Showing posts with label ifjm 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ifjm 2013. Show all posts

Friday, May 3, 2013

April Showers Bring May Flowers

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No, I'm not talking about flora here. I'm talking my creativity, which, as Citizen Rosebud says, is "blooming madly"!
On April 1st, I set an intention to sketch a +40 blogger every day, and I did it!
all 30 of my April Digital Catwalk sketches
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How did I choose my supermodels for the digital catwalk? 
I started with bloggers that I follow and then followed links in Patti's Visible Monday, +Citizen Rosebud's +40 blog roll, other blog rolls on sidebars, even commenters -- both here and on other blogs.

I made some rules: 
• people over 40
• the outfit had to be the most current post on the day that I sketched it
• the outfit inspired me to sketch (hello personal taste)
• keep the post format simple -- sketch + link to original inspiration
If you weren't sketched, I hope you don't feel dissed. It just wasn't the right time!

Now I'm addicted to sketching while I drink my morning tea, so this blog-love-fest isn't stopping any time soon! Roz, the creator of International Fake Journal Month, wrote a lengthy post about why she started this annual project and the benefits it can have for further creativity. I highly suggest you go read it!

Here's my plan for May -- I'm taking a breather from generating new sketches [as posts -- I'll be sketching like crazy tomorrow at the OTIS Scholarship Benefit & Fashion Show]. I have a huge backlog of line art drawings from various events in March and April. I'm going to color them all in and then post them over in my Society6 shop. When I get an event's sketches completed, I'll do a post with them all.

Will I be posting a "how to" demo? Yes. It'll require a few practice takes, so please be patient.

Are all the April sketches available on Society6? Not as I write this. If you want one, leave a request in the comments here or on the original post.

Will I ever exhibit these sketches? For sure! I'm thinking in early spring 2015 or 16.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Digital Catwalk -- World Intellectual Property Day Edition: Natasha


"World Intellectual Property Day is observed on April 26 each year with a variety of events and activities worldwide. It aims to increase people’s awareness and understanding of intellectual property (IP). World Intellectual Property Day is sometimes referred as World IP Day." [source, read more]

What is  intellectual property?
That would be be anyone's original material -- art, designs, writing, inventions, etc.
Facebook, Pinterest, and Tumblr are three sites that I use that tend to abuse creators' IP rights -- often without malicious intent, but more from ignorance and/or laziness (yes, I'm guilty too).
Please -- if the item doesn't link back to its original source, "Like" vs "Share" "Repin" or "Reblog"

Here's a previous post that explains how to find image sources in Google Images Search.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Digital Catwalk: Deborah

My BFF Deborah doesn't write a blog. She's not on Facebook. She doesn't tweet.
She has no fear of computers, however. She and I taught at OTIS together in the Fashion Department and she is a Digital Goddess!

Here she is doing a most excellent Vanna at Cottage Art in Artesia:
We went there today and I bought a turquoise tunic -- I don't wonder why!