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- Amazing Photo-Realistic, Pencil-Perfect Drawings
Don’t tell me you can tell the image below is a drawing and not a high-definition photograph, because I don’t buy it. In fact people were so skeptical this incredible piece of art was drawn by hand that young Diego Fazo had to put up some photos of the work in progress just to lay doubts to rest. And looking at his-mind-blowing masterpiece, can you really blame people for questioning it’s hand-drawn?
- Why Photograph in Black & White? Commentary by Robert Bruce Duncan
Why black and white, when colors are so brilliant and images so easily seductive? When digital manipulation has become the norm, and flash has ultimately diminished the appreciation of the exquisite, yet perhaps too subtle, tonal range of ambi…
- 5 Cool Mobile Apps No Entrepreneur Should Be Without
Often, when you are a small startup it is easy to get lost under a series of never-ending to do lists and paperwork. These time consuming tasks can make it hard for any entrepreneur to stay organized. So, in an effort to make your business life much easier, here’s a look at five creative and smart mobile apps that your smartphone or tablet shouldn’t be without.
- 30 Examples of Old Photo Restoration and Coloring Inspiration
Dirt, scratches, and other signs of photographic age are removed from the photograph manually, by painting over them meticulously. Unwanted color casts are removed and the image’s contrast or sharpening may be altered in an attempt to restore s…
- Writers and Self-Publishers Building Audience With Bundles
“For those that don’t know Phoenix, she’s a self-published author who also runs her own publishing company – Steel Magnolia Press – together with romance author Jennifer Blake. In the last 18 months, Phoenix has also been experimenting with box sets and, as you will see below, the results have been astounding.”
- How Hypocrites Become Our Heroes
Knowledge Bombs You’ll Pick Up In This Episode:
What it really means if you’re labeled a hypocrite (and how it can be a good thing if you are)
How to find the hypocrisy in your own heroes
And the hidden insight your heroes are using to strengthen their integrity. - 3‑D Printing and the Future of Business
The opportunities for small businesses to benefit from 3‑D printing are great, and it’s still early enough to recognize this emerging trend and seize an advantage. One opportunity for the entrepreneur is to set up a business manufacturing some particular niche product. You have the design at the ready, with some produced 3‑D prototypes. From there, it’s a matter of placing orders with various companies that are there to do the printing for you. In this scenario, you have no inventory, and you don’t even have to go out and buy a 3‑D printer.
- 7 Signs You’re an Entrepreneur at Heart
Entrepreneurs at heart certainly are a breed apart. They’re energetic, charismatic, stubborn and persistent. If you tell an Entrepreneur that the sky’s the limit, they’ll tell you there’s a whole universe out there.
Entrepreneurs do however, possess some common personality traits. These skills and traits can be developed over years, but a true entrepreneur at heart is born with these qualities.
- 25 Websites Designed with a Limited Color Palette
“Sometimes the best designs only make use of a select number of colours, providing consistency throughout the whole page. Today’s web design roundup showcases 25 well designed websites that are all created with a limited colour palette, these sites use just 3–4 colours throughout the whole design, reusing the same swatches from the colour scheme for backgrounds, text, and titles.”