tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43411778907804442382009-07-06T19:23:53.702+02:00Emma Alvarez SiteCultural curiosities, stories of History, music, cinema, art, nature... And much to tell.Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-24375472231598330092009-06-30T20:00:00.003+02:002009-06-30T20:05:12.451+02:00Summer Seamless Patterns Vol.1I've done these Photoshop seamless patterns. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These patterns are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns </span><span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summer Seamless Patterns Vol.1 </span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/127796540/Summer_Seamless_Patterns_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SkpTSfVw6XI/AAAAAAAAE_k/7XKwBfu-RgU/s400/summer+photoshop+seamless+patterns+vol1+emma+alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353182684198791538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/127796540/Summer_Seamless_Patterns_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/127796540/Summer_Seamless_Patterns_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-2437547223159833009?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-8626075924707688582009-06-16T19:35:00.015+02:002009-06-16T20:54:42.861+02:00Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Iron Maiden)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SjfkDzwIfXI/AAAAAAAAE_U/yoUXT5_PYOk/s1600-h/Iron+Maiden2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SjfkDzwIfXI/AAAAAAAAE_U/yoUXT5_PYOk/s400/Iron+Maiden2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347993836608585074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Part 1</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">"Hear the rime of the ancient mariner<br /></div>See his eye as he stops one of three<br />Mesmerises one of the wedding guests<br />Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.<br /><br />And the music plays on, as the bride passes by<br />Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale.<br /><br />Driven south to the land of the snow and ice<br />To a place where nobodys been<br />Through the snow fog flies on the albatross<br />Hailed in gods name, hoping good luck it brings.<br /><br />And the ship sails on, back to the north<br />Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.<br /><br />The mariner kills the bird of good omen<br />His shipmates cry against what hes done<br />But when the fog clears, they justify him<br />And make themselves a part of the crime.<br /><br />Sailing on and on and north across the sea<br />Sailing on and on and north til all is calm.<br /><br />The albatross begins with its vengeance<br />A terrible curse a thirst has begun<br />His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner<br />About his neck, the dead bird is hung.<br /><br />And the curse goes on and on at sea<br />And the curse goes on and on for them and me.<br /><br />day after day, day after day,<br />We stuck nor breath nor motion<br />As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean<br />Water, water everywhere and<br />All the boards did shrink<br />Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.<br /><br />There calls the mariner<br />There comes a ship over the line<br />But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide.<br /><br />See...onward she comes<br />Onward she nears out of the sun<br />See, she has no crew<br />She has no life, wait but heres two.<br /><br />Death and she life in death,<br />They throw their dice for the crew<br />She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now.<br />Then...crew one by one<br />They drop down dead, two hundred men<br />She...she, life in death.<br />She lets him live, her chosen one.<br /><br />one after one by the star dogged moon,<br />Too quick for groan or sigh<br />Each turned his facce with a ghastly pang<br />And cursed me with his eye<br />Four times fifty living men<br />(and I heard nor sigh nor groan)<br />With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,<br />They dropped down one by one.<br /><br />The curse it lives on in their eyes<br />The mariner wished hed die<br />Along with the sea creatures<br />But they lived on, so did he.<br /><br />And by the light of the moon<br />He prays for their beauty not doom<br />With heart he blesses them<br />Gods creatures all of them too.<br /><br />Then the spell starts to break<br />The albatross falls from his neck<br />Sinks down like lead into the sea<br />Then down in falls comes the rain."<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fy7B5pM44A&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fy7B5pM44A&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Part 2</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SjfkVeTEQmI/AAAAAAAAE_c/iqdJIutTL1A/s1600-h/Eddie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SjfkVeTEQmI/AAAAAAAAE_c/iqdJIutTL1A/s400/Eddie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347994140087173730" border="0" /></a><br />"Hear the groans of the long dead seamen<br />See them stir and they start to rise<br />Bodies lifted by good spirits<br />None of them speak and they´re<br />lifelesss in their eyes<br /><br />And revenge is still sought, penance starts again<br />Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.<br /><br />Now the curse is finally lifted<br />And the mariner sights his home<br />Spirits go fromhe long dead bodies<br />Form their own light and the mariners left alone.<br /><br />And then a boat came sailing towards him<br />It was a joy he could not believe<br />The pilots boat, his son and the hermit,<br />Penance of life will fall onto him.<br /><br />And the ship sinks like lead into the sea<br />And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins.<br /><br />The mariners bound to tell of his story<br />To tell this tale wherever he goes<br />To teach gods word by his own example<br />That we must love all things thaat God made.<br /><br />And the wedding guests a sad and wiser man<br />And the tale goes on and on and on."<br /><br />-lyrics of the original song-<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cU-ASGR9_g8&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cU-ASGR9_g8&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />You can find this song, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in the latest album of Iron Maiden "Flight 666". This work is a compilation of 17 of their most successful songs. It's a live album and recorded in 16 different cities in 11 countries around the world. Published this 9 of June.<br /><br />If you haven't seen them live I recommended it, because it's a great experience. It's incredible how this band sounds, and their show...<br /><br />Without a doubt Maiden are masters of masters.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_131a4075-364d-4379-8d67-670776cdc9db" width="336" height="280"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2F131a4075-364d-4379-8d67-670776cdc9db&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2F131a4075-364d-4379-8d67-670776cdc9db&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_131a4075-364d-4379-8d67-670776cdc9db" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_131a4075-364d-4379-8d67-670776cdc9db" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="336" align="middle" height="280"></embed></object> <noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2F131a4075-364d-4379-8d67-670776cdc9db&amp;Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-862607592470768858?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-67137320225856893592009-06-15T20:45:00.003+02:002009-06-15T20:49:50.897+02:00Free Photoshop Brushes: Sea Vol.1I've done these Photoshop brushes. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These brushes are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The brushes can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the brushes, but not the brushes themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the brushes and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the brushes without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these brushes as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these brushes in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Sea Vol.1</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SjaXdRZSf7I/AAAAAAAAE_M/9L-0ljcbGc0/s1600-h/sea+animals+free+photoshop+brushes+by+emma+alvarez.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SjaXdRZSf7I/AAAAAAAAE_M/9L-0ljcbGc0/s400/sea+animals+free+photoshop+brushes+by+emma+alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347628136690515890" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/126033129/Sea_Brushes_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/116134880/Splatters_Photoshop_Brushes_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-6713732022585689359?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-47090960942042057282009-06-10T19:07:00.004+02:002009-06-10T20:21:13.525+02:00My Article In Yareah Magazine. June 2009As you know, I usually write in Yareah Magazine, a publication of mythology, literature and art. This month the magazine is dedicated to Vampirism.<br /><br />You will be able to read articles about Bram Stoker, Gilles de Rais, Dracula and many more.<br /><br />The artists of this month are Vangelis Fitsios and Polly Jackson.<br /><br />My article has been about Elizabeth Báthory also known as "The Blood Countess". This article is a resume on her life. A life full of crimes and the most horrible cruelty of a serial killer.<br />Elizabeth inspired Bram Stoker to write his novel Dracula and could be inspiration for many horror writers.<br /><br />The worst of writing about this woman and getting information about her is to discover a very dark era in Europe, where someone only for being an aristocrat could torture their servants and go unpunished.<br /><br />Elizabeth wasn't arrested for killing common people. She was arrested because in her last crimes, she convinced some aristocratic families to send their daughters to her castle. A kind of college for aristocratic ladies. But these girls never returned to their homes.<br /><br />Elisabeth Báthory used teenagers for sex and for drinking their blood, she thought that blood of virgin girls could rejuvenate her.<br /><br />When she was arrested, it was discovered that a maid had her hip broken of a thrashing, but that was legal!!! But much more was discovered. A kind of jail with girls captured to take their blood from time to time. And hundreds of corpses.<br /><br /><span>You can read the article here: <a href="http://www.yareah.com/magazine/index.php/literature-literatura/332-elizabeth-bathory-the-blood-countess">Elizabeth Báthory, The Blood Countess </a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yareah.com/magazine/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Si_1DQfQ_CI/AAAAAAAAE_E/nFI8kZOH9EM/s400/elizabeth_bathory_emma_alvarez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345760719026584610" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-4709096094204205728?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-33331324746307908142009-06-09T18:55:00.015+02:002009-06-09T20:32:17.745+02:00Paradise Beaches<span style="font-style: italic;">“Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.”</span><br />- John Kenneth Galbraith-<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grilledahi/49042798/" title="Hilton Maldives by Grilled Ahi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/49042798_175d0ab732.jpg" alt="Hilton Maldives" width="470" height="308" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grilledahi/" title="Link to Grilled Ahi's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Grilled Ahi</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dijis/2663834350/" title="Kappad beach / കാപ്പാട് by Diji (www.dijisworld.com), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2663834350_71ec2ee10a.jpg" alt="Kappad beach / കാപ്പാട്" width="470" height="345" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dijis/" title="Link to Diji (www.dijisworld.com)'s photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Diji (www.dijisworld.com)</b></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spaceritual/112148138/" title="Another Punta Cana Sun Rise by Space Ritual, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/112148138_829af5ee08.jpg" alt="Another Punta Cana Sun Rise" width="470" height="333" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spaceritual/" title="Link to Space Ritual's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Space Ritual</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfreni/232918534/" title="Aruba by Salvatore.Freni, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/232918534_2413a66c24.jpg" alt="Aruba" width="470" height="375" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfreni/" title="Link to Salvatore.Freni's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Salvatore.Freni</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yxo/189594616/" title="sunset3 by YXO, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/189594616_14a8eaeabd.jpg" alt="sunset3" width="470" height="333" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yxo/" title="Link to YXO's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">YXO</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/acameronhuff/1008049555/" title="Osekin Beach 2 of 10 by acameronhuff, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1289/1008049555_c0ea277ca1.jpg" alt="Osekin Beach 2 of 10" width="470" height="375" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/acameronhuff/" title="Link to acameronhuff's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">acameronhuff</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laszlo-photo/149766770/" title="Playa Shon Mosa by laszlo-photo, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/149766770_e37603d327.jpg" alt="Playa Shon Mosa" width="470" height="333" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laszlo-photo/" title="Link to laszlo-photo's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">laszlo-photo</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vertigogen/817476967/" title="talisker beach4 by Vertigogen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1158/817476967_45498a3a17.jpg" alt="talisker beach4" width="470" height="373" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vertigogen/" title="Link to Vertigogen's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Vertigogen</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paraflyer/2210170066/" title="USA 2005 (September 17th) Oregon, Cannon Beach by Paraflyer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/2210170066_838e37123e.jpg" alt="USA 2005 (September 17th) Oregon, Cannon Beach" width="470" height="335" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paraflyer/" title="Link to Paraflyer's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Paraflyer</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/2476599906/" title="Khezr Beach, Hormoz Island, Persian Gulf, Iran by Hamed Saber, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2476599906_48092d63d3.jpg" alt="Khezr Beach, Hormoz Island, Persian Gulf, Iran" width="470" height="310" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/" title="Link to Hamed Saber's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Hamed