Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge. The work submitted for Challenge 8 was all outstanding. More importantly, you…
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge. The work submitted for Challenge 8 was all outstanding. More importantly, your participation and collboration with Kathleens Art – Action Without violence group, will help to raise awareness about this barbaric trade in Whales. / The winning piece is / / Sail With Sea Wolfs by Cliff / / / / The runner up position goes to / / Harpoonscope by geoffeep / / / / Congratulations to both of you, and to all who took part in this awesome challenge
Hello Bubbleers. Has it been two weeks already? We’ve been hard at work on many wonderful things which are just gonna take some time, b…
Hello Bubbleers. Has it been two weeks already? We’ve been hard at work on many wonderful things which are just gonna take some time, but we do have some goodies that were ready to release today. Drum roll please… New Framed Print Previews Over the next few hours we’ll rolling out new product previews for our framed prints. They look amazing if I do say so myself, but it’ll take a few hours for them to spread out over the entire site, so here’s an example from the beautiful portfolio of TalBright: New Tee Previews They’re not quite as amazing as the frames admittedly, but we’re also rolling out new tee previews over the next few hours, with pretty accurate illustrations of each style, more room for bigger previews, etc. We were also “this close” to having an accurate preview of each garment size as well, but they’ll have to wait a little bit. Here’s an example of a Girly Short Sleeve design by dkcazaly: You might notice some weird stretching of designs while we roll these out, but it’ll be worth it! The reason behind this change is that we want to do some pretty interesting stuff with the tees, like printing on the back, or positioning the design in the bottom corner, etc, and a nice flat realistic illustration of the garment will make this much much easier. Beta Testing Challenges The Challenge Café group is graciously helping us over the next few weeks by testing out the new challenge functionality. I’ll post some more about challenges in the next day or so once we’re set-up. They’re not-quite-done, but there’s some pretty cool stuff in there, like the new “work selector” which lets you enter a work into the challenge from the challenge page in the group rather than from inside MyBubble (which we’ll obviously be rolling out to other places, like groups, ASAP). Order By Phone in Australia We’re also experimenting with the idea of “order by phone”, starting with Australia. Copyright IPTC Data We’re also in the process of rolling out copyright notices embedded in the IPTC meta data of the images. It’ll take a few hours to spread out across the site, but every main, zoom and product preview image (all the big ones) will soon contain the copyright data. There’s no setting or preference, we just do it. There’s a swag of bug fixes and little things too, so enjoy! — Justin
This week has been a relatively short one in RedBubble land due to a public holiday, and various staff out of the office. However we sti…
This week has been a relatively short one in RedBubble land due to a public holiday, and various staff out of the office. However we still have a few new things now up on the site. The old ‘overview’ page in mybubble is now gone, and replaced with the new-look activity monitor. We have added some new activity types here from the ongoing challenges beta which will help you stay on top of what challenges are happening within your groups. The list of all your groups can still be found via the groups tab in ‘mybubble’. The challenges beta has been expanded to more groups. Challenges can now be found in Challenge Cafe, Painters in Modern Times, Melbourne & Victoria, / Promote Each Other, A Photographer’s Craft, and Short Stories. Also a reminder from last week that calendars have all now been updated to a new 2009 design. So if you haven’t already, you can get cracking and make some new funky calendars from your art in mybubble/calendars. - John
Did you know there are 1.6 million inventions under active patent in the United States? / Did you know RedBubble makes you smarter? Thi…
Did you know there are 1.6 million inventions under active patent in the United States? / Did you know RedBubble makes you smarter? This week on the bubble we’ve made a few tweaks to mybubble, adding back in some of the links that went missing when we lost the overview page and generally making it a bit friendlier. If you’re participating in any of the beta challenges you’ll notice some more changes – the biggest of which is that there is now separate entry and voting periods to make things a bit fairer. Justin has been working hard this week figuring out a final end point for challenges so that hopefully we’ll be able to release them site wide soon. And in case you missed it earlier in the week, there’s now a pretty T-Shirt Mosaic that looks like an iron for you to play with. In fact I might go and do just that now. - Xavier
