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Crowd Sourcing The Worlds Largest Painting In The Marshall Islands

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:54 AM PST

BIKINI LINES is a proposed massive mixed media installation inspired by the lack of standardized nuclear disaster reporting, in particular the panic that set in over Tokyo following the March 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and subsequent Fukushima meltdown.

The Bikini Lines team which is made up of members from around the world is setting out to create the world's largest painting using the Runit Island Cactus Dome as their canvas.   The Cactus Dome is a 107m wide (350foot) dome built over a blast crater in the Marshall Islands which encases the radioactive debris from Bikini and the surrounding Atolls.  The surface area of the dome is roughly 96,600 square feet and once completed will beat the current world record holder of 86,000 square feet.

Constructed by the American military between 1977-1980 it is largely forgotten but still stands as a constant reminder from a time when nuclear testing was more the norm than the exception.  While declared safe long ago the island has been off-limits until now.  Both the Marshallese government and the Enewetak elders have both recently given their blessing to go ahead with this project and are opening up the Island for their arrival in late 2012.

In Lieu of corporate sponsorship and the hiring of famous designers, the team has opted for a more do it yourself grassroots approach and in doing so, and is keeping this project by the people and for the people.   They are both financing this project and taking artists submissions via IndiGoGo (a crowd-financing platform.)  With that comes great opportunity for the public as they are not only looking for people to submit the winning design that will go on top of the dome but  are seeking a director to join them and help create the accompanying  documentary.  Submissions will also be accepted for their official on-site photographer  & writer.   Not wanting to leave anyone out, the team has also added a wild card spot for the adventurous types that don't have an artistic bone in their body but would still love an opportunity to take part in a project of this magnitude.

The entire paint job which will take between 3 and 4 weeks to complete will be documented in film & writing, with the finished product being released as a CC licensed product and 100% of the intake going to the benefit of the Fukushima Orphans.

Project creator and executive producer Christian Forestell had this to say, "We really want this project to benefit everybody involved.  The artists, designer, videographer, photographer and writer who earn the chance to join us will hopefully achieve instant recognition from their work and benefit from greater career options afterwards.  The Marshall Islands will gain more recognition from international media and hopefully see a boost in tourism.  Most importantly, though, Fukushima orphans will benefit from media sales.  100% of the sales of our documentary will be donated to the Ashinaga Foundation, which helps orphaned children achieve their education."

The campaign to create the world's largest painting on the historically significant Cactus Dome will launch via IndiGoGo on February 1st 2012 and run until July 31st 2012, leaving plenty of time and opportunity for people to come up with designs, and submit their work for the chance to join the team as they embark on the Marshall Islands for an anything but ordinary world changing adventure.

Curious about what you will get in return for your pledges?  Here is their full list of incentives for helping get this project off the ground

INDIEGOGO FUNDRAISING GOAL: $200,000 USD+

IndieGoGo is a great platform for this type of project, as it allows us to give you rewards for helping us out. Below is a list of incentives and rewards. You can always change your pledge amount before the deadline if you wish to give more or less.

REWARDS & INCENTIVES

$10

a copy of the digital download package, which includes our finished movie, behind the scenes photos, out takes, and lots of sweet, sweet extras such as an invitation to join the wild card pool for a chance to join us at The Dome. A perfect way to lend a hand and get something awesome in return.

Estimated Delivery: February 2013

$25

Are you an artist or designer craving fame & fortune? Want your design painted on the dome for all the world to see? It’s only $25 to submit your proposal! Includes digital download package.

Estimated Delivery: January 2012

$25

Are you a filmmaker with Cannes Ambitions? Want to direct our documentary? It’s only $25 to submit your proposal! Includes digital download package.

Estimated Delivery: January 2012

$25

Are you a photographer who craves adventure? Want to be our official on-site photog? It’s only $25 to submit your proposal! Includes digital download package.

Estimated Delivery: January 2012

$25

Are you a writer with a love of Robinson Crusoe? Want to be our official on-site writer & blogger? It’s only $25 to submit your proposal! Includes digital download package.

Estimated Delivery: January 2012

$55

Want a DVD instead of a downloadable media package? Well, here’s your chance! We’ll send you a DVD autographed by the core production team *and* the director! This edition will be limited to $50 sponsors… so… collectible!? Yep!