Saber</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyki_m/2768203889/" title="Couple on Beach by nyki_m, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2768203889_997266fa53.jpg" alt="Couple on Beach" width="470" height="255" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyki_m/" title="Link to nyki_m's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">nyki_m</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_tahoe_guy/249313599/" title="Black sand beach near Hana, Maui by the_tahoe_guy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/249313599_171f677cec.jpg" alt="Black sand beach near Hana, Maui" width="470" height="375" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_tahoe_guy/" title="Link to the_tahoe_guy's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">the_tahoe_guy</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2391369348/" title="Palm tree at dawn, Patong beach by René Ehrhardt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2391369348_e43794fbbc.jpg" alt="Palm tree at dawn, Patong beach" width="470" height="333" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/" title="Link to René Ehrhardt's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">René Ehrhardt</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chumpboy/3411560188/" title="Cannon Beach - Just South of Haystack Rock by chumpboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/3411560188_fac611871d.jpg" alt="Cannon Beach - Just South of Haystack Rock" width="333" height="470" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chumpboy/" title="Link to chumpboy's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">chumpboy</b></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2390754091/" title="Old tree branch on sandy beach by René Ehrhardt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2390754091_79013b547a.jpg" alt="Old tree branch on sandy beach" width="470" height="332" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/" title="Link to René Ehrhardt's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">René Ehrhardt</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-3333132474630790814?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-2393774596907186072009-06-08T21:57:00.005+02:002009-06-08T22:02:22.856+02:00Pin-Up Photoshop Shapes Vol.2I've done these Photoshop shapes. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span>shapes<span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">shapes</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the shapes </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pin-Up Photoshop Shapes Vol.1 </span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Si1tXY2cx6I/AAAAAAAAE-8/EOVBimguE9s/s1600-h/pinup_photoshop_shapes_emma_alvarez_vol_2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Si1tXY2cx6I/AAAAAAAAE-8/EOVBimguE9s/s400/pinup_photoshop_shapes_emma_alvarez_vol_2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345048581333895074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/125243187/Pin_Up_Photoshop_Shapes_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/125243187/Pin_Up_Photoshop_Shapes_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-239377459690718607?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-4464964570772955662009-06-02T19:51:00.013+02:002009-06-02T21:19:32.005+02:00Interesting Movie Releases For June 2009<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director:</span></span> Tony Scott<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenwriter: </span>Brian Helgeland<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Starring: </span>Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, Michael Rispoli, James Gandolfini<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Action, Thriller<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot:</span> A criminal band hijacks a train. They ask 1 million dollar in return for freeing the hostages. If they don't do it, they'll kill one every minute. Garber will have to conceive a plan to distract the hijackers. A battle of intelligence against a wicked and sharp criminal mind.<br /><br /><object width="470" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LuMAUp2X_NA&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LuMAUp2X_NA&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Proposal</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Director:</span> </span>Anne Fletcher<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenwriter: </span>Peter Chiarelli<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Starring: </span>Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Craig T. Nelson, Mary Steenburgen, Denis O'Hare, Betty White<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Comedy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot: </span>Sandra Bullock is a book editor with a cold and complicated personality. She has been torturing his assistant for years. But one day, this self-confident and efficient woman faces the possibility of being deported to her country (Canada). She devises a plan: to marry her tormented assistant.<br /><br /><object width="470" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kPgZcW8MCaA&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kPgZcW8MCaA&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Imagine That</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Director:</span></span> Karey Kirkpatrick<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenwriter: </span>Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Starring: </span>Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Yara Shahidi, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox, Martin Sheen<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre:</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span>Fantasy, Comedy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot:</span> Evan (Eddie Murphy) had a long time of bad luck. Everything goes bad for him. His professional and personal life worsens every minute. But his lesser daughter has the solution for all his problems (in her world of fantasy).<br /><br /><object width="470" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T7J9eehykqs&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T7J9eehykqs&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="340"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-446496457077295566?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-31249201542618996432009-06-01T20:58:00.003+02:002009-06-08T22:06:33.894+02:00Gothic Photoshop Shapes Vol.1I've done these Photoshop shapes. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span>shapes<span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">shapes</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the shapes </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gothic Photoshop Shapes Vol.1</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SiQlT3rnJXI/AAAAAAAAE-c/iJZZQF1X5gA/s1600-h/gothic_shapes_emma_alvarez.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SiQlT3rnJXI/AAAAAAAAE-c/iJZZQF1X5gA/s400/gothic_shapes_emma_alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342436081262863730" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/124459906/Gothic_Photoshop_Shapes_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/119262627/Oriental_Pattern_Set_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-3124920154261899643?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-63915620109104706122009-05-27T20:08:00.004+02:002009-06-08T22:06:45.064+02:00Pin-Up Photoshop Shapes Vol.1I've done these Photoshop shapes. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span>shapes<span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">shapes</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the shapes </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span>shapes <span style="font-size:100%;">in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pin-Up Photoshop Shapes Vol.1</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sh2Cn9FSWEI/AAAAAAAAE-U/JM4vn6CfnNI/s1600-h/Pinup_vol1+copia.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sh2Cn9FSWEI/AAAAAAAAE-U/JM4vn6CfnNI/s400/Pinup_vol1+copia.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340568356054521922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/123904481/Pin_Up_Photoshop_Shapes_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/123904481/Pin_Up_Photoshop_Shapes_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-6391562010910470612?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-7512216092650004582009-05-20T22:42:00.013+02:002009-05-21T20:15:35.415+02:0030 Curiosities Of CatsCats are one of the favorite pets all over the world. They are fun, very clever, and adorable.<br /><br />But did you know that....?<br /><ul> <li>The oldest cat in the world lived for 36 years.<br /><br /></li> <li>And the heaviest one weighted 23 Kg.<br /><br /></li><li>A cub of cat that is born with blue eyes may change of eye color some months later.<br /> <br /></li><li>Cats can smell with their nose but also (like snakes) with the so called Jacobson's Organ, that is inside the mouth, just behind the front teeth, and connects to the nasal cavity.<br /> <br /></li><li>Cats sleep between 16 and 19 hours of every 24.<br /> <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wvo-g_JvURI&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wvo-g_JvURI&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></li><li>They can vocalize up to 100 different sounds.<br /> <br /></li><li>A cat can jump up to 7 times their height.<br /> <br /></li><li>When a cat rubs their head against an object or person, it is showing that it is theirs.<br /> <br /></li><li>When a cat is upside-down, this is a sign of security and affection.<br /> <br /></li><li>Cats relax from stress scratching a vertical object. This movement activates their circulation and invigorates their body.<br /> <br /></li><li>Cats hiss to protect themselves and show that they are dangerous, the same as some snakes.<br /><br /></li><li>Cats obey women more easily because they perceive better high-pitched sounds.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XhgVIbO83o4&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XhgVIbO83o4&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></li><li>Cats love kneading with their paws everything that they like. This is something that they learn when they are cubs because with this movement they get more milk from their mother.</li> <br /><li>Cats appeared on Earth before dogs.<br /><br /></li> <li>In the ancient Egypt, when a woman was very beautiful, she was called "cat". Women, to look more pretty, painted lines in their eyes imitating the look of cats. This custom has arrived till our days.<br /><br /></li> <li>Killing a cat in the ancient Egypt was punished with the death. Cats were mummified in company of small rodents.<br /><br /></li><li>Some cats like throwing their pellet from their dish. This is to simulate hunting, and is done because of boredom or for playing.<br /><br /></li><li>There are also some cats that like to move the water in their dish with the paw. These cats like running water and try to simulate it, because they feel it's healthier. This is an old instinct of cats. Some shops sell fountains for cats for this.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JZAHl5_LTGQ&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JZAHl5_LTGQ&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></li><li>Cats can see 6 times better than humans at night because their eyes amplifies even the dimmest light.<br /><br /></li> <li>Cats have more bones than humans. Cats have 290 compared to humans, that have 206.<br /><br /></li> <li>Whiskers and eyelashes, and also the tail, help the cat to keep their balance. Their amazing agility is due to their 500 muscles.<br /><br /></li> <li>It is easier for a cat to survive a big fall than a small one. Some estimations have said that a cat needs a height of 8 floors to reach a position that allows to fell on their paws.<br /><br /></li> <li>A cat 's sense of smell is 15 times more powerful than humans'.<br /><br /></li> <li>Each cat has a different and unique shape for the tip of the nose, that is like our fingerprints.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zRWB3rtCwTY&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zRWB3rtCwTY&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></li> <li>The diet of a cat must be rich in fats because their bodies don't produce it.<br /><br /></li> <li>Cats can't detect sweet tastes.<br /><br /></li> <li>They have 32 muscles in their ears so they can direct them to the source of the sound.<br /><br /></li><li>A cat from Texas named Dusty had more than 420 kittens and had her last litter when she was 18.<br /><br /></li><li>Chocolate, coffee, and aspirin are some of the substances that are poisonous for cats.<br /><br /></li><li>In Asia, black cats are symbol of good luck.</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-751221609265000458?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-9888643776529636162009-05-19T22:09:00.002+02:002009-05-19T22:11:00.500+02:00Striped Seamless Patterns Vol.1I've done these Photoshop seamless patterns. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These patterns are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns </span><span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Striped Seamless Patterns Vol. 1</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/ShMSF8JoNqI/AAAAAAAAE-M/lB1HCeJcruM/s1600-h/striped+photoshop+seamless+patterns+vol1+emma+alvarez.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/ShMSF8JoNqI/AAAAAAAAE-M/lB1HCeJcruM/s400/striped+photoshop+seamless+patterns+vol1+emma+alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337629876619327138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/123041917/Striped_Seamless_Patterns_Vol1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/123041917/Striped_Seamless_Patterns_Vol1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-988864377652963616?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-29649239351558665792009-05-14T19:15:00.001+02:002009-05-14T19:24:56.824+02:00My Article In Yareah Magazine. May 2009As you know, I usually write in Yareah Magazine, a publication of mythology, literature and art. This month the magazine is dedicated to Romanticism.<br /><br />You will be able to read articles about George Sand, Edgar Allan Poe, Goethe, Lord Byron, Bequer and many more.<br /><br />The artists of this month are Francis Piep and Andrew McIntyre.<br /><br />My article has been about the Spanish writer Rosalia de Castro. A woman with a very sad life and very talented, who felt rejected by the society of her time. She was <span>a daughter of an unmarried woman and a priest in a time in which it was a big scandal, and all her sons died before her. She died with 48 with a very bad health, troubles, and the dead of her most loved persons.<br /><br />But she left a legacy of very good literary works. You can read the article here: <a href="http://www.yareah.com/magazine/index.php/literature-literatura/286-rosalia-de-castro-una-vida-de-tragedia">Rosalía de Castro, a life of tragedy. </a><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yareah.com/magazine/index.php"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SgsPai97NbI/AAAAAAAAE-E/Z7Ys1Rk3Nb4/s400/Yareah_emma+_Alvarez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335375132288038322" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-2964923935155866579?