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• RedBubble Thursday (and Logo Design For Food)
  by RedBubble

  The Logo As you’ll remember from this we set Xavier ...

  The Logo As you’ll remember from this we set Xavier the challenge of redesigning the logo on pain of biscuit deprivation. However the sneaky man went vegan at about the same time just to thwart us. But he still came through with the goods, which now adorn the top of every page for a day or two. I, for one, think it reeks of awesomeness. And all he used were these, in fact, only about two of these: And to show that he’s not wasteful, after the shoot, he then proceeded to make two huge toasted sandwiches, and promptly ate the logo: He was extremely encouraged by all of your support, and thanks you. However at the time of going to press no one could comment on whether he had scrubbed his feet or not. The Competition In other news, the new Compassion competition (and group) has been launched, and Gaia has been closed. Other things We didn’t quite finish the other big things we were working on this week, but we’ll have a special RedBubble Wednesday this week (due to Anzac day). Reminders There is only one week left before this awesome t-shirt concept disappears forever, go improve your wardrobe. Your faithful reporters Charles Foster Kane & Justin

• Art Criticism: How to Criticize a Work of Art
  by Trace Lowe

  Art Criticism: How to Criticize a Work of Art / A four step process This is what I give my students as a guide to art appreciation: / ...

  Art Criticism: How to Criticize a Work of Art / A four step process This is what I give my students as a guide to art appreciation: 1. Description- What do I see? Study the work in detail carefully. Describe the work in full detail. Be factual. Mention everything you see. 2. Analysis- How is the work organized? Look for and talk about the elements and principles of art and design that seems to dominate the work. Look at how the artist has used The Elements of Art / • Lines- real and implied, curved and straight, direction of movement / • Shapes, Space, Forms- Are the shapes geometric or free-form? Where is the horizon? Where is your point of view as the viewer? (Above, below, in the work, or outside) / • Colors- Warm, cool, bright, dull, soft, bold, etc. / • Value- light: reflecting much light; dark: absorbing much light. / • Texture-Both the medium and the objects portrayed: rough, smooth, shinny, dull Look at The Principles of Design / • Rhythm- Are there repeats of elements or images? / • Movement- Is there an illusion of action? How does the eye move around the work? / • Balance- Formal or Symmetrical, informal or asymmetrical / • Proportion- The size relationships between one part to the whole or one part to another part / • Variety- Visual difference and contrast within the work / • Emphasis- What part is dominant, and what part is subordinate? / • Unity- Does the work hold together? 3. Interpretation- What is happening? This is more than storytelling. As in literature, you need to interpret and generalize from data given. You need to find the metaphor or allegory in the work. What is the artist trying to communicate? Use your intelligence, imagination and courage to explain and tell the meaning of the work. This is based on the facts you have observed and your own life experiences. You can express your feelings, but they must be backed up by the observations you have made about the work. 4. Judgment- What do I think of the work? Does the work hold together visually? Does it communicate with the viewer? Judge whether the work succeeds or fails. You give your opinion backed by the three steps above. To make a judgment, you need to be honest with yourself. You need to know why you feel the way you do. Three Theories of Judging Art Imitationalism -Some people believe that art should imitate what we see in the real world. / Formalism – Some people believe that the most important part of a work is in the use of the principles of design and the elements of art. A work is successful if the texture, color, lines, etc are organized properly. / Emotionalism – Some people believe that the most important part of the work is the mood the artist communicates. Perhaps it is best to use all three theories when judging a work of art. Adapted from many sources, including Arttalk by Rosalind Ragans

• My T/Shirt Template
  by John Cole

  Hi anybody having problems with T/Shirt designing…. / I use software called Paint.net and find it so simple / any one wanting details jus…

  Hi anybody having problems with T/Shirt designing…. / I use software called Paint.net and find it so simple / any one wanting details just send bubblemail and I will answer straight away as I spend most of the day at Computer Hey just thought that I would sit and write out my way of doing it useing Paint.net / Here goes….. / First open paint.net then get new.click on image,resize :- and clear maintain aspect / and clear set absolute size, then set to 3200 pixels high and 2400 pixels wide then set resolution to 200 this sets the size to 12×16 inches. / save this as T/Shirt template.png / Open this and carry on as follows / to load a picture go to layer and click add image this will open up the place that you have your pictures stored, open picture that you want and it will appear in the top left corner,click on move pixels and you can then resize the picture and move it to where you want it to appear on the T/Shirt.having done that go to edit and invert selection / then edit and erase selection,you will now have your picture where you want it, / for further editing you can remove parts of the picture by using the eraser . / You can also add text if you want to. / I hope that this helps /

• GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY
  by kathleen

  Starting my own blog on this cause why the hell not! I WOULD LIKE TO RE-ITERATE SOMETHING SOMEONE SAID, This is an ARTistic community …

  Starting my own blog on this cause why the hell not! I WOULD LIKE TO RE-ITERATE SOMETHING SOMEONE SAID, This is an ARTistic community site, I been here since almost the beginning and am seeing a lot of people come here ASSUMING that this is a PHOTOGRAPHY SITE (which can be art too can’t it), BUT SOME DAYS I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE TAKING OVER… So you can take 2000 photos in a day and 1500 of them are good and you can upload them over 1 week. Great… To do a good piece of art take WAY LONGER THAN THAT…. even digital. Just something to consider cause MAN THE ART IS GETTING LOST, SO LOST IT IS MORE THAN ANNOYING. AM I AM A GRAPHIC ARTIST THAT TAKES PHOTOS. It really makes a lot of ‘photographers’ look a bit silly if they are commenting on my images and saying things like ‘nice treatment’. GRAPHIC ARTIST/DESIGNERS don’t really treat photos, we manipulate them and in a lot of cases mutilate them and take them completely out of context. Change light sources, create alternate realities and unrealistic artistic things. SO HERES A BUSHFIRE THAT COULD USE A BLOG OF ITS OWN…. WHERE DOES PHOTOGRAPHY STOP AND GRAPHIC DESIGN START.??? If you clip out a sky and replace it with another one, alter nature, add colouring, tone this, airbrush that, lengthen that body, etc. etc. etc. Aren’t you manipulating the original image and then that becomes GRAPHIC DESIGN??? DIGITAL ART – Art created using a computer. PHOTOGRAPHY – An image captured as close to what the eye can perceive (of course I know that you mess with brightness and contrast and have been doing tweaking forever, but wasn’t that originally to replicate the record of the event)... WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE GET TRICKED BY GRAPHIC DESIGNERS IN THE MEDIA POSING AS PHOTOGRAPHERS. and I AM REALLY SICK OF HEARING ABOUT MONEY HERE… ARE YOU ARTISTS OR INDUSTRY… We all want to make money doing what we love, some of us do art regardless of money…

• How to Upload T-shirt Designs
  by judygal

  I put this journal in here, for all to see, as I have been asked quite a few times recently how to do it. So I thought I would just save …

  I put this journal in here, for all to see, as I have been asked quite a few times recently how to do it. So I thought I would just save myself having to type it every time. For all that need help to upload T-shirt designs. / First You need to go into where you upload T shirt images and save the T shirt template to your own personal files. / Then go into your photo program and open a new work area selecting TRANSPARENT in the background drop box. Then set the mega pixels to exactly 2400×3200. / Next put the template on to fit the workspace, and put your image over it centering it on the red lines. When you are happy with the placement etc of your image, delete the template and save the image as a PNG file. It is now ready to upload. / Hope this helps. I decided to put this info in here for all to read, as I had to type at least 4 times last night. / Good luck.

• RedBubble is Hiring (Web Designer)
  by RedBubble

  Well we failed in our project to create more hours in the day – so we’ve resorted to pouring more fuel into the fire. Here’s the job ad …

  Well we failed in our project to create more hours in the day – so we’ve resorted to pouring more fuel into the fire. Here’s the job ad we put together: RedBubble is looking for a standards-based web designer to help create polished user interfaces. We’d really like to meet someone with strong front-end development skills (you’ll know what that entails), as well as the visual design nous required to create usable and elegant screens. Standards-based CSS & XHTML, and an eye for visual design are required. Exposure to SEO techniques, Unix command line skillz and source control are all nice to have. Experience with scripting languages is a plus. Our site’s built with Rails, so experience with Ruby would have us doing backflips, though it’s not a requirement. If you’re an experienced designer, and you know your HEAD from your POST, get in touch with Pete at jobs@redbubble.com. Location: Melbourne, Australia. PS – We’re also hiring for a customer service guru and and an accounting genius

• JMS Art Licensing
  by Karin Taylor

  I’ve signed a contract with JMS Art Licensing!! / They found me here on Red Bubble and invit…

  I’ve signed a contract with JMS Art Licensing!! / They found me here on Red Bubble and invited me….you can / CLICK HERE to see my profile, etc!! / How exciting hey!!