Estimated Delivery: March 2013

$77

gets you a handsome, high-quality, A2-sized giclée print of the final design. Edition hand-numbered, signed by artist and limited to $75 sponsors. Very collect-able! Hang 'em between your Norman Rockwell's & boxed Chewbacca's! Includes the digital download package and one submission (if you want it).

Estimated Delivery: September 2012

$255

(Awesome!) The Contributor’s package: gets you an official adventure log-book curated by our on-site photographer & blogger. Edition hand-numbered, signed, and limited to $250 sponsors. You’ll also get the giclée print, the digital download package, one submission… and… your name in the film credits as “contributor”!

Estimated Delivery: March 2013 & various

$505

gets you a tasty artifact from the site. The Cactus Dome is composed of 358 concrete slabs and each one will be painted individually as part of the whole. We'll give you 1 of the 358 working drawing used on-site, signed by the member who painted it, accompanied with a unique photograph. It will likely be pretty dirty. Limit of 358. Includes the digital download package.

Estimated Delivery: February 2013, others as per above

$1001

Gets you an "Associate Producer" credit + a seat on the committee that votes on the shortlisted proposals. Limit of 10. Includes the digital download package as well as the adventure log book and giclée print. Get your name in the IMDB!

Estimated Delivery: August 2012 & various, as per above

$2501

Join Us! Pay your way to Majuro (via Hawaii with Continental is the easiest route) and we’ll take you the rest of the way on our chartered boat & plane, feed you, give you some camera time – providing you want to help us paint, that is! You also get everything above (minus the associate producer credit), including one submission. Limit of 10.

FREE! Get an A-list celebrity to tweet this IndieGoGo proposal and we'll give you a Digital Media Consultant credit on the finished film. Or, if this describes you and you want to help out, ask your people to contact our people, which is us :)

FREE! Elementary schools, middle schools and high schools are encouraged to leave a message for us in the digital archive. Teachers only, please! Submissions can be uploaded here.

Estimated Delivery: now!

If you would like to know how you can get involved, go to http://www.bikinilines.net/ or send all enquiries to:

Christian Forestell : Executive Producer and Creator  cactusdome@gmail.com

Chad Parrish: Executive Producer and On-Site /Camp Coordinator Chad.cactusdome@gmail.com

 

 

 

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9 Tips to Secure Your Professional Graphic Design Services

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:16 AM PST

Using professional graphic design services can significantly improve your website, making it more pleasant for visitors, and ultimately increasing its survival chances in today's tough online environment.

Despite the numerous options available, choosing the right professional graphic design services for your website is not easy, especially when you're after not only quality, but also security and affordability.

So consider the following nine tips when securing professional graphic design services.

  1. Know what you want and what you need.
    Start with thinking about the scope of your website and its requirements. Depending on these, establish the key things you expect professional graphic design services to do to your website.
  2. Establish how much work needs to be done.
    You may need graphic design services only for a landing page, or you may need them for a complete website redesign. How much work needs to be done?
  3. Think about your audience and their demographics.
    Graphic design for a children's website will look quite different from graphic design for a surfers' website. The color scheme, the type and size of the fonts, and the graphics used should all depend on the age and interests of your target audience.
  4. Use a single service provider.
    When there's a lot of work to be done on your website it's wise to use a single graphic design services provider. Why? 8 times out of 10 you'll be able to get a discount.
  5. Be flexible.
    While it's recommended that you do have an idea about what graphic design you want before looking for professional services, chances are the designers who will work on your website will come up with suggestions. If the suggestions sound reasonable to you, follow them.
  6. Buy services only from providers with a portfolio.
    In other words, ensure that the graphic design services provider you choose has worked with other clients before and has satisfied them. Check the provider's portfolio to quickly test its quality.
  7. Keep in touch with the provider you choose.
    When it comes to graphic design for a website, chances are you'll want to make regular modifications to your website in the future. Whenever you want to change the style of a certain web page or improve the design of the landing page, you'll want to have a graphic design services provider near to help you.
  8. Buy the services from an established provider.
    If you find it difficult to establish whether a provider is secure or not, check out his website, portfolio, and accolades. Be wary of overenthusiastic testimonials. You can usually tell whether a graphic design services provider is really professional by assessing the quality of its website.
  9. Don't pay in advance for the services you buy.
    You can offer the provider an advance before the start of the project, but don't pay in full until the full project is completed. Professional graphic design services providers rarely demand full payment before they do the work.

