I am too sick to do anything for halloween, which is terrible. I have food poisoning…
so here are a few photos of past years.
freeYou want to earn a mini-print?
All you have to do is hand out, send out, or post up other mini-prints of my work! I’m making promo packs, which include a handful of ACEO sized prints with my site info on them. If you’re willing to hand them to people who may want to buy some art, send them along to friends, or post them to local bulletin boards/clubs/stores and venues’ bulletin boards, I’ll send you a packet!
You’ll get one 5×7″ signed mini-print of one of my works in the packet, for you to keep and gloat about.
If you’re interested, email me (resonanteye at gmail.com) and let me know where to send your packet! Please only respond if you’re willing to hand out/post the cards and prints though. I’ll only be doing a limited number of these, so keep that in mind!
I’m making a bunch of different prints; if you have a strong preference for which of my art pieces you’d like a miniprint of, let me know when you email me. I’ll try my best to make it happen.
That I appreciate all the support, but I also tell you all the time how you can help me out (sharing links to other sites, buying my stuff, etc)
Now I wnt to know- what can I do for YOU? What do you want to see more of? Less of? What kind of things would you just love to hear me rant about, draw a picture of, or review? You can tell me in a comment, or you can email me at resonanteye at the gmail dot com, either way is fine- but I’d love to know how I can make this site more fun for you, more worth your time and all the attention.
xox I love you peoples.
closest image I have on hand that looks like “GIANT VALENTINE FOR EVERYBODY”
I’ve seen my work posted and reposted a lot online (it probably started in earnest, with my work, when this image was the main image on the wikipedia “tattoo” entry for almost a year) and I’ve never really thought about the amount of people who may be seeing it with no idea who made it.
A few things recently made me consider starting to watermark my stuff with this site’s address. First, I was looking at sketches done by some artists on a social network site I use, and found a sketch of my spider monkey mount’s skull and jaws. It was a great sketch, and I commented on it saying I loved that someone was using my work as inspiration. The artist blew it off, saying “Yes, I found this randomly online.” They had no idea they were talking to the creator of the work they were (tracing) drawing.
I explained that it was my work, she was excited to find out where it came from, we made friends.
It was a really good sketch.
Then, I found my spider skeletons posted to a russian site- and have no idea what on earth it says, whether it links back to me (update- it does) or not, and would love to comment but have no idea which buttons are for commenting or anything since I don’t read cyrilic.
Should I start watermarking things? I’d love it if every time my work was reposted or re-used, someone new came to see the rest of what I do, came here and maybe even said hi or spoke with me.
Having the site address on each photo is something I have alternately been too obstinate, or too lazy, to do. I don’t think even if I did this, that I would have the patience to go back and watermark all my older images (about twenty thousand images of my various works exist online) but maybe, going forward, I should make the effort.
What do you think?
a little taste of my day.
I did this for a commission. Things like this are the reason I love commissioned work. I started drawing, imagining a pen and ink, monochromatic fabio- and somehow managed to make him start to be golden.
At that point I was screwed- golden aquatic beefcake, it had to be done.
Done with watercolor wash and prismacolor pencil.
Note: the seahorse is enjoying itself.
Update: people are beginning to migrate from the (myspace )I mean – etsy. Here is a page attempting to list their new shops and venues. And other are protesting it all.
The place has always had resellers; people breaking the rules to pass off mass-produced stuff as handmade.
There’s a lot of money to be had from people who want to NOT support corporations, who want to buy local, handmade stuff. A lot of people don’t like buying things that were made for pennies by slave labor. Lots of companies know that, and will lie about how their stuff was made, to get that dollar.
The people who produce things with slave labor want that dollar, too.
“Former eBay and PayPal executive Stephanie Tilenius has joined the Board of Directors of Etsy, joining Etsy founder Rob Kalin, FlickR’s Caterina Fake, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson, and Accel Partners’ Jim Breyer (also on Walmart.com.’s board) on the board. Tilenius left eBay last year and now heads Google’s commerce division.”
So they invaded etsy (and a few other places) and have been trying for a while now to find ways to successfully sell to people who don’t want to buy from them. Recently, an attempt to pass off furniture built in Bali as “handmade in CA” was busted. The thing is- etsy isn’t supposed to be a place to buy factory-made goods being resold. Its own mission statement says that buying direct from people who are making things by hand, not in factories, is the point.