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get yourself, your event or your work into your local paper The short article an…
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get yourself, your event or your work into your local paper The short article and photo below was featured in my local paper last January at the time I had a group exhibition running with some friends. It took me literally 10 minutes on a lunch break to accomplish. I’ve done this many times for other artists, events, myself, school things… Getting a bit of coverage in a local paper can have a huge impact on how many people turn up to your event, or sign up for your class, or look you up on the net. What’s more, it’s actually quite easy to achieve Start with some well taken, interesting photos of you, the event organiser, the people behind the work, and maybe one of the work itself. Have a think. What about this person or event or work is interesting, different, exciting, would make people read the article twice? (If there isn’t anything interesting to write, stop at this step, go outside and do something interesting first.) Jot down 1-5 sentences that capture the tone and uniqueness of the person or event and make sure you include important details like names, dates, and contact details. Check your spelling, and read it aloud to make sure it runs smoothly. Stop going over it 50 billion times. It really doesn’t matter that much if you use ‘a’ or ‘the’ Send it to your local paper, a blog owner, or a magazine and include 1-3 of the best photos. Three things could happen: 1. They’ll go “sweet, this guy just did my job for me” and will publish it as is / 2. Someone will call you wanting to chat or email or ask for other photos and will flesh it out into a longer article / 3. You’ll hear nothing, and it will disappear into the abyss This whole process can take as little as 10 minutes if you already have suitable photos, so set your alarm for a bit early tomorrow and get up and do it. What have you got to lose?
I’ve managed (by some miracle) to crack the 100 t-shirt sales mark. I know that there are loads of people on RB that probably do that in …
I’ve managed (by some miracle) to crack the 100 t-shirt sales mark. I know that there are loads of people on RB that probably do that in a month (I’m looking at you and your CCTV Government t-shirt Ross Robinson!) but if you’d told me I’d be able to do that a year ago, I’d have thought you were one of those crazy internet people who doesn’t spend enough time in the real world. To mark the occasion I’ve decided to throw out a little t-shirt design challenge with a difference. The main difference being that this one has a prize. I had all these crazy ideas about prizes. Helvetica DVDs, free t-shirts, gorgeous books on illustration and typography, free CDs etc. then I thought, you know what … this is going to cost a shedload to post from the UK and it’s coming up to Christmas … I reckon people would just prefer the cash. So pay attention cos this is how it’s going to go down. Important stuff first. The Prize/Incentive A guaranteed sale. Not very exciting right? Well it’s a bit more exciting if you put an 800% mark up on it. Now, I’ll most likely go for a girly fitted tee so by my calculations, that means you’ll earn yourself about £75.00 (approx $160.00 USD) from one shirt sale. Which is better than a kick in the face with a golf shoe. Upload your shirt at the normal price and if you’re the chosen one, I’ll let you know and we can arrange a time where you can bump the price up and I can make my pur-chase … The Theme The theme for this little challenge is Reveal Yourself. Now, before you get the digital camera out and start nuding up I should clarify. I’m looking for a design that features something revealing about your personality – not your anatomy. It could be designed in a style you love, feature a subject matter you’re passionate about, demonstrate your sense of humour or tell a story from your past. It’s open to wide interpretation. The Fine Print It must be uber cool as I’ve got to wear it and I need all the cred I can get New designs only Enter as many times as you like Post your designs in the comments below The challenge will close midnight (GMT) Sunday 21st of September, 2008 Bonus points will awarded for spending extra time in the tee community over the next few weeks, leaving comments and encouraging others Tag your work revealyourself (this bit is important) The final choice is up to me and I’ll pick the design I love the most Please pass this on to any t-shirt designers you think may be keen. It’s just a small incentive to encourage some new, killer t-shirt designs and a way of saying thanks to everyone who has bmailed, encouraged me, commented on my stuff and bought shirts since my first upload 10 months ago. I can’t begin to thank you enough :) Cheers, / Nat
Hello! We’ve been working on our challenge software for several months now and today we’re taking the wraps off. You can see an examp…
