(no subject)
i guess this is turning into more of an art journal than a livejournal these days. i can barely justify using this time to type because it really translates into time subtracted from painting, working on the website, and/or other things of such.
october has been a really big month. projects have been placed aside because other opportunities have called for my attention. i'm a third of the way through the art shows i've obligated myself to. i'm embarrassed to say that i didn't attend the first one and i'm even more embarrassed to say that the reason is because i chickened out. my stuff was displayed, but i couldn't talk myself into going and seeing the people look at it or ask me about it. i don't know why. i mean, i was in that other show, but i guess it wasn't as exclusive as this one. i was one of only five artists. whereas before, i was one of 50 or so. the other events i've donated to, were drop offs, and i didn't have to think about them anymore. my mom and her neighbor attended and she said that it was good. i've been rallying myself for the one on the 24th, so the one on the 24th, i will go.
at the beginning of the month, will tallman from punch drunk, asked me to work on some things for, and with, his band. he's been living in illinois for a while, but is moving back down in a couple of weeks to record their third cd. we've agreed that i'll do their t-shirt designs, flyers, singles covers, and some other things that may or may not consist of balloons and jolly ranchers. mmm colors.
i started working on some designs for the band, but then i saw a big cartel site and i started playing with that.. and then i bought lesleyarango.com and smushed the two together. i was close to completing it, when..
i showed the custom pet portraits section of the site to my manager at work and loosely tossed out the idea of putting them on the company's website. she took to the idea and said she'd feel out the owner and possibly ask her. within a week, she was at my desk, telling me to come up with a price and a percentage and more paintings so our photographer could take professional pictures of them and to send our website lady what i wanted the page to say and she'd do me up a page. hot dog!
my manager at work, ellen, also manages a singer/songwriter. she did such a good job at getting me thepetstoreonline.com gig, that i asked her to be my art manager. so, i have an art manager now. she will find and promote my site on other sites and get me signed up for craft fairs and art shows. she'll tell me what i need, when, and where to go. she'll also do my relisting on etsy and lov.li and help keep my website up to date. i think she's going to hold down the blog section of the site, too. maybe she'll cook my breakfast, or at least, order papa johns for me.
so that's that and now i am going to start working on my frankenstein and his bride paintings for the third art show on the 31st, thus closing the book on my october.
the begENDing.
october has been a really big month. projects have been placed aside because other opportunities have called for my attention. i'm a third of the way through the art shows i've obligated myself to. i'm embarrassed to say that i didn't attend the first one and i'm even more embarrassed to say that the reason is because i chickened out. my stuff was displayed, but i couldn't talk myself into going and seeing the people look at it or ask me about it. i don't know why. i mean, i was in that other show, but i guess it wasn't as exclusive as this one. i was one of only five artists. whereas before, i was one of 50 or so. the other events i've donated to, were drop offs, and i didn't have to think about them anymore. my mom and her neighbor attended and she said that it was good. i've been rallying myself for the one on the 24th, so the one on the 24th, i will go.
at the beginning of the month, will tallman from punch drunk, asked me to work on some things for, and with, his band. he's been living in illinois for a while, but is moving back down in a couple of weeks to record their third cd. we've agreed that i'll do their t-shirt designs, flyers, singles covers, and some other things that may or may not consist of balloons and jolly ranchers. mmm colors.
i started working on some designs for the band, but then i saw a big cartel site and i started playing with that.. and then i bought lesleyarango.com and smushed the two together. i was close to completing it, when..
i showed the custom pet portraits section of the site to my manager at work and loosely tossed out the idea of putting them on the company's website. she took to the idea and said she'd feel out the owner and possibly ask her. within a week, she was at my desk, telling me to come up with a price and a percentage and more paintings so our photographer could take professional pictures of them and to send our website lady what i wanted the page to say and she'd do me up a page. hot dog!
my manager at work, ellen, also manages a singer/songwriter. she did such a good job at getting me thepetstoreonline.com gig, that i asked her to be my art manager. so, i have an art manager now. she will find and promote my site on other sites and get me signed up for craft fairs and art shows. she'll tell me what i need, when, and where to go. she'll also do my relisting on etsy and lov.li and help keep my website up to date. i think she's going to hold down the blog section of the site, too. maybe she'll cook my breakfast, or at least, order papa johns for me.
so that's that and now i am going to start working on my frankenstein and his bride paintings for the third art show on the 31st, thus closing the book on my october.
the begENDing.