LOL. This guy has written exactly "over 31 books". You gotta wonder - 31 and a
half?


cheers,
nina

Here's another perspective of this 'unique' individual:
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/050996/article016.shtml

You'd think he would have seen it coming...




- Emil

Could it be that Salon was not interesting? Granted, the online
subscriber business model has some gaps in it but Salon on a newstand
would not have been any more enticing to me. We can't blame
*everything* on the internet.

cpg

Those are great, Jeff. How did you draw them? Marker? Computer? Why'd you pick
gangsters?

I had a project like that, too, and enjoyed it for the exact same reasons you
did.
Here's mine:
http://www.gem-pages.com/folio/design/stampset.jpg

--
Gem

Luckily, I don't hold any paper on Salon

--
Fred Doyle
www.leafpublishing.com


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I wonder if they were all in this life. Previous lives and reincarnations
don't count.
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subscription business model?

*everything* on the internet.

I hope you're right. I hope there is room for compelling, original content
to be produced in a sustainable way.

--
Fred Doyle
www.leafpublishing.com

Gem can too.
Can you reload and try again?
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino

"Cartoons with a Touch of Magic"
http://www.wizardofdraws.com
http://www.cartoonclipart.com

Although I usually draw by hand, these were done all on the Wacom
tablet.
I also wanted to try and play with the wet edge brush in Photoshop to
give them a watercolor-ish look.
Why gangster? No particular reason really, although The Godfather I & II
are my favorite movies.

Yours are tremendous. A very cohesive look. I'd like to see them bigger
and check out the detail.

The stamp project in school was another 'plateau' for me. They each had
to be done in different media and as well as they turned out, it gave me
a lot of confidence in my work. It took me to the next level and I think
it put me in a more professional mindset about my capabilities. Up until
that time, art still felt like a hobby and less like a career choice.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino

"Cartoons with a Touch of Magic"
http://www.wizardofdraws.com
http://www.cartoonclipart.com

I keep refreshing (couple of days now) and still get red crosses. I really
wanted to se the pics too :o(

I was hoping that would be the answer... but to no avail :o(

I cleared my cache before checking again as well. I'll be checking tomorrow
as well, I'll let you know when I can see any images.

Well dont know about the other hosts out there but usenet is FULL and
I do mean full of posts complaining about affordablehost. So I would
not recommend that you go with them.

How is it that just because you don't understand the meaning, you assume
that
its random?

-Jarle
http://studiosilhuett.mpcnett.com



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Wow!
I love the colors, the texture, the mood of it... great work.
A question, why didn't you let it "fade out" towards the bottom as you did on the
other sides? I thought at first that it hadn't finished loading. It's probably
something with just fading out the background, not the figure, eh? I can see that
(rationally) but somehow it still looks odd.

Also, that shadowy area in the middle (on the shoulder) is *totally* black on my
screen (no modulations left), which makes it stand out very much and seem very
hard - it's a lot darker than the edges of the picture. I'd try and soften that a
bit.

Of course I'd love to know what it means, to you, what that "head" is, what the
text reads, but dunno if you wanna share :)

cheers,
nina

I'm good. Still churning out delightful phantasms for jaded people. Or
is it jaded phantasms for delightful people? Sometimes I forget.;)

Got kind of a promotion - not so much 'up' as 'sideways'. Still, I get
to jiggle a little with 'the big picture'. Also dabbling on the side
with an out-of-work-but-freelancing school chum - having more fun
there, but bills is bills...

You'll do fine. If you decide to make waves, you can morph into
stealth mode, and cruise in under the radar cloaked in enthusiastic
elan. Me, well, I come across as 'difficult'. Maybe it's my hair?

If by that you mean 'do I still annoy as many people as possible,
without quite managing to get myself fired?', then yes, I'm still
unsquelched (in a pseudo-anarchistic, three-latte-a-day kind of way).

Backatcha. Now get out there and slap some moneyed ass with that fancy
new diploma!

cliburn

Finally someone ready to help me :)
Thanx alot for your reply.

The black in the middle worried me a bit but isn't too hard on my monitors.
I will try to do something with it.
Also try the fadein as you mentioned.

As for the meaning I rarely explain my intentions for the image as this
conflicts with my "philosphy" about my creative work.
I want people to start thinking and get their own idea for themselves. :)

But here is something that I got from someone else. ;) heh

"It's Thoth, the ibis-headed god of writing, and more than that it's Capit,
from the Latin "caput," head--the offset and the bird's head in profile make
us look again, seeing a Januslike second image in the rough patch left of
the bird. The curved streak of light extending from the beak is a nice
response to the curved letters, and the straight artifact that cuts across
it acknowledges the montage, but it is well unified by your colors and the
darkened borders. Evocative on many levels. "

-Jarle Hrafn


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It's definitely improving, Tony. The look is becoming more refined. I
find the palette very pleasant and appropriate to the topic.

A few comments:

Why are you reserving that right-hand column space? You could move
'Our Pledge' to the right-hand column and get them closer to the top.
Things like 'Email this link' and 'bookmark this page' are pretty
gimmicky and just take up space -- I doubt if people will use them.

Your textlinks disappear on mouseover in the dark areas. You may wish
to define a different set of colors for links that appear on the dark
brown vs. your main content area.

The beveled buttons stand out from the site -- maybe drop the bevel
and apply a border similar to what's on the right-hand boxes. Tie it
all together a little more.

Keep at it, Tony. It's coming together.

cpg

Good thing is the relative width.
Bad thing is its speed.

-Jarle


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It is obvious that your collage has meaning only to you.

Your artwork is, in effect, blank because you have not added anything to
the canvas that would hold meaning for anyone other than yourself. If
anything, you have created an anti-image, because in another medium your
artwork would have sucked down resources meant for real art.

--
Farlo
Urban Fey Dragon
"Imperial" States of America
(The Land of Confusion)

As I surmised, a random collage. Now, it has been assigned meaning, after
the fact.

--
Farlo
Urban Fey Dragon
"Imperial" States of America
(The Land of Confusion)

Who is she?

Drew
;^)

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I CAN SEE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhh, sigh of relief ;o)

They are fantastic, as usual! My fav is the bottom right hand stamp, that
exaggerated cigar makes it.

Thanks for sharing Jeff.

--
Helen (Limelight)
http://www.limelightpromotions.com

I'm in Australia, I was sleeping ;o)

Go Philippoussis! He's a local to us.... 'bout 10 mins away..... I feel
special.

what does that mean?

Must have been that extra htaccess file. I have no clue how it ended up
in there. I wonder how long it's been there...

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to look and the kind words.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino

"Cartoons with a Touch of Magic"
http://www.wizardofdraws.com
http://www.cartoonclipart.com