I made a few changes to the comments - you are now free to leave a comment without having to log into blogger or have a google/blogger id. I had no idea it was set this way until someone told me they'd forgotten their password. That being said, I did set them to moderated. You never know who might get a wild hair up you know where and post something inappropriate.
So, if you don't see your comment right away, it just means I haven't made it over here in a few days.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Self Portrait
I've been working on a new logo for my Etsy store. I haven't put anything for sale on there in quite a while, but very soon I'm hoping to get new stuff listed. I wanted something bigger (bigger is allowed now!) and more reflective of my art. Oh yeah, and a chance to play with my Intuos tablet a tad more ;)
Turns out, this is way too big to look reasonable on Etsy, but I really like it anyhow. I used a vintage picture from my collection and various "art media" in Painter.
Turns out, this is way too big to look reasonable on Etsy, but I really like it anyhow. I used a vintage picture from my collection and various "art media" in Painter.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
One more digital collage
This one looks a lot more like my regular mixed media pieces ...and yet, it too is digital !
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Digital Collage
Today I got a new Wacom Intuos tablet. My old one wouldn't work on my new computer due to it having a serial connection (if that tells you anything...I had it for a long time !!). I've started playing with some of my own digital photography, vintage scans, and the brushes that come with Painter Essentials. It's always good for a creative fix to use it when you're sick of cleaning brushes, cutting things out and the inevitable cleaning up that I dread.
The text on this means "be always on the move".
Friday, February 9, 2007
Valentine's Candy
Today I got some of those candy hearts- they seemed to have serious printing issues and I think only 2 or 3 actually were legible. So, I made my own on the computer :
Here's a site to go make your own Acme Heart Maker
I have some great heart shaped Altoid tins with the paint burnt off that I think I'll be working on this weekend.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
if only I could return to India
Today an Indian recruiter called me for a job (at the place where I already work - this happens all the time, I don't understand why recruiters can't seem to actually READ the resume's they have before calling you). I let him ramble on because I just wanted to hear him talk....
let me explain...
a few years ago I worked at a company and built a whole team of people in India from no one to over 225 people in less than two years. Since I'd had the team from the beginning and being that I love to learn about other cultures, my relationship with the managers there grew to be personal enough that we'd send packages, birthday greetings, and such. I was thrilled to actually be able to go there to train them on new project management software in person. I got to see the "real India" - their homes, meet their family's, be taken sight seeing. Then, I sadly became one of those stories you read about where someone grows a team and trains them and then gets laid off. Worked myself right out of a job. The ironic part is that the company was too stupid to figure out where the teams loyalty was after all that time - 9 of the 11 managers had left w/in six months of them letting me go. I still email and talk to a few of them - it's always wonderful when they call me.
I very much miss India. I loved it there and if it weren't for my kids, I probably would have stayed there much longer.
You've never had a mango until you've had one in India during mango season...fresh mango juice for breakfast every day for nearly a month- yummmm.
and with that, I'm adding my India-inspired art which was also published in Somerset Studio(the background is from one of the papers I'd read every day with breakfast, there's an actual stamp one of my team members saved for me, and part of my customs slip too).
let me explain...
a few years ago I worked at a company and built a whole team of people in India from no one to over 225 people in less than two years. Since I'd had the team from the beginning and being that I love to learn about other cultures, my relationship with the managers there grew to be personal enough that we'd send packages, birthday greetings, and such. I was thrilled to actually be able to go there to train them on new project management software in person. I got to see the "real India" - their homes, meet their family's, be taken sight seeing. Then, I sadly became one of those stories you read about where someone grows a team and trains them and then gets laid off. Worked myself right out of a job. The ironic part is that the company was too stupid to figure out where the teams loyalty was after all that time - 9 of the 11 managers had left w/in six months of them letting me go. I still email and talk to a few of them - it's always wonderful when they call me.
I very much miss India. I loved it there and if it weren't for my kids, I probably would have stayed there much longer.
You've never had a mango until you've had one in India during mango season...fresh mango juice for breakfast every day for nearly a month- yummmm.
and with that, I'm adding my India-inspired art which was also published in Somerset Studio(the background is from one of the papers I'd read every day with breakfast, there's an actual stamp one of my team members saved for me, and part of my customs slip too).
AJC - Debby's Pink
Artistic Journey in Color continues...
I finished Debby's Pink page for her Pink and Orange Journal since I had to take today off from work. I'm really pleased with how the page came out - almost exactly what I had in my head. I need more doll arm images! The page is actually slightly bigger than it shows, but it won't all fit on my scanner.
It has many, many layers for the background including paint and alcohol inks....so you can see them, I'm posting a closeup as well.
Now I just need to work on the Orange page.....
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