one more cool thing over break...

more inspiring stuff- some pretty nifty graphics.....

THX's 'Amazing Life'... check it out: http://www.thx.com/cinema/trailers.html

politically inspired inspiration

an inspirational discovery over break:

Will.I.Am's "It's a New Day"

i went to sleep last night, tired from the fight
i’ve been fightin’ for tomorrow all my life.
i woke up this mornin’
feelin’ brand new-
cause the dreams that I’ve been dreamin’
have finally came true.

it’s a new day.

if you and i made it this far, well then hey-
we can make it all the way.
and they said no we can’t..
and we said yes we can.
remember: it’s you and me, together.

it’s time for unity-
for us and we..
that’s you and me, together.

HOPE for CHANGE. check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7y4IDeKjqk

printing updates

I just realized I hadn't posted about the printing saga-- so here it is:

• The samples my prospective printer sent me were not only NOT my images (rather they were generic pictures), but they arrived with unexpectedly high estimates for the cost of printing the final, large images. (They were supposed to send me small tests of my work, and the price estimates given to me went up significantly from what was posted on their website.)
• After talking with Jessica about different media and printing options, I finally decided printing on silk would probably work best for my concept & images. (I will be playing around with display methods next semester. I am considering hanging the pieces close to the gallery walls to give them some opaque background to set the image off. But, they will be suspended from the ceiling far enough away from the wall in order for them to have some freedom of movement, or flow, as people walk past them.) For the remainder of this semester, then, getting these images printed will be the goal!
• After some confusion & hassles on the internet and phone with different companies/places about their printing silk products, I ordered a roll of paper-backed silk (the paper comes off... it's just to help with printing) from a place online. It was pretty darn expensive, but not nearly as much as it would've been to get all the images printed from the 1st place. (I will be printing the images myself on this silk paper once it comes in. The estimated arrival time is sometime mid-next week.)
• For now I am praying that: (1) the printer will work... and will take this silk ok! (2) the images will look decent ...or preferably more than decent... on the silk medium, and (3) the silk will come in time for me to print all these images without going insane in the process!

That's all folks-- please keep your fingers crossed for me that this all works out! :-) I hope you're all enjoying a great Thanksgiving break!!

final FINAL (2)...??

final FINAL... ??

last one...done!!

let me know what you think of these images, please! any changes to make?? speak now or forever hold your peace.. :)

another one finished...

this one's finally finished.. whew!

edited image; a different style:

tried something a little different w/ this one... yay or nay?

time is of the essence...

i've decided that we should add 6 more hours to each day. (3 for working, and 3 for sleeping.) i think this would solve the world's problems and everyone would stop fighting wars and all would be in peace & harmony.
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still no word from the printer guy about how long it will take to get my full-sized images done. also no estimate on price yet. hopefully he'll get back to me soon on that.
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plan for now:
-wait for the silk tests to get in
-finish these images up by adding all the details... (hoping to have most/all done by critique Monday!)

something in the background...hopefully ties in with the other images?

print tests

i finally decided on a place to get my images printed, and i've sent them a couple tests to print on a silk material. i will have to wait about a week before he sends me the tests, however, because he has to get another roll of silk sent in. hopefully the tests will arrive sooner than later so i can get some final images printed for the end of the semester.

depending on how well these turn out, i would like to get them printed in a very large format, so we'll see how many i can manage time-wise and money-wise to get done by the end here!

in the meantime i am working on getting the fine details drawn into the other images.

here's one relatively-finished piece... can i get some feedback on whether or not i should incorporate patterns into the background?? thanks!

work in progress