Life of Art SitRep #34: the unfinished week

Every week, I work towards creating a life of art for myself. This is the journey, full of zigs and zags that are collectively, thankfully, progress.

Play along in the comments with your own pursuits if you'd like. (That's where I cheer you on.)

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This week, I

• Shot 176 photographs and 8 videos: tree cutters, spontaneous portraits, and bubbles!
• Finally stopped finding reasons to dissuade myself from entering the September Popular Photography contest: make a great nature photo using a compact camera. Picked 24 contenders and narrowed the group to 8, 6, then 5. Finished editing and preparing the final five photographs and emailed my submission. Full size versions are ready for my shop, but since contest photos can't be commercial, I need to wait until judging ends in a few weeks before I can use any of them.
• Tweeted, FB'd, blogged card sale:

  Stock up on blank cards or add your own birthday, holiday, thank you, or special occasion greetings.
  
  50% off all customizable cards in my shop until October 3, 2010 at 11:59pm PT.
  
  Use coupon code: HAPPYDOGWEEK

  
  Desert Wave by RocklawnArts
  More Desert wave Cards
• Blogged and tweeted binder sale:

  This fall, get $9 off Custom Avery Binders from my shop.
  
  • Full-color, photo-quality printing
  • All binders customizable
  • No minimum order quantity
  • Three ring sizes: 1", 1.5", and 2"
  • 100% satisfaction guaranteed
  • Made in the USA
  
  Use code: AVERYCUSTOM1
  Offer is valid until December 31, 2010 at 11:59pm PT.

• Submitted Rocklawn Arts zazzle shop info to 3 forum threads for product/store promotion.
• Joined Squidoo to promote Rocklawn Arts. Totally have the feeling that I should've done this a long time ago. Ah well, onward.
• Added Rocklawn Arts zazzle shop link to a squidoo lens. Also voted for it to move it up in rank.
• Watched video intro tour to using Squidoo. Made some headway on 1st lens.*
• Watched "Saturate Your Images Naturally" photoshop tutorial.
• Rewatched how to copyright photos photoshop/bridge tutorial. Created 3 copyright templates in Bridge.
• Finished reading August Popular Photography.
• Worked on 1951 Pontiac hood ornament shot.*
• Worked on new profile pic. Background is too busy even in black and white. Grr.*
• Worked on snow covered treetop photograph.*
• Drew 2 sketches.
• Blogged Western Auto product line.
• Tweeted, FB'd Western Auto folder link.

*Not at all done these things. For the time invested, well, I hoped I'd have more to show for it. Some of this is learning time. Learning is good, I just want it to be faster.

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How are your pursuits going?


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