• Sales @ Ten Weeks (two new tshirt sales!!)
  by Karin Taylor

  ___ / FIRST BIT OF NEWS / ___ I sold two tees Yay (one last night and one this morning!!!!!) Two Late…

  ___ / FIRST BIT OF NEWS / ___ I sold two tees Yay (one last night and one this morning!!!!!) Two Latest Designs sold (with many thanx) to beautiful fellow bubblebees Firstly, last night some time Liesl Yvette Wilson an aussie artist living in London who does gorgeous children’s illustrations (please pay her a visit !!) purchased my latest Kokeshi Doll Autumn TShirt: ...and NEXTLY, SalsBells69 a fellow bubblebee and wonderful photographer from Australia, purchased my other latest tee design Fantasy Island Retro TShirt: I have been really down lately, and these two sales have boosted my spirits enormously, a very big thank you to my two special buyers Leisl and Sal :) thanx guys! _________ NEX BIT OF NEWS * ( / i see you’re still here, thanx so much for hangin’ round for next bit) / ________ Hi fellow bubblebees, I joined red bubble community on or around about the 7th February 2008 (near on 10 weeks ago) i think :) i never know what today’s date is even tho it’s apparently right here on my computer screen…i am really a computer illiterate in many many ways (sh don’t tell anyone that lol) – my friend frozenfa knows this only too well :) Just me with a special update…for a while now I’ve ummed and ahhhed as to whether to share or not about sales and figures…when i first started bubbling i was so excited i couldn’t help but share good news…but as time’s gone by, I’ve noticed the ups and downs emotionally that we all go through over the good and bad times. I think all of us struggle terribly when no-one’s buying our work, and I’ve had an immense struggle with it myself. When no-one’s buying you think, okay, it’s all over bar the shout, i’m finished, i’m washed up, i wanna get out of this cruel game which is a roller coaster ride to say the least I’ve watched friends many times feel despairing, and I know that feeling so well. So sometimes sharing about sales and views can crush someone else’s spirit, or it can spur them on to become more and more determined to win the big prize :) I feel seeing someone else’s success does both these things to me. I’m not sure how the rest of you are going with your sales and progress, i’m told some even make close to a living from selling their work here…...I’m far from that goal ….. but we must continue to encourage one another all the more if some are feeling low and flailing, there are so many wonderful artists here, and i see they have no comments on their work, or just one and i wonder why is that? I have been so encouraged by this wonderful community and the warm sentiments fill my heart with joy and put a spring in my step, i can assure you all of that :) and I wanted to say thank you to everyone for being like, my extended family of brothers and sisters :) Anyway, I’ve been keeping quiet about sales and views for a while…..i wonder whether if you’re doing well..people will drop you off their watchlist….or if you’re doing not so well, people let you go anyway, i really don’t know…. But i try to be honest about who i am, so i’ve decided to lay it on the table today….and here are my stats :) Ten Weeks on Red Bubble art views 25,045 / clothing views 7,350 card sales 25 / tshirt sales 12 / _print sales _ 1 total sales* 38 translated $$$’s $163.48 ________ FINALE _ (if you’re still awake and stuck with me til this / point, i must applaud and congratulate and send you / big hugs and thanx :)_ ________ I’ve been very busy lately, as i was commissioned by some folks in United States to create some designs for a business proposal…don’t think i can say much more than that…but stay tuned as it could turn into something big….and that would be very cool :) thanks for listening to my guff everyone, love yas all :) big hugs from Karin xo

• LOCAL BUSINESS - Windsor Virtual Office Solutions - Buys 25 Thank You Card Designs !!!
  by Madeline M. Allen

  Sold 25 Thank You card designs! For a local entrepreneur to add to her Virtual Office Solutions Business . My combination of Photography …

  Sold 25 Thank You card designs! For a local entrepreneur to add to her Virtual Office Solutions Business . My combination of Photography & Smudge Art TM. Thank You Cards – Will now be part of her business plan, as a new offer to her real estate clients. Need an Assistant? Contact Windsor VOS TODAY / Address: Winnipeg MB R2N 1G8 Canada. / www.windsorvos.com.