Hello! We’ve been working on our challenge software for several months now and today we’re taking the wraps off. You can see an example of the challenge software here and you can see a summary of all challenges on RedBubble here. The thinking behind challenges is that they should be fun, a way for you to discover new work and a catalyst for action. The challenge software will be available to any group that would like it – just e-mail Jo and she’ll make it happen. We’ve also been working on RedBubble books behind the scenes – and today Paul is releasing the first RedBubble book. The book can be purchased here. The thinking behind this limited release is for us to test the quality (which we’re very happy with) and logistics before we hit the go button on books more generally. The timing on the site wide release of books is yet to be locked down – it really depends on how long other things take and how quickly I can hire some more people to help us build the website faster. On that front – Xavier and Peter are moving to San Francisco in two weeks. We’ll be looking to hire a few folks to keep us company … at the moment we’re looking to hire an Office Manager and a range of technical folks (Front End Developer and Back End Developer) so we can build faster. If you’re living in San Francisco and would like to know more drop Peter an e-mail and I can send you the job descriptions. Ciao, Peter
Hello! Today we have released the functionality for “site-wide” challenges and we’ve opened challenges to all groups. You can see a s…
Hello! Today we have released the functionality for “site-wide” challenges and we’ve opened challenges to all groups. You can see a summary of all challenges on this page and it’s great to see such a diversity of challenges popping up. The thinking with site wide challenges is that this will allow us to create challenges outside of a group which anyone can enter. Initially we are going to be using this functionality to create the next RedBubble publication “The City”. Unlike the previous publications, In the Moment, Gaia and Compassion (the last of which is due for release relatively shortly), “The City” will be on a more streamlined process. Entries will be open for two weeks then one weeks voting and straight to publication. We will have a process to incorporate writing into the publication (to be explained over the coming week). The idea behind this streamlined process is to increase the frequency and accessibility of the publications. We will also make them available at a significantly lower price than the previous publications – to maximise the potential distribution. The purpose behind the publications is to showcase the art and writing on RedBubble. We’ll operate them on a cost recovery basis and use them to market the artists on RedBubble. Obviously for the artists and writers that are published they are a great validation of the quality of their work (and its relevance to the topic). We hope by increasing the frequency of publication to be able to showcase more of the work on RedBubble and to cover more themes. So get your work ready for “The City” – which we aiming to kick off next Thursday. Ciao for this week, Peter PS – The other odds and ends we released this week include more tweeks to the BubbleSite (including the ability to select a cover image for sets) and a whole bunch of technical stuff to keep the website up and going – we’ve had 30% growth over the last month which has strained our resources somewhat.
Today we released our first new site-wide challenge The City. This is the latest RedBubble publication where we aim to showcase the best visual and written work on the Web. A TShirt Competition is also on the way. “The City” is open to all works that explore the complex, vibrant world of concrete, glass and humanity that are urban environments all over the world. The best works will be selected for publication in “The City” to come out in November and available for sale through RedBubble. We publish these books regularly as a way for the RedBubble community to showcase their work in a professionally presented and designed book working with a copy editor. It’s one way RedBubble provides opportunities for professional development for its members. Visual works are entered directly into this challenge. from works in your portfolio and then voted on. The top works will be selected for publication. To enter written works go the group RedBubble The City and follow directions. Written works will be shortlisted and voted on by a group of judges. The top written and visual work will receive $US 250 in cash each and a $US 250 RedBubble voucher. Each of the published works will receive a $US 40 voucher to purchase work on RedBubble. We will be increasing the frequency of publication to be able to showcase more of the work on RedBubble and to cover more themes. So expect an announcement soon about what the next publication will be. We are aiming to make the publications, collectible (but affordable) which will mean relatively limited editions and consistent formatting. “Compassion” the most recent publication will be out soon.
