| Giving Threadless A Shot |
[May. 18th, 2011|04:44 pm] |
I'm not fond of the terms over there on Threadless. Basically, if they choose to print my design I'm selling them the rights. I really don't like giving up my rights if I can help it. However, I'm in desperate times right now (unemployed) and I DO have some things that will never be used on the Zazzle or Cafe Press stores that I can modify to use over there. I'm specifically looking at items I think might work for the Super Glow or Foil print processes they have, items I can take to black and white and then add different glow/foil colors to. So, where I have images like that, I'll probably give them a shot over there. I've submitted one today. I took the wolf head from my likely never to be finished/published "Amon" digital painting (also seen as the "Glow Eye Wolf" avatar in my freebies) and turned it into an all black and white design. It's currently pending, but here's the location:
Please click the image and go vote for it if you are so inclined. The vote, once it's approved, only goes 7 days, so please act quickly and feel free to also pimp this out as you wish. I would truly appreciate it. $2000 could actually get me a serviceable vehicle and expand my ability to work! |
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| Apollocon 2010 ROCKED! |
[Jun. 27th, 2010|07:31 pm] |
Once again, Apollocon has exceeded my expectations!It was AWESOME! Badhead Gadroon (the artist I agent for) made THREE sales. Apparently one of the gentleman who bought a piece had a serious thing for Anubis, because he got Gadroon's Anubis AND my Anubis as well. :-D I'm not disappointed at having only one sale. With the fact that I no longer have a studio space to print and mat in and haven't had money to reload my ink cartridges in some time, my panel was very stale with NONE of the newer images present. I honestly expected to sell nothing between that and the fact that the competition in there makes my art look like... well, definitely not top of the line (which I've never claimed it to be). I had at LEAST hoped to get a single copy of the companion piece to "Charging Tigress" mounted to a board and bagged to go up with her, but I just didn't get the money for ink in time. :-( Keith Thompson, our artist guest of honor, was incredibly nice and brought in some absolutely gorgeous art. I envy those who managed to snag some for themselves. I managed to snag some nifty Godzilla themed stuff for myself. I got the Peri Charlifu piece "Udon Bowl for Watching Godzilla Movies" which last year I inadvertently started a huge bid war for last year when I refused to see it go for minimum bid. I figured it was my return of good karma to take it for minimum bid this year. *chuckle* I also got Sarah Clemens "Hero Worship" which will shortly be joining my print of "Chew Toys" on my bedroom wall. :-D
The con suite crew were absolutely stellar. You gotta love a team lead who will go to the ends of the Earth to find a specialty item for ONE person. Because of the diabetes and the rate at which I generally drink soda, I just can't drink sodas which have sugar and caffeine. Chuck hunted EVERYWHERE to find sodas for me when the usual Diet Rite cherry cola and strawberry-kiwi seemed to have mysteriously vanished from the Houston area at large. It was irksome because right before he went shopping for con suite he was able to find them and then, POOF! No more Diet Rite except in the one flavor I absolutely can't stand (plain cola, which is just AWFUL). The food was absolutely delicious! Nothing says love for the fen like pasta with RIB MEAT marinara sauce! And the pasta salad they had on hand was just divine. My gods, those folks can COOK! There was never a time when I couldn't get a bit of food when I needed to, so they saved me from having to go and rely on fast food. From what I hear, conventions with 3 or 4 times Apollocon's budget don't have con suites that good. LOL Which is why we love our con suite crew so. :-)
The costume contest was fun. A gorgeously done costume inspired by Sorayama's "Sexy Robot" images won best of show and Bob Standrige had this GREAT Oni Hunter costume. DJ Hawz, as usual, gave us a fabulous dance. I had a great time dancing and spinning poi. I was pleased to see some of the other folks had acquired glow sticks and finger lights. I'm thinking we all need to get together, pick some music and do a nice demo during the Saturday show next time. I bet it would go over well. I got to hang out with Mark, Sandy and the rest of the LobbyCon crew, including Rocky Kelly. He's such a hoot. :-) I did a little Loki worship at the dance. Oh, my! That drink is just wickedly incredible. Now I'm not sure if I like it or the Romulan Ale better. LOL
I did a really quick and dirty traditional media piece in the artist reception. I dubbed it "Solar Flare". In the limited time I had to color,it didn't get quite the effect I was after, but at least my camera cooperated long enough for me to get a half decent image of it for reference so I can rework it digitally and get closer to what I had in mind. Seriously, I need a new camera. This one is no good for taking convention photos.