• Reward Offered!!!
  by Rhana Griffin

  Ok… so I got you here on false pretenses. There is no reward except for my undying gratitude =) So if that doesn’t appeal you may as …

  Ok… so I got you here on false pretenses. There is no reward except for my undying gratitude =) So if that doesn’t appeal you may as well stop reading right here! HEY! Where are you all going??? Get your arse back in here pronto! (smiles in her most charming way) I have chocolate…. ;) So I am needing to be taken firmly by the shoulders and pointed in the right direction. I want to create my own website for my art but haven’t got the FIRST clue on where to start. I know a few of you have already got your own sites and I was hoping someone might be able to provide some direction? I am crap with codes and stuff (but can usually muddle my way through) so it would need to be a relatively simply design-your-own kind of thing. I’d like any and all ideas you can give me… I like to have choices ;) Many thanks and chocolates in advance.

• Let's Focus On.....FROZENFA Interview
  by Karin Taylor

  There is a brand new initiative coming from the great creative brain of Red Bubble’s Jo O’Brien...

  There is a brand new initiative coming from the great creative brain of Red Bubble’s Jo O’Brien who has begun a chain of interviews, dedicated to spreading the love and creativity. The fire was first fanned into flame by one of our most dearest bubbly people and friend, the wondrously musically and arty farty Muscular Teeth Now, Mr Teethy and I had a little conflict of interest at first over who would ask Frozenfa to do her interview…..since we’re both big fans of hers…..but I won out of course….being superquick with the bmail clickety click…and got to her first….phew…!!! Not that it matters, coz I think that lots of you are going to get the opportunity to share your hearts and arts with us…..and we are looking forward to hearing from you each and everyone, getting to know more about you, what makes you tickety tock and what makes you rock!!!! My interview with Fa is one of two that I’ll be journalling, so stay tuned as you may be next in line!! enough chit-chat…...read on…......................... Let’s Focus On….....FROZENFA interview with Karin / (Fa, tell us puleeze, what makes you tickety tock and what makes you rock?) / / aw, look…it’s baby fa….isn’t she adorable!! How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life? After i finally left the corporate world, i decide to venture into doing my tees and designs full time a.k.a. going jobless. Almost everyone says i’m being crazy and that i’ll end up being a free loader and won’t make it anywhere. i get people telling me left right center, about how tough it’s going to be.. or how shitty the world is out there and basically just assuming that i’d turn into a starving artist. my family too didn’t believe in me. but i did get a moral support from 1 friend then, Serena. and with just that 1 person believing in me, i just went ahead to live my life, my way. I no longer meet up with my friends unless they ask me out, which is always for a reason or another or they just feel obliged to. some thought am becoming a hermit. i’d say i’ve gotten to know so many more interesting people around the world in this 6mths.. From awesome photographers to cool writers to amazing painters.. i got introduced to PixelTerminator by Buddy Sears ... i get to do a collaboration design with Karin.. i got to meet Cvail73 when she’s here on holiday.. and just met a new bubbler, udonchow just now, who’s back to renew her visa.. and i think i’ll be meeting Krisso during his stopover to sg on his way to london.. hehe.. XD Since i’m “jobless”, i have more time to spend at home. i get to do the sweeping and moping the floor and making sure to dry the laundry and be ready to help my mum when she comes home. i am happy cos i get to spend more time with my family and be more helpful and useful to them. I am soo much more happier now. all the depression and being forced to do work i’m not interested in and having to deal with annoying people is over.. i can do my own work at my own pace.. i can draw what i want to draw, express what i want to express. and no, i am not a free loader! i live off my savings. no i am not from a rich family, everyone in my family just knows how to spend only when necessary, we don’t have air conditioner nor sofas at home! and no i am not rich, else i would have a physical shop by now. no i am not starving artist, i am still fat! errr.. dang.. ok fine, i need to exercise more.. (Tim: ROFL!!!) grrr… But you can call me struggling artist, yesh, i can accept that! =) am still struggling to find my own printers and working towards opening my own mini booth at a local market.. Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful Back during my early days at work, i was made to believe that i wasn’t creative enough and that all my designs are below standards. Back then, i believe that i’m not creative and am a lousy designer. with RSI and depression, honestly i thought i’d forever live in the shadow of other people.. But everything changes when i join RB!! i’d say the one person that i’m truly madly deeply hehehe thankful to i’ve met is Karin! Yesh, the big shining star in RB, Karin Taylor !! if you don’t know her, then you must be either new to RB or been really inactive here.. hehehe.. XD How special is she? as if you don’t know!! Oo” / Well you can check out our mushy tribute to each other here at her journal here... ehehe.. Basically, she’s been most encouraging and supportive of me and my crazy designs.. Heck, can you believe it, she’d even listen to me whining about silly non design related problems through bmail? i always feel so bad taking up her time sometimes with my whinings, but she’s always so encouraging and listening.. i am very thankful for that. Karin also turns out to be my VERY FIRST buyer (she kept it a secret until i started making other sales slowly but surely). hehe.. i received a birthday present all the way from overseas for the first time ever in my life from her too! and a bday card.. haven’t got a bday card in awhile.. Bday truly would have suck this year if it weren’t for her.. and this is what really moved me most. i will admit, that really made me cry!! XD Show & tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you FIVE ONLY?! the one who started this must be joking… gosh.. ok, to those not chosen, no offence, k? as long as i fav your works, it means i really like them!! just my luck that i can only pick 5 now.. i’d choose… / by VirgiMax Designs / cos yea.. the people i love and care for hurts me like hell, never thinking about how painful their words or acts are.. / One Spring Day by Karin Taylor / reminds me how fragile friendship could be.. how it maybe spring one day, and autumn the next.. how easy it is to lose a friend.. and how a new friend may suddenly spring into my life out of nowhere.. this piece just touches me.. =) / I Am Not Strong Enough by lisadee / I once wrote an email with exactly the same title when i was at the risk of a mental breakdown.. and the image there really reminds me of how far i’ve come since then.. / Beach Duet by Karin Taylor / this wonderful piece inspired me to come up with / / Summer Fun =D / Girl on Red Wall by Karin Taylor / inspired me to come up with a bunch ofFrazzle the cat design and also starts off my first collaboration artwork ever! Thank you so so much, Karin!! —-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Thank you Frozenfa for filling us in more about you, your art, your creative life and what makes you tick tock and truly rock!!! A fabulous interview giving a ‘behind the scenes’ look at Fa’s life, her values, and i think it gives a little insight into just how special a person she is, someone who has a heart full of courage, depth of feeling, and I think she is what they call an old soul with a heart that’s so big and swelling with love….send some love her way peoples, and visit her bubble today…you won’t be disappointed i promise :D You may wanna buy some of her art, coz i think she’s gonna be real famous soon!!!! Fa will pass on the love, by requesting two more bubblers whom she admires and respects to do interviews with her, and journalling it…..this way we all learn so much more about one another, as well as being introduced to other artists through the five….. I was so shocked, honoured and moved that Fa chose no less than three of my artworks as being of special significance to her, this really rocks my world fa Ps I highly recommend fa’s TIM character (Twisted Inner Monster) for every ailment under the sun! / Hugz and Glompz / and enjoy reading everybody !!!! Love Kaz, KT, Karin, k, me :D / (all my aliases ….)

• Freelance Designer
  by Faizan Qureshi

  Profile / I am a college student undertaking an advance course in graphic designs. I have been working as a freelancer in graphic and w…

