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Published: 2009-08-09 04:25:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2673; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 517
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Out of the cross-hatchthese pieces evolve on their own...this one is a paste-up with a little photopaint cloning but most are done straight, on typing paper(This use to get me in trouble with a gallery owner...but I prefer it's texture) and a cheap pen(bic, papermate...ect)..I've tried repidographs... but they clog all the time and I hate to fuss with them, if a cheap pen gives me trouble I just toss it.
I lost the stylus for my Axim so I've been doing mostly hand work lately....I have to wait a week for some new stylus's...I miss my PPC...it's my main computer besides my Acer One netbook...I'm trying to get totally portable..
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Thanks... I love doodling in cross hatch
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Thanx...I love to do this type of work...
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Showing your mastery of cross hatching skills Brian! I like it's tormented atmosphere and the figure work!
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It was paste up as well...I used Corel Photopaint to put it together...
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I've thought of trying that in GIMP! Have you not tried your hand with GIMP yet! Open Source like Blender - so free!! Very well featured and a good alternative to Photoshop! I was reading about your problems with Corel Photopaint somewhere!
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I tried Gimp years ago before I tried Blender...I don't remember much about it I could never figure it out... then I tried Wings3d and got stuck, but when I came to Blender I fell in love....it was exactly what I wanted///today I downloaded Daz (I have no idea what Daz is all about)and Bryce....will play with those...but I think I'll give Gimp a try again...you have much experience with Gimp? I thought Gimp was a 3d program...
anyway...I have my plate pretty full...when my kids tell me they're bored I at them in amazement and go"With all there is in the world how could you possibly be bore?"
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Gimp is all I use now! No it's Photoshop's best free alternative! So a graphics programme not 3d, very feature rich and works a treat with my little Wacom tablet.
That's what I say to our kids!!
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I didn't know Gimp as freeware...with the tablet it works pretty well? Ho about smudge and sharpen? with Corel Photo paint the smudge is pretty sloppy compared to the older version of Photopaint...and sharpen is almost non existent on any image of any size. Plus the cut and paste system is totally goofy...I just need a simple program. So I'm downloading Gimp now....I'll be crossing my fingers...lol
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The great thing is, it's regularly updated and gaining in popularity. I find it very natural to use, but then again I started with it before having a go with Photoshop! Usually the otherway around for most people! The pressure sensitivity with my Wacom pen is very sweet! Works with all Photoshop filters too!!
I'm all for something I don't have to fork out another £500 for the next upgrade! 
ps. If you have any desktop publishing to do, have a look at "Scribus", another Open Source package. This has been optimised for use with Gimp, has it's own little quirks, but is extremely powerful and doesn't install itself all over yer hard drive like Microsoft products!!
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Thanx...will check Scribus it out...don't know if I'll be able to use Gimp though, my tiny screen on this Netbook wont allow me to see the bottom of the program, will have to see if I can adjust the screen on this thing.
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Ah yes, had forgotten that netbooks have smaller screens than the average laptop! Just sent away for a laptop for my 16 yr old as a reward for passing his exams and for use in college. My first ever purchase of a laptop!
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Netbooks are fantastic, I love to be able to bring it where ever I go....and love to snicker when I see ppl lugging their huge laptop bags around...lol
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That aspect of real portability really does appeal!!
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its like a nightmare that i so would want to be a part of?
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LOL....I have no idea what I was thinking when I wa doing this, it actually came together by itself...so many of my pieces are like that, I seldom plan anything, I want it to flow from my subconscious..and my dreams.so maybe I'm a surrealist in some way...
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Thanx...I'm get obsessed with doing this kind of stuff...
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Thanx.....I'm glad you liked it...