There is so much crazyfreakycool stuff happening around here at the moment anyone would think it was Christmas already. Actually anyone w…
There is so much crazyfreakycool stuff happening around here at the moment anyone would think it was Christmas already. Actually anyone who has been into any shop since August would think it was Christmas already. Firstly, calling all t-shirt mentalists, do you want your clothes hung in a store next to Carnaby Street, London? Does Amy Winehouse need to go into hibernation? Of course, so go and check out this mentalist tee comp we just launched over here, you’ll be too excited to sit down. Secondly, anyone hanging around the t-shirt section in the last six months would have had to be clinically dead to have not noticed the infectious rise of one Natalie ‘I’ve got at least a million new challenges up my sleeve’ Tyler, who has more impact on the clothing world of RedBubble than the Earl of Sandwich had on convenience food. So without further ado I’d like to officially welcome her into the RedBubble fold. Good work Nat. She’ll be doing lots of community based bits and pieces and also some good healthy idea generating and marketing and probably a whole bunch of other stuff that she hasn’t bargained for at all. And while we’re on the subject on new staff, I’d like to introduce you to Rhana Griffin who you’ll probably have noticed around the place being super helpful and energetic, so super helpful in fact we thought we’d make it official, so now Rhana will be focusing on our customer service, a role she’s already been assisting admirably with, and has now made it a full time objective, nicely done. / / And finally, the sharp ones among you will have noticed that Nat is based in London, the sharper of you may have also noticed that a few months ago I moved my bombshell of a desk at the Melbourne RB office to that very same London, and it’s about now I’d like to stir up the interests of all of you who are perfectly capable of dealing with 362 days of rubbish weather, extraordinarily full trains and very expensive cornish pasties, and direct your attention here. The official home of RedBubble UK, where Nat and myself can keep you all abreast of future challenges, meet-ups and general English shenanigans, in the cold. That’s about all the excitement I can handle right now. / / Originally from here
This is the one you’ve all asked me for… If you are into RB challenges and many groups, one of the biggest frustrations is tryin…
This is the one you’ve all asked me for… If you are into RB challenges and many groups, one of the biggest frustrations is trying to remember what you have entered in which challenge, and keeping track of which challenges are open. This has been bugging me almost since I joined RB. It took me a while to figure this one out, but here its. Use the link below, to get a report that across the 1100+ groups that are hosted on RB… shows… what challenges are running in each group how long each challenge is running for (open or voting) if you are a member of each group or not what art you have submitted to that challenge, if anything All of these… on one web page (so you can print it) with live links, so that you can directly jump to the group, challenge or art piece UPDATE: 15 January 2009 / New version which fixes single quotes in challenge names, corrected links to your work and an extra option on the login screen to choose if you want to only see “Open” or “Voting” challenges – the default is both. Disclaimer: this has nothing to do with RB, don’t go blaming them if it goes wrong. This is just me, making my life easier and sharing it out Comments, suggestions, criticism, other ideas, all welcome! :-) All Challenges & Entries: / http://ccgi.parapadakis.plus.com/rb/RBwhatsubmitted.php WARNINGS / 1) This utility will take a while to run. It has a lot to do to collect that info. Be patient! / 2) The utility does not store passwords, but it doesn’t use encryption either. If your RB password is the same as your bank account’s – Change it! I hope you find it as useful as I have. Bookmark this post and come back whenever you want to get a handle on your challenges & entries. Regards, George
Some exciting news for those who prefer cotton as…
Some exciting news for those who prefer cotton as their canvas. We’ve just launched a brand new t-shirt competition with a prize so awesome, you’ll be desperate get your ink-stained mitts on it. The lovely folks at London street wear store Demo have fallen for the charms of the talented RedBubble t-shirt designers and they’ve asked us to run another design competition. So we’ve cranked up the random theme generator and we think it’s come up with a winner. The theme is ‘Sound’. That’s right, the stuff you can hear. It’s is open to wide interpretation so you could choose to cover anything from music through to cochlear implants. Demo head honcho Christian has volunteered to put on his Simon Cowell hat and pull his strides up nice and high and he’ll be picking a winner from a shortlist chosen by the community. If you’d like the chance to get your t-shirt design in the front window of Demo then head on over here for all the details. The winning t-shirts from our last comp are just about to go into the shop. We’ll be doing a post covering all the excitement, laughter and tears of joy direct from Carnaby Street shortly. In the meantime, dig out your finest art supplies and get designing. Nat
There is a whole lot of media out their wanting fat juicy stories to fill pages, air time and pixels. You probably don’t realize how inte…