  Profile / I am a college student undertaking an advance course in graphic designs. I have been working as a freelancer in graphic and web designs since 2000. I am flexible in working on my own initiative or with a team, dedicated towards my work and working with deadlines. I am skilled with designing identity, / promotional, web and information graphics. Skills / I have expert knowledge of creative tools and techniques; web, graphic design and Internet technologies; Macs, PCs and peripherals and a thorough understanding of Dreamweaver, QuarkXpress, Illustrator, Photoshop, scanning, Page layout and design, typography, FrontPage, HTML, Search Engine optimization, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel and Access. Education / Dudley College (2005 – 2008) / Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC) National Diploma (2006 – 2008) / Graphic Designs Northern Council for Further Education (NCFE) (2006 – 2007) / Graphic Designs / Drawing Applied Advance Subsidiary (2005 – 2006) / Information and Communication Technology – Double Award / Graphic Designs British Computer Society (2005 – 2006) / European Computer Driving License (ECDL) / ECDL Advance Microsoft Word Career History / Freelance Designer 2000 – Present / Call n Curry (Delivery Service), London (Corporate Identification and Publicity) / Pendeford High School, Wolverhampton (Website Design) / El Barco Latino (Bar & Restaurant), Temple Pier London (Ambience) / The Karahi Town (Restaurant), London (Interior, Ambience & Publicity) / SarwatMinhas.com (Web Designer) / Bipasha-Basu.com (Web Designer) / PriyankaChopra.org (Web Designer) / Shilpa-Shetty.org (Web Designer) / AbhishekBachchan.org (Web Designer) / KanganaRanaut.com (Web Designer) / Kunal-Kapoor.com (Web Designer) / Aishwarya-Forever.com/wedding (Web Designer) / Celebrity-Express.com (Web Designer) / Vidya-Balan.com (Web Designer) / MallikaSherawat.org (Web Designer) / Lara-Dutta.net (Web Designer) / Amisha-Patel.net (Web Designer) / Sushmita-Sen.com (Web Designer) / Preity-Forever.com (Web Designer) / Rani-Mukerji.com (Web Designer) Associate Director 2005 – Present / Red8 Productions Ltd Webmaster, Designer & Editor in Chief 2001 – Present / BollySpice.com (Internet Magazine) Student Mentor 2005 / Virtual-Workspace.com / / Teaching Assistant 2004 / Christ Church Primary School Miscellaneous / Date of Birth: / 11th October 1988 / Languages: / Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi / Skills Acquired: (from work experience) / Time Management / Patience / Sense of balance and justice References / Available on request

• Free Hi Resolution Textures
  by Cameron Gray

  If you’re an artist or designer looking for some free hi res textures to use in you work, I am now giving away my personal textures for o…

  If you’re an artist or designer looking for some free hi res textures to use in you work, I am now giving away my personal textures for others to use in their work. These textures are completely free and can be used for commercial and non-commercial work. / If you could help spread the word about these free textures, I would be very grateful. / I’m also giving away free copies of my book to certain people who are of particular help in promoting these textures & my website. / Textures are available from: / http://www.ParableVisions.com Enjoy, - Cameron Gray

• Mother... FUCKers... stealing my Designs!!!!!
  by KillerNapkins

  thanks to a good friend on here givign me the heads up I found out that some douche took my Bear-Bite T-shirt design and is trying to sel…

  thanks to a good friend on here givign me the heads up I found out that some douche took my Bear-Bite T-shirt design and is trying to sell it on zazzle… http://www.zazzle.com/teerifictease check it out…. i am pretty pissed… this has never happened before… so i dont know how to go about this… anyway … BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR SHIT OR IT WILL GET STOLEN!!... i want to kill him hah!

• nat loses it over PAX
  by Natalie Tyler

  I got a bit excited about this PAX mosaic thing. It’s the best thing I think redbubble has done to attr…

  I got a bit excited about this PAX mosaic thing. It’s the best thing I think redbubble has done to attract and engage customers for a while. It’s a fun, interactive tool that will potentially bring more customers our way and get lots more art out there to the buying public. So tonight I got online and I had a scroll around, looking to see if some of my favourite stuff had been included. I spotted some great work I hadn’t seen before but as the minutes passed it slowly dawned on me. There are no t-shirt designs. Not one single one. To quote John McEnroe – Are you serious!? Come on guys … this really is a bit rubbish. We’re not some tiny minority, sitting over in a dark corner on the site. We’re an important part of the community. It’s been suggested on the forums that it may be a technical issue that means we’ve been left out which I can understand. I don’t think that redbubble have said ‘oh, we’ll just leave out the t-shirt guys’ but I can’t help feeling a little overlooked. I stick to tees because it’s what I love and what I think I do best. I try and get t-shirt designers together through things like the weekend t-shirt challenge because I think we could have a much stronger voice on the bubble. Sometimes I think we do feel left to our own devices a little and small (perhaps non-intentional) gestures like this don’t really help matters. Just look at the last few redbubble projects and there’s a worrying pattern emerging. Gaia, In The Moment and now PAX all focus mainly on art and photography with a little bit of writing thrown in. I would like to suggest that a bit more love is shown to the designers on the site. If you want to engage and inspire a community, you need to talk to the whole community. Here endeth the rant. Cheers, / Nat