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-79465486939301771632009-05-13T19:48:00.002+02:002009-05-13T19:51:35.062+02:00Plaid Seamless Patterns Vol.1I've done these Photoshop seamless patterns. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These patterns are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns </span><span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plaid Seamless Patterns Vol.1</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SgsIclM8d_I/AAAAAAAAE98/NTgCWZ5nGjg/s1600-h/plaid+seamless+photoshop+patterns.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SgsIclM8d_I/AAAAAAAAE98/NTgCWZ5nGjg/s400/plaid+seamless+photoshop+patterns.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335367470666250226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/119262627/Oriental_Pattern_Set_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"></a><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/122393477/Plaid_Seamless_Patterns_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/119262627/Oriental_Pattern_Set_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-7946548693930177163?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-1192541732941804082009-05-06T19:30:00.001+02:002009-05-06T19:33:29.205+02:00Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob Dylan)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sf9T1v_VpsI/AAAAAAAAE9E/_xvmkCPL4jU/s1600-h/Bob_Dylan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 340px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sf9T1v_VpsI/AAAAAAAAE9E/_xvmkCPL4jU/s400/Bob_Dylan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332072666710255298" border="0" /></a>"Oh well, I love you pretty baby<br />You're the only love I've ever known<br />Just as long as you stay with me<br />The whole world is my throne<br />Beyond here lies nothin'<br />Nothin' we can call our own<br /><br />Well, I'm movin' after midnight<br />Down boulevards of broken cars<br />Don't know what I'd do without it<br />Without this love that we call ours<br />Beyond here lies nothin'<br />Nothin' but the moon and stars<br /><br />Down every street there's a window<br />And every window's made of glass<br />We'll keep on lovin' pretty baby<br />For as long as love will last<br />Beyond here lies nothin'<br />But the mountains of the past<br /><br />Well, my ship is in the harbor<br />And the sails are spread<br />Listen to me, pretty baby<br />Lay your hand upon my head<br />Beyond here lies nothin'<br />Nothin' done and nothin' said"<br /><br />-lyrics of the original song-<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gHFdUTBMv8g&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gHFdUTBMv8g&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This song "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" belongs to the last album of Bob Dylan called "Together Through Life" released the last April. The album contains 10 songs. One of them, "Life is hard", is part of the soundtrack of the film "La Vie En Rose" directed by Olivier Dahan.<br /><br />The mythical singer-songwriter carries on being a bestseller musician after more than 50 years of success, and having lots of fans all over the planet and with the most diverse ages.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_38b4c155-9fd0-4688-9ce8-0c4f3134bc16" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2F38b4c155-9fd0-4688-9ce8-0c4f3134bc16&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2F38b4c155-9fd0-4688-9ce8-0c4f3134bc16&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_38b4c155-9fd0-4688-9ce8-0c4f3134bc16" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_38b4c155-9fd0-4688-9ce8-0c4f3134bc16" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2F38b4c155-9fd0-4688-9ce8-0c4f3134bc16&amp;Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><br /><i class="bbcode"></i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-119254173294180408?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-1192388739209005532009-05-05T19:39:00.005+02:002009-05-05T19:45:24.382+02:00Interesting Movie Releases For May 2009<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Drag Me to Hell</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director: </span>Sam Raimi<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenwriter: </span>Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Starring: </span>Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Jessica Lucas, David Paymer, Dileep Rao<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Horror<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot:</span> Christine has a happy life. She works in a mortgage agency. One day, an old woman comes to the agency. She urgently needs an a mortgage increase.<br />Christine doubts between giving the mortgage or impress his boss and getting a promotion. Finally, the old woman losses her home and casts a curse on her, that will turn Christine's life into a real hell.<br /><br /><object width="470" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2jCP3oOymK8&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2jCP3oOymK8&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="340"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />X-Men Origins: Wolverine</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director:</span> Gavin Hood<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Screenwriter:</span> David Benioff and Skip Woods<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Starring:</span> Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Will.i.am, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Henney, Lynn Collins<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Action, Sci-Fi<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot:</span> This movie tells the past of Wolverine, and how did he become an X-Men, due to a military experiment. Behind all this, there's a tragic love story and a past that torments Wolverine.<br /><br /><object width="470" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LPmbGzQaOCs&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LPmbGzQaOCs&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Angels &amp; Demons</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director:</span> Ron Howard<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenwriter: </span>David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Starring: </span>Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre:</span> Thriller<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot: </span><span>Based on a novel by Dan Brown (the popular author that wrote "The Da Vinci Code"). This story is centered in the Vatican, where an ancient sect has placed a lethal weapon for all humanity. Langdon will have to decipher ancient enigmas to prevent the disaster.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><object width="470" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nSyWqCdqCZ0&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nSyWqCdqCZ0&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-119238873920900553?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-60232809865138532122009-05-04T19:40:00.004+02:002009-05-04T19:50:06.593+02:00Dots Seamless Patterns Vol.1I've done these Photoshop seamless patterns. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These patterns are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns </span><span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dots Seamless Patterns Vol.1</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sf8pFo8mVGI/AAAAAAAAE88/YurGfZ8E1wM/s1600-h/photoshop+patterns+dots+vol1+emma+alvarez.