I signed up there because of that but now…well, the fact that when confronted with a (GIANT SHITPILE OF) evidence, including an email from the man who actually makes the furniture, that the stuff is not produced in CA, and that the original seller is a fraud, etsy chose not to apologize, not to admit fault and remove the seller—but to close discussions about it and deny. (note- the fraudulent seller? is not only still open, but still in their list of “featured sellers”)
So, I’m in the process of migrating. (check out my home page– new links to my stuff for now! All my rocks, sticks, logs, and moss will stay on etsy- but anything I made, art, paintings and stuff- originals- has been moved. still debating whether to keep my prints there or not, my “production work”)
I usually post all my own work here, and occasionally a review of an artist or a few artists.
Today is one of the days when I feel like showing what some of my friends make. I belong to a team on etsy which runs on chaos and confusion. It’s enchanting in a way. There’s none of the usual melodrama or arguing found on that site- it’s a strange and silly group of people. The only real rule is to help each other out- and to enjoy doing it.
Here’s a link to that team– if you use etsy, you’re welcome to join us (you don’t have to have a shop to join in the mayhem.)
First of all, there’s Debbi. Now, she does digital stuff, photographs. She works in NOLA, which means all her stuff has that creepy, southern vibe. But she has also given me tons of ideas for my own work, including the notion to do curated shadowboxes. She is a promotional wizard and she is also the queen of amokery, even.
Also, I love her work.
You
can check out more of her things here.
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I should also say that she is soooooooo fabulous.
Anyone who likes the dirty south should enjoy taking a peek at her stuff.
Then, there’s Francesca. I know two Frannies, this one is the dark one- her work is gothic, and sometimes strange. She does a lot of things with tiny bones, with feathers. She’s totally obsessed with day of the dead motifs.
Her stuff makes me smile. I know she also, like me, LOVES skulls.
You can see more from her here.
I’ve talked to her quite a bit, and her tastes are really similar to mine. She likes dead things, tattoos, and good music.
What I would call good, anyway.
People who like my stuff will probably like her stuff A LOT.
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And Brittany. She makes cute kid stuff- usually.
Which means that I don’t need it, given that I have no kids.
BUT! I got her book on bullying for my nieces and nephews.
AND! she also makes this scary guy!
Well, not scary. just goth. I think she’s going to make some more of these,
I really hope she does. This one sold right away.
She is like Mary Poppins, ever so polite, kind, and decent. It’s kind of funny that someone like that would be my friend. but she is! You can see more of her work here- and you should definitely check it out if you have/like/know any kids.
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daniblu makes cool things too.
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she is very sweet, and kind.
Of everything she does though-
I am in LOVE with these.
They’re just big enough for plugs. and just soft enough to keep things from breaking.
Holy crap.
You can find the rest of her work here.
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I also like Shayne’s work a lot. He does chicks, hot chicks. More day of the dead stuff. Zombies. Vampires.
And
he’s goofy as hell.
I think he would like to be serious at times but he is just…not.
He lives near some friends of mine out in the desert, so I’m hoping on my next road trip I get to meet him and kick it a little.
You can find more of his stuff here.
He reminds everyone all the time that he’ll make prints in just about any size…so I’ll say that for him too. The man has drive.
I’ve got about ten more people I WANT to include, but I will wait until next time to write about them all. I’ll just leave you with a few pictures to click on, that go to more things made by each person.
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I’ll be posting some paintings later on today- I’m almost done with the sasquatch, so even if it fails I will put him up!
All these folks are awesome people. I mean it.
I get a lot of people asking me how to get started, wanting to show their art and find out if they should try to be tattoo artists.
They will ask about apprenticeships, teaching, equipment, schools, kits, “practicing at home”, “teaching themselves”, and all kinds of other stuff. I took the time a while ago to write up an article explaining how to get into tattooing the right way, how to learn without fucking people up, and how to find a decent place to learn from.
I hope this helps someone decide to go the right path to tattooing, and helps others decide it’s just not worth that much to them.
If you really are dedicated and persistent, if you really, really mean it, then you will eventually get there.
Unless you take shortcuts. Don’t take those. Do it the right way, even though it’s harder at the start.
I don’t review portfolios or teach anyone; but if you have more questions after reading this article, feel free to email me.
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.”
– Leo Tolstoy
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