*shakes head laughing*

Once again, I have been accused of 'using a pathetic art filter' to make a portrait. The funny thing about this, is I had someone here who saw the work as it progressed.

Why do people have the "Since *I* can't do it, you are obviously faking!" mentality? Why do they have such a problem believing that a stylus, a graphics tablet and the right software means you can make artworks that rival 'the real thing'?

Does TwistedBrush have art filters? Yes. Did I use it? No

Side by side comparison of the painted one I did, and same image run thru the filter, and quality is excruciatingly obvious.

Here is the one I painted, using the original photograph as a reference image:

This one was the original photograph run through the best quality of the programs' art filter:

It's not 'bad' but it doesn't hold a candle to the one I used the oil brushes and oil daubing tools.

I'm not going to deliberately tank a digital painting. I will do the best I possibly can, and I did.

Sometimes being right isn't the only thing to consider

I don't like censorship, even if it's self imposed, but to shut someone up, I removed from sale (not from site) some of the best digitally painted portraits I had done over the weekend and part of this week. She accused me of just 'running them through a filter". Even though that function is available iwth TB, I didn't use it. I even have screen caps of the many layers, even with the brushes used listed, and she still insisted I 'stole her photograph' (no, I took legal photograph) and ran it through paint filter (uhh no). I used the same I did with the Kandyce and Jewel photographs, but used oils instead, and boy was that tricky as all get out! I even showed the work in progress to someone (not that I need to prove I'm not lying, but I so really hate to be called one.)

She called the hosting site, and even though she was told I was doing nothing illegal, she kept posting defamatory comments and veiled threats. I don't need this, so once again, she gets katowed to even though she is in the wrong and I am in the right. Who knows, maybe I will just host them elsewere, OR take a chance on getting nose bleeds from the chemicals in the paints and cleaners, and hand paint them, and then repost them.

Funny, she said all the others were 'outraged'. I got email from them saying "Wow, Thanks!" or othersuch comments.

Ready to go!

I asked Aikidomayland if he was going to be near the embassy, and he said no. Oh well, only took 2 weeks for it to get here, figure it will take about the same amount of time to get back.

Oh the fun (and egos) never stop

I took some photographs over the past week, where it was expressed that photographing was ok, just no video (due to recording artist rights)

I have used said photographs along with my Wacom and art program to create Digital Oil Paintings. Said person isn't named or identified as I made sure the facial features were blurred. Someone is trying to throw her weight around, saying it's illegal for me to be doing this. I have checked, double check, and even had two people get back to me, and it is NOT illegal. It would be if I had used photos taken by someone else without their written permission. I own the photographs I took, I am the copyright holder of them and can use them as I see fit.

Why do some people feel the need to bully? It doesn't work with me. You would think people would get that by now.

Lookit what *I* got in the mail today!

So many people throw away their legal right to vote, for whatever reason. That's so wrong. With the way things are going, you never know what rights you have, that you don't exercise, might be taken away

Iddums BOO!

McCain, Palin decry 'gotcha' journalism

Aww, poor babies! It's ok if this sort of journalism is done to democrats on their behalf. Or for Bill Oh'Really to actually stalk people to do this, but 'its not fair' when done to them. Especially when those rascally articles or reports are true!

McCain trying to cover Palin's ass by her getting called on her stupidity as "Gotcha Journalism". It wasn't "Gotcha" in the slightest, unlike the BS Billo does, which is. Palin got verbally nailed for her stupidity, and is whining about it. (For giggles, count how many times Palin and McCain say 'Gotcha Journalism'. I think they are trying for a new catch phrase/sound bite ala 'smoking gun/mushroom cloud')

Boo-f**king-hoo.

The sorta sad thing about having a good guest

Is when they have to go home.

thatgothgrrl has been a wonderful guest here during the WAMED Fest.  She was a lot of fun to have over. Told her we will have to do it again, but not wait 2 yrs (Geelong trip we took in '06) next time.