Life of Art SitRep #277 Geometrics

Huzzah! The time consuming monogram templates are finished. Hopefully the pace of things will pick up from here. Though now I think about it any design where I have to change the monogram color will be a bit mind numbing. Still faster than this week though. I'll take it!

Created another small batch of Black Stripes And Chevrons With Monogram On White products. The rest will be coming soon now I've finished the templates.

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Greeting Card by RocklawnArts
Look at Stripes Cards online at Zazzle.com

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Sleeves For iPads by RocklawnArts
Browse more Stripes iPad Sleeves

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Binders by RocklawnArts
Design your own vinyl 3 ring binder on zazzle

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Ringer Coffee Mug by RocklawnArts
See more Stripes Mugs

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Bicycle Playing Cards by RocklawnArts
Make Custom Playing Cards designs online at Zazzle

Also started adding design variation Black Equal Sign Geometric Pattern on White to some products:

Black Equal Sign Geometric Pattern on White Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Look at more Black and white Casemate Cases at zazzle

Black Equal Sign Geometric Pattern on White Carved® Cherry iPhone 6 Plus Bumper Case by RocklawnArts
See more Black and white Wood Cases

Black Equal Sign Geometric Pattern on White Grocery Bags by RocklawnArts
See another reusable grocery bag online at zazzle.com

Black Equal Sign Geometric Pattern on White Maple Wood Coaster by RocklawnArts
Find more Black and white Wood Coasters at Zazzle

Black Equal Sign Geometric Pattern on White Tyvek® Billfold Wallet by RocklawnArts
Find more Tyvek ® Wallets

Created Stylish iPhone 6 Plus Wood Cases and Striking Samsung Galaxy S6 Photo Cases collections.

Stylish iPhone 6 Plus Wood Cases
by Claire E. Skinner

Striking Samsung Galaxy S6 Photo Cases
by Claire E. Skinner

Rocklawn Arts blogged Gay Pride Rainbow Swag and Stylish iPhone 6 Plus Wood Cases.

Updated links file.

Made accent pillow templates.

Weeded out some old iPad templates.

Watched a video class beta version through a mailing list I'm on.

How was your week?


A year ago on TTaT: Fractional Storytelling #14

Chu's Day at the Beach

38. Chu's Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I loved the art in this book and enjoyed the story which had a cool twist.

Highly recommended if you've got little ones or enjoy beautiful, fun illustrations.

Chu's Day is the first book in the series and there's also Chu's First Day of School (enjoyed the former, haven't read the latter).


A year ago on TTaT: Life of Art SitRep #224 Put a Ring on it!

Life of Art SitRep #276 Stripes and Chevrons en route!

This week I worked in a different room. Couldn't say I was more productive but it definitely had a different feel. It provided a separate area for work which made it easier (for good or bad) to shut off. May need to explore that further once I find some more space.

Got my ailing computer up and running for a bit to prepare some designs.

Started creating some new template sets, more time consuming than usual with the addition of customizable monograms.

Added my new design Black Stripes And Chevrons With Monogram On White (yeah, that's a mouthful) to my first batch of new templates. More to come!

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Carved® Cherry iPhone 6 Plus Bumper by RocklawnArts
More Monogram Wood Cases

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Barely There iPhone 6 Case by RocklawnArts
Check out more Zazzle iPhone 6 Cases

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Swivel USB 3.0 Flash Drive by RocklawnArts
View more Monogram USB Flash Drives

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Reusable Grocery Bag by RocklawnArts
Shop for additional market totes

Black Stripes and Chevrons with Monogram on White Billfold Wallet by RocklawnArts
Find more Monogram Tyvek® Wallets at Zazzle

Black Stripes and Chevrons on White Satin Ribbon by RocklawnArts
Check out other Stripes Ribbon at zazzle.com

Rocklawn Arts blogged Geometric Rainbow Pattern LGBT Pride T-shirts and Rainbow Geometric Pattern LGBT Pride Stickers.

How was your week?


Two years ago on TTaT: Fractional Storytelling #8

Words Without Music: A Memoir

34.Words Without Music: A Memoir by Philip Glass

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Thoroughly enjoyable memoir by composer Philip Glass. Highly recommended for music and art fans, musicians, artists, and those who enjoy stories set during WWII, the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond.

Creative, intellectual, well-traveled, open to the search. Well worth reading.


Two years ago on TTaT: Life of Art SitRep #171 I can do this, right?

Life of Art SitRep #275 More Cases and Wine Totes

Started the week off with a lovely visit to an art museum that's been expanded with beautiful architecture.

Shot 167 photographs.

Finished adding my designs and photographs to the new Wine Totes and Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases. Huzzah!

Red, White, Black Diamond Pattern Wine Bags by RocklawnArts
Inspect more Wine Bags

Purple and White Zigzag Wine Bags by RocklawnArts
See other Purple Wine Totes at zazzle

Puffy Clouds On Blue Sky Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Look at Protective Casemate Cases online at Zazzle.com

Red Linen Texture Photo with Monogram Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Browse Protective Casemate Cases

Golden Fountain Water 2 Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Look at another Samsung Galaxy S6 Case from Zazzle

Rocklawn Arts blogged New Wine Totes at Rocklawn Arts! and New Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases at Rocklawn Arts!

Worked on versions of a couple patterns.

Curated Black and White Equal Sign Pattern Stationery collection:

Black and White Equal Sign Pattern Stationery
by Claire E. Skinner

How was your week?


