A Plea for Brighter T-Shirt Previews
I have just written an entry in the feedback pages concerning the way RB desaturates the colours in the T-Shirt previews. Those of you who are as frustrated as I am about this topic, particularly the way skin tones often appear almost as grey, please go HERE and add your votes to mine. I am convinced that many potential buyers must be put off by these lackluster previews.
Tee Shirt Preview Drabness
It has been an ongoing gripe of many RBers that the preview images for Tee shirts makes them appear too dull and therefore puts off potential buyers. I recently found a journal entry by Chris Whal describing how he uploaded a colour chart on a Tee shirt and compared the colours on the preview with his original file.
I have built on this idea using Chris’s charts and a Photoshop adjustment l…
A bit of doggerel for Julia - our new Aussie PM
This is for Aussie RedBubblers.
On the day the deed was done I thought the occasion might be appropriate for a little Doggerel. Here is the result.
Some Advice for Julia
You’ll have to be like Jesus
and turn the other cheek.
You’ll have to have compassion
without appearing weak.
They say he was a communist
but now it must be said
that you, my dear, must not get caught
with reds beneath your…
Australian Zazzle
I’m wondering what all you Bubblers think of zazzle.com.au and if you are a member of Zazzle will you be swapping or using both. The Australian Zazzle is supposed to be attuned to the Australian Market but obviously the American Zazzle has more visitors and probably always will.
Greeting Cards - The Inside Story
Redbubble cards are great, but currently anyone wanting to combine a picture with text to convey humour or an idea is forced to do it on the front of the card. I think that the capacity to have messages on the inside of cards or to upload monochrome images for the same purpose would be a valuable addition to RB.
I have put this suggestion on the feedback forum so if anyone feels that it is a good…
Eagles are Go !
Many years ago, before I started painting in earnest, someone who ran a gallery in Sydney advised me to paint colorful birds like parrots and rosellas because birds of prey didn’t sell. I took her at her word.
After I sold my Golden Eagle watercolour and gouache painting at Christmas, I reassessed and decided to do an oil painting of an Australian Wedgetailed Eagle.
With the paint barely dr…
What will sell and what won't?
I give up… I don’t have a clue!
I have just sold a painting which I almost didn’t bother to frame because I thought no-one would buy it because it was too dark. Don’t get me wrong – I always liked the painting myself, but I thought that people who bought bird paintings would want brightly coloured parrots and dainty wrens bathed in sunlight. At Christmas I sold one w…
Return of the Possum
Great news. Herbert is back in his Gladstone bag. He’s looking older and a little frayed around the edges, particularly his feet, but I’m sure it is him as he has one ripped nostril (visible in earlier photographs).
The dead female possum I found must have been another unfortunate.
Here he is – a little the worse for wear Herbert.
The Unvarnished Truth about Synthetics
I’m still sleuthing my undercover story (couldn’t resist the pun) about varnishing and came across a technical article from the American Institute for Conservation on the removal of synthetic varnishes from paintings.
It has some interesting points to make about the changing solubility of synthetic varnishes over time. It’s pretty dry to wade through (the article that is – …
Anyone for Varnishing?
I have been using the traditional dammar varnish to protect my paintings but haven’t found it entirely satisfactory. I had read about Gamvar varnish based on research at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA and it sounded good. I have been searching for an Australian Supplier for a while and have now found one here.
A video of how to apply it is here.
An interesting article on varnish…