Lettering & Graphic Design, Celebrating Art “I realized from the beginning that I would continue to throw ink at the Coronoavirus and try to ‘wrestle this pandemic to the ground’ with my pens.” The Calligraphic Coronavirus Chronicles, page 1 Oregon Food Bank: Feed the need, plus a feast for your eyes. Cover imageContinue reading “Throw Ink At It, The Calligraphic Coronavirus Chronicles”
Category Archives: Art
Blog V. Life, HSL Color Reference
Celebrating Art Using the subject from yesterday’s post [Blogging My Life Versus Living It], I experimented with HSL, a third option in color choice for Inkscape. Last time, I messed around with RGB and CMYB, [State Of The Blog Logo & Color Reference]. Most of the following is for my own reference. IfContinue reading “Blog V. Life, HSL Color Reference”
Coloring Contest
Celebrating Art Coloring contest by Horse Hollow Press. For details, FREE pdf Horse Coloring Artwork. Deadline March 31, 2020. Above is my entry. It’s all ages, so I wasn’t going to enter. Then, I decided why not. It’ll go up with the other entries and give people something pretty to look at. ArtistContinue reading “Coloring Contest”
Pi Horse
Celebrating Art Yesterday was Pi Day. Process notes: Pasting one image on top of the other & making it match turned out to be more of a learning curve than I expected. How to import a GIMP file into Inkscape? Save as JPEG. How to insert pi. Unicode? Wrong answer. CharacterContinue reading “Pi Horse”
Just Because You Enjoy An Activity Doesn’t Mean You Want To Be Paid To Do It With Strangers
Thoughts Ready For Their Close-ups When AJ at The Errant Moon agreed to create portraits of my horses, they refused payment. “I work to pay the mortgage and I doodle to keep myself sane. I don’t want to cross those streams yet, if ever.” While the result is far more than a doodle, I can seeContinue reading “Just Because You Enjoy An Activity Doesn’t Mean You Want To Be Paid To Do It With Strangers”
Ready For Their Close-ups
Celebrating Art Rodney & Milton Ink portraits By AJ The Errant Moon Border & watermark added The story behind in the art work, The Errant Moon: Horses! Photo posts, [Getting Our Hunter On] & [For This I Cleaned My Tack?] Update Follow-up thoughts [Just Because You Enjoy An Activity Doesn’t Mean You WantContinue reading “Ready For Their Close-ups”
State Of The Blog Logo & Color Reference
Celebrating Art Red, Green, Blue “This color model is based on adding and mixing light – when you add Red, Green, and Blue light together, you create a pure white.” Modern Soapmaking, DIY Design: What’s the difference between RGB and CMYK?. Think of aiming spotlights onto a dark stage. R0 B0 G0 =Continue reading “State Of The Blog Logo & Color Reference”