To choose secure professional graphic design services, check the credibility of the provider by looking at its website, portfolio, testimonials, and accolades.

The Post is contributed by Alfred Richards; Alfred is a skilled online programmer and has exceptional knowledge about online security, visit his site VPN service and iVPN.net.

 

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Facebook Blue Text Status Update Trick [New]

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:46 AM PST


Hello friends, the old Facebook status in blue text not working now. But there is a solution for that problem. Now you can update your status in blue color text. The concept of the trick is the same as the before trick. Read the below line carefully and update your status in blue color.

Trick for Blue Text.:
  • First log in to Facebook
  • Go to status update field and paste the below code:
          @@[0:[227459600648740:1: Your Text Here]]
            @[227459600648740:]
  • Replace "Your Text Here" with your own text.
Now click on post button and see the magic. Share this trick with your friends and enjoy...

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Coolbarz Lets You Arrange Your Shortcuts on the Desktop

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST

Coolbarz is a portable desktop application that allows users to create shortcuts of their most frequently used apps and arranges them neatly around the desktop. The shortcuts will remain hidden until you move you cursor over to the edge of your screen. Then the shortcuts will pop up on a taskbar from where you can access them easily.

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Coolbarz is a portable application which requires no installation. All you have to do is download the file from the link below and extract the files and run the application. Coolbarz creates fade away taskbars around the edges of your computer screen which you can see if you move your cursor towards any edge when Coolbarz is running. You can change the color of the taskbars and even configure where you want the taskbars to be placed. Remove taskbars from where you don't want them and place them where you want. Users have complete freedom to choose where they want the taskbars to be placed.

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To place an item on the taskbar, move your cursor towards any edge and right click on the taskbar and click on Add item.

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You will see a box like the one shown above. Add the name of the shortcut you want to add and specify the location of the shortcut or target that you want to place on Coolbarz. Then click OK. This location will be placed on the Coolbarz and you can access them easily from your desktop.

This application is quite useful if you don't like to clutter your main Windows taskbar.

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30 Image Gallery of jquery Tutorials to Be Professional

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:19 AM PST


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In this modern world of web development requirements are increasing day by day with regard low rate data, avoid flash animation due to their compatibility issues, so always try to find alternates of useful and ultimate solutions as we have jQuery image gallery and jQuery image sliders become very popular in corporate websites, portfolio websites, web applications and all kind of blog websites. This is decisive handy jquery plugins which can add without any difficulty or development skills requirements.

JavaScript always ahead as coolest key to appeal your visitors and to show your latent clients your portfolio is the image sliders and image gallery, so this is an effort to share some useful jquery image gallery tutorials and jquery image slider tutorials, easy to use and learn about jquery image gallery precise techniques professionally create beautiful and stunning images for your websites and blogs, only few lines of codes you can showcase awe-inspiring image presentation to get more striking results. Hope that will be more fruitful for newbies and next level web developers.

Sliding Image Gallery jQuery Plug-in

The idea behind this plug-in is to display a varying number of images in an attractive and easy to use manner. The inspiration for this plug-in this iTunes album viewer. The SlidingGallery plug-in will take a group of images and turn them into a cyclical gallery of images which the user can click through. One image will be centered on the screen, with two smaller images off to the sides. The user can click either of the smaller images to bring them to the center,

Sliding Image Gallery jQuery Plug-in

Slider Gallery with jQuery

This tutorial is about creating a creative gallery with a slider for the thumbnails. The idea is to have an expanding thumbnails area which opens once an album is chosen. The thumbnails will scroll to the end and move back to the first image. The user can scroll through the thumbnails by using the slider controls.

Slider Gallery with jQuery

Rotating Image Slider with jQuery

In the following tutorial we will create an asymmetrical image slider with a little twist: when sliding the pictures we will slightly rotate them and delay the sliding of each element. The unusual shape of the slider is created by some elements placement and the use of thick borders. We will also add an autoplay option and the mousewheel functionality.

Rotating Image Slider with jQuery

jQuery Image Gallery/News Slider with Caption Tutorial

Until this day, jQuery is still blowing me away with its simplicity and robustness. As you can see, I have been concentrated to produce tutorials about it, and I just couldn’t help it! Right, this time, we’re going to learn how to create a news slider that come with the following features:

jQuery Image Gallery/News Slider with Caption Tutorial

How To Create Circular Image Galleries With jQuery

Hey guys. Quite often with image galleries powered by jQuery, we're presented with a very similar layout – one which contains the images or items presented inside a rectangle. This is great for providing an experience users are used to, but there are a few interesting alternatives that you may like.