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sf8pFo8mVGI/AAAAAAAAE88/YurGfZ8E1wM/s400/photoshop+patterns+dots+vol1+emma+alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332025660697629794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/121434976/Dots_Seamless_Patterns_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/121434976/Dots_Seamless_Patterns_Vol_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-6023280986513853212?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-2195926894180042912009-04-28T20:12:00.005+02:002009-05-01T15:19:49.722+02:00Curiosities About Andy Warhol<ul><li>If you like his art, <a href="http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Andy_Warhol/">see Andy Warhol paintings</a>.<br /><br /></li><li>His true name was Andrew Warhola. </li></ul><ul> <li>He had serious health problems when he was a child, and passed most of his childhood in bed, where he learn to draw. He also liked to cut photos of celebrities of his time.<br /></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SfdIP2RIHjI/AAAAAAAAE78/BBJFreNdVkU/s1600-h/andy_warhol.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SfdIP2RIHjI/AAAAAAAAE78/BBJFreNdVkU/s400/andy_warhol.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329808121118858802" border="0" /></a><ul> <li>He always felt a big love for his mother. She even collaborated from time to time in some of his works.<br /><br /></li> <li>He was window dresser for some time. This influenced his career because this made him get in contact with fashion and advertising.<br /><br /></li> <li>He had more than 200 wigs. In his search for feeling satisfied with his own image, he underwent plastic surgery.<br /><br /></li> <li>He worked for the most influential fashion magazine (Glamour, Vogue....).<br /><br /></li> <li>He was one of the greatest advertising illustrators of the world. His images for Campbell or Coca-Cola became icons of fashion and design. </li></ul><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VII2-LnxvR4&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VII2-LnxvR4&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><ul> <li>He made portraits of the most important artist of his time: Marilyn, Elvis, Elizabeth Taylor... His admiration for them made him enter in the world of cinema.<br /><br /></li> <li>He directed projects of theatre, music and photography.<br /><br /></li> <li>He used the mythical Amiga to generate images, being one of the pioneers of digital art.</li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-219592689418004291?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-5734811513426814992009-04-27T19:35:00.004+02:002009-04-27T19:40:48.304+02:00Gothic Seamless Pattern Set Vol.1I've done these Photoshop seamless patterns. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These patterns are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns </span><span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gothic Seamless Pattern Set Vol.1</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SfXtHF5WNII/AAAAAAAAE70/DZGFqYC4edg/s1600-h/gothic+pattern+set+vol1+by+emma+alvarez.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SfXtHF5WNII/AAAAAAAAE70/DZGFqYC4edg/s400/gothic+pattern+set+vol1+by+emma+alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329426440160425090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/120670686/Gothic_Seamless_Pattern_Set_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/120670686/Gothic_Seamless_Pattern_Set_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-573481151342681499?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-79298347026325749102009-04-20T20:28:00.023+02:002009-04-21T20:14:00.714+02:00Bizarre Aquatic Animals<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Axolotl</span><br />This amphibian lives in the lakes and rivers of Mexico. It is in danger of extinction. It can be kept in an aquarium, and it's convenient to try to breed them to protect the specie.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sey_p9Y2M8I/AAAAAAAAE58/sNzv47U2uCU/s1600-h/Axolotl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 326px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/Sey_p9Y2M8I/AAAAAAAAE58/sNzv47U2uCU/s400/Axolotl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326843186846774210" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Holothuroidea</span></span><br /></span>Known as sea cucumbers, it belongs to the same genre than sea urchins and starfishes. This being has existed since 400 million years ago.<span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezA8CAAXII/AAAAAAAAE6E/phX14zP9U9c/s1600-h/Holothuroidea.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezA8CAAXII/AAAAAAAAE6E/phX14zP9U9c/s400/Holothuroidea.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326844596834032770" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Phycodurus eques</span><br />Also known as sea dragon. It is related to the seahorse, and is found on Australia. Its body looks like covered by leaves to hide from its predators.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezDTTofYJI/AAAAAAAAE6M/SJiqeVHxRUo/s1600-h/Phycodurus+eques.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezDTTofYJI/AAAAAAAAE6M/SJiqeVHxRUo/s400/Phycodurus+eques.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326847195727487122" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Psychrolutes microporos</span><br />Lives in New Zealand and Australia, at 1,000 meters under the sea. Its flesh is gelatinous, and lacks of muscles. It eats everything that floats near it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezGqYA8M_I/AAAAAAAAE60/QnA5BMuCvRo/s1600-h/Psychrolutes+microporos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezGqYA8M_I/AAAAAAAAE60/QnA5BMuCvRo/s400/Psychrolutes+microporos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326850890575655922" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Footballfish</span><br />Females reach 2 feet long, but males are not bigger than 1.5 inches. It lives in the mesopelagic zone (from 200 to 1000 meters under the sea) of tropical and subtropical waters.<br />It has some kind of lantern in the forehead. Other fishes are attracted by that, and then it eats them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezG73L-IfI/AAAAAAAAE68/uoa45yY6Do4/s1600-h/Footballfish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezG73L-IfI/AAAAAAAAE68/uoa45yY6Do4/s400/Footballfish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326851191001194994" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Mola mola</span><br />Reaches 1,400 kg of weight and 3 meters long. Its name comes from the Latin "mola", that means millstone. It uses to swim with its dorsal fin over the sea, so it is often mistaken for a shark. Sometimes it swims on a side, and waits the seagulls so they eat the parasites of his body.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezJLoVkJxI/AAAAAAAAE7E/dR9RjSzYe4U/s1600-h/molamola.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezJLoVkJxI/AAAAAAAAE7E/dR9RjSzYe4U/s400/molamola.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326853660916066066" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Fangtooth fish</span><br />It can live up to 16,400 feet down the sea. This fish has the largest teeth of any fish in the ocean, proportionate to its body size, that is 6 inches long.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezKXs83u6I/AAAAAAAAE7M/NN0KRV28k5M/s1600-h/fangtooth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezKXs83u6I/AAAAAAAAE7M/NN0KRV28k5M/s400/fangtooth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326854967824726946" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Grimpoteuthis</span><br />It is an octopus that lives from 3000 to 4000 meters under the sea. They are also known as "Dumbo octopuses" from the ear-like fins in the top of their head.