Template Renovation: Please pardon our dust!

As we are revamping our blog template and posting schedule for the new year (see our Sabbatical post for details), please bear with any oddities you might encounter while browsing. The new template will be up and bug-free by January 1st! Meanwhile, enjoy these blog highlights from 2009:

[Interviews]

• Water-Droplet and Abstract Macro Photography with Malgorzata Krawczyk
• Pencil Realism by Linda Huber of ~Imaginee on Deviant Art

[Deviant Art Features]

• Star Wars, Edward, Spiderman, Joker, Snape, to name a few: Fan Art on Deviant Art
• Kittens! Because it's Thursday and I need a serious dose of cuteness

[My art]

• New art, a paper trimmer, new Thumper/Bambi greeting cards, and a secret!
• More "Ugandan Suns" and the debut of my tiny "Pond" series

[Tutorials and articles]

• Christmas For A Song, Part I: Paper Snowflakes Tutorial
• Fear is Art's Greatest Enemy: A letter to myself and others

[Poems & Etsy Features]

• A Poem Lovely As a Tree: birch bark on Etsy, with poetry
• These are a few of my favorite things ... Spats!

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Sabbatical

Thought I'd start out with a goofy pair of pictures of me covered in silver ink. Somehow, no matter how "clean" the project I'm working on, I manage to make a mess. It's nice to know that some thing never change eh? :)

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Lovely Lights: Red Lanterns on Flickr

by Renee Lawter

Red is a most marvelous color, don't you think? Flickr yielded these beauties to me this morning. Enjoy.

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Beautiful water photo manipulations

"Waterose" by Marcelo Fedrizzi of Platinum Studios

I'm not usually a fan of photo manipulations. Unless they're done really, really well, they look tacky. Guess it's just the traditional artist in me, but if you are going to go through all that trouble, why not just start from scratch and draw/paint/make everything exactly the way you want it?

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The Power of Photography to Stop violence Against Children With Albinism in Africa

~UPDATE: Dec 1~ Unfortunately, this project failed to reach its goal. Bummer. :(

Albino children are often abused or sacrificed for medicinal and witchcraft purposes in Africa because people do not understand their condition. Joanna Rudnick and Rick Guidotti are part of a team traveling to Africa to make a film about these children and to encourage others to help rescue them from death and abuse due to ignorance. Only 26 hours to go!

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