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Daily Dragon #27: Emperor Kite

WesT — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:58:30 +0000

Another in the kite family of draconiformes, this one’s a large and particularly aggressive species. If the cerulean kite is equivalent to a caiman or other small crocodilian reptile, the emperor kite is the saltwater croc of its kind.

In other news…

If you don’t think Twitter has a practical use, you’re not using it right. My [...]

Ideating Web Design

WesT — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:00:07 +0000

I recently posted a link to the Clients From Hell tumblr page. This gem popped up yesterday and I found myself compelled to actually think about it instead of shaking my head ruefully and laughing the bitter, bitter laugh of the freelancer gone cynical. Here’s the offending bit of what was probably intended to be [...]

Clients from Hell

WesT — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:16:55 +0000

For all you graphic designers out there – or for anybody who works freelance – this blog should be on your list of regularly-viewed sites:

clientsfromhell.tumblr.com

You could also follow them on Twitter if you’re the twitterati type.

Artists See Things Differently

WesT — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:59:57 +0000

…in the cognitive functionality sense, apparently.

No, really. From the article linked below:

Art teachers have noted that when beginning students attempt to draw accurate portraits, they tend to exaggerate the size of key features: eyes and mouths are too big relative to the size of the head. Trained artists learn to ignore these temptations and draw [...]