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezMhFx6abI/AAAAAAAAE7c/x2rFCp_XkcI/s1600-h/Grimpoteuthis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 365px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezMhFx6abI/AAAAAAAAE7c/x2rFCp_XkcI/s400/Grimpoteuthis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326857328131729842" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Argyropelecus affinis</span><br /></span><span class="postbody">This fish lives in deep waters but where light still reaches, so it has very big and well developed eyes.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezTKLNJrlI/AAAAAAAAE7k/kJF6nnrs770/s1600-h/Argyropelecus+affinis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezTKLNJrlI/AAAAAAAAE7k/kJF6nnrs770/s400/Argyropelecus+affinis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326864631032557138" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Physophora hydrostatica</span><br />This is a gelatinous animal that lives in colonies. It is 8 to 12 cm long. <span id="ds-771850-tab0" class="DSItemContainer"><span class="DSItemContainer"><span class="DSValue"><span class="DSPage">It's able to regulate its density by changing the amount of gas in its float, to swim up and down. It moves at a speed of 1 feet per minute.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezUgSwhvHI/AAAAAAAAE7s/VZCWEPkKz1w/s1600-h/Physophora+hydrostatica.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SezUgSwhvHI/AAAAAAAAE7s/VZCWEPkKz1w/s400/Physophora+hydrostatica.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326866110528732274" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-7929834702632574910?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-66711530866225283422009-04-20T19:14:00.006+02:002009-04-20T19:20:27.061+02:00Country Seamless Pattern Set Vol.1I've done these Photoshop seamless patterns. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These patterns are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns </span><span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Seamless Country Pattern Set Vol. 1</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeytrYvR9sI/AAAAAAAAE50/c19gdwT712g/s1600-h/country+pattern+set+vol1+by+emma+alvarez.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeytrYvR9sI/AAAAAAAAE50/c19gdwT712g/s400/country+pattern+set+vol1+by+emma+alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326823420159194818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/119911948/Country_Seamless_Pattern_Set_1_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/119262627/Oriental_Pattern_Set_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-6671153086622528342?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-69919821417475846802009-04-16T15:30:00.001+02:002009-04-16T15:30:00.596+02:00Interesting Books For April 2009<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767932307?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=emmalvblo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0767932307">A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=emmalvblo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0767932307" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" border="0" height="1" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Authors:</span> Anthony Bourke and John Rendall.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=emmalvblo-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0767932307&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /></div><br />I knew of this story through YouTube. It was a story that moved me, and it was a surprise to see this book.<br /><br />The book is a new edition of another that appeared on 1971. Due to the big success of the YouTube video, it has been published again, and has been updated with more than 50 new photographs.<br /><br />The book tells the story of Christian, a lion that was sold as a pet but his owners decided that he was born to be free. So they took him to Africa. One year later, they traveled to Africa to visit their lion, and their reunion was really moving. Here you are the video:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cvCjyWp3rEk&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cvCjyWp3rEk&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316068047?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=emmalvblo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0316068047">The Host: A Novel</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=emmalvblo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0316068047" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" border="0" height="1" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author: </span>Stephenie Meyer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=emmalvblo-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0316068047&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></div>The famous American writer Stephenie Meyer (author of Twilight Series, New Moon and Eclipse) , has written this novel: The Host.<br /><br />The Host has become a best seller quickly. The book is about a mix of science-fi and a love story. The extraterrestrials dominated the Earth and Wanderer invaded a human body. She begins to feel emotions, hunger, fears, love... And begins a fight between the soul of the body that she has taken and herself.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-6991982141747584680?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-22533572425947095692009-04-15T19:35:00.007+02:002009-04-15T19:57:51.751+02:00Working On A Dream (Bruce Springsteen)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeYc4cHInJI/AAAAAAAAE5s/eTFJ7wEg9DA/s1600-h/bruce-springsteen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeYc4cHInJI/AAAAAAAAE5s/eTFJ7wEg9DA/s400/bruce-springsteen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324975365356559506" border="0" /></a>"Out here the nights are long, the days are lonely<br /><p>I think of you and I'm working on a dream<br />I'm working on a dream</p><p>Now the cards I've drawn's a rough hand, darling<br />I straighten the back and I'm working on a dream<br />I'm working on a dream</p><p>I'm working on a dream<br />Though sometimes it feels so far away<br />I'm working on a dream<br />And I know it will be mine someday</p><p>Rain pourin' down, I swing my hammer<br />My hands are rough from working on a dream<br />I'm working on a dream</p><p>I'm working on a dream<br />Though trouble can feel like it's here to stay<br />I'm working on a dream<br />Well our love will chase trouble away</p><p>I'm working on a dream<br />Though it can feel so far away<br />I'm working on a dream<br />And our love will make it real someday</p><p>The sun rise up, I climb the ladder<br />The new day breaks and I'm working on a dream<br />I'm working on a dream<br />I'm working on a dream<br />I'm working on a dream</p>I'm working on a dream<br />Though it can feel so far away<br />I'm working on a dream<br />And our love will make it real someday<br />I'm working on a dream<br />Though it can feel so far away<br />I'm working on a dream<br />And our love will make it real someday"<br /><br />-lyrics of the original song-<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7IAWE5ROPMM&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7IAWE5ROPMM&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This song "Working On A Dream" belongs to the latest album of Bruce Springsteen of the same name.