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• Profile How To
  by Gracey

  Almost every day I see people asking “how do I put pictures in my profile”. There are quite a number of tutorials on how to do this, and …

  Almost every day I see people asking “how do I put pictures in my profile”. There are quite a number of tutorials on how to do this, and here is yet another. This one explains how to use the image from your “preview/buy” page in your profile, and also gives an explanation for creating a profile with smaller images, like the one below. The tutorial is written in a pdf format (for windows PC users – sorry mac people, I wish I could put the instructions in for you) and includes full link texts (difficult to put into a journal on Redbubble because the code you need to type in converts to images unless you leave spaces) and some screencaptures to help along the way. Download it from here: Profile Pics Tutorial This is only one of many other tutorials on this subject. Some can be found in the community forums - This helpful one How to Add a Portfolio in your Email Signature can be found in the Learning Centre Community Forum Others can be found by searching (try searching for profile help, or profle tutorials), or by visiting the How To Redbubble Group Some of the tutorials in this group that are geared towards profile modification are: How To Make Sets in Your Profile by Craig Shillington How To Add Pictures to Your Profile by StacyLee How To Tag Your Work by Jo O’Brien How To Create a Most Popular Link for your Profie by GerryMac Linking Photos in Redbubble by Craig Shillington Buttons and Links to Sets by Craig Shillington Making Your Redbubble Profile Badge by webgrrl Not included in the How To Redbubble Group are these two handy journals by Helen Bascom: Creating Landscape Thumbnails the Correct Size How to Link Thumbnails If you have links to other tutorials relating to profiles or image links, please feel free to add it by leaving the link in a comment.

• For those who live with depression
  by adgray

  I have read out there there are many suffering depression as I do. Not only those but the people about them who care for someone who suff…

