What is a Bitmap Image!

In computer graphics, a bitmap or pixmap is a type of memory organization or image file format used to store digital images. The term bitmap comes from the computer programming terminology, meaning just a map of bits, a spatially mapped array of bits. Now, along with pixmap, it commonly refers to the similar concept of a spatially mapped array of pixels. Raster images in general may be referred to as bitmaps or pixmaps, whether synthetic or photographic, in files or memory.

In certain contexts, the term bitmap implies one bit per pixel, while pixmap is used for images with multiple bits per pixel.

Many graphical user interfaces use bitmaps in their built-in graphics subsystems for example, the Microsoft Windows and OS/2 platforms' GDI subsystem, where the specific format used is the Windows and OS/2 bitmap file format, usually named with the file extension of .BMP. Besides BMP, other file formats that store literal bitmaps include InterLeaved Bitmap, Portable Bitmap, X Bitmap, and Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap. Similarly, most other image file formats, such as JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and GIF, also store bitmap images as opposed to vector graphics, but they are not usually referred to as bitmaps, since they use compressed formats internally.

What a Pixel is!

In digital imaging, a pixel is a single point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable screen element in a display device; it is the smallest unit of picture that can be represented or controlled. Each pixel has its own address. The address of a pixel corresponds to its coordinates. Pixels are normally arranged in a two-dimensional grid, and are often represented using dots or squares. Each pixel is a sample of an original image; more samples typically provide more accurate representations of the original. The intensity of each pixel is variable. In color image systems, a color is typically represented by three or four component intensities such as red, green, and blue, or cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.

In some contexts (such as descriptions of camera sensors), the term pixel is used to refer to a single scalar element of a multi-component representation chroma subsampling, the multi-component concept of a pixel can become difficult to apply, since the intensity measures for the different color components correspond to different spatial areas in a such a representation. while in others the term may refer to the entire set of such component intensities for a spatial position. In color systems that use

The word pixel is based on a contraction of pix.

 How i have used photoshop in my work is that i have used the brush tool mainly to manipulate where i want the light source to come from and where the shodow will be. I have you the warp tool as well to make the shadows appear bigger in certain place's.

Then too the paint tool i used this to make my creature be the colours that is. Then i used the flip tool to flip my one tree around so it was easy for me to use these tool's because of the shortcuts drew showed us.

My Final Blog

My final piece was implemented just as i wanted it to be, there was a strange colour on the bear-bull that i wanted from the start. I had stated on my first blog that i had a idea for the bear and bull to be half and half...
This took many attempts but i kept at it trial and error then i found a siluotte that i liked. Next i had to implement this into photoshop which then took many attempts too but having all these attempts has made me have a more refined final piece. Once the siluotte was done and complete i put the muscle groups in and this was hard trying to mix the bull's huge butt with the small sort of neck that the bear has. This was eventually resolved, then it was down to me to put the detail in and then decide what colour's i wanted my creation to be i decide early on that i wanted it blue of some sort to represent that it lived in cold area's and reigions of the world. Then to glowing purple came along and it was ugly but then later decide to tone it down and then make a blended purple and blue creature. Then came to creating the scenery there is a blog about that so i wont go into detail but yeah see that blog for all the infomation on why i choose that and why it would benefit my creature. Here is the final piece.

More More Research!

The grizzly bear also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America. This subspecies is thought to descend from Ussuri brown bears which crossed to Alaska from eastern Russia 100,000 years ago, though they did not move south until 13,000 years ago.

Grizzlies are normally solitary, active animals, but in coastal areas, the grizzly congregates alongside streams, lakes, rivers, and ponds during the salmon spawn. Every other year, females produce one to four young commonly two which are small and weigh only about 500 grams. A female bear is protective of her offspring and will attack if she thinks she or her cubs are threatened or endangered in anyway.

The word "grizzly" in its name refers to grizzled or grey hairs in its fur. Brown bears are found in Asia, Europe and North America giving them one of the widest ranges of bear species. The ancestors of the grizzly bear originated in Eurasia and traveled to North America approximately 50,000 years ago. This is a very recent event in evolutionary time, causing the North American grizzly bear to be very similar to the brown bears inhabiting Europe and Asia.

More Research!

Here is more research. When research is needed it will be done. Here is research about bulls there will be a later post about Bears research!

The female counterpart to a bull is a cow, while a male of the species which has been castrated is a steer, ox or bullock, although in North America this last term refers to a young bull, and in Australia to a draught animal. Usage of these terms varies considerably with area and dialect. Colloquially, people unfamiliar with cattle may refer to both castrated and intact animals as "bulls".

A wild, young, unmarked bull is known as a micky in Australia. Improper or late castration on a bull results in it becoming a coarse steer, also known as a stag in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In some countries an incompletely castrated male is known also as a rig or ridgling.

The word "bull" also means the males of other bovines, including bison and water buffalo as well as many other species of large animals including elephants, camels, elk, moose, and whales.

