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[Sibling DavidH]

It looks excellent to me, Pieces; one can't tell from the photo how the texture could be improved.

[pieces o nine]

*is in cranky geezerette mode as PhotoBucket just changed everything again  to make it "easier" [more gratuitously difficult] to upload and name a freaking photo for carp's sake*

I can't access anything that will allow me to title the image normally. Clicking "Image tags" allows me to enter a title, but you'll note that it has reversed  them. I'm tired of trying to fix this. Enjoy.
Or not, as you like. 

day 1: sunny

day 2: snowy

[Griffin NoName]

Like the photos.

Yes, UGH, photobucket seem to have changed their Content Management System. Actually it looks a little like an old version of Joomla and a bit dated Every time I log on they have changed their interface and it is more and more difficult to use. There was nothing wrong with their very first incarnation; all this fiddling is very annoying. oh and the hyperlinks (blue writing) text is so incredibly tiny it is ludicrous - how is one supposed to use the links to navigate if one can't read them, and if they are not needed to navigate, why are they there at all? <>Sorry descended into geek mode <>

[Bruder Cuzzen]

Oh this thread is new to me . Lovely work PoN !
I love your painting , reminds me of Henri Rousseau .
Great job with the car as well , it must have taken forever to finish .
The ' Venus ' piece , or bone carving looks well forged to me , although I feel she ought to be more full figured ... symbolic of fertility , since I figure that was a big deal back then .

And boxes look amazing .

I will have work up some nerve to post some work that I didn't forge or deem to unoriginal or meh .

[Opsa]

Oh Pieces! How sad to see the blossoming tree covered with snow! I hope it all melts soon and goes into hyper-Spring for you.

Have you tried a Flickr account?

[pieces o nine]

Thanks for the nice comments.     

I haven't tried Flicker yet -- was burned by WebShots, am being sorely tested by PhotoBucket, feel resistance to learning yet another one that someone there wll jack around with as soon as an opportunity presents itself. I don't mind learning new things so much as having to learn random, gratuitous changes to the same old things, over and over and over again...



Post your stuff, BC. We're a supportive family.   

[Opsa]

I used to have a Photobucket account, but got fed up with it and all photo sites, too.

A friend of mine had a FlickR account, so I recently started one, too. It's super simple, just drag and drop.

I'm with Pieces, BC. We Toadfish are a good support group.

[pieces o nine]

One of the reasons I'm hanging in there (for the mo, at least) with current job is that I must update my professional portfolio. One client who loves me curates key exhibits at the local museum. In December she tapped me to design and produce 24"x36" installation boards; the public response has been so consistently favorable that they come directly to us. Here are some mini proofs for the last 4 shows.


Christmas Carols were sorted into 3 categories indicated by board color. She always highlights the contributions of 'forgotten' people in each exhibit; one of the 'blue' boards acknowledged the Jewish lyricists and composers of many popular favorites.

[pieces o nine]

History of Lighting was interesting. They wanted something fun so I drew the cord and Illustrator+PhotoShop-fu'd the illusion of loops. The mysteriously unplugged bulb really appeared to glow.


History of Laundry acknowledged the diverse immigrant population of the Black Hills, and the changing societal expectations about who was 'fit' to do what work based on gender and ethnicity. I drew and rendered everything; some of the supplied copy almost completely filled the tea towel! (Curator said she cried -- good tears! -- when she saw the boards.)    


History of the Crouch Line
Just installed over the weekend, this is my favorite design of the series. The little train graphic advances about 4" on each board, making a few circuits around the installation. The steam cloud is on a transparent layer and looks great  whenever it's against the black border.  

[Aggie]

Nice work! They're tasteful and professional looking.
_{which is to be expected from a professional, of course!} 

[Opsa]

Beautiful job, Pieces. Very clean and attractive looking.

[Bruder Cuzzen]

Love ' em!

[Griffin NoName]

Nice.

[pieces o nine]

Two sets for the upcoming exhibit: 23 Ghost Town boards feature histories of some I know of and quite a few i didn't. She specifically wanted to stay away from black silhouettes and to work with a purple-orange-green palette. I combined some stock photos to create and solarize a ghost town; I think that image will evoke disintegrating tintypes and glass negatives, and be a cool addition to a fresh look for each exhibit. Some day I hope to get these with enough time to proof-read for her. I catch typos, but not all when importing her text files under deadline!

They're still doing interviews for the Ghost Stories; we may be producing those at the literal last minute! The spiderweb is an old clip art, but the rest I drew in Illustrator & Photoshop. There are a couple silver dollars reflecting the orange moonlight in the grass at the foot of the tombstone, partly a nod to the gold- and silver-boom town history, and partly a subconscious reference to coins for someone's eyelids/passage. Maybe they dropped 'em and that's why they're still haunting...

[Opsa]

Well done! I especially love the solarized buildings.

I used to love solarizing images in the darkroom. Is there a photo program for that, now?