  I have read out there there are many suffering depression as I do. Not only those but the people about them who care for someone who suffers. / Being the generous helpful soul that I am, I feel compelled to help by offering what I have learned and developed for my own solutions, and encouraging others to read it and help themselves find their own solutions. I am fortunate and have worked hard to retrain my brain and try to control the dark thoughts like non-depressed people do. I have not taken drugs feeling that to just be a cop out, a diluting of the problem not a cure and in such dilution the acuteness of the triggers are not discovered or dealt with. Instead I have sought counselling and from the multitudes of sessions have reasoned out my own re-education of my thoughts and these are the tools I learned developed and use. I have written them out and over the months posted them in my folio but to make hunting them easier I have collated them here for any sufferer’s to read and use if they feel they help. Please read the comments too for in these there are other helpful information from other artists. Firstly to tell my story of where I became lost and why. There are deeper darker reasons that I have not chosen to share here in the bubble but these were the crucial ones: / Fragile / Paying Dues / Addicted The best tools I have found are: / Rings of Living / 10 Guidelines / Frank” was the poem that started me writing poetry as a focus. / These next two journal entries was to give the lyrics to the two best songs that I felt helped me through my tough times - / In Your Silence was my son’s band’s only song. [my son was the drummer] but the song should be the most heard for depression sufferers and for all the casualties of the depression victims. / Misty Mountains Calling Me helped me to walk away from my children time after time and to decipher what friendship really was. My own Validation, that is my acceptance of what I do best and what sustains me in spite of all attempts of others to belittle it, is written in these poems: / Oralist / My Beast / Creating My Dark Poems are here – you may realise that I cover my sadness with happiness brilliantly on most occasions but sometimes I just give way to writing out the transparency of that happiness. / Growth Gap / Looking Out / sit / Take a Breath / My Journey In redbubble I write poetry or prose or stories prompted by other’s art work. Sometimes it takes a while for the words to gather and then boom! But other times I feel compelled to write on first sight and end up writing it in the comment box beneath the art I’m viewing. You can tell when it hits me from the thumbnail picture I favour the work AFTER I comment! :O) I always feel worried that I am imposing or something on another’s work yet if they didn’t like what I wrote they can delete it! But then validation comes in the forms of people liking what I do to such an extent that they include my words on their work – such an honour – Sun Symphony that Jerry Alcantara added to his published book and Soft the Dawn that Mary Campbell added to a poster; are two that have been printed for publication and thus purchase [details can be found through the links in my work] and I am so thrilled to think that my words are so well liked :O) / And then this tribute: / I wrote this poem I can be Pretty Too! inspired by a bubbler’s art and received a verse in my comment box which I then added to my poem I can be Pretty Two that taught me the elation of the honour of inspiring another artist. And to ease the pains I have included these two “Healing” sort of poems. / Drifting into Peace / Rejuvenate your Soul But the strongest depression killer is ACTION! Mundane boring action which achieves a small reward – doing the dishes, weeding the lawn, vacuuming etc … And I hate to say it folks who help us depression sufferers – “Sometimes, NO Help is MORE Help than Help!” perhaps you can just leave us alone [provided we are safe]. Don’t necessarily leave us but don’t talk to us let us talk to you. A big part of depression is embarrassment, frustration that we allow this overload of emotion to swamp us. When we do come out of it we need reassurance that we are not monsters for feeling overwhelmed by ourselves. The last thing we need is belittlement. Things like “Don’t be so silly” or “Snap out of it” etc, just feeds it! If we could “Stop it!” WE WOULD! But Validation is the cure. We who suffer depression for what ever individual combination of environmental stimulation we all suffer depression because we have been conditioned in the past to feel invalid. / I am a believer of inherited personality traits and inherited memory. I see in my sons, who have nothing to do with their biological fathers whatsoever, the same philosophies the same personality and the same ideas. I feel the history I read is Familiar to me. I see in my mother and what I know of my grand and great grand mother’s the same responses I have to situations. Yes most of that is learned behaviour but why does my siblings not do the same? We have the same parents? I have two brothers who display similar tendencies to depression as me but they deal with it differently, one has the money to take the pills and see the best therapists, the other wears it as a badge! Our mother is in complete denial that she has it! But I disagree with the experts who call it a mental disease! We are not sick! Yes we can take drugs that help us to conform with social levels of mental behaviour. I once read that there is a fine line between genius and insanity. And most of the depressive people I have met are highly creative in some way. Could we depressives not be the descendants of the artists and bards of old? And as such now that society does not value the arts in our education system [it is usually the first to receive cut backs in favour of sport or science] in our employment sector either – writers musicians and artists have no section in the employment categories at the dole office. Funnilly enough Crafts people [potters weavers etc] Dancers and actors do! Yet any money made will happilly create an unemployment benefits debt! / But it is the common people who hurt the most when you try to validate yourself, especially as a writer. A conversation could go like this - / ‘So what do you do?’ / ‘I am a writer’ / ‘What books have you written then? Would I have read any?’ / ‘I’m not published yet, but I write …’ / ‘Well then you are not a writer you only think you are so you can cop out of doing real work!’ Yes I know all throughout history since after the medieval times artists have always struggled for money BUT we have always been respected for the creativity we produce. And to show how fickle the contemporary common people are, the conversation above would have ended in the complete opposite if I had’ve been in print! It’s as if nowadays you cannot be what you are until you have made money from it! My validation is in my ability to write and to advocate for children [and the underprivileged] and to sing! I do many many other things equally as well but I prefer to give my efforts to these three vocations. Yet none of them will give me an established recognised income to be respected for! I have to go out and peddle myself and create an income before I am allowed to be acknowledged in the vocation! The other think we depression sufferers MUST do is find our triggers! No it won’t necessarily be directly connected to our validation desires and every person has their own trigger or combination of triggers. / Mine are money, bureaucratic red tape over income gets me every time, and to a more intrinsic crucial extent my children – if seeing them is in any way threatened or jeopardized I cannot breathe! Physical abuse is nothing in comparison to those two triggers! Put them together and I am incapable of breathing moving thinking or anything! But it is NOT an immediate fix! Like grief depression takes time to control. I equate it to “One month per year depressed, one year per decade to get back in control” So if you were depressed from a trauma twelve years ago then expect it to take a year and two months to recover and be in control again. Having said that it will NEVER be gone! We are people who delve deeply into our emotions and as such sometimes are overwhelmed by them. What we learn to do is curb and control and avoid situations that trigger our intense emotions so that we can live productively along side others that we need. The only reason I advocate for doing this is because in our intensity we can hurt others, the loved ones around us who do not understand what has gone wrong, and that is not good … it also harms ourselves like drinking smoking etc, but so long as it does no harm to others … then what should stop our own choices for ourselves? Just remember abusers of alcohol/drugs/gamboling apart from physically destroys the abuser’s health only harms others who are in contact with the abuser [physical & emotional casualties] or dependent upon the abuser’s money [which of course they use on drink not rent bills food etc] Where as cigarettes by their very presence of being smoked, inconsiderately always invade other’s with polluting the air needed for all to breathe, [ and remember the pollutants are more toxic than the smoke] and leaving the rubbish of their ash and butts all over the place! Ever seen a driver flick his still lit butt out the window of his car or empty out his ash tray on the road? what about those who stand about doorways smoking to drop the butt on the ground and if they’re bored will grind it into the pavement with their foot or if they couldn’t be bothered with that they leave it to roll off still smoking into the gutter or onto someone else’s shoe. [If they see it my children pick the butts up run after the smoker and give them back with “Sorry you dropped this.”] If anyone flicks a butt in my presence I flick them! Smokers are inconsiderate and are lazy litter-bugs they have no care for anyone around them but themselves. The only reason Smoking is not illegal like drug taking is because the governments make an awful lot of income from the taxes on them! Even if they do dispose of their butts thoughtfully what of the air? NOT exhaling defeats the purpose of inhaling! / A very clever practitioner and motivationer, Doctor John Tickell, once stated “Now days it is impossible to be intelligent and a smoker at the same time!” / I stated this in a University Tute once and was argued down by the 5 classmates and the tutor who smoked …. But the next tute session 4 out of the 5 students quietly said to me that they had now stopped smoking because they had thought about what I had told them and realised I and John Tickell were right. / The best was the tutor who announced in the tute she had seen the errors of her ways and degrees and post grads and all sorts of other qualifications meant nothing if she continued to smoke and make a mockery of her intelligence! What a sweet victory that was! Especially as she rewarded us all with packets of lollies that she bought with her smoke money instead! :O) But I digress [I always do! another depressive trait I fear lol :O)] So if any of the work I have collated above can help with what you or your friends / loved ones are experiencing then please feel free to use them as you see fit! / But I re-iterate these are just my tools that I have developed that have worked for me and I am no authority or credited counsellor in any way! I’m just a sufferer with many years experience of helping myself and others :O) My motto too is “Nil Despiradum Illigitimus Carborundum!” [Don’t let the bastard grind you down!] Keep Happy! :O)

