Made to fade

Now in print: Catharsis Magazine!

2007-09-18T21:01:57Z

That's right, it's DONE!

Not only is it done, it is now available for purchase in our Lulu storefront-- either print, or digital download. There's also a free 20-page sample there too.

I'm particularly proud of it because, about an hour after I announced it would be available the next day, I went through the layout with a good friend of mine and talented designer. After I looked at what he told me, I realized that everything was crap! So I pulled an all-nighter, and 24 hours later, had a much stronger magazine which compliments the AMAZING CONTENT really well. I think, anyway. :)

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Woohoo!

2007-08-19T22:21:16Z

I just got my first two designs accepted to the Designer Spotlight over at iStock. I know that's not saying much, but it's immensely gratifying to me because I am not a designer, and I've been really agonizing over the various spreads. I know there's a typo in that version of Fat Around The Heart (whoops), but as I've been working on the magazine, it's gotten easier. Really, the hard part was spending weeks staring at a blank InDesign document-- it was way easier working on someone else's project, especially because he had a very specific idea and the layout was so straightforward.

I'm still hurting for about three pages in each section, but once those pages are filled, the two sections by themselves will be about 30 pages-- my goal for the magazine was a minimum of 40. So that means that three interviews, two features, a letter from the editor, and a letter from the assistant editor have to fill ten pages? Yeah, we'll be fine for space. And that's not even counting, like, TOC or the contributor directory!

I am starting to really be happy about this project, instead of just worried sick.

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Since I'm on a video kick..

2007-07-11T15:11:08Z

Gwendalicious-youtube

So, today is Gwendolyn's 4th birthday. We have a ton of birthday traditions-- there's the super-sparkly rhinestone birthday tiara, the procurement of the Birthday Balloon, the birthday dress fit for a birthday princess, and dinner at a fancy restaurant. (Tonight: The Melting Pot. Because the only two ways to ensure Gwendolyn will eat anything is for it to be dippable, or for it to be cheese.)

I spent about a month putting together the video here in iMovie. She's watched it twice so far today, and it keeps her attention, which is nearly impossible. So, for those of you who I haven't forced to drown in Gwendapictures for the last four years:

I present to you.. Miss Gwendalicious.

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Speaking of those ever-present projects..

2007-07-07T05:56:01Z

The Book of One

The book I've not been able to shut up about, The Book of One by my good buddy Jesse Michael Renaud, is finally released to the public today. There were a couple great weeks of signed pre-order goodness, but today is the day that Jesse launches the book out into a sea of people who aren't already familiar with his work. I'm hugely proud of him, and grateful that I was able to be a part of the behind-the-scenes mayhem. :D

As a little congratulatory somethin', I put together the trailer to the left for Jesse. I'm not entirely happy with the walking animation in the second half, but considering that I did the animation myself-- including the transitions, except between black screens-- frame by individual frame, I'm pretty freaking pleased with myself.

Anyway, go check out Jesse's work, and if the trailer intrigues you, buy a copy of the book. I'm sure there's more than one closet comic enthusiast in my neighborhood.. ;)

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What the Duck?

2007-06-16T15:30:04Z

God, I love What the Duck. It's about time there was a photography webcomic.

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Haze is freaking awesome.

2007-06-12T21:55:42Z

I GOT MY SKIRT TODAY! It's an original, sewn to my measurements. If you want a skirt which is equally kickass, hit Haze up for a place in the conga line: studio524

Haze: sorry these pictures suck. My "studio space" is not deep enough for me to get a full-body with my 50mm lens. I've got a bunch of detail pictures I need to resize to post-- the brushwork is absolutely beautiful and no one has really seen it yet unless they got a skirt!

I love this skirt so much that I'm actually posting a picture of my butt. That never happens.

Skirting the issue: Prodigal Matriculation

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Vox Hunt: Crush Song

2007-05-31T23:22:02Z

Audio: Share a song that makes you think of your crush.
Submitted by ♥Voxy Lady M♥.

Sword - Rilo Kiley

This isn't so much a song that makes me think of my crush, specifically-- it's just a song that I listen to when I have a crush on someone. If you catch me sighing to the strains of the most bittersweet song Jenny Lewis ever crooned, it's invariably because I'm all goofy over some guy.
I know it's off the subject
And I'm starting to feel uncomfortable
'Cause when I talk about you
It's just like the movies I've seen...

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Visual DNA

2007-04-25T01:10:51Z

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

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Hm.

2007-04-14T15:23:34Z

Had a talk with my brother that threw some things into perspective yesterday when it comes to the limitations and stumbling blocks with my own "style" and aesthetic vision.

Maybe I've got the idea of showing who someone really is pretty well; photography is like playing a guitar, easy to pick up and hard to master, and I'm somewhere between Stairway to Heaven and Hotel California. So I'm not saying I'm Annie Leibovitz, just that, of all styles and perspectives, that's what I'm best at.

Yesterday it occured to me while talking with Tim that pictures which are not necessarily honest in that way are not automatically and necessarily "bad."

Sometimes the point isn't to celebrate and show the person as who they really are, but to show the person as who they want to be.

Interesting. I wonder why that never occured to me before?

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Breakfast of champions

2007-04-12T06:45:05Z

Rest in peace, Kurt. You gave the world color and taught me so much about the written word. I miss you already.

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