Let's see, the toll of all this good time.... Went in 9am Friday. Got home 5:30 AM Saturday. Went in 11 AM Saturday. Got home 3:30 AM Sunday. Upon arriving home Sunday morning, my car (which has now earned the new nickname Carthulhu) tried to take my right arm as a sacrifice when the hatch slammed down full force just below the elbow. Couple of folks at the con suggested I might want an x-ray just to make sure I didn't get a greenstick fracture due to the very obvious swelling going on at the injury site and the pain shooting into the wrist. Ow.... Strangely enough, while I am no doubt sore as hell, I do not have my usual Quasimodo walk after dancing my ass off Saturday night. However, I'm EXHAUSTED. When I got home from picking up art and bidding folks farewell, I sat down to watch Mythbusters and passed out on the sofa not long after. I think I was out cold for maybe two hours or so before I decided to come spend time with the kitty, get online and let folks know I've survived the con another year. LOL Saturday I was so dragged I couldn't focus on art at all. I found myself vegetating in the hall outside the art show watching Buck Rogers on my computer. *snicker* Cat Osbourne needs to email me the photo she got of what she called the "Ultimate Chillax Pose" . :-D
So now... time to go ahead and call in dead to work for tomorrow. That way I don't have to be up at an obscene hour of the morning to call. Saved a vacation day just for this pupose. Yep, I over-do and push myself entirely too hard at Apollocon, but gods is it WORTH every bit of the after-effects! And this, my friends is why I LOVE this show! |
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| Writer's Block: Say cheese |
[Jun. 6th, 2010|11:25 am] |
I'm kind of neutral about photos. I like having photos when I do events or perform just as a record for my website and things. Other than that I don't care much as long as people aren't posting nudie pics (hard to get in the first place) or images of me sleeping (not a pretty sight). If the picture is good and I like it, I will link to it. I'm weird, so it's not uncommon for there to be odd pics of me floating about. I find it amusing, actually. |
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| Writer's Block: Nature v. nurture |
[Jun. 6th, 2010|12:39 am] |
Personality is mostly environmental. What I've experienced in life has definitely shaped how I view the world. Certain behaviors, though, (like alcoholism & other addictions) are definitely tied into genetics as well as environment. |
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| Mourning |
[May. 6th, 2010|06:54 am] |
I got confirmation this morning that our local Pagan Pride coordinator, Margie Brown, passed away May 1st. This is just awful. She'd been seriously injured by a hit and run driver. She had been on the mend and even gotten herself a new car recently. And then, just suddenly, she died. It was probably a blood clot considering that the collision had left her with a broken pelvis, punctured lung and a host of other injuries which are extremely prone to making dangerous clots.
It's just so wrong. Margie worked her ass off for Pagan Pride. She was a bright, shining soul in a quagmire of apathy. Her smile and wry wit will be missed by us all. I hope the reckless driver who hit her gets what he/she so richly deserves for causing someone to lose their life.
It's going to be hard to drag myself through the work day today knowing that tomorrow is Margie's Rite of Passage. I was definitely not ready to say goodbye to this strong, kind, funny lady. Not at all. Not like this.
And this is the second dear friend to pass in a handful of months. *sigh* I hate crying. Sorry, Margie, I know you wouldn't want us all to boo-hoo and carry on, but we loved you muchly, lady. May the Summerland welcome you warmly. |
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| Writer's Block: Talk the Talk? |
[May. 6th, 2010|06:35 am] |
My phone is just a phone to me. I really only got it originally because I needed it for work and only kept it because it's good for a partially disabled diabetic to have the means to call someone in case of emergencies. I don't use it to surf or text or even take pictures, though it does have a camera on it. I always get the cheap "free" phone the provider offers which is the least feature rich. I see no sense paying for a bunch of fancy features I won't be using. |
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| Writer's Block: Bad trip. |
[May. 6th, 2010|06:31 am] |
Without any doubts my worst travel experience was the evacuation for hurricane Rita. We were stuck in traffic for more than 16 hours just trying to get out of the Houston area with no bathrooms and no way to stop and get fuel. Thankfully, I had just refueled my car. We literally got the last tank of gas at a station way out in east Texas the next day. It was a full 24 hours before we could even get far enough to find a hotel with a vacancy and that was way out in Arkansas and late at night when I was at risk of just passing out behind the wheel. Needless to say, being stuck like that in a car with my boyfriend, two ferrets and a cat while my back and legs screamed and every last nerve frazzled was a nightmare. It literally took months for my body and nerves to recover.
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| Writer's Block: Another sleepless night |
[Mar. 14th, 2010|11:38 pm] |
I have relatively frequent insomnia. It makes life really difficult sometimes because I'm dragging around on to little sleep. Having fibromyalgia doesn't help. It doesn't make sleeping any easier. |
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| Writer's Block: Kids or child-free? |
[Mar. 13th, 2010|08:38 pm] |
I was born sterile, so Mother Nature wisely made that choice for me. I'm not sorry for it. Honestly, I have too violent a temper, too little patience and too little attention span to make a good parent. Plus, aside from the fact that I have a number of health issues that can be passed on genetically, I would not want to bring yet another resource sucking mouth into an already overpopulated world. If I hadn't been born sterile, I would likely have had a partial hysterectomy voluntarily to prevent pregnancy just because of the ethics of the thing. I don't even want to ever adopt one.
I've actually had relationships end because guys couldn't deal with the fact that the only kids I want come with built-in fur coats and four legs. I figure I'm better off getting rid of them than having them trying to force me to be something I don't want to be. |
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