• bubbles of artificial quantum collective telepathic consciousness intelligence
  by kathleen

  Hello everyone, interesting things pop up in conversation here all the time but I find this topic fascinating. I have a weird life anywa…

  Hello everyone, interesting things pop up in conversation here all the time but I find this topic fascinating. I have a weird life anyway generally, but this got me wondering, particularly after hearing from georgiegirl. I thought I would throw this thought out the the conscious and subconscious to see what thoughts others thought. It could be thought provoking… / As for me, I fully believe in it, the magic of creation is the strongest there is, who knows what it is capable of. And computers are strangely individual instruments, no matter how much you try to predict their functions, there is always that element of surprise, it does what IT wants to do (pardon the pun), who knows what quantum mechanics is capable of… they say in the consmological thinking world that electrons could have consciousness… in my experience everything has consciousness. What do you think? / thanks to the original commentators, I hope they don’t mind me reposting their thoughts here, they were originally comments on camouflage / Adrian Rachele, 2 days ago / / Whats funny is i took a similar image last night. / Have to post it for you to see. Different color though. / Nice pic. / kathleen, 2 days ago / / thanks adrian, I find that happening here a bit too. You get an idea and something similar appears…. Do you suppose this redbubble thing is creating an artificial quantum collective telepathic consciousness??? hmmm / georgiegirl, about 12 hours ago / / My Mum, Rayjun”:http://www.redbubble.com/people/rayjun, said a similar thing to me the other day… something about the red bubbles melding all the minds together (so it’s not just happening to us). Just lately, we’ve been coming up with similar ideas as well (more so since we joined RedBubble!). Not a bad thing… just a bit weird in a nice sort of way! At least its dragging our creative sides to the front instead of having it hiding behind work and home and other things that have been coming first for so long! ... /