• weekend t-shirt challenge
  by Natalie Tyler

  We’re cooking up a weekend long t-shirt challenge/extravaganza this weekend on the bubble so we thought we’d let you know well in advance…

  We’re cooking up a weekend long t-shirt challenge/extravaganza this weekend on the bubble so we thought we’d let you know well in advance. Theme to be announced on Friday You’ll have til Monday to get your designs up Winner to be plugged in the RedBubble Daily Wrap and worshipped by their peers More will be revealed as we get closer to kick off. Head over to the Agent Provocateur group for updates or add this guy to your watchlist to get the latest information delivered straight to your activity monitor. It’ll be a great chance to flex your creative muscles and a good excuse to spend some quality time on a design (or two) alongside other fine t-shirt designers. Y’all invited to take part … are you in?

• WooHoooooooooooooooo!
  by Karin Taylor

  I just sold a card of Lotus Love but i don’t know who bought it…...so i’m here to say THANK…

  I just sold a card of Lotus Love but i don’t know who bought it…...so i’m here to say THANK YOU so much !!! to my mysterious buyer :D /

• 25.03.08 The Alphabet Challenge
  by ozlat

  As I am practically brand new to design and photography, I want to play a game and get the RedBubble community involved. It is fairly sim…

  As I am practically brand new to design and photography, I want to play a game and get the RedBubble community involved. It is fairly simple and the reason behind it is to challenge my creativity and develop my skills. I would like people to post a comment with a word, concept, or theme… from A to Z (the alphabet) and I will challenge myself to create a piece of wall art, and t-shirt design for each posted comment. All work will be tagged a2z along with the corresponding topic and letter of the alphabet for an easy search function. Feel free to join in the fun… so what will A be?

• [group news] PSYCHEDELIC ARTS & DESIGNS
  by webgrrl

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  / click header image to take you directly to the group or click here h1.GROUP GUIDELINES: TAG YOUR IMAGE! PLEASE TAG YOUR IMAGE with Psychedelic_Arts or Psychedelic ” / THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, or your images may be removed. / If you are submitting a piece of art into this group, then by logic, it should have ‘PSYCHEDELIC’ in the tags Submit up to TWO (2) images per section (art/clothing) per person, per day. Make an effort to comment on at least one image in the group pool by others, each time you post. Do not submit images that are similar, one after another, we like variety :) If you are not sure whether your image is Psychedelic or not, just ask me. / Bubblemail me with the link of your image. / WHY WAS MY IMAGE REMOVED?: images that are not considered ‘psychedelic’ will be removed. Please read the groups description to see if your images have the qualities of Psychedelic Arts before submitting, if you are not sure.. please excuse me if i dont write to each one thats removed with the explanations.. You are welcome to write to me to enquire, if you would like to know why it wasnt ‘psychedelic’ enuf.. :) about this group/what to post: / Fantastic, metaphysical and surrealistic subject matter, kaleidoscopic, fractal or paisley patterns, bright and/or highly contrasting colours, extreme depth of detail or stylisation of detail. Morphing of objects and/or themes and sometimes collage, inclusion of phosphenes and other entopic motifs, repetition of motifs. Please visit Wikipedia’s definition of Psychedelic Arts to understand/learn more / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_art definition of psychedelic arts: (from Wikipedia) / Psychedelic art is art inspired by the psychedelic experience induced by drugs such as LSD, Mescaline, and Psilocybin. The word “psychedelic” (coined by British psychologist Humphrey Osmond) means “mind manifesting”. By that definition all artistic efforts to depict the inner world of the psyche may be considered “psychedelic”. However, in common parlance “Psychedelic Art” refers above all to the art movement of the 1960s counterculture. Psychedelic visual arts were a counterpart to psychedelic rock music. Concert posters, album covers, lightshows, murals, comic books, underground newspapers and more reflected not only the kaleidoscopically swirling patterns of LSD hallucinations, but also revolutionary political, social and spiritual sentiments inspired by insights derived from these psychedelic states of consciousness. PSYCHEDELIC INSPIRATIONS / The Art of Jeff Hopp / “I believe that true art is foremostly a form of communication. For me to be interested in a piece, it must tell me something. An artist can communicate many things…. ideas, emotions, events, beliefs, etc. As for my art, I am interested in illustrating events and experiences that I have witnessed on my spiritual journeys. It is a method of capturing moments that cannot be documented in any other way. / They are places that can’t be photographed, and I feel that is important to share them with others.” LINKS & RESOURCES PSYCHEDELIC ARTIST : JEFF HOPP RESOURCES : Psychedelic Arts @Squidoo PHOTOBLOG/IMAGES : Psychedelic Wallpapers & Posters

