I’ve been hanging out at Polyvore for way too long today -_- But that site is so addictive! I’ve had the account for a while now but never posted anything, so all of my ‘creations’ there remained as drafts. Well, I’ve started posting my stuff for public viewing … see below. What do you think?
*Ahem*
So there is one option at Fine Art America (or FAA) where potential buyers are offered an opportunity to view an image at full-resolution (i.e. close-up of the original file I uploaded at 100%).
Customers or visitors won’t be able to fully view the original high-res file, but they can click a section of the painting and that can be viewed in close-up. Also, all areas of the painting is available for a close-up view, just not the entire painting all at once, mind.
Well, I’ve had some problems in the past with people who have stolen my artwork, either claiming that they were the ones who have painted it, or offering them as ‘stock’ and even a person who claimed to be me. And those are the smaller artworks that were posted in the Disanthus gallery! At my FAA gallery, they can view the artwork (albeit in sections) at full-resolution.
Though FAA does add their watermark/logo on each section, sometimes the logo is barely visible in certain areas, which just adds to my paranoia.
BUT! Say if you wanted to buy an art print, any art print – would you like to be able to view the art in high-res, full-resolution to make up your mind? Would it deter you from buying the art print if the close-up option was not available?
Please let me know what you think.
So I finally finished my freelance gig and after taking some time for myself (which I really needed) I went back to a selection of my artworks to get them ‘print-ready’ as it were. Because a bulk of my artworks were made on my previous monitor which – although calibrated – wasn’t really up to snuff when I look at the original files on my current monitor.
Hello editing!
I didn’t realize that I never embedded an ICC profile to any of my artworks, except the standard web profile -_- Which sort of sucks gas because that meant more colour corrections. To make a long story short: I managed to edit a bulk of the artworks I wanted to offer as prints. You’ll probably notice the difference in colours when compared to the Disanthus gallery. The prints look much better!
Here’s my profile page at Fine Art America. There are currently two galleries: one for my digital paintings, the other for my collages. So check it out :)
It’s summer and the first update since, er, last winter I suppose *shameful is me* Annette has suffered some computer woes (and a new computer at that!) so she’s been offline lately … Miss you, matey! ;_;
I, on the other hand, have not suffered computer woes (though mine’s terribly old and on its way to great suffering), but I am working on my first freelance gig – designing a coffee table book, which has pretty much taken most of my time. I’m not able to work too long on the computer because I end up with too many physical complaints (my arms, mostly). The doctor recommended a physical therapist, but I haven’t been yet. I’ll post some images of the book once I’m relatively sure it’s near completion. Right now, we’ve finished revising the text and adding a batch of new images from different photographers. Cover is done, though :)
I’m hoping to keep the blog regularly updated, since I don’t foresee many art updates in the near future because of the photo book. I’m also trying to enjoy as much of the gorgeous weather as I can, as it never lasts long here.
Good grief! It’s been a while since I last posted here. I’ve been working on some stuff with Annette, a little project I hope we’ll be able to launch in the near future. I’ve also started on a few new paintings; obviously none of them are remotely finished.
And this is a book post, yay!
I have bought too many books for my Kindle app, so Annette’s Amazon gift card is pretty much gone right now -_- I bought Deadly Vows on the day of release. I was hesitant about buying the Kindle version because it actually cost slightly more than its paperback counterpart, which certainly raised my hackles. I still bought it, though (yeah, I know) because it’s taken years for the publisher to finally let the author write the next book in the series. Deadly Vows was certainly worth the wait!
So I woke up yesterday to a snow-packed scenery, which was strange because the day before there was absolutely nothing. We’ve had some snow this week, but the weather wasn’t cold enough so it melted quickly. So yesterday afternoon I packed myself in my winter gear, packed my nephew in his winter gear, took along his little sled and out we went.
It wasn’t as cold as you’d think since I didn’t even wear my gloves, and it would be impractical with the camera since I wanted to take some pictures:
Bicycles - Our main mode of transportation! But with the enormous amount of snow they were abandoned en masse. By the by, the last picture of the lone bicycle with the saddle bag is one of my favourites.
Re-posting: Valerius tutorial
This is a quick re-posting of an old Blogger tutorial I made of the Valerius painting :) I left the description out for now, this post is just to show the images in order.
(Click on image for larger view)