regarding yesterday’s guest posting by Tomasz Opasinski. One telling fact about the comments Tomasz generated from Scott’s readers is told in the numbers.* You see, Tom’s gotten fewer comments so far than the typical guest does and I’ll tell you why. Just as I’ve made some of you uncomfortable with my call to take responsibility for your own education (check from here down for the real scoop) and my persistent demand that you experiment, so did Tom with his challenge to Scott’s readers. Read what he has to say if you don’t believe me. And read some of the comments. Quite illuminating!
Hey, I’ve got nothing against tutorials. I not only use them, I’ve recorded over 3,000, have begun incorporating them into the blog, and will soon be using the forum as another vehicle to deliver tuts. But, and this is a really BIG BUT, as it says right here: the last thing I want you to do is to follow a step-by-step tutorial, produce the exact same image that the tutorial’s author created, then call it your own. The tutorial is just the starting point…
Before I forget, I want to explain one thing to our visitors. All of the art on this site (except here) is student-generated. Explore the blog and click thumbnails for a better look at the kids’ amazing work. Try the galleries for more examples. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program…
Today’s image is brought to you by Steven Moyer (note the page’s title). Steven is one of those kids who might have slipped away had I not pounded on him week after week. (As you know, I can be quite relentless.) When he finally hit his stride (two months before graduation), he conceived and pulled off the greatest collaborative project yet in the Mac Lab (play it loud). Here’s the interviews if you haven’t seen ‘em already. Coming back next year? Think big! (More on Adam Lee, Steve’s cinematographer here and here.)
*It should be noted that Tom’s post includes a time-released component. Some readers won’t get it until the words sink in. I remember a kid dropping by the Mac Lab a year after he graduated. He walked in, shook my hand, and thanked me. I said, For what? You never did anything in here! He said, I get it now. I’m going to Platt College and I’m loving it. Since then, I’ve never forgotten that some students may not understand while they’re here, but may in some tomorrow they’ve yet to experience. And that’s another reason I keep trying so hard to reach those Pinocchios.
P.S. Congrats to Andrea C. She’s our second scholarship winner in the past two days. Remember: You can’t win if you don’t enter!™
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Paint the World with Light now available
April 23rd, 2009 on 5:45 am
Its a dog?
April 23rd, 2009 on 6:17 am
Parts of it.
April 23rd, 2009 on 7:19 am
Check out Tom’s Layers Panel.
April 23rd, 2009 on 7:45 am
wow.
April 23rd, 2009 on 10:00 am
It’s a little interesting, I began enhancing my Africa “HOPE” poster the other day and looked at various tutorials to see how to “grunge” it up. However, in the end, I didn’t use anything from the tutorials and just experimented with the advice from others. Guess that really is the best thing to do and only goes to show that tutorials aren’t always the best thing (there is the updated version of the poster on my site).
April 23rd, 2009 on 10:06 am
And all three versions Sarah created are up on the Wall of Fame for your viewing pleasure. (Two will come down shortly.) Quite the impressive progression.
From wow to Wow! to WOW!!!
Experimental enhancement in action.
April 23rd, 2009 on 12:24 pm
On your wall of fame, what size do you put up? The full poster size 17×22, 16×20, etc? If my district funds hadn’t been frozen (including the lab donation fees) I was planning on getting some matboard/postboard or something, but that wasn’t possible. I am finally getting tackboards so that I can finally post some work.
April 23rd, 2009 on 1:02 pm
Full size if the kids work smart. Really jazzes up the lab!
April 23rd, 2009 on 1:15 pm
hey david, just wondering… how do you put in a gravatar image because I’ve seen a lot of great pics but I don’t know how to do it.
please help
April 23rd, 2009 on 1:15 pm
i think that lizard picture is cool
April 23rd, 2009 on 1:21 pm
I remember last year when you made us check everyone’s websites Skocko. I loved Moyer’s website the best. The only problem is when you click Portfolio 1, does this on my computer dunno about anyone else, it comes up as code and then almost crashes the computer. But anyways, I loved and still do love that website. Very well made, and I like dark and creepy stuff like that. Good job!
April 23rd, 2009 on 2:09 pm
That’s a very impressive work of art. =)
April 23rd, 2009 on 2:40 pm
Taylor, http://en.gravatar.com/ Make your image 512 x 512 pixels for best results.
Josh, the link’s an FLA (Flash file). You right-click to download it. (Steven should have named it “Source File” to have avoided this confusion.)
April 23rd, 2009 on 4:56 pm
Sssshhhh. Thats a secret.
April 24th, 2009 on 8:37 am
Ok thanks skocko
