Author Archives: cyndilong

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Commercial photographer....Fine Artist....Music Lover....Food Lover....Art Lover....Beer Lover....Part-time Drummer...Dog Lover....Sports Lover....

Car Paints Portraits, Technique Dependant Upon Driving Style

Posted on October 25, 2013 by cyndilong

I certainly don’t think this is something we NEED, but it sure is cool! http://designtaxi.com/news/361695/Lexus-Unveils-A-One-Of-A-Kind-Car-That-Sketches-Your-Portrait-As-You-Drive/

Posted in [fine art], [gadgets], [geek] | 2 Comments

Boy, I Sure Have Been Pronouncing Futura Wrong

Posted on October 23, 2013 by cyndilong

Here’s a list of European typefaces with accompanying European soundbites pronouncing them. http://opentype.info/blog/2013/08/01/the-pronunciation-of-european-typefaces/

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Match Made In Heaven (Mother+Daughter Illustrations)

Posted on September 2, 2013 by cyndilong

Beautiful collaboration between Mica Angela Hendricks and her 4 year old daughter. What fun memories they must now have. Read the article here: http://designtaxi.com/news/360341/An-Illustrator-Collaborates-With-Her-4-Year-Old-Daughter-To-Draw-Great-Doodles/ Buy prints here: http://society6.com/micaangela Read her blog about this project here: http://busymockingbird.com/2013/08/27/collaborating-with-a-4-year-old/

Posted in [fine art], [inspirations] | Tagged collaboration, doodles, illustration | Leave a comment

Manipulated “Video” Portraits

Posted on August 15, 2013 by cyndilong

These guys (Artists Donato Sansone and Enrico Ascoli) are overly-manipulating stills and piecing together to make a video. Lots of wicked potential there… http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-08/these-surreal-video-portraits-are-terrifying-best-way

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Artist John Knuth Uses Curated Fly Dung and Vomit

Posted on July 21, 2013 by cyndilong

I’m torn between thinking this is super cool/super gross/super compassion-less. The end result is amazing, so, I’m going with super cool for the time being. Read Don’t Panic Online’s Review Artist, John Knuth Definitely watch the video (unless bugs freak … Continue reading →

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Why I Turned Down An Opportunity To Be a Glass Explorer

Posted on June 23, 2013 by cyndilong

On the day that Google announced their Glass Explorer Program, my eyes lit up and I knew I wanted one. No. I NEEDED one. I didn’t know why yet, but that was going to be the fun part- figuring out … Continue reading →

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Celebrities Made Ordinary

Posted on April 6, 2013 by cyndilong

I love how this Retoucher (Danny Evans) took the “celebrity” out of these celebrities. http://www.demilked.com/celebrities-make-under-danny-evans/ Johnny Depp Tom Cruise

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Vote For Cyndi Long

Posted on March 27, 2013 by cyndilong

Cyndi just entered the See.Me “Exposure” Competition. There’s a People’s Choice Award, so PLEASE VOTE! http://cyndilongstudios.see.me/exposure2013

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Sharpie Bleed Face (I can’t stop giggling.)

Posted on March 27, 2013 by cyndilong

This project’s process photos make me giggle, but then I am astonished by how cool the end result is… http://www.bitrebels.com/design/bleeding-sharpie-markers-art/

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Cyndi Long on FeatureShoot Today

Posted on March 4, 2013 by cyndilong

I’m pretty excited to be a part of today’s [texture] post on Featureshoot. Some good images there- http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/03/feature-shoot-group-show-photos-showing-texture/

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