How To Create Circular Image Galleries With jQuery

How to: Create a Fancy Image Gallery with jQuery

Javascript is a very good way to create fancy contents and enhance your website functionnality. In this article, let's have a look to some interesting script dedicated to create stunning tooltips and galleries with the help of Javascript.

How to: Create a Fancy Image Gallery with jQuery

Multimedia Gallery for Images, Video and Audio

Using this gallery tutorial you can integrate video and audio as exhibit pieces along images. An XML file for defining the items in the gallery will be used along with a PHP class with an XSL Style sheet to transform the data. For video files you can define a link to a YouTube video.

Multimedia Gallery for Images, Video and Audio

Full Page Image Gallery with jQuery

In this tutorial we are going to create a stunning full page gallery with scrollable thumbnails and a scrollable full screen preview. The idea is to have a thumbnails bar at the bottom of the page that scrolls automatically when the user moves the mouse.

Full Page Image Gallery with jQuery

Sliding Panel Photo Wall Gallery with jQuery

Today we will create a stunning full page photo wall gallery. The idea is to have a whole page full of thumbs with a nice light effect when we hover. When an image is clicked, a panel slides up from the bottom revealing the full picture. When clicking on the full image, the thumbs panel slide back from the bottom.

Sliding Panel Photo Wall Gallery with jQuery

Create image gallery in 4 lines of jQuery

My idea was to use alt tag of thumb image for large image description. I already did that for jqFancyTransitions. Also, I was impatient to use jQuery's delegate method in real life. So this is my image gallery with thumbs and description in 4 lines of jQuery.

Create image gallery in 4 lines of jQuery

Beautiful Photo Stack Gallery with jQuery and CSS3

In this tutorial we are going to create a nice and fresh image gallery. The idea is to show the albums as a slider, and when an album is chosen, we show the images of that album as a beautiful photo stack. In the photo stack view, we can browse through the images by putting the top most image behind all the stack with a slick animation.

Beautiful Photo Stack Gallery with jQuery and CSS3

Simple JQuery Image Slide Show with Semi-Transparent Caption

Image Slide Show is one of the famous components in web design and development. A lot of the websites display news headlines in an image slide show to attract viewers attention, of course, with caption/excerpt. No doubt about it, this is a clever method not only to gain attentions, but it also makes the website more alive (not too static, dull).

Simple JQuery Image Slide Show with Semi-Transparent Caption

Full Screen Image Gallery Using jQuery and Flickr

This is a full screen image gallery that automatically scales the image with kept aspect ratio to fill the browser background. It uses the flickr search engine with thumbnail preview, captions, preloader and some other excellent goodies. It scales the image using CSS only (some JS for IE6) and developed with jQuery.

Full Screen Image Gallery Using jQuery and Flickr

A jQuery plugin for rendering rich, fast-performing photo galleries

Galleriffic is a jQuery plugin that provides a rich, post-back free experience optimized to handle high volumes of photos while conserving bandwidth. I am not so great at spelling, and it was much later that I realized that the more appropriate spellings would be Gallerific or Gallerrific, but is too late now for a name change, so Galleriffic remains.

A jQuery plugin for rendering rich, fast-performing photo galleries

Thumbnails Navigation Gallery with jQuery

In this tutorial we are going to create an extraordinary gallery with scrollable thumbnails that slide out from a navigation. We are going to use jQuery and some CSS3 properties for the style. The main idea is to have a menu of albums where each item will reveal a horizontal bar with thumbnails when clicked. The thumbnails container will scroll automatically when the user moves the mouse to the left or right.

Thumbnails Navigation Gallery with jQuery

Hover Slide Effect with jQuery

Today we will create a neat effect with some images using jQuery. The main idea is to have an image area with several images that slide out when we hover over them, revealing other images. The sliding effect will be random, i.e. the images will slide to the top or bottom, left or right, fading out or not. When we click on any area, all areas will slide their images out.

Hover Slide Effect with jQuery

Fresh Sliding Thumbnails Gallery with jQuery and PHP

In this tutorial we are going to create another full page image gallery with a nice thumbnail area that scrolls automatically when moving the mouse. The idea is to allow the user to slightly zoom into the picture by clicking on it. The thumbnails bar slides down and the image resizes according to the screen size.