There is a whole lot of media out their wanting fat juicy stories to fill pages, air time and pixels. You probably don’t realize how interesting you really are. This little challenge is designed to get you thinking about ways to turn your story into some free publicity and media love. 1. Write a press or media release about yourself and your art. / 2. Upload it as a journal on RedBubble and tag it with press release / 3. Win cool business cards with your artwork on them (or at least some experience promoting yourself) “But I don’t know how to write a press release” $20 says all the artists who do know how to write press releases had to learn at some point. It’s not brain surgery, but it is a fine art. Which means us creative people have a built in advantage. Here’s some info to help you get started: How to write a media release / How to write a press release that works / How to structure a press release If you’re really stuck, try asking a few people what makes you stand out? How they would describe you to someone else? What is the most unusual thing they can remember about you? And what’s all this about winning business cards? That’s the bit where I say “top job” to one of the best press/media releases uploaded and buy that person some cool business cards. This doesn’t begin to compare with the thrill of seeing your story in print, but they will be handy when you’re rich and famous. I’ll also be consulting with some PR minded folk to get some more opinions on the entries. So you don’t have to take my word for it. And while only one person wins the business cards I will be keeping an interested eye out for stories really worthy of some media spotlight. Then I’ll lather you with love and support and a good kick until you give it a go for real. Winner: David Petranker for this little number
Hello! Over the last 20 days we’ve been running a ‘group challenge challenge’. Early in May we wrote to all the group hosts and said …
Hello! Over the last 20 days we’ve been running a ‘group challenge challenge’. Early in May we wrote to all the group hosts and said to them: If you launch a new challenge after May 1st that ends before May 20th your group is automatically in the running for a few RedBubble prizes. It doesn’t matter how many days your challenge runs for, so long as it launches and finishes somewhere within those dates. And it can be on any topic you like. Prizes will be awarded in five categories: 1. The most creative challenge topic (as decided by RB) / 2. The most votes / 3. The most votes relative the number of members (providing a group has more than 20 members) / 4. The most entries / 5. The most entries relative to the number of members (providing a group has more than 20 members) Each category will have a first prize of US$50 (as a RB voucher) and a second prize of US$30 (as a RB voucher) [the prize is given to the group host(s) to use as they see fit in the group]. This is just meant to be a bit of fun … and for those groups who haven’t yet run a challenge we’d like to encourage you to give it a go! Well over the last 20 days there have been 375 Challenges, with 15,364 entries and 27,953 votes. That’s quite a bit of challenging. So please put your hands together for the following groups – who have won in one or more categories: 1. The most creative challenge First prize goes to: The Woman Photographer for the challenge Dot dot dot Second prize goes to: PostCard Style for the challenge Things that make you go hmmm Here’s a couple of the higher voted images from these challenges: 2. The Most Votes First prize goes to: Shameless Self Promotion for the challenge Your very best with 1309 votes Second prize goes to: Blue Art for the challenge Your Most Popular Blue Image with 1146 votes Because these groups have won in two categories we’ve introduced a third prize equal to the second prize. Third Prize goes to: Shots in the fog for the challenge The Magic of Mist with 639 votes Here’s a few of the higher voted images from these challenges: 3. Number of Votes per member First prize goes to: Make up Your Mind for the challenge: Create an exhibition poster 1.2 votes per member Second prize goes to: Halloween for the challenge It should be Halloween all year with 1.0 votes per member Here’s a couple of the higher voted images from these challenges: 4. The Most Entires First prize goes to: Shameless Self Promotion for the challenge Your very best with 351 entires Second prize goes to:Blue Art for the challenge Your Most Popular Blue Image with 322 entries Because these groups have already won a category we’ve introduced a third prize equal to the second prize. Third prize goes to: For the Love of Cats for the challenge All Cats with 242 entries Here’s a few of the higher voted images from these challenges: 5. Number of entries per member First prize goes to: Halloween for the challenge It should be Halloween all year with 0.45 entires per member Second prize goes to: Hand drawn or painted vehicles for the challenge What’s faster with 0.33 entries per member Because these the Halloween group has already won a category we’ve introduced a third prize equal to the second prize. Third prize goes to: Just Butterflies for the challenge: RedBubble Loves Butterflies with 0.32 entires per member Here’s a few of the higher voted images from these challenges: Well done to all group hosts – you do an awesome job! Ciao, -Peter P.S. A reminder that we’ve updated our tagging so that multiple word tags are now possible. E.g. You can tag a work ‘New York’. So please go back over your tags and review them with this in mind.