• FractalArt Cards Collection
  by webgrrl

  The fractal arts within my works are now ready as CARDS.. Im really happy to see how beautiful they look as cards.. !http://farm2.sta…

  The fractal arts within my works are now ready as CARDS.. Im really happy to see how beautiful they look as cards.. promo idea : make nice presentation similar to this and make cards from it to send/promote your new product! No better example than the one they holding in their hands.. ;) i’ve activate the card to sell in RB, so that you’all can see what it looks like as cards (and i like to see it too!).. So yah, incase u wonderin why im sellin cards of my promo material.. heh!

• What a surprise...
  by Eyal Nahmias

  What a pleasant surprise awaited me today. I just realized that my Wind Art !http://images-3.redbubble.com/img/art/size:small/view:main/4…

  What a pleasant surprise awaited me today. I just realized that my Wind Art image was chosen to be the avatar for the Collective Collage group. I am so excited. / Also my Arlington West image is the avatar for the Current Issues group, / and my Old Barn is the avatar for the Human & Nature group / What a wonderful way to start my day :-)

• My Collection should be here soon!!
  by Jeff Burns

  My first spin around the bubble on a purchasing spree and these are the cards that I choose to order first. I figured since I sold so…

  My first spin around the bubble on a purchasing spree and these are the cards that I choose to order first. I figured since I sold some stuff which I never imagined in my wildest dreams would ever happen, I wanted to order some of my favorite pieces of work on RedBubble. I plan on taking another buying spree very soon. There is some amazing work on this site. Terrace Falls / by :Andrew Bosman / Here Comes The Sun / by:Mel Brackstone / One / by:Craig Shillington / High On Hill / by:Witheringmoon / Golden / by:Stuart Chapman / Friendship / by:Fracturedfotos / Evening Light / by:Peter Marin / I also had to buy one from myself to see how it looks :-) Heaven Shining Down On Me

• My Image Managment System
  by Stephen Mitchell

  This is a response to Craig Goldsmith journal entitled Image Management System...

  This is a response to Craig Goldsmith journal entitled Image Management System . The wording got so long and complicated that I had to test the formatting. Which we have all learnt can only be done in our journals, not after posting (yet!). Sooo … I figured it might as well start and stop here: Just before I got hooked on RedBubble earlier this year, my wife and I rearranged our photography database. Here is the basic tree structure: /Year / Year,Month / Year,MonthDate / Label (Location,Item,etc) / ie / /2007 / 2007,Jan / 2007,2007Jul / Farm Each YEAR directory has every MONTH. Every MONTH has every DATE. Each DATE has its sub-directory’s of photograph types, plus one called FLICKR (for cropped/resized images reside, thereby leaving the original images untouched) which has a subdirectory entitled UPLOADED. But then I have an extra directory entitled “_Red_Bubble”, structured a little different. No dates, just three sub-directories. / 1. UPLOADED (Self explanatory) / 2. NEW_SHOTS (For the new work as I decide its good enough for you to purchase! / 3. UPLOAD_AGAIN (Some earlier works have been reworked or re-sized, thus…) But I do hear that Lightroom is a great multimedia package! May consider it later this year. So anyone considering purchasing a grand program for organising their photograph collection: Stop. Think. Revise. Resort

• Artistic Expressions - -An International Collection of Art
  by 1stAngel

  Artistic Expressions – -An International Collection of Art / Press Release from 1stangel.co.uk On the 1st of June 2008 a new book wil…

