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Not so long ago i have heard that one famous illustrator asks if someone know how they draw these pictures, which looks like screenshots of illustrations in .gif format, but use only a few colors and looks perfect and very accurate. I was shocked. How could it be that there are still people in internet, which doesn’t heard about “pixel art” ? So before we start talking on this topic, i want to write an opening clause to answer question - what is pixel art ? Continue Reading

I want to start my illustrations review from the works of the best american pin-up illustrator Gil Elvgren. I choose him not only because pin-up is actual today, but also he is one of my favorites illustrators. Elvgren is fairly considered to be the best pin-up illustrator whom the world ever knew. He painted more than 500 canvases and each can be called a masterpiece. The basic technique he used was oilo on canvas. Here you can find several works of him which I consider to be his best pictures. Continue Reading

Hi all. Today we will learn a bit about great javascript framework called MooTools. It’s ultra small and ultra fast :)

In this tutorial we will work with small table. Our task is to implement simple model of behavior - when our mouse is over one of cells, it will be colored in pink, other become gray. Simple, isn’t it?

In result we will get such table. Try to move mouse over it.

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