Dangerous Energy Drinks?

Good quick read about several energy drinks and their secret ingredients. 

Besides the heart-throttling levels of caffeine and sugar, just look at the virtual medicine chest of exotic, unregulated, plant-based ingredients that pervade today’s popular energy drinks. These herbal potions offer a variety of semi-medicinal, completely not-approved-by-the-FDA benefits like stress reduction and increased blood flow to the groin, plus a high to rival whatever’s in the average adolescent bong. In the interest of good health and maybe child safety(?), we present the weirdest stuff they’re putting in energy drinks these days.

LINK: http://www.vocativ.com/02-2014/new-teen-gateway-drug-energy-drinks-secret-ingredients/

Don't Panic! They're only Vogons

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I just love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!  I was just listening to the audio books last week.  Its a wonderful series of books that are funny, alive and a roller coaster ride of a story.  Now I know this is a bit early, but on May 25th, it's International Towel Day!  To help commemorate Douglas Adams and his books, make sure you grab your towel and wave it proudly! 

Seamless Texture - After Image

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Remember those optical illusions as a kid?  The ones where you stared at an image for 20 second, looked at the wall and saw the negative image projected in your vision.  Those were a blast for me.  I would poor over as many as I could and look at them all.  I probably killed a few brain cells in the process, but hey it was fun! 

I've created a seamless texture of a B&W image for your enjoyment.  No real hidden image, but still fun to look at... for a few seconds at least.

This Seamless Tileable Texture (Wallpaper) is made by Patrick Hoesly and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 

If you like this image, please leave a comment.  Thanks!

  

How did you make it?

This texture was made using software specially designed to aid in seamless texture creation.  Some of the tools I use are Photoshop, Illustrator, Filter Forge, Genetica,  Image Synth, Alien Skin, Topaz Labs, Allegorithmic and even good old fashion hand drawing/editing.

What is a Seamless Texture / Pattern?

A seamless texture is an special image, where one side of a image exactly matches the opposite side, so that the edges blend into each other when repeated.   Seamless textures are used for desktop wallpaper, webpage backgrounds, video games, Photoshop fills and in 3D rendering programs.

More optical after effects can be found HERE

Interior Computer Rendering - Photo Realistic

Interior Computer Rendering - Photo Realistic, a photo by Patrick Hoesly on Flickr.

- Interior computer rendering with an Painted Style process applied to the image. The next image shows an artistic style applied to this rendering.
- An interesting thing is you can see how I struggled with this very model about a year ago using Twilight Rendering Engine. www.flickr.com/photos/zooboing/5159677375/in/set-72157625... Twilight was (and still is) a very powerful rendering software, however I could never seem to get images that were nicely lighted... like I can now! KAPOW!

- Modeled with Sketchup and rendered with Shaderlight.
- Post work with Photoshop and Topaz Labs.
- Image is Copyrighted.

About Patrick Hoesly:
I’m a graphic illustrator, specializing in architectural illustrations and graphic design. I work with Game Designers, Architects, Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects, to help them visualize and sell their projects…. Basically, I get paid to play!!! Cool, Huh?
See more of my work at, www.ZooBoing.com

My Work is Available on TurboSquid!!!

I have provided larger copies of select textures on TurboSquid for those who want a larger version of the textures.  If you need a much higher resolution than I've uploaded, please contact me directly patrick at ZooBoing.com and I'll create one for you!

• Some of my textures are free, others are for sale… at reasonable market prices. (sorry, I also have to eat).
• Note: Some of my Flickr pages link directly to the larger textures, however due to volume and my limited schedule, others are linked to here... which contains a link to my main TurboSquid page.  http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Artists/ZooBoing (then use the search feature).

Real Time, Digital Water Pool

I ran across an animated, digital pool Website.  It lets the user pick up a ball and move it around a digital pool of water... with all the effects, splashes, and waves.  Really Cool Stuff!!!

http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/

Check out my personal web page, PatrickHoesly.com

Come check out my personal webpage at patrickhoesly.com You can view my portfolio and if your interested in hiring me as a contractor or a full time job, download my resume. But if nothing else, keep coming back to this blog to download free tileable textures and read about the interesting things I blog about.

3rd post from iPhone

Our dog Shala.