  Artistic Expressions – -An International Collection of Art / Press Release from 1stangel.co.uk On the 1st of June 2008 a new book will be on sale in the marketplace. ‘Artistic Expressions’ is the first book from the celebrated series ‘1stAngel Interviews’ and contains art and photographs from new talent. The artists include, multiple award winner Edward Kinnally and Zeitgeist Gallery exhibitor tonyp. Artists and Photographers in the book are The Blue Queen / Peter M Ridge / Rich Collins Photography / KCDesigns / Priscilla Turner / Aloramyst / Baiko / Art By Kinnally / Cathy Jones / Ink & Brush Creations / Sarah Lynch / Margarita Clewitt / tonyp / Elizabeth Edwards The book has been printed by Blurb (www.blurb.com) and can be found online at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/256861 EDITORS NOTES 1stAngel Site (www.1stangel.co.uk) opened in February 2008 and is owned by Elizabeth Edwards. It is fast becoming well known in the art world for its excellence and content. Interviews from many artists, authors and photographers have already been placed on the website, with new interviews appearing weekly. With news about art, literature and photography on a front site, and a growing community forum with diverse content attached to the site, Elizabeth continues to expand the opportunities for artists in many fields. She plans on bringing out a series of tutorial videos and books later in the year, with a series of photographic and other art books following on from her interviews. Contact Elizabeth Edwards at press@1stangel.co.uk / http://1stangel.co.uk

• COLLECTIVE COLLECTED SORRYS
  by kathleen

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  / This image is up for a huge award tomorrow… good luck Bianca my love… you are a star…. journals Australia says Sorry Let’s Begin With Sorry SORRY Say Sorry on Feb 13th!!! Love is never having to say Sorry

• STOP AND THINK before deleting work....
  by Belinda Leopold

  Hi All!! Just a quick note to say that I am making my way through my huge list of favourite’s at the moment, buying your pieces of wor…

  Hi All!! Just a quick note to say that I am making my way through my huge list of favourite’s at the moment, buying your pieces of works as either cards/tees/prints. I’ve noticed some have been deleted or removed at some point or another (which I have done myself in my own portfolio previously). Is a pity, cos I hadn’t yet gotten to purchase that fave piece of yours!! So I just thought I’d say a “HANG ON A MINUTE GUYS!” before deciding that a piece of work you’ve perhaps had little or no sales from, gets deleted from your portfolio. Some of us have just taken awhile to get our butts into gear. Especially me, with low income ATM. I figure if I can spend a few bucks a fortnight buying wonderful works, then before I know it I’ll have a wonderful little collection that I slowly but surely built, all the while supporting my fellow friends/artists around me. Perhaps this is something you yourself should think about to??? It’s all about supporting one another here at RB, don’t you think??? Anyway, love to see all the new works popping up, especially from OS. Have a great day Kids!!! Bel xxx

• Batch 02, March 2008
  by Stephen Mitchell

  ^Made available for the benefit of friends and family who always want to know what’s available, without going through the box’s! _This ba…

  Made available for the benefit of friends and family who always want to know what’s available, without going through the box’s! This batch should arrive around March 30 . CARDS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , PRE-ORDERS , , , , / All artwork is copyright© to Stephen Mitchell, All Rights Reserved. / You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent.

• Got an amazing collection?
  by Incognita

  I’m looking for people who collect things—the more idiosyncratic and interesting the better. If you’re interested in having your colle…

  I’m looking for people who collect things—the more idiosyncratic and interesting the better. If you’re interested in having your collection showcased to the world (for free), drop me a line. I’d love to hear from you…

• Flamejob and Kath Collaboration Collection
  by kathleen

  Hi Everyone… Thanks so much for the initial response to ”!http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/cropped/size:small/view:main/3350…