Two years ago on TTaT: Fractional Storytelling #3

Dusk Sighting

When you find yourself saying, "It's as big as a turkey," about the massive bird perched 75 feet up a tree, it's because it's actually a turkey. I'd seen them fly a few feet off the ground before, but this was legit high flying. It's wingspan was massive.


A year ago on TTaT: Life of Art SitRep #170 Forgiveness or Permission

Life of Art SitRep #274 Oh, the possibilities

Some kinks I've been struggling with the past few weeks resolved themselves, at least for the moment, so I was able to finish adding my new design, White on Black Geometric Equal Sign Pattern, to my shop:

White on Black Geometric Equal Sign Pattern –Small Postage by RocklawnArts
Create your own custom stamps online at Zazzle.

White on Black Geometric Equal Sign Pattern Perfect Poster by RocklawnArts
See more Black and white Posters

White on Black Geometric Equal Sign Pattern Throw Pillows by RocklawnArts
Find more Black and white Pillows at Zazzle

White on Black Geometric Equal Sign Pattern iPad Covers by RocklawnArts
Browse Black and white DODOcases

Rocklawn Arts blogged White on Black Geometric Equal Sign Pattern

Shot ~37 photographs.

Added my designs to more Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases and Wine Totes:

Royal Blue and White Checkered Pattern Wine Bags by RocklawnArts
See other Royal blue Wine Totes at zazzle

Black and White Zigzag Wine Bags by RocklawnArts
Examine some Wine Bags at Zazzle

Red and White Gingham Pattern Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Look at more Protective Casemate Cases at zazzle

Black and White Meander Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Seek more Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases at Zazzle

Updated links and LOA files.

Learned about new collections on Zazzle and created 4. (Actually I learned something cool just now, you can format the bloggable content a few different ways, neat!):

Purple Geometric Gift Wrap Supplies
by Claire E. Skinner

Geometric Rainbow Pattern LGBT Pride T-shirts
by Claire E. Skinner

Rainbow Geometric Pattern LGBT Pride Stickers
by Claire E. Skinner

Gay Pride Rainbow Swag
by Claire E. Skinner

I will curate more collections, likely many more so each page is a focused grouping. Naming them all will likely become a challenge. Lots of possibilities and a really nice way to showcase my artwork offerings.

Watched Architectural Photography: Stay Focused with Doug McKinlay video.

How was your week?


Two years ago on TTaT: So...

Tiny Sheep!

Tonight's sighting: at least 22 tiny sheep dashing en masse to and fro, charging up a pile of dirt to play king of the mountain as part of their circuit. It was the best.

I really like the tiny black sheep. Figures, right?

The guard horse and llama were in the hut at the back. The adult sheep were lined up against the far fence where a woman had just spread out some feed. They were all about dinner. Within that row of sheep was a larger white and brown mottled animal, possibly a goat though a large one. The goat? was aggressive, no one stayed near it for long as it would turn to butt heads with anyone encroaching.

I focused mainly on the little sheep. One cute tiny one was white with a black face. The petite mob ran the length of the small field several times while the adults faced the fence oblivious to their fun.


A year ago on TTaT: Life of Art SitRep #221 Eco friendly

Life of Art SitRep #273 Stopgap Measure, Engage!

If you've been following along, you know my iMac has been getting progressively less reliable. This week it crashed every day I turned it on and sometimes more than once a day. I spent a lot of this week backing files up.

It's like it knew there was a PC in the room because not long after I brought the laptop in, the screen went black, then the bottom third came back on, but it was frozen nonetheless. The iMac has been in a time out since Wednesday.

The catch is that I only have core files on a drive a PC can read.

So why the PC? Well, I refuse to buy an iMac that's a year and a half old (most of Apple's product line at present). Even the newest 5K retina top of the line model is 6 months old and for $2500, I want more RAM and hard drive space standard. Most of the line is due for a significant refresh and I don't want to spend that much for a much upgraded version to come out in a few months.

My Dad is kindly letting me borrow his PC laptop in the interim. Oh, the learning curve! Fortunately I can do a lot of work as long as I have access to a web browser. And I'm pretty stoked that NeoOffice files work seamlessly with OpenOffice. So score for that.

Most of the past two days have been getting the laptop set up and figuring out how to do what I've taken for granted on my computer. Now that I have a mouse hooked up, I'm in better shape to get back to work. (I don't have the hang of making text selections on a track pad.)

So...before things got crazy, what did I get done this week? (I think I'm missing a day or so of notes that didn't make it to my PC/Mac friendly drive before my iMac's last though hopefully not final crash.)

Shot about 250 photographs.

Created some more Wine Totes:

Purple and White Meander Wine Tote Wine Bags by RocklawnArts
Inspect more Wine Bags

Red and White Meander Wine Bags by RocklawnArts
Find more Picnic supplies Wine Totes at Zazzle

Also made some new templates and started adding my designs to Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases:

Black and White Chevrons Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Seek another Zazzle Samsung Galaxy S6 Case

Navy and White Gingham Pattern Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
View other Protective Casemate Cases

Black and White Geometric Equal Sign Pattern Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
Look at another Samsung Galaxy S6 Case from Zazzle

Abstract Teal Polygons Samsung Galaxy S6 Cases by RocklawnArts
See other Protective Casemate Cases at zazzle

How was your week?


5 years ago on TTaT: Sketchbook, page 24