Wild cattle, including bulls, live in grasslands. They are herbivores and primarily eat grass. Today most cattle are domestic, and they live in pastures. Feedlots that deliver grains grown elsewhere to cattle to increase the productivity of cattle production are increasing. Bulls are also used to describe adult males of a variety of species, including elephant bulls, seal bulls. 

Now for some new picture's the skeleton one is what i based my bull's part of my quadtraped on.

 

Leading Up To My Final Piece

Leading up to my final piece i had to make an descion, the descion i had to make was what action pose i wanted my Quadraped to be in. I had decided from very early on i wanted it to be a snow based background where there was a few snow topped tree's. I consulted drew on my idea he thought it was a good idea but i had to back my idea's up, and here is how i did it...

These are some of the type's of scenery i was aiming for i think i hit the middle ground with my final project because it was all right but i couldnt get the foot prints to shiow as i wanted but to be honest it was better than i ever expected. there is now some dialog on why i choose this scenery....

I Choose the snowy woodland because one of my two merged creature’s already lived there and the other one of my two creatures would be able to acclimatise easily. They both have lots of fat so the cold would not effect there well being at all.

There feeding would be effect because there is grass and tree for the bull and bears they eat mainly salmon from the near by river’s…

All in all I think my creature would be fine in its surroundings and live a normal life…

Now to show my final scenery piece... 

09/05/11

The female counterpart to a bull is a cow, while a male of the species which has been castrated is a steer, oxor bullock, although in North America this last term refers to a young bull, and in Australia to a draught animal. Usage of these terms varies considerably with area and dialect. Colloquially, people unfamiliar with cattle may refer to both castrated and intact animals as "bulls".

A wild, young, unmarked bull is known as a micky in Australia. Improper or late castration on a bull results in it becoming a coarse steer, also known as a stag in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In some countries an incompletely castrated male is known also as a rig or ridgling.

The word "bull" also denotes the males of other bovines, including bison and water buffalo as well as many other species of large animals including elephants, camels, elk, moose, and whales.

Bulls are much more muscular than cows, with thicker bones, larger feet, a very muscular neck, and a large, bony head with protective ridges over the eyes. These features assist bulls in fighting for domination over a herd, giving the winner superior access to cows for reproduction. The hair is generally shorter on the body, but on the neck and head there is often a "mane" of curlier, wooly hair. Bulls are usually about the same height as cows or a little taller, but because of the additional muscle and bone they often weigh far more.

In horned cattle the horns of bulls tend to be thicker and somewhat shorter than those of cows, and in many breeds they curve outwards in a flat arc rather than upwards in a lyre shape. It is not true, as is commonly believed, that bulls have horns and cows do not: the presence of horns depends on the breed, or in horned breeds on whether the horns have been disbudded (conversely, in many breeds of sheep it is indeed only the males which have horns).

Castrated male cattle are physically similar to females in build and horn shape, although if allowed to reach maturity they may be considerably taller than either bulls or cows, with heavily muscled shoulders (but not necks).

The female counterpart to a bull is a cow, while a male of the species which has been castrated is a steer, oxor bullock, although in North America this last term refers to a young bull, and in Australia to a draught animal. Usage of these terms varies considerably with area and dialect. Colloquially, people unfamiliar with cattle may refer to both castrated and intact animals as "bulls".

A wild, young, unmarked bull is known as a micky in Australia. Improper or late castration on a bull results in it becoming a coarse steer, also known as a stag in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In some countries an incompletely castrated male is known also as a rig or ridgling.

The word "bull" also denotes the males of other bovines, including bison and water buffalo as well as many other species of large animals including elephants, camels, elk, moose, and whales.

Bulls are much more muscular than cows, with thicker bones, larger feet, a very muscular neck, and a large, bony head with protective ridges over the eyes. These features assist bulls in fighting for domination over a herd, giving the winner superior access to cows for reproduction. The hair is generally shorter on the body, but on the neck and head there is often a "mane" of curlier, wooly hair. Bulls are usually about the same height as cows or a little taller, but because of the additional muscle and bone they often weigh far more.

In horned cattle the horns of bulls tend to be thicker and somewhat shorter than those of cows, and in many breeds they curve outwards in a flat arc rather than upwards in a lyre shape. It is not true, as is commonly believed, that bulls have horns and cows do not: the presence of horns depends on the breed, or in horned breeds on whether the horns have been disbudded (conversely, in many breeds of sheep it is indeed only the males which have horns).

Castrated male cattle are physically similar to females in build and horn shape, although if allowed to reach maturity they may be considerably taller than either bulls or cows, with heavily muscled shoulders (but not necks). 

 Just some research on the highland cow and bull.

 Thanks for reading this. This is the first i done in a few eek will be aiming to get more up more often.

A Few piece's of work from today!

 So today we was set the task to do more research and do a skeleton form of your creation. Here's Some primary research.

 

 Now here is some text i wrote up.
On the bear there is some much fat between the bones and the outer side of the the bear. The bull is kind of the same but has less than the bear. All of this gap is fat and muscle. Its to keep the bear warm and on the bull it is for its strength when charging at each other. Now for some pic's ive drawn.