  Hi Everyone… Thanks so much for the initial response to / collab car ! and / destiny’s waiting. The feedback has been splendid. He (i.e. flamejob) graciously agreed to swap a couple of random images from our hard drives for a collaboration which I can only describe as a journey. I have been a huge admirer of flame’s works for a really long time, actually we both became members around the same time (Feb 07)... so I have had breath taking and scary moments feeling my way through the images he chose for me. As I stated, we chose random images… 4 from me and 4 from flamejob... Eerily the ‘sets’ almost matched in subject, all but two… You can see the cars in the abovementioned pieces, we also swapped country roads and old fashioned structures… the last two were different but shared the darkness I suppose… We have chosen to upload one a night for the next few days and we hope that you enjoy this collection… cause it was a real treat for me especially to have such great compositions to work with from a place I have only recently tasted so briefly. Thanks for listening and watching… Kath and Flamejob

• Installment 3 & 4 - Flamejob and Kath Collaboration Collection
  by kathleen

  Hi Everyone… Thanks everyone for your incredible support for this milestone collaboration… We had a great time with this and th…

  Hi Everyone… Thanks everyone for your incredible support for this milestone collaboration… We had a great time with this and the series has come to an end… sadly… and we do hope that you have thoroughly enjoyed the feast we tried to offer you, the guests to our pages. Here they all are together… you can see how pretty they all look side by side… The first set were all the images taken by me and manipulated to finished art by flamejob… The second set is obviously the other way around… Set one… / low tide / wet and dry / burn those bridges baby / collab car ! Set two… / knowledge is power / behind the veil / evolve / destiny’s waiting Collaboration History / He (i.e. flamejob) graciously agreed to swap a couple of random images from our hard drives for a collaboration which I can only describe as a journey. I have been a huge admirer of flame’s works for a really long time, actually we both became members around the same time (Feb 07)... so I have had breath taking and scary moments feeling my way through the images he chose for me. As I stated, we chose random images… 4 from me and 4 from flamejob... Eerily the ‘sets’ almost matched in subject, all but two… You can see the cars in the abovementioned pieces, we also swapped country roads and old fashioned structures… the last two were different but shared the darkness I suppose… We have chosen to upload one a night for the next few days and we hope that you enjoy this collection… cause it was a real treat for me especially to have such great compositions to work with from a place I have only recently tasted so briefly. Thanks for listening and watching… Kath and Flamejob

• 'Tell Me A Story' Tree Collection
  by littlearty

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  I have recently added a collection of collage work on Trees called ‘Tell Me A Story’. Be sure to check them out! Make sure you collect them all! :D (Ok, this is my first attempt at promoting my artwork on RedBubble. Lolz. After looking at Thickblackoutline’s awesome cards display, I’ve decided to have a go with it too. :P Thanks for the inspiration Thickblackoutline. Whew! what a long name. :D)

• New Publication - Dangars Lagoon Series - AVAILABLE NOW
  by Kitsmumma

  I’ve recently completed my first publication, a book featuring a collection of works from my Dangars Lagoon series. The book has 34 pages…

  I’ve recently completed my first publication, a book featuring a collection of works from my Dangars Lagoon series. The book has 34 pages (the preview will only show the first few pages) and is available in soft or hardback. If you have the time, I would love some feedback, comments, suggestions. You can check it out below. Oh! and don’t forget…........................ Christmas is just around the corner! Click on image for preview. Dangars Lagoon Book

• Exhibition Info... Opening Night June 1st 2007
  by Paul Louis Villani

  Hope all of you don’t mind if a place some info about my upcoming exhibition here? I’d be rapt if you popped in and said “G’day”! I’ll be…

  Hope all of you don’t mind if a place some info about my upcoming exhibition here? I’d be rapt if you popped in and said “G’day”! I’ll be easy to spot out on opening night, I’ll be the big bloke running around like a headless chook! Just tap me on the shoulder and we’ll have a chat! / Anyway here’s the info… “A Genesis of a Collection” / Paul Louis Villani and Brunswick Arts Space / Invite you to be a part of the… / OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATIONS! / FRIDAY 1st JUNE 2007 – 6pm to 9pm / 2a Little Breese St. Brunswick 3056 Melways Ref: 29G6 / Ph: 9383 2263 or Visit www.brunswickarts.com / If you would like more information please send email to pvillani@bigpond.net.au Exhibition will be open to the public from Friday June 1st until Friday June 29th 2007. Thursday & Friday 11am – 5pm. Saturday & Sunday 12pm to 5pm. There will over 50 original photographic works on display. Oh and on opening night… there will be food and drinks supplied (Thanks to my Mums!) If you would like to know more about me, please view my press release at… http://www.seekingmedia.com.au/news.php?newsid=60&PHPSESSID=0bf03af8890c2e97ebfc849512cc8087 / . /