<br />This album was recorded with the mythical E Street Band, and includes a bonus track that is the soundtrack of the movie "The Wrestler", starred by Mickey Rourke. He is also a great friend of Springsteen and asked him to do a composition for his movie.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_f63077e5-7f05-4c28-8a2b-89fcf1140856" width="336" height="280"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2Ff63077e5-7f05-4c28-8a2b-89fcf1140856&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2Ff63077e5-7f05-4c28-8a2b-89fcf1140856&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_f63077e5-7f05-4c28-8a2b-89fcf1140856" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_f63077e5-7f05-4c28-8a2b-89fcf1140856" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="336" align="middle" height="280"></embed></object> <noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Femmalvblo-20%2F8014%2Ff63077e5-7f05-4c28-8a2b-89fcf1140856&amp;Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-2253357242594709569?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-35271049494549434122009-04-14T22:31:00.004+02:002009-04-15T22:16:18.273+02:00Oriental Seamless Pattern Set Vol.2I've done these Photoshop seamless patterns. And I want to share them with you.<br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terms of use</span></span><br />These patterns are </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, as long as you follow these conditions:<br /><br />- The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns </span><span style="font-size:100%;">can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, but not the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> themselves.<br /><br />- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >You can't redistribute the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >patterns</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > without my explicit consent.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> If you want to pack them in a clipart library, cd or dvd, or anything else, ask me first.<br /><br />- You can't claim these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as yours.<br /><br />- Don't use these </span><span style="font-size:100%;">patterns</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in racist, sexist, hateful or blaspheme works.<br /><br />- You can link back and name www.emmaalvarez.com in your website or designs, but it's not required, although I will appreciate it.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oriental Pattern Set Vol. 2</span><br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s1600-h/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SeTy58FsSxI/AAAAAAAAE5k/8sQ6hAXofEw/s400/oriental+pattern+set+vol+2+by+emma+alvarez.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324647736655235858" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/119262627/Oriental_Pattern_Set_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click here to download</span></span><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/download/119262627/Oriental_Pattern_Set_Vol_2_by_emmaalvarez.zip"><br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-3527104949454943412?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-80676342222867602492009-04-09T12:55:00.000+02:002009-04-09T12:57:37.041+02:00My Article In Yareah Magazine. April 2009As you know, I usually write in Yareah Magazine, a publication of mythology, literature and art. This month the magazine is dedicated to ugliness in literature.<br /><br />You will be able to read articles about Dorian Gray, Victor Hugo's Hunckback, and many more. The artist of this month is the sculptor and painter Mark Smalley. Remember that he was interviewed here last month. <a href="http://www.emmaalvarez.com/2009/02/interview-with-sculptor-and-painter.html"> You can read it here.</a><br /><br />My article is about Mary Shelley and her Frankenstein. To read the article, <a href="http://www.yareah.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=226:mary-shelley-and-her-frankenstein-mary-shelley-y-su-frankenstein&amp;catid=75:6-literature-literatura&amp;Itemid=80">go here.<br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yareah.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=226:mary-shelley-and-her-frankenstein-mary-shelley-y-su-frankenstein&amp;catid=75:6-literature-literatura&amp;Itemid=80"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Z7VYcC8u4c/SdugHU6ueMI/AAAAAAAAE5c/05ue4WeCadw/s400/yareah+frankenstein.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322023432402925762" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-8067634222286760249?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341177890780444238.post-46080905572935137962009-04-07T19:23:00.007+02:002009-04-07T21:29:33.294+02:00Interesting Movie Releases For April 2009<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dragon Ball Evolution</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Director:</span> James Wong<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Starring:</span> Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura, Joon Park, Chow Yun-Fat, Texas Battle, Randall Duk Kim, Ernie Hudson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Genre:</span> Action<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Plot: </span>Based on the work of the popular manga creator Akira Toriyama. The success of Dragon Ball was enormous. The TV series was seen by millions of fans from all over the globe, and the video games were also top sellers.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Son Goku is a young warrior that is searching for the seven magical orbs of the Dragon that will give him unlimited power.<br /><br />The protagonist (Son Goku) is the actor that played the part of the son of Tom Cruise in "War of the Worlds".<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RFi782YYrsQ&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RFi782YYrsQ&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">State Of Play</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director:</span> Kevin Macdonald<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Screenwriter:</span> Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Starring:</span> Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Helen Mirren<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Genre:</span> Thriller<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot: </span>The movie is based on a series of the BBC. Several reporters investigate to solve the assassination of the lover of a congressman. A politic thriller movie.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ME87tEX9Qw&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ME87tEX9Qw&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Obsessed</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director:</span> Steve Shill<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenwriter:</span> David Loughery<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Starring:</span> Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter, Bruce McGill, Jerry O'Connell, Christine Lahti<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre:</span> Thriller, Drama.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plot:</span> A successful business executive begins to be stalked by a temp worker. All what he's got during years of effort (a good life, family, his job) is in danger.<br />The singer Beyonce is the wife of the executive.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Si_82F8-JY&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Si_82F8-JY&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4341177890780444238-4608090557293513796?l=www.emmaalvarez.com'/></div>Emma Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296177662378246680noreply@blogger.com0