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Reading Time: < 1 minute We hope you enjoy the following very short animated short. We also hope it is just in the first in a series in a number of animations we are going to create. And that future animations won’t take nearly as long now. We spent hours on this one, first creating the artwork in Adobe Illustrator…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Richard J. Adler publishes “White House Mockingbird” (SBPRA) — Bird lovers and history buffs can share both interests with their children through an illustrated children’s book. “White House Mockingbird,” by Richard J. Adler, tells the story of how Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president, kept a mockingbird as a pet in his study. Although presidents…
Reading Time: 3 minutes NEW YORK (PRNewswire) — The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog officially open its doors in New York City at its new location, 101 Park Ave, just steps away from Grand Central Station. The Museum houses one of the world’s largest repositories of canine fine art, with art from famous dog artists such as…
Reading Time: 2 minutes You know your pet is special. But here’s an extra ordinary way to prove it: With a DNA Pet Portrait. Yes. These days pet DNA isn’t just for testing how closely Fido is related to wolves or whether Fluffy might get kitty diabetes (and let’s hope not!) One company that provides DNA portraits of pets…
Reading Time: 3 minutes As you may have noticed, we like to create artwork in general and for our website. For examples, you can check out our 2019 calendar, which can be viewed and/or downloaded from our home page and our Alamy profile of computer illustrations. So we thought we’d share a little behind the scenes of our latest…
Reading Time: < 1 minute We just finished this computer-generated piece of digital artwork — Cat in Rain with Bright Umbrella. In our next post, we will talk about how we used Adobe Illustrator to create it. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy it and that it puts a smile on your face even if the weather is less…
Reading Time: 3 minutes 3D printing on its own is pretty amazing. Add in pets and the possibilities become extremely interesting. Here’s a look at some ways 3D printing is being used when it comes to our furry friends: Lifelike recreations: Some companies are now offering 3D printing of models of pets. GravityB, a Calgary-based studio, for example, creates…
Reading Time: 2 minutes From Dogs Playing Poker by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge to a Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculpture that sold for 54 million, animal art is everywhere. But, we wondered if there are animal artists. That is, are there pets out there creating art? So we went looking for an answer. And we found a lot of creativity…