Shawn Sharp and Guild Wars 2

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Stan+and+Dork Shawn Sharp and Guild Wars 2 Today we interview Shawn Sharp, Art Producer at ArenaNet and one of the Gurus behind Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2.

Manuel: Tell us something about your career, Shawn, how did you arrive at ArenaNet?

Shawn: Originally I started out as a graphic designer and illustrator working in advertising for the most part. I was also doing illustrations for pen and paper role playing game companies on the side. Dynamix, at the time a small start up computer game company in Eugene, Oregon contacted me to see if I would be interested in moving there to art direct computer games. This was in 1989, I had just started a graphic design studio and frankly didn’t even really know what computer games were. While it looked interesting I passed on the opportunity. A year later they contacted me again, I was a little more savvy and decided to give it a shot. I loved the idea of interactive story-telling and still do.

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Atlanta Attractions 101: The High Museum Of Art

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Atlhighmuseum Atlanta Attractions 101: The High Museum Of Art Atlanta, Georgia is one of the best places I’ve been to. Aside from being the most populated city in the United States, Atlanta is the third largest city in the U.S. and is known as the top business city and transportation hub of the country (it has the busiest airport too).

With regard to tourism, Georgia’s capital city also offers a great deal to boast about. In reality, most of the Atlanta attractions are even recognized across the world. It is where the worldwide head office of Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, and AT&T can be found. Apart from that, there are tour selections for the Atlanta Zoo, inside CNN Studio, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, The Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Atlanta History Center and the High Museum of Art.

One very famous destination among Atlanta attractions is The High Museum of Art. So what’s with this tourist destination that really draws in a huge crowd daily?

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Art Paintings

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painter Art Paintings For centuries, people have studied the Arts. Millions of artists have come and gone and art paintings have graced the walls of a multitude of homes and museums. The love of art paintings is more than just looking at pretty pictures on the walls. The love of art paintings includes knowing, and often feeling, just how past artists created their masterpieces.

If you have ever viewed Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper then you have truly looked at art. Da Vinci’s masterpiece became highly popular virtually the minute he finished the last stroke. The King of France during that period fell so in love with this work of art that he wanted to have the entire wall taken down and moved to France. This is how much powerful is art painting!

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel has affected people in much the same way. Although not technically a wall painting, it is still a piece of art. The sheer dimensions of this piece are astounding. The fact that he spent four years in creating this masterpiece is even more astounding. The piece is a perfect piece of art painting.

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What You Need To Know About Learning To Play Jazz Piano

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piano2 What You Need To Know About Learning To Play Jazz Piano The word Jazz is a word that sounds very musical. If you are seeking jazz piano lessons and a fresh way to play jazz piano, read on!

For the most part, jazz piano lessons start with learning and understanding chords. And that’s a great thing! But chords alone will not help you produce music. Sure, chords are valuable. However so is the other half of understanding piano improvisation and that has everything to do with TRUSTING YOUR INTUITION!

This is where the typical jazz piano lessons aren’t effective. You are taught chords yes. However, what can you do with these chords you were taught? You make music with them.

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Time Span Required For Learning Guitar

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guitar2 Time Span Required For Learning Guitar For all the guitar freaks out there, it is a dream to play the instrument as skilfully as their rock idols. They want to do this not only to impress others but also for their personal satisfaction and to fulfil their dream in an efficient way. But, it is not possible to learn this art, unless one has the passion inside to do so.

The time it takes to learn how to play guitar may vary from person to person. More importantly, it depends upon the amount of passion of the person, who is willing to learn this skill. The learner should understand one thing clearly that listening to music is totally different from playing it, as it will not only require from you to keep your ears open, but also will demand your time, attention, continuous practice and sometimes even burning finger tips. But in the end, the satisfaction is worth all the effort.

It is a common perception that mastering the art of guitar playing takes years and years, which is true to some extent. But there is good news for those who have a passion for this art but cannot take out much time due to their busy schedules. There are various techniques using which guitar can be learnt in a comparatively shorter span of time.

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On Canvas Art

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pictureframe On Canvas Art Charles Veilleux wrote this exclusive article for us. Charles is the owner of Veilleux Fine Art. On May 31, 2009, Veilleux Fine Art transitions into a private artist studio tour business. Charles has owned and operated contemporary art galleries in Santa Fe since 1993.

On Canvas Art

Art a term that is used so broadly, not to mention Modern Art comes with varied opinions, revised histories finally noting the women artists of history, and many categories. So, were do we begin?

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Living as Independent Developer

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billiards Living as Independent Developer Today we interview Andres Martinez, owner of baKno, a game development studio located in Key Biscayne, Florida. They are a group of video game enthusiasts committed to developing new ways to deliver fun, interactive and challenging software.

Living as Independent Developer

Manuel Marino: You declare yourself and your team as “video game enthusiasts”. How much being a “videogames fan” is important in creating games?

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Social Networking and the Left Coast Eisteddfod 2009

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landscape Social Networking and the Left Coast Eisteddfod 2009 Ceri Shaw is a Web Designer and freelance writer. If you remember, he wrote What is Anglo-Welsh Literature and why Should Anyone Care?. Ceri is a former college lecturer from Cardiff, South Wales. He wrote this article for us.

Social Networking and the Left Coast Eisteddfod 2009

There is an art to constructing social networks. Anyone can join Facebook, start a group, give it a catchy title and invite everyone on their contacts list. But building a true online “community” involves a lot more than that. My preferred tool for this job is the “Ning” platform.

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Mobile Games and Technologies

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mobilephone Mobile Games and Technologies Federico Elinger, owner of Pocketsol Games, wrote this exclusive article for us. Pocketsol Games creates high quality mobile games for the mobile phone based java platform (J2ME). The development studio is in Argentina where fun and addictive games are created for most of the actual mobile phones.

Mobile Games and Technologies

Currently, we can forget the keys of our house when we leave, but not the mobile phone. People are everywhere with their phones talking, chatting, the phone has a very important place in our life. Mobile phones are not only a communication device, are computer themselves, with a cpu, ram memory, persistence storage.

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Music, Movies and Independent Films

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movie Music, Movies and Independent Films In this exclusive interview, Todd Cericola, owner of Clocktower Pictures, talks about his movie studio, about music in movies and about the independent productions world.

Manuel Marino: When did you start your movie studio and how did you have the idea?

Todd Cericola: Clocktower Pictures was started in February of 2008. We are a new company in the Philadelphia area that specializes in independent film. We started it after working on a t.v. sitcom pilot called “Two One Five.” Myself, and my two partners Keelen Monahan and Matt Tomko had all been working individually on producing, directing, and writing and decided to put our efforts into one basket by opening up what would eventually become Clocktower.

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