15 September 2011

Life of Art SitRep #84 ROYGBIV take two

Every week, I work towards creating a life of art for myself. This is the zigzag filled journey.

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

  • Shot 36 photographs: creek, mandevilla.

  • Made Rainbow Polka Dots on Black image, wrote a description for it, and created its product line:
    Rainbow Polka Dots on Black mug
    Rainbow Polka Dots on Black keychain
    Rainbow Polka Dots on Black t-shirt

  • Made Rainbow Polka Dots on White tie, skateboard:
    Rainbow Polka Dots on White skateboardRainbow Polka Dots on White tie

  • Revised Rainbow Polka Dots on White description to include transparency and how to change BG instructions and updated products.

  • Watched "Taking Care of Business with Tamara Lackey" Creative Live workshop. So great! Bought it. Several things I need to hear over.

  • Made my 50% for 50-for-50. donation on behalf of Rocklawn Arts. My donation put the total over $59,000 which was surprisingly satisfying. Colleen Wainwright aka the communicatrix raised over $60,000 (not including some possible matching grants) for the nonprofit WriteGirl.

    Amazing. What a way to turn 50! Happy (extended) Birthday, Colleen!

    Not sure what I'm doing for mine on Monday, but the 50-for-50 experience has made me reconsider how I feel about it and what I expect from it.

  • Took off the 50% for 50-for-50 store intro and put the old one back up.

  • Repurposed 50% for 50-for-50 bit on Rocklawn Arts lens, deleted outdated coupon codes there and on American Southwest scenes lens.

  • Discovered that I need to check the related designs part of my descriptions on *all* of my designs. sigh. Some of them aren't showing up. Image links changed it seems. Probably due to the recent print/poster overhaul. Argh.

    Started going through links file and correcting blank links. Much more work to go. Now this is something I wish I had an intern for.

  • Finally revised print description add-on and updated all 66 poster descriptions in my store with it.

  • Took 50-for-50 promotion info off store links in blogs.

  • Renamed photo files in 3 folders.

  • Watched "Border Breakout in Photoshop CS4 and CS5," "Adding and Manlipulating Layer Styles," "Split Toning Images in Camera Raw," "How To Naturally Extend A Canvas" Photoshop tutorials.

  • Finished reading Popular Photography Aug. 2011 issue.


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    How are your pursuits going?


    A year ago on TTaT: On the road with construction

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