billyboy - Journal

I was actually blown away how easy it was to shift from PC to iMac and I`m basically a very happy chappy :-)))

But there`s one thing that bugs me and that is iPhoto. It`s the place where your stuff goes unless you INSIST otherwise. And it thinks I`m stoopid cause it creates a copy of whatever I open up to edit in Photoshop even if it`s just to remove a spec of dust so you end up with a shitload…

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There have been a few occasions in the past where I’ve been less than happy about the quality of some of RB’s products… at one time their cards were printed poorly and their calendars were published on thin paper and the printing was dark and oversaturated. And I’ve even made mention of these problems in the odd journal…

But fair is fair, and when I’m happy ab…

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Maybe someone else has experienced this after the recent changes to the RB interface…
If I try to enter one of my pieces in a challenge, I notice that only some of my portfolio shows on the selectable thumbnails… including my private works which never showed up previously.
In addition, I get this notice above the thumbnails (which are now all in a weird vertical line instead of filling …

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So it’s done. Cleared all the ivy off the roof of the garden shed. It’s a job I hate cause even though I think our local spiders do a totally amazing job of controlling the mosquito population of our town, there’s a shitload of them hidden in the ivy… and Belgian Jumping Spiders are BIG and their webs are MASSIVE and the reason there’s so many holes in my gardening…

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Just got back from vacation in Florida and Montreal and have an abasolute shitload of photos to sort… so with a bit of luck I might find one or two worthy of posting over the next couple of weeks :-)

But in the meantime, while I was away…
The Dutch TV station TROS aired a program that was filmed at the studio where I work (and play!). It was a reality type show where they picked two m…

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These guys called Shakaponk are French….

you`d never know it. Cause before this, I didn`t know French could rock like this.
Until they came to our studio and cut their first album.
Now I do.
Life is full of amazement every day.
DO !!

MY WORK IS IN EXHIBITION IN SoJie 12!

Insignificance by billyboy

Here’s Janis’ amazing translation… I wish you could see what lies under this top layer. Clikcing on her painting will bring you to the place where she explains her unique artistic process, which is actually an adventure in itself!

Please have a look, you’ll be amazed :-))

   Join m…

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Today’s kinda special cause I sold a matted print of my Sleepless in Manhattan … which makes the following total on that image:

2 x matted prints
3 x canvas prints
2 x mounted prints
4 x framed prints
2 x posters
9 x greeting cards

Out of those 22 sales I netted €110. Over 4 years. That’s €27.50 per year.
So I figure I’d need about 1000 more images that sell this well in m…

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I`m not gonna make a big deal of this…
But the event that Janis Zroback created around one of my images left me speechless. Momentarily :-)

Please, if you`ve got the time, check it out. Maybe leave a comment there if you`re up for it. She`s done an amazing job and I`m still painstakingly working on removing my jaw from the floor after reading it myself and having followed her work every s…

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… that I very rarely self promote…

But Kira recently gave me a

in Art Universe .
And the way she set it up and hung the pictures looked so cool that I couldn`t let it go without showing it off.

So if that makes me look like I`m a stinkin show-off, then it`s exactly what I am today and I`m for today I am actually totally cool with that :-)

Thanks so much Kira, and ever…

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