Fresh Sliding Thumbnails Gallery with jQuery and PHP

Bubbleriffic Image Gallery with jQuery

In this tutorial we will create a bubbly image gallery that shows your images in a unique way. The idea is to show the thumbnails of albums in a rounded fashion allowing the user to scroll them automatically by moving the mouse. Clicking on a thumbnail will zoom in a big circle and the full image which will be automatically resized to fit into the screen.

Bubbleriffic Image Gallery with jQuery

Polaroid Photobar Gallery with jQuery

In this tutorial we are going to create an image gallery with a Polaroid look. We will have albums that will expand to sets of slightly rotated thumbnails that pop out on hover. The full image will slide in from the bottom once a thumbnail is clicked. In the full image view the user can navigate through the pictures or simply choose another thumbnail to be displayed.

Polaroid Photobar Gallery with jQuery

Smooth Div Scroll

Smooth Div Scroll is a jQuery plugin that scrolls content horizontally left or right. Setting it apart from many of the other scrolling plugins that have been written for jQuery, Smooth Div Scroll does not limit the scrolling to distinct steps

Smooth Div Scroll

Create an Image Rotator with Description (CSS/jQuery)

An image rotator is one great way to display portfolio pieces, eCommerce product images, or even as an image gallery. Although there are many great plugins already, this tutorial will help you understand how the image rotator works and helps you create your own from scratch.

Create an Image Rotator with Description (CSS/jQuery)

Create a unique Gallery by using z-index and jQuery

In this tutorial we want to create a unique picture gallery utilizing the CSS property z-index. In our example we have the appearance of a pile of pictures, on the next action we put the first picture on the last position and on the previous action we get the picture from the last position to the first. All done just by altering the z-index, of course with a animation to underline the imagination to have a pile of pictures.

Create a unique Gallery by using z-index and jQuery

Responsive Image Gallery with Thumbnail Carousel

Today we want to show you how to create a responsive image gallery with a thumbnail carousel using Elastislide. Inspired by Twitter's "user gallery" and upon a request to show an integration of Elastislide, we want to implement a responsive gallery that adapts to the view-port width. The gallery will have a view switch that allows to view it with the thumbnail carousel or without. We'll also add the possibility to navigate with the keyboard.

Responsive Image Gallery with Thumbnail Carousel

Flickr Photobar Gallery

After we got a lot of great feedback for our image galleries we decided to follow some of the suggestions and create a gallery that uses the Flickr API. The aim was to build a bottom photobar that one can easily integrate into a website. It is hidden initially and slides up when the handle is clicked. First, the photo sets are shown and when one of them is chosen, all its images can be viewed as thumbnails. When a thumbnail is clicked, a full image view appears as an overlay.

Flickr Photobar Gallery

Awesome Mobile Image Gallery Web App

With more and more users browsing the web with a mobile device, it's time to begin with mobile web development. In this tutorial we are going to develop a simple mobile image gallery using the amazing jQTouch jQuery plugin for mobile web development.

Awesome Mobile Image Gallery Web App

Awesome jQuery Image Gallery Plugin(Thumbox)

Browse the images via mini-gallery.Display images description.Effects for input and output images.Keyboard navigation.Navigation with the mouse wheel.

Awesome jQuery Image Gallery Plugin(Thumbox)

3D Wall Gallery

Today we want to share our latest experiment with you: the 3D Wall Gallery. Using the Safari browser the images of this gallery will be put into 3D perspective, when scrolling or sliding. When viewed with another browser, the gallery will be shown normally, retaining all the functionality.

3D Wall Gallery

JQuery Based Flipped Image Gallery with Bounce Effects

A simple jQuery based flipped image gallery. On hover the images will expand.

JQuery Based Flipped Image Gallery with Bounce Effects

Galileory jQ(All-In-Box jQuery Image Gallery)

All images placed into a single box which can be positioned, sized and stretched however you wish. It is totaly client relative, compatible with all CMS and can be integrated into any website or blog.

Galileory jQ(All-In-Box jQuery Image Gallery)

Fullscreen Gallery with Thumbnail Flip

In this tutorial we will create a fullscreen gallery with jQuery. The idea is to have a thumbnail of the currently shown fullscreen image on the side that flips when navigating through the images. The big image will slide up or down depending where we are navigating to. We will add navigation controls for the mousewheel and for keys.

Fullscreen Gallery with Thumbnail Flip