Work work Work

Lexis on red-orange ground

It is a rainy Sunday and I wish I could stay in bed or work on my glass mosaic projects. Today I am working on proofing and Dan is stretching canvases for me. My regular stretcher came in yesterday and she got 13 prints ready to ship. Dan is helping out a bit today and is knocking out 10 more stretched prints for me. All in all we have about 20 more projects to proof, about a dozen to update, and maybe then we will be done .... crossing fingers. The good news is I have Dan for 3 days next week. He has taken off a few days to help me and to maybe do a little holiday shopping. At least today is nice and quite. During the normal work week it seems like I spend half my day answering e-mails and the other half answering the phone. I am sure everyone feels that way about their jobs though. We are such an on demand society it often feels impossible to unplug and just focus on the work at hand.

Studio Tour

My Dining room above, prints to package. The blue dog in the center shipped to Canada last week.

Since I know a lot of you guys think we sit around watching TV and eating bon bons all day, I'll give you a peek into our cluttered world of organized chaos. Life is crazy and work has taken over the entire house. I love this time of year!

Above: Today's stretching & shipping line-up ...see anyone you know?


Above is my job-ticket board. Last week I ran out of white paper and started using some lime green that I had on hand, I like it ...may start using it all the time.
Above: The silver metal wall-pockets to the left hold pending approvals, update requests and dropped balls. The clip boards hold a list of orders and a shipping log. I have a lot of hard files and paperwork in life. I can not seem to have everything live in the digital world yet.

Above is Allison's new work station. We rearranged the office last month and Al got her own work area. The cat art above is by her and is her own kitty Baby Jr. I do not know why her screen is black ...she must be in the other room eating bonbons and watching Oprah.


Prints above shipped last week.

Yep, those are just a few shots of Holiday madness 07.

Flower Pattern for Illustrator

This pack contains 24 patterns for Illustrator CS3. Flower in 12 variations.All patterns in red and green. You can mix these patterns to get even more variations.To change the flower color, simply drag the pattern to your canvas, paint it, and then drag to the swatches pallete again. You can also resize and overlap them to get endless results.Author's profile in DA. Download link (pdf file).

Last Day to Order!

Ok ...today is the very last day to order a custom pet portrait and receive a set of 5 proofs prior to Christmas. The deadline to receive actual canvas prints passed a week ago and today will be the very last day to place an order for proofing presentation gifts.
This deadline is firm and for local Dallas clients as well.

We are to put it mildly "SWAMPED".

Water Color Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

Here we have ... 13 High Quality Adobe Photoshop Water Color brushes. 

Originally built in Adobe Illustrator CS3 and then finished on Photoshop CS3. 

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Flash design tips: precise drawing in flash

To create precise vector graphics in Flash, it’s all about learning to use and control the tools.
The drawing tools in Macromedia Flash MS 2004 allow you to create precision vector graphics. Vector graphics are line-based graphics. In the world of mathematics, a vector is a line that has a defined starting point, a designated direction, and a specified distance. With vector graphics, vectors control the manner in which curved and straight lines are shaped between specific points. The picture is made up of these lines as well as the colors of areas enclosed by the lines.

Because of how they are created, vector graphics can be resized easily without reducing image quality. A vector graphic appears much smoother and more precise than a raster (or bitmap) image, which is made up of pixels (dots). Vector graphics also download faster than comparable raster images. View Few Article.

Here's looking at you kid

This is Bogey the French Bulldog. I love this little guy. The option below is loud even for us.