I’ve just spotted this wonderful poster (thanks to the decor8 blog) and it’s given me the itch to play with some…
I’ve just spotted this wonderful poster (thanks to the decor8 blog) and it’s given me the itch to play with some type so I wondered if anyone else would like to join me in a very spur of the moment mini challenge? The task is to create your very own typography poster. You will need … Some great font resources: 40+ Excellent Free Fonts For Professional Design 30 Fonts You Want to Have DaFont 10 Great Free Fonts You Might Have Missed Some nice colour palettes: / palettes courtesy of colourlovers.com The file sizes for our posters: 2500×3500 pixels for the smallest print 3500×5000 pixels for the medium print 5000×7100 pixels for the large print And finally, some inspiration … / A selection from the Keep Calm Gallery / Keep it Simple by Seb Lester / Stop Destroying Our Planet from Make My Mood / a selection from ffffound And from our very own talented bubblers: / Birth of the bomb by Hingo, IPS Skylines by Ian Fleming, The Gift by Joey Wharton and I ReNted aN opiNion by Steve Leadbeater All you need now is a suitable collection of words and you’re away. Please post your results below so we can oooh and aaah over how wonderful they are. If you don’t have time to create one of your own, perhaps you can help us by posting some more inspiration. Good luck! / Nat
Put your breakfast to one side, we have some exciting news. Are you sitting down? / Of course you are, who computes standing up. *Fancy…
Put your breakfast to one side, we have some exciting news. Are you sitting down? / Of course you are, who computes standing up. Fancy your t-shirts hanging in London’s illustrious Carnaby Street? / Well get your chosen weapons sharpened, dusted, polished or refilled, because it’s time for another RedBubble/Demo T-Shirt Challenge Extravaganza. This time the theme is Music Machines, which should give your neurons plenty of creative space to play. We’re thinking steampunk pianos, cassette tape caravans and tributes to the trombone. Basically anything involving a musical instrument, weapon or tool. Go check out the rest of the details here. And for those of you who had your eyes closed, here’s how legendary it looked last time. and even the time before. You’ve got two weeks, starting…......now. / Good Luck Peoples onetonshadow
The description on a t-shirt I spotted this morning reminded me how much I love seeing how an artist develops a piece of work. Scribbling…
The description on a t-shirt I spotted this morning reminded me how much I love seeing how an artist develops a piece of work. Scribblings on the back of napkins, beer coasters and sketchbook pages or scrawled paragraphs in notebooks are fascinating insights into how an artwork, story or image evolves. So today’s inspiration post is devoted to a look behind the scenes at our ideas and the way our works come to life. The pages of a sketchbook can become works of art themselves … ... but the behind the scenes journals, WIP posts and how to’s can help to demystify the process and can often give other artists ideas and inspiration for new ways to approach their work. The following are images from journals and descriptions on RB. / The making of Draconian Music T-Shirt by Japu / From My doodles by Natalie Perkins / From Sydney night shoot by Sara Lamond / From Drawing In Progress by Ashlee Maegan / From WIP of the Christmas Kitten by InkandBrush / Process and detail for Battersea Battle T-Shirt by RubyRed Mini Challenge: Ths week we’d like you to share a journal post showing us the process behind your art and writing. We’re not interested in the glossy perfection of finished works. We want to see how you get there! Your journal could contain: a look at how you set up a photo shoot some sketches for a new artwork photos of a work in progress a sketchbook where you collect ideas and inspiration how you made your last t-shirt design notebooks where you record ideas for your written works I have managed to acquire 3 x $20 USD RedBubble vouchers while no one was looking so the authors of the most inspiring journals tagged with ‘behind the scenes’ and uploaded between now and Friday might just get themselves some bubble bucks to splash. If you decide to take up the challenge, please also link to your journals in the comments below … Nat
Some of you may have come across this journal...
