The Unseen Sea

I never realized how much waves and clouds have in common until I saw this video of an "Undulates Aspiratus " cloud formation. (It looks like an ocean wave viewed from under the water.

Mike Olbinski bills himself as 'just your typical storm-chasing wedding photographer,' but his short video Undulatus Aspiratus Sunset is amazing, and inspired me to try and paint some clouds.

Photographer Ray Collins captures waves like you’ve never seen them before, and here's a short video about his process.

Filmmaker Simon Christen's The Unseen Sea is also an amazing time-lapse study of clouds and sky, and his remarkable video titled Adrift captures the misty San Francisco shoreline…

Here's a collection of more time-lapse footage that didn't make it into either of his previously-mentioned films.

All of this incredible photography inspired me to try a little time-lapse project myself…

I think I may have just accidentally drawn Wavy Gravy!

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“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
–Rabindranath Tagore

1. Need to add world-class music to your next video project? Check out: AudioBlocks, ArtList, PremiumBeat, and MusicBed.

2. Stop using your phone to take pics of old snapshots and try this: Free Google app turns old photo prints into glare-free digital images.

3. Print your own clouds with this helium bubble cloud printer. Here's another one. More info on cloud prints.

4. The 'Floating Man' Mystery That Briefly Haunted Southeast England.

5. There's a lot of weird stuff that goes on in a drop of water if you look close enough.

"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans."
–Kahlil Gibran

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"As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of love."
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Until next week…

I'll leave you with this short video of slow motion waves, filmed with an iPhone by filmmaker Ryan Pernofski. (I found it while 'surfing' the internet. ;-) Cheers!

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Hi. I’m D.E.Uhlig. I’m an artist, author, husband and father.

For as long as I can remember, I have loved to draw. Years ago I gave my wife a hand-drawn card for our anniversary, and she loved it so much she made me promise to ALWAYS hand-draw her cards. Then our three kids made me promise to do the same with their birthday cards. And when I posted some of my drawings online, people began asking how they could purchase my work—so I created this newsletter. I believe in something I like to call “The Happiness of Art” and I hope it makes you smile.

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D.E.Uhlig is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in numerous publications including the Kansas City Star, Christian Science Monitor, University Daily Kansan, Editorial Humor Magazine, and World Policy Journal. Commercial illustration and design clients over the years have included Samsung, Sprint, and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, among others—and his Starbucks RedCup illustrations have been featured on the company's Pinterest and Facebook pages. In 1989, Mr. Uhlig co-founded Uhlig LLC, a leading provider of cross-media publishing and communication services in industries ranging from residential housing to book publishing to cancer care. Mr. Uhlig is married with three children and resides in Kansas City. He is currently working on children’s books, ebooks and apps.

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