• My Calender Collection
  by Stephen Mitchell

  Each calender-title links to a PDF that reveals each month’s photograph from my Redbubble Gallery. Farm Findings...

  Each calender-title links to a PDF that reveals each month’s photograph from my Redbubble Gallery. Farm Findings Farm Features Green Sand City Walls Focus on Petals Farmyards of Kangaroo Island Twelve Months of Christmas All artwork is copyright© to Stephen Mitchell, All Rights Reserved. / You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent.

• RedBubble Breeds Winners
  by Stephen Mitchell

  It took a while tonight, but I eventually found a few links t…

  It took a while tonight, but I eventually found a few links to the winners of that fantastic photo competition we all entered a few months ago! Whilst I was not a winner in any of the categories (I had submissions in three of them), I’m still winning by being a registered member here. See, I am selling my work. I use my RedBubble gallery as a base to display my work … and I sell a lot of photographs offline! Last week I had 60 prints (at 6inch x 4inch) of my photography on RedBubble printed at TEDS in Rundle Street in Adelaide . No big deal. Took them to work yesterday. Showed a few women. Within an hour, quite a few of those ladies put instant requests in. A couple just wanted more 6×4’s, and one wants a couple at A4 size. Late this afternoon one remarked that I should have brought in MORE cards for Father’s Day! Damn, but I had a good come back line, Next Year!. Actually, I’m planning to get about 100 to 200 printed through RB before the end of November – for Christmas cards. I’ve been informed they should sell VERY fast! So now we are moving a few steps ahead: Tomorrow we (the wife and I) are getting 20 x A4 prints of these photographs, all of which are on display on RB: From SaharaBelle’s Collection / 1. Walking on Sunshine / 2. Diggin In / 3. Starry Eyed / 4. Like Pollen Through a Straw / 5. Honey Pot / 6. Flower Bug / 7. Sweet Prison / 8. Flaming Nectar / 9. Loaded / 10. Seed Pods / (Yes, number 10 is in my collection. However, because it sold as one of mine, SWMBO has agreed to leave it where it is! Otherwise it would be deleted as a sale!) From Stephentrepreneur’s Collection / 1. How to Bee A Lily / 2. White Gums II / 3. VOC Portrait / 4. VOC Left Door / 5. VOC Tray II / 6. The Cart Behind The Horse / 7. Coffee in the CarPark / 8. Shell Necklace / 9. Tranquiliser / 10. Open Arms Plus two more for a very lovely female friend who wants to frame these her own way : gold gilding on a large frame! / 1. Off His Hinges / 2. Waiting But what then? , I hear you all cry out! Well, I’m forming a portfolio. / Next year I’d like to do a proper photographic course. I’ve been waiting twenty-something years to afford to do this … which is WAAAY too long. After watching younger people around me jump into fantastic jobs and positions over the last few months, I’ve decided it’s FINALLY time to and be more. All the photographs above will be put into a new A3 folder I purchased some time ago. Then I will take that around with me to show off. You want to buy one? OK, either you buy straight from the folder (though I am not sure about that idea), or I take your details and deliver. The whole concept is still being worked on, so we have some planning to work out. My father is an astute business man, and I have a brother whom is a brilliant salesman … so I hope to get both their time-tested advice on certain issues very shortly. / The folder will also be used to convince Adelaide TAFE that I am a worthy student. I won’t write my sales-pitch to the TAFE here, it’s a little corny … but all very true. More about the next stage of this new adventure in my life will be on display over the next week. And I’ll be writing about how we plan to build a Home-Studio and the New Kitchen over the coming months! Fifteen Cards for Sale on Redbubble / / Fifteen Cards from RedBubble / A Big HELLO to everyone around Adelaide who’s seeing more of my photography! Particularly those people at my day job. I guess my life outside of work isn’t a secret anymore! And why I smile more often than I have in a long time.

