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My Alien Plasma

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  My Alien Plasma I made two digital artworks, each with a different approach. The first, Alien Plasma Neo, uses advanced digital editing to show a highly detailed energy being. The second, Plasma Alien, is a gestural painting that focuses on raw emotion. My interest in the 'energy being' theme comes from a lifelong curiosity about forces and life forms beyond what we usually see. I find energies and unseen phenomena fascinating because they represent transformation, vitality, and the mystery at the centre of my creativity. I want to explore how to visually convey inner power and life force, using both digital tools and painting techniques. I like experimenting with different tools to change an artwork. Comparing these two pieces shows how my intent shifts, much as a traditional artist might try out new media and methods. My first piece, Alien Plasma Neo, was all about hyper-definition and symmetry. I wanted to show this being at its highest energy, even down to the smallest en...

Digital Literacy Tools

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This is a list of on-line tools that can be used in education. It is an extensive list with many ways of application. The list is not complete. Bookmarking Tools Clip Clip www.clipclip.com -> ClipClip is, essentially, a social bookmarking tool that allows you to save and collect the sites and stuff you treasure most. you can ‘clip’ pictures, applications, and paragraphs without having to take from the whole website itself. ClipClip works, more or less, as your own personal scrapbook. Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us -> Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community - Bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere Share your bookmarks, and get bookmarks in return Discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the web Diigo www.diigo.com -> Diigo provides a browser add-on that can really improve your research producti...