Some of you may have come across this journal announcing a challenge in which we present the process behind our work. So I decided to present the process of how I did Born From the Cell. / / / / The Secret is… / / / / / / / I cast myself a really big hand then place a piece of origami on it! / / / / I’m kidding :P / / / Here are the instructions for the typical paper crane: / / / / To do a small one I first need to cut a perfect tiny square. There may be occasions that the paper will not have a straght edge, so I apply a bit of math and creativity to get the right angles, proportion and size. Here I define the edges of the square through a series of folds. / / / I first create a straight edge by a single fold. / / / To get the perpendicular corner of a perfect square I make another fold by overlapping one side of the first fold with the other and making sure they line up. / / / / / / / Along one edge, I mark with a needle how far in parrallel with the other edge I want my next fold to be (in this case 3mm), and fold along the edge again. / / / / / / Now I want to make sure those parrallel edges will also be 3mm like the first. I can use a ruler, but suppose none is available, and the first edge was done without measuring, here is a way to be precise: / / / / I make a perfectly diagonal fold by overlapping folded edges on both sides. One end of the folded diagonal will go through the intersection of a pair of perpendicular folds while the other bisects the other fold to define the third corner of the square. / / / / The diagonal fold is not only a measuring device, but a head start with the crane folding prior to cutting the paper. So essentially I’ve already done step one in the instructions above. / / There are severals way I can proceed from here. I choose to make another diagonal going the other way by overlapping the folds; this time I have a third guide from the previously folded diagonal. / / / / / / Using the two parralles lines bisected by the diagonal ones, I can fold the last edge / / / / The parrellel lines should be perfectly overlapping themselves. Meanwhile the last fold should go through the intersection of the diagonal lines with the parrallel lines. This means everything was done precisely. / / / / From here I can cut the square, but there is still more I can do to make the folding process easier. / / / / I divide the 3×3mm square into four, which is easier to do now then when the paper is small. Now I cut the square / / / / / / It is now time to proceed with folded the crane (following the instructions above): Step one, fold in half into a triagle / / / / Step two, fold that triangle in half. This is more easily accomplished thanks to the second folded diagonal line prior to cutting. / / / / Step three and four, open the triangle and press flat, and repeat on the other side. This is where the folds for creating the divided squares come in handy. / / / / From here on things are trickier so I have to create a special set-up. Here a magnifying glass holds down a piece of tape from which I will proceed with the rest of the folding while looking through the glass. If the tape is too sticky that can ruin the paper, so earlier on I stuck it to my pants a few times to collect some lint and not be as adhesive. / / / / Now I’m taking pictures through the magnifying glass… / / / / Step five and six, fold edges to the centre and unfold. / / / / / / / / / / These folds just act as a guide for the next step. I omitted folding the top corner; it doesn’t do much here. / / Step 7, open an press flat. / / / / / / Repeat on the other side. / / / / Finally I fold the head and the tail. / / / / / / After I finish folding the crane, I position it on my hand and shoot it through a magnifying glass. Since this is so close that my hand will take up the background, it didn’t matter to me how messy my workspace is :P / / / /
Last week we asked you to share a journal post...
Last week we asked you to share a journal post showing us the process behind your art and writing. It was tough picking a top three but the following journals won us over with tales of extreme patience, experimentation and the ability to act on impulse. In my Dreams there’s a Mountain of Sketchbooks and ideas by Diana-Lee Saville Diana gets our vote for taking the crazy ideas that come to her in her sleep and making them into works of art or stories. We particularly loved the Adventures of Rocky the Rockin’ Horse, a photo story with a huge amount of imagination injected into it! Born From The Cell; step by step by Mui-Ling Teh We’d always admired Mui-Ling Teh’s tiny origami cranes but we had no idea how much patience and effort went into creating them. Mui-Ling folds the paper cranes from 3×3mm squares of paper and some of the more intricate folds are performed using pins while looking through a magnifying glass! The Many Mysteries Of Vintage Study No. 1 by Danilo Lejardi And lastly, Danilo Lejardi’s journal gave us a great insight into how he develops 3D rendered images using a combination of 3D computer graphics software, PhotoShop and a little imagination. Danilo demonstrates a great ability to experiment and try new things even when using complex graphics software, and the results certainly pay off! / / / A huge thanks to everyone who wrote ‘behind the scenes’ journal posts. If you’re keen to read more, you can take a look at some of the others linked from the comments in the original Community post. We’ve enjoyed learning about how you work and we’ve picked up loads of tips and tricks on the way! Nat
