Masthead finally Up

[sporangia]

I uploaded my Sporangia Masthead tonight.  I didn't get the dimensions quite right, but it wasn't  too bad for a first try.  This is temporary until I get around to doing my own artwork.    I had dinner tonight with Vala and saw that her Carson illustrations are coming along.   We  also talked about the best facial angles for a Sheppard portrait. 

She wants to have both the Carson and the Sheppard ready for the Chicago convention so she can get them signed.  Her hand is healing fast, but she still has to take frequent breaks in her drawing.

I spent the day doing artwork and cooking.   I made lentil soup and froze lots of ground beef packages for adding to eggs, soups  and veggie stacks.

Tonight Vala and I watched 'Enemy at the Gates' from her newly purchased 5th season of 'Stargate Atlantis'  and imbibed a Newton Claret with chocolate while watching the final episode.    It was sublime.  

I'm tired, it is going to be a long week coming up.  I'm looking forward to the Anhinga Conference, but I've got lots of other projects going at the same time.  I fear my summer is almost over.   The tunnel is approaching fast I'm not ready for classes to begin.   Aaaarg. 

Comments

[ann_tara]

I went back to this post and looked at your masthead - it's beautiful! Very tropical, very Florida (at least, the way we want Florida to look like). Where can I find more of this artist's work?

Beautiful Art

[sporangia]

I borrowed my images from Wikipedia. I believe them to be in public Domain. I have made several icons from animals taken out of the different plates by way of photoshop. I credited them all in my comments section of my icons. (at Lj)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstformen_der_Natur

I love these plates. They have had a long influence on 20th century art as the Wikipedia article explains. The fern plate does look like phantasmagorical Florida, I love the uniqueness. I need to credit the masthead art in my Profile area--I haven't gotten around to doing that yet, I've got a creative idea and I want to make another image and link it into the profile area with HTML. I think I can do that via Photobucket. I'm getting to be such as expert--Not (LOL) I really don't know what I am doing most of the time with this. Like you told me if we can do this anyone can. And if you don't like how it looks you can change it, and experiment until you get something you do like.