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typography:    font   choice

5/20/2013

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Dash of Inspiration
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We’ve talked a lot about Typography, offered links to a ton of good font choices and touched on typography layout within your card design … more articles on all of these subjects exist in the Community Blog, but let’s narrow in on Font Choice today and how the wrong choice can cause declines and the difference between a marketable design and an unmarketable design. Such as ...

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Composition:  Unprofessional

4/22/2013

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So let’s talk about Composition: Unprofessional

Distracting Elements and/or Background: This really should be fairly easy to understand. It does apply mostly to photographs, though could apply to digital compositions as well. It’s one of those Photography 101 lessons to compose your photograph without things like; poles sticking out of the heads of your subjects, branches and dead leaves in front of your subject, body parts that don’t belong to your subject, etc. Remember; if it does not add to your overall image then it’s a distraction ...

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Composition:   Balance  of  elements

4/15/2013

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Dash of Inspiration
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Let’s continue with a visual review and discussion of the areas listed in GCU’s Submission Guidelines. Today we’ll keep this series going with the second area in the COMPOSITION grouping of the Submission Guidelines which is:

COMPOSITION: Balance of Elements

The Submission Guidelines state this:

A feeling of visual equality. Objects, values, colors, textures, shapes, forms, etc., are used in creating balance in a composition. Balance is a visual interpretation of gravity in the design. Large, dense elements appear to be heavier while smaller elements appear to be lighter. In art ...  Read Entire Article


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TOU   –   Terms   of   Use

6/18/2012

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Dash of Inspiration
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Let me begin this week’s discussion about Commercial Use elements and their associated licenses by stating very clearly; “I am no expert”!  What I offer here today is from knowledge acquired during my own research over the past few years of reading and respecting the terms given by the creator for each element I wish to use.  With this information base I can get you on the road to better understanding what to look for and some of the associated terms you’ll find out there.

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“Crying an Ocean” Image by Print-of-Hooves© at DeviantART – notice the artist’s notes
on the photos used to create this new work
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Creating   Artist's   Blogs   by   Empty   Easel

3/15/2012

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TUESDAY MARKETING TIP:

9 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Have Their Own Art Blog
Why Every Artist Should Have a Blog - I found this interesting article on Empty Easel "9 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Have Their Own Art Blog" and thought it was worth passing along.

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Scanning   Tips

12/5/2011

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Photo Courtesy By Linda Woolhether, eHow Contributor
Dash of Inspiration
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I wanted to offer some good tips and inspire you to learn more about this process that some even call more of an art than a process.  I’ve certainly found scanning photography, film and watercolors to be a more in-depth process than one might think to achieve a high-quality scan ...

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How   the   Heck    Did    They    Do    That?

10/17/2011

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Dash of Inspiration
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Ever find yourself saying that when you see something cool on someone’s website?  When I went full force into creating online stores and a web presence, I was constantly stuck trying to figure out how to add images, links and so on to my sites and Squidoo lens.  So, as I collected the information I created a text document that now sits as a short-cut on my desktop with all the bits and pieces of HTML coding for when I need it ...

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Build    a    Killer    Portfolio    by    FreelanceSwitch.com

5/2/2011

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MARKETING TUESDAY:

Great article from Freelance Switch.com for Building a Killer Online Portfolio in 9 Easy Steps.   All artists & designers, whether you sell your artistic creations or offer your services, needs to have a portfolio of your BEST work easily accessible. Here is my online portfolio as a example of what you can do to make an impression, and this site is what got me found and signed by a licensing agency this past November: Art for License. I hope you are inspired to give yourself a strong online presence!

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Time    Management    for    the    Freelance    Artist

4/26/2011

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Freelancing Tools: Key Ideas to Better Time Management

Time management is always a challenge to the creative mind, but to run a successful business AND get your creative work done, you simply must use your time well. This article may spark some areas where you might be able to make some improvements in your creative work day!
This comes to us from Noupe and Jake Rocheleau.

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Increase    Online    Presence    by    Eugene    Aronsky

4/5/2011

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MARKETING TUESDAY:

Increase Online Presence
I found this article and thought it may spark inspiration for some of you trying to increase your online marketing through a review of your online presence. This article comes to us from TechieMania.com by Eugene Aronsky. Happy Marketing!

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