Elliott C. Back: In Aere Aedificare

Custom iPhone Paint Job

Posted in Graphics, Art, iPod, iPod Shuffle, iPhone by Elliott Back on March 29th, 2008.

If you’ve ever thought about getting a Pink iPhone for yourself, look no further than Colorware PC, who will let you pick out a custom paint job for your iPhone in the colors you want. For example, a classic AdSense like blue/green/white job looks like this:

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The cost? Just $200 and 2-3 weeks of processing time, plus additional time to ship it there and back. Looking at their gallery of samples, the painting appears extremely high quality, precise, and on-color. They even off pantone matching for those colors you absolutely need to have. Behind the scenes, they use a custom UV resistant plastic coating they call “X2″ and (probably) paint robots to precisely paint your device.

They also can paint notebooks, macbooks, iPods, PC computers, the Sony PSP, your blackberry, an xBox or PS3, and a host of other commercial products.

Action Figure Macro Photos

Posted in Art, Games, Photo by Elliott Back on October 16th, 2006.

Flickr user Edward Lee has a fabulous collection of macro photographs of his action figure collection. Here’s a sample:

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Swarthmore Rose Garden

Posted in Art by Elliott Back on September 21st, 2006.

I had the chance to see some roses at Swarthmore, and got this stunning photograph:

Pink Swarthmore Rose

Unfortunately I cannot convey the beauty of the garden, the aroma of the roses and plants, nor the delicate flavour of the person who showed it to me…

Victoria’s Secret Model Event

Posted in Art by Elliott Back on September 21st, 2006.

There was a Victoria’s Secret model even in NYC that I dropped by a few days ago, where the models signed glossies for all their fans. I don’t feel particularly well-connected to that sphere of life and interest, but I found Selita Ebanks to be very personable. Interestingly, a couple of them were chatting each other up in Italian…

Victoria's Secret Girls

My Eye (Again)

Posted in Art by Elliott Back on September 21st, 2006.
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