Life of Art SitRep #486 15 Month Calendars, Birthday Party Supplies

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To start, I watched a couple classes from Creative Live's Photoshop Week which is still going on. Check it out if you can!
"How to Make Photography Books and Magazines" with Jared Platt
and
"Lightroom and Photoshop for Architectural Photography" with Randy Van Duinen.

Shot 170 photographs, culled 76, rated rest, and have yet to upload two more days of shooting.

Updated wall calendars for 2020 and created 3 new Create Your Own 15 month Photo Template Calendars that are in this collection:

Cool Custom Photography Calendars
by Claire E. Skinner of Rocklawn Arts

Created more Happy Birthday Name, Blue, Mint Green, Burgundy wrapping and party supplies:

Happy Birthday Name Blue Mint Green Burgundy Tissue Paper

by RocklawnArts

Happy Birthday Name Blue Mint Green Burgundy Party Paper Plate

by RocklawnArts

Happy Birthday Name Colorful Geometric Party Napkin

by RocklawnArts

Happy Birthday Name Burgundy Blue Mint Green Party Napkin

by RocklawnArts

Name Mint Green Blue Rose Stripes Birthday Party Paper Plate

by RocklawnArts

Working on a collection of the above. Just click an item to customize the name.

Also added a Beautiful Coral Pink Orange Tropical Flower Photo Poster:

Beautiful Coral Pink Orange Tropical Flower Photo Poster

by RocklawnArts

Pinned to boards at Rocklawn Arts on Pinterest.

How was your week?


14 years ago on TTaT: Bad title, Good movie

Old Rock

So, I was out to dinner with my parents at Chili's. It was loud but I could make out a steady stream of what pains me to describe as old rock.

A new song came on. Blondie, I thought to myself, narrowing it down, but I couldn't pull up the name of the song. I was waiting for the chorus or some musical phrase that would help me place it when Mom said, "Heart of Glass."

"Yes!" I exclaimed. "Brava! Well done."

I hadn't mentioned I was listening or trying to place it, so her unbidden declaration was a delight.


14 years ago on TTaT: Rare Fortune

Life of Art SitRep #485 Birthday Wrapping

This week was more behind the scenes work, but I did finish the birthday wrapping paper I'd been working on featuring blue, mint green, and dark pink color blocks in an abstract geometric pattern.

The design is also available on a gift bag. Just click through to customize the name to make their birthday extra special.

Happy Birthday Name Blue Mint Green Dark Pink Wrapping Paper

by RocklawnArts

Happy Birthday Name Blue Light Green Dark Pink Large Gift Bag

by RocklawnArts

Made new home, cases and tech, and rainbow designs category icons which you can see on my Rocklawn Arts store front.

Shot 65 photographs, culled 19, rated rest. Do have some more to upload though.

Made monthly backups. Have you backed up lately?


14 years ago on TTaT: The Treehouse

Supergirl, Volume 4: Plain Sight

18. Supergirl, Volume 4: Plain Sight by Steve Orlando

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


2.5 stars. Relied too much on footnotes to past volumes for my taste, but I give it an extra half star for having the first non-binary character I've come across in something I've read.


10 years ago on TTaT: Awakening

Alternative Covers

"I looked at your book while I was waiting for your father at the hardware store," Mom said.

Book? Oh, the graphic novel you took back to the library for me.

"It had these alternative covers in the back. What did they call them? It was something else...I can't think of the word."

"Variant covers," I said.

"Yes! Variant," she repeated. "My favorite had this cat girl sitting and surrounded by cats with a green wood nymph."

I knew the cover she meant because I had really liked it too. Her description amused me as it was pretty accurate. "Catwoman," I identified, "and Poison Ivy."

I explained why there were other covers in the back and a little about who the characters are, but she wasn't really interested. She had just liked the art.

"If I had to pick a more 'adult' cover, I'd go with the one where they're all leaning over a building edge with a gargoyle above them," she said.

I could kind of picture it but I didn't remember that cover as well since it'd been a week since I'd read it.

Still, it pleased me that to pass some time she choose to look at something I'd chosen to read.


*She was looking at Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, vol.3: Full Circle.


10 years ago on TTaT: A loser with perfect eyebrows; 20 self portraits from 1996, day 20, ii

Barbecue Themes

Mom said, "Texas knows how to do it right. Their high schools have barbecue themes."

I was puzzled and said, "For what? Graduation?"

"No, like you have soccer teams and baseball teams, they have barbecue teams," she said.

"Oh, that's cool," I said, "I thought you said 'themes' not 'teams.'"

"Texas women are really smart."

Again I was a little confused and tried to suss out the logic but she continued, "They get the men to do the cooking."

Ah, got it.


10 years ago on TTaT: Want

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, Volume 3: Full Circle

17. Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, Volume 3: Full Circle by Julie Benson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Really enjoyed it. A good finish to the overarching story that spans volumes 1 to 3.

Also best many character mashup issues I've read. Usually when there are a ton of superheroes or villains I find the story unsatisfying, but this volume includes an issue or 2 where it's done really well.


10 years ago on TTaT: 3 fucking tenths