28 November 2010

Sketchbook, page 57: Something Fantastic

(Other pages)

The process of filling a 120 60 page sketchbook and posting it all by year's end continues:
"Something Fantastic"


A year ago on TTaT: Nothing but good attitude

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26 November 2010

Life of Art SitRep #42

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'll cheer you on.)
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This week, I

•Shot 117 photographs. Shots from car, full moon with flatiron-style building. So cold and windy outside!
•zblogged, Tweeted, FB'd my zazzle shop's Black Friday Deals. The sale changes every two hours starting midnight (PST) on Black Friday until the following Tuesday, so I'm not going to list them all here. Visit my Rocklawn Arts blog to see what sales are coming up:
Black Friday Sales

•Tweeted, FB'd, zblogged 40% off calendar sale:

Enjoy a cool, unusual photograph each month with a Rocklawn Arts Photography Calendar for 2011. Each art photo has a white border, so when you’re done with the calendar you can cut it apart and frame or hang the photos without mattes if you like. It’s a great deal for 12 original pieces of fine art for your walls.
Get 40% off my art photography calendars until 11:59pm PT November 30, 2010.

Enter the following code at checkout: 40CLNDRS2011


This calendar was named one of the Top 15 Zazzle Calendars for 2011.

•Finished making iPhone and iPad cases for all remaining suitable photographs.
zblogged new iPad and iPhone cases as well as free shipping offer:
Free shipping is available for orders greater than $50.
During checkout, enter the coupon code: FREESHIPFORU
Offer is valid through December 31, 2010 at 11:59pm PT.
•Published 2nd squidoo lens, American Southwest Scenes.
•Discovered a new flash panel on RedBubble that doesn't crop my images. Added it to my TTaT and Rocklawn Arts blog shop pages.
•Made new horizontal, vertical card templates with message to make customizing easier for customers.
•Added CSS code line to remove coasters from sidebar. They're matte finish and not recommended for color photography.
•Noticed "medium" in title for North Window stamp wasn't capitalized so I fixed it. OCD much?
•Revised zazzle store intro a bit.
•Watched most of "Children's Portrait Photography with Tamara Lackey," a three 8-hour day weekend seminar on Creative Live. Did not at all expect to get completely sucked in. Fascinating and informative. Took tons of notes.
•Watched Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. For a moment, felt beautiful not in spite of my flaws but because of them.
•Added links/products to 4 lenses/blogs.
•Drew and scanned 1 sketch.
•Watched 1st "Crowd Conversion" video.
•Tweeted, zblogged Thanksgiving day postage sale.

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How are your pursuits going?


Two years ago on TTaT: pre-thanks

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25 November 2010

Thanksgiving haiku: Back to the Past

Happy Thanksgiving, blogpeeps!

Teenagers lined up
for a Thanksgiving portrait
many years ago.


Feel free to share your own Thanksgiving haiku in the comments! Or yes, you can comment on the lovely stylings pictured above.

Thanksgiving haiku of years past:

In case you're a midnight shopper, here are the Black Friday Deals for my Zazzle shop which begin at 12:01 AM PST tonight.


A year ago on TTaT: Thanksgiving haiku: Back to the Future

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23 November 2010

Hay-scented fiddleheads

Hay-scented ferns


5 years ago on TTaT: Chip, chip, chip

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21 November 2010

Sketchbook, page 56

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The process of filling a 120 60 page sketchbook and posting it all by year's end continues:

Samurai Jack

He's got a longer jaw but I ran out of space because I started drawing from the bottom up.


4 years ago on TTaT: I know where I want to go

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20 November 2010

Fish sculpture

Fish sculpture


A year ago on TTaT: Dance Dance Revolution: from ridiculous to sublime

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19 November 2010

Life of Art SitRep #41 iPad and iPhone cases

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.)
*******
This week, I

•Shot 172 photographs from car. (I wasn't driving.)
•Created iPad and iPhone cases for 13 of my images in my zazzle store. These are pretty rad. I'm working through the rest of my gallery.

•Tweeted link to iPhone and iPad cases with free shipping offer:
Free shipping on iPhone & iPad cases until November 30, 2010 at 11:59 pm PT.

Use code: NEWZAZZCASES

•Made horizontal and vertical iPad and iPhone templates to simplify their creation in the future.
•Blogged Binder Sale:
Get $9 Off Custom Avery Binders from Rocklawn Arts.

Use code: AVERYCUSTOM1

Offer is valid until December 31, 2010 at 11:59pm PT.

•Submitted links/products to 6 lenses/blogs/directory.
•Added column to online sales file for clarity since items can have earnings and referral bonuses. Also separated out my first account from my main one so I can track totals without extra math. Spreadsheet tabs FTW. :)
•Worked on new lens. Wrote intro for it, and created draft version in squidoo. Made small edits to existing squidoo lens.
•Added link voting plexos to my squidoo lenses.
•Zblogged, tweeted, FB'd Double Arch folder link.
•Listened to GoingPro podcast #15, #16, #17.
•Watched "Boosting The Sky In Your Landscape Images" and "Using Layer Styles and Smart Objects" photoshop tutorials.
•Read The $100,000 Circle ebook.
•Drew and scanned 1 sketch.
•Tweeted, FB'd, blogged, zblogged, emailed some folks about 1 day 50% off free shipping sale.

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How are your pursuits going?


A year ago on TTaT: Dance Dance Revolution: The Philosophy

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