• Funny videos
  by funkyfacestudio

  Here is a funny video on youtube for anyone who needs a laugh :) “had a bad day” the one at the office, just in case you have already se…

  Here is a funny video on youtube for anyone who needs a laugh :) “had a bad day” the one at the office, just in case you have already seen it. HERE

• Collective Collage Avitar
  by Travis Easton

  Presently surprised tonight to stumble across my second avitarment (if it wasn’t a proper word a minute a go it is now) when I saw my pic…

  Presently surprised tonight to stumble across my second avitarment (if it wasn’t a proper word a minute a go it is now) when I saw my pic Northern Promontory Textures as the avitar for the Collective Collage group. A little thing I know but it is a nice little thing all the same. Cheers trav

• Portrait of Kangaroo Island, South Australia
  by Stephen Mitchell

  Wondering where I have been? Probably not. But in case you were: I’ve just returned from a week on Kangaroo Island! As such, I’m…

  Wondering where I have been? Probably not. But in case you were: I’ve just returned from a week on Kangaroo Island! As such, I’m currently uploading the best of the best photographs to my RB portfolio. You are welcome to view through my Kangaroo Island Collection

• Free images
  by Jordan Duff

  Just a quick note to let everyone know, there is a site called ImageAfter which is a wonderful resource for free …

  Just a quick note to let everyone know, there is a site called ImageAfter which is a wonderful resource for free images and textures. The size of the images range from 1600×1200 to 2560×1920. Personally I like to use my own images where possible and have a huge library of images for that purpose, but sometimes you need something you can’t or don’t have time to photograph, that is when I head to ImageAfter. If you work in 3D this is a fantastic site as many of the images are straight texture images, brick walls, rock etc. You would need to make the image tile-able and generate your own bump maps etc, but it can be a great starting point. Even though all the images on the site are copyright-free, I highly recommend using your common sense! If someone has posted an image of say, a photo of mickey mouse or some brand name, you should probably think twice before using it. As they say in their disclaimer / The creators of imageafter and its contributors are not liable in any way for damages or litigation that may arise when using or downloading content contained on all pages related to imageafter. The users acknowledge that they assume all risk and/or responsibility when using and viewing this site. Please use your own legal discretion and resources concerning any liability issues. From the site / ImageAfter is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial. Terms of use from the site / 1. LICENSE / TERMS OF USE / WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IMAGEAFTER IMAGES AND TEXTURES? / you CAN modify our images and textures in any way you see fit / you CAN use our images and textures in your own work, whether it be for personal or commercial use / you CAN redistribute or sell our images and textures ALTERED OR UNALTERED as part of printed work (e.g. posters, cd-covers, postcards etc) / WHAT CAN’T YOU DO WITH IMAGEAFTER IMAGES AND TEXTURES? / you CANNOT REDISTRIBUTE our images and textures as part of an online resource site like our own, i.e. use them to directly compete with us. I hope someone finds this useful, I completely forgot about this site until recently when I needed an image for a piece I’m working on. / Happy hunting!

• My Redbubble T-Shirt Collection
  by CDCcreative

  I really like the fact that I can find unique t-shirts on redbubble for myself or gifts. / So far I have bought three shirts, two for myse…

  I really like the fact that I can find unique t-shirts on redbubble for myself or gifts. / So far I have bought three shirts, two for myself – The voice is another face by Lucas Industries and my own design Lady Sorrow . I have also bought my husband Mr Robot Army by Alan Reading. For those who are curious, the print quality is excellent and the t-shirts would look at home on a rack in Just Jeans. So keep uploading designs bubblers, cause yours could be the next addition to my collection.