Tuesday ramble
Mar. 16th, 2004 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenmillionGot the paperwork for two new artists for Portrait Adoption and set them up. Yay!
Had no ink, so I couldn't print anything on the good printer, but I was able to slap together nine font/logo options for Dr DeRamus last night and get them delivered to him this morning. The 'bad' printer really isn't so bad on good inkjet paper. Not print quality, but there aren't any gross dots and it doesn't look cheap.
Got payment yesterday for a print service I'd all but given up on, so that was nice!
Back hurts so bad today I'm ready to cry. We went swimming last night and I must have twisted wrong or something. It's sharp, nervy pain down my right side. Sitting is uncomfortable. I'm going to go for a slow, easy walk tonight and sit on the heating pad or some ice for a while. Maybe one and then the other. I should probably be icing now, but that means walking downstairs.
I'm sending the largest PayPal request I've ever sent. Wow. It's really very daunting. But it will be *such* a needed influx for the business. I can more than cover all current purchases, including the buckets of ink I just ordered *and* order the paper I need *and* purchase a goodly amount of advertising with it. That'll be very good timing as we get more Portrait Adoption work up. (Two new designs and a new artist up, btw!) Since March is traditionally the Dead Month at EMG, this is going to blow all my statistics...
Need to work on Epitome article today. Shall drop a line to Socar making sure I'm not holding her up; this could *easily* be broken into a two-part article and I can get a first part out today.
Would also like to start on a bandwidth article for Woodworks, but the day is looking pretty full of work stuff.
And I've got so many great designs to get up at EMG... Oy! It never ends. :)
And Tuesday means wombats!!
EDIT: My webpage is down! Argh! And I was just feeling all warm and fuzzy towards my host.
Had no ink, so I couldn't print anything on the good printer, but I was able to slap together nine font/logo options for Dr DeRamus last night and get them delivered to him this morning. The 'bad' printer really isn't so bad on good inkjet paper. Not print quality, but there aren't any gross dots and it doesn't look cheap.
Got payment yesterday for a print service I'd all but given up on, so that was nice!
Back hurts so bad today I'm ready to cry. We went swimming last night and I must have twisted wrong or something. It's sharp, nervy pain down my right side. Sitting is uncomfortable. I'm going to go for a slow, easy walk tonight and sit on the heating pad or some ice for a while. Maybe one and then the other. I should probably be icing now, but that means walking downstairs.
I'm sending the largest PayPal request I've ever sent. Wow. It's really very daunting. But it will be *such* a needed influx for the business. I can more than cover all current purchases, including the buckets of ink I just ordered *and* order the paper I need *and* purchase a goodly amount of advertising with it. That'll be very good timing as we get more Portrait Adoption work up. (Two new designs and a new artist up, btw!) Since March is traditionally the Dead Month at EMG, this is going to blow all my statistics...
Need to work on Epitome article today. Shall drop a line to Socar making sure I'm not holding her up; this could *easily* be broken into a two-part article and I can get a first part out today.
Would also like to start on a bandwidth article for Woodworks, but the day is looking pretty full of work stuff.
And I've got so many great designs to get up at EMG... Oy! It never ends. :)
And Tuesday means wombats!!
EDIT: My webpage is down! Argh! And I was just feeling all warm and fuzzy towards my host.
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Date: 2004-03-16 01:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-16 02:58 pm (UTC)if I were to make a conscious effort to improve my art with an eye toward hopefully being an EMG artist eventually, what would you recommend I work on the most? People, critters, architecture, color, b&w, backgrounds... more along the lines of what would you like to see more of at EMG, rather than a request for a critique. ;)
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Date: 2004-03-16 04:03 pm (UTC)Dragons and Unicorns and Fairies are the big three. Things that combine various 'collectable' themes like music or romance and the above mentioned creatures (Sonata has been an instant hit). Things that people might use for wedding cards/stationery. Funny and cute things. Unusual takes on traditional things.
Those're the themes, and I'd say that techniques to focus on revolve around that in a big way. Convincing anatomy is a must. Expressiveness is a must. Catchy humor that doesn't sacrifice technical accuracy is a big plus. In any media, work that is clean, without sketchy bits or hesitant areas, where the whole pictures shows attention to detail. The biggest thing is that you have to look at it and not think 'what a nice sketch' or 'what a great start.' It should strike you as a piece, never a piece-in-progress.
Compositionally, look at the big picture! These pieces have to look good at a glance, or they won't sell.
Things that *really* dress up a piece that are worth some practice: good knotwork. Convincing shiny bits. A frame... think art neauvou (I don't think I spelled that right...). Good lighting. Pretty hair, manes and/or wings. Drapery.
Um, okay. That's a lot of stuff! Hope it helped.
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Date: 2004-03-16 04:34 pm (UTC)I like to draw so many different things, that if I had to pick just one thing or a few things to concentrate on myself, I wouldn't know where to begin.
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Date: 2004-03-16 05:06 pm (UTC)Manifestly I must start nagging a certain nameless someone to SUBMIT.
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Date: 2004-03-17 03:13 am (UTC)