Right, please stop biting your nails, Demo have made their selection. I can try and get you all worked up with some excellent words bu…
Right, please stop biting your nails, Demo have made their selection. I can try and get you all worked up with some excellent words but as you can already see the winners below, I’ll just ask you to excitedly wave your arms in the air for goaferboy, douglasbot, Greg Wade, rubyred and Naf4d. Good work peoples, your shirts will soon be hanging in the delightful Carnaby Street. Look here see: You can view all the excellent entries from the competition here. One of our best yet I reckon. Happy Wednesday. Minister of Shirts
Lensbaby is offering the chance for RedBubble members to win one of their remarkable Composer lenses. They are offering four lenses for the best images that highlight the creative potential of sharpness contrasted with blur. HERE IS WHERE YOU ENTER We are thrilled to be able to offer the Lensbaby lenses to the RedBubble community. To our mind the power of the images made possible with their lenses (Selective Focus SLR Lenses) mimic how we see. Some things leap clearly into focus while others are diffused. They give the power to the photographer to share their creative viewpoint. The Lensbaby Group on RedBubble shows some of the creative potential of these lenses. You don’t need to use a Lensbaby lens to enter the challenge. Just demonstrate the creative potential of blur in a photograph. The top three images as chosen by the community will receive a Lensbaby Composer and there will be one curator’s pick as well. We hope this partnership with Lensbaby will kick off more opportunities for us to offer prizes for the community. So help it to be successful by informing your friends, camera clubs, online communities etc. Last week we had a look at some of the creative potential of blur in images and described how the Lensbaby system works. Mel Brackstone has also reviewed Lensbaby lenses. Martin Hosking (aka Pilgrim) Credits Curious by Halftone / Blue Dancer by AnnieD / Isolation by Simon Whitaker / St Pauls and the Millennium Bridge by Matthew Walters
It’s raining in Londontown, as you’d expect, but i…
It’s raining in Londontown, as you’d expect, but in the hearts of our five Music Machines winners I reckon the Sun is doing some sort of tango with a blue sky, a butterfly and possibly a squirrel. A final cheer for goaferboy, douglasbot, Greg Wade, rubyred and Naf4d whose shirts are all snugly displayed in Demo and being steadily rotated around window, door and rack. Good work peoples. Any Bubbler in the vicinity of Carnaby Street should get themselves down and check out the quality merchandise. Until next time my little cotton lovers.
We have four Lensbaby winners in the Embrace the Blur...
We have four Lensbaby winners in the Embrace the Blur Lensbaby challenge. The winning entries (by popular vote and curatorial pick) are: The artists are sashdc, lywylde, Reynandi Susanto and JudyBJ. Each of these artists will receive a remarkable Lensbaby Composer. This has been a fabulous challenge at RedBubble with 1876 works entered. There are some of the most moving and imaginative images we have ever seen in one place. In recognition of this we have picked out a further 4 images as curatorial picks to receive a $100 RedBubble voucher. They are: There are innumerable other great images but here are the rest of the top 10 popular and a few others that just caught our eye. Congratulations to everyone who participated in this challenge. I want to particularly thank Lensbaby who have been a great sponsor. Now wouldn’t a Lensbaby be an eye-popping stocking filler? Pilgrim
Dear Friends, I wanted to share with you, my wonderful week. First of all I was invited to be a host in the fabulous “Photo Manipu…
Dear Friends, I wanted to share with you, my wonderful week. First of all I was invited to be a host in the fabulous Photo Manipulators Group. This was such an honour and I am loving every minute of it. I get to see all the great new art as it is posted, which is terrific, and making lots of great new friends in the process. Then I sold an A2 Canvas of Dover Castle (for real money) as a result of the exhibition I had at Quex Barn. Today – I bought my copy of the magazine – Photoshop Creative and was flicking through, only to find a full page feature of images from my gallery. THEN – turning over, discovered that I had won their Readers Challenge, with my image The Rescue None of this would ever have happened, without the confidence I have gained from all your wonderful support and encouragement. / Thank you all from my heart. xx / Anna
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