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screw galleries 
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Actually I am really into the idea of Ephemeral Art....when I see an old drawing of mine that is yellowed and curled I think it makes it look like an ancient document...I remember as a kid playing with stressing paper and dipping it in coffee to get that effect...and then burning the edges... I've always liked to see the process of decay on things I've made, when my Susu and I were first married I make edible art...so we made all these cakes and breads and things...it was pretty cool..... it could be rooted in my love of looking at dried leaves when I was a child...I'd sit in a pile of leaves and look at all the forms I'd see in each one, and once they'd start to decay, they would look much cooler....as you can tell, I was a pretty wierd kid...plus I'd wish humans would get the idea that anything is permanent short of God....everything we see around us will vanish, and this is not tragic...it's growth...it's beautiful..
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much agreed. it's all a cycle. i STILL like stepping ever-so-slowly on dried leaves in the fall to hear them crunch
yeah these things like mold and cracks and other aging processes are fascinating and hold their own beauty.
u like andy goldsworthy? you should check him out... he is definitely one of my favorite artists of all time. he's all about ephemeral art
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Thanx Liz....I may never have heard of him if you hadn't mentioned his name...I like how he says "Each work grows, stays, decays"... this would be such a cool idea to pursue someday... I was trying to answer you last night...but my stupid ISP dropped me and I couldn't get back on...ARRRRGGGG...lol.
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Typing paper is a bit too cheap for a real gallery. The paper yellows, is thin, etc. Arches hot press watercolor paper is quite nice. I agree about the Rapidographs, but they are tolerable if you use the Kohinoor Transmedia inks. Those are outstanding inks! If you're working digitally, you can print your works on the Arches paper using archival inks.
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I know...you're right... and I guess I'll have to move to it....
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Keep in mind, Arches is also usually expensive compared to other papers. You have plenty of possibilities including bristol board, illustration board, and many other good papers. You can also save money ordering from aswexpress.com or dickblick.com
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Money's not really the object...I have most of everything I need,(lol... with the exception of time...) I guess beyond the matter of me liking things to age, (though most of the paper I have is acid free anyway...so it wont yellow no mater how old it gets), It more of a semi-conscious protest against the wealthy snooty ppl I use to show with, I'd see them all walk up with their highly crappy pieces all professionally embalmed, matted and placed hermetically in their gold plated frames,tucked away in their tidy leather (Eddy Bauer? lol) portfolios, and snub some of the really good artists who were struggling just to afford paint and canvass... Myself personally have not had to put up with being a starving artist..I'd rather get a job than struggle..
There's a good chance you've been snubbed by these kind of ppl yourself. but maybe not, I'm sure you sell enough pieces to keep yourself well stocked...but I suspect you may have been on the recieving end of this at one time.
But ...I should just get over it.....if that's what the galleries want who am I to say otherwise...it's their business, and they're there to sell a product...er....Art....and if I don't like it all I have to do is set up an easel on the beach, and put out a hat to catch the coins....lol .
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I can sort of understand the gallery position, but I'm not in love with the system. If there is a better way, I'll be the first in line. 
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Actually I'm getting better...I use to be so Punk...and I use to mistreat my art pretty bad, and ended up destroying quite alot of it...but now I think that was kinda stupid..
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yeah...lol.. now that I could use the cash and ppl seem to want to but things...but ppl still want real art as opposed to virtual art...printed out that is..lol
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Well...I'll be broke for awhile when we get to Maui....my Susu will be holding the purse strings pretty tight for awhile.. oh well, at least she'll be in a bikini ...that'll help...
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lol...I'd rather have her in the bikini than the money anyway...if we stay here I'll be seeing her in snowboots and a parka
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All I know is we better be gone by next winter.... that's if I know what's good for me..
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The pressure is on...Susu and her sister are pushing me onto Craigslist to get a house....they want one in a week....so it's all moving pretty fast.
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It is moving fast! I hope Craigslist home sellers are saner than other Craigslisters I've encountered
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We're renting...(though I hate to have a landlord), I'm not sure we're going to be there very long...we really wanted to move to Ireland.
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If you do all that, you will be well-traveled
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Well...I guess we're on the first step....
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