• Design Police: Bringing Bad Design To Justice
  by Natalie Tyler

  Offended by ugly typefaces? Does bad alignment make you twitch? Join the crusade against bad design with the printable “Visual Enforcemen…

  Offended by ugly typefaces? Does bad alignment make you twitch? Join the crusade against bad design with the printable Visual Enforcement Kit from the Design Police. With handy advice like “Please do not use word art” and “Good idea wasted by poor execution” you’ll be fighting crimes against design in no time. Just download, print and get stickering! / / /

• Profile Page Play
  by Brett Foster

  Finally I got off my butt and decided to have a look at the design/layout options available for sprucing up the Profile Page (and others …

  Finally I got off my butt and decided to have a look at the design/layout options available for sprucing up the Profile Page (and others I guess). / I discovered a few neat tricks, thanks to all the helpful people who have blogged about this for the benefit of the rest of us, and applied a few. Take a look and let me know what you think. For me it was a little time consuming, mostly because I haven’t been tagging my images consistently from the beginning – so I had to go through them all and add tags pertinent to the categories I decided on. Once that was done however, the rest was easy. I just designed a few buttons, plugged in the code and Bob’s your Uncle! If you are looking for the code, just type “HOWTO” in the search box and check the helpful hints by Craig Shillington. From there you will find other useful links. There are still some limitations in the design rules in terms of layout but now that I’ve had a go I’ll see what else I can come up with. Cheers, / PhotoBloke™

• 10 tee sales !!!
  by Sasufi (Anne-Sophie Poirier)

  I have been on Redbubble since may and I am very exited to announce my 10th tee sale ! / I would love to hear from any of you who bought o…

  I have been on Redbubble since may and I am very exited to announce my 10th tee sale ! / I would love to hear from any of you who bought one of my designs… / eagles / helicopter / electric pole / tree / Feedbacks would be great. None of my buyers as been reveled yet…and this is making me very curious ! / Obviously I will keep uploading stuff, knowing that people like my work, and buys it make my days so good.

• FEATURED ON HOME PAGE!!!!
  by Karin Taylor

  / Best of Friends has just been featured on th…

  / Best of Friends has just been featured on the Home Page!!!!!! / Yay!!! ‘Friends Series’ card by Karin Taylor Best of Friends is a mixed media production (ink, pastel, charcoal, acrylic) on canvas textured paper. Two sweet little girls with towels over their shoulders, one in a terry towelling dress on their way to the beach, and it’s such a bright sunny day with a big swell, hope they know to swim between the flags!!!

• I few moments with Veronica Purcell (and the aliens)
  by Danny

  Recently Veronica Purcell (Ronnie, KSeriphyn Designs) has been a little bit quiet (which is s…

  Recently Veronica Purcell (Ronnie, KSeriphyn Designs) has been a little bit quiet (which is still more active than 90% of the Community) because of her “delicate position”. It still hasn’t stopped her from coming up with some brilliant and innovative ideas for her Group The Writers Market. / I was so inpressed I had to ask her some questions: When i first came to the Bubble you were everywhere, like some enthusiasm fairy running amok amongst us. Do you still feel that way after a year another 50000 members and a hundred new innovations introduced to the site? I sort of mellowed when the bubble expanded to twenty-gs. It’s been a great ride to see other peoples’ enthusiasm and voices shared throughout the site, which has attracted so much diverse opinions, experiences and (I dare say) emotional expressions. As a writer, I find it’s a treasure trove for character development and stories. On the down side, having large numbers means I’ve also fallen into what I call the “grey area” of the system (being one individual amongst a sea of individuals) which is a frustration at times but at most a blessing in disguise. Eventually, I realised it’s not the art that brings me back here; it’s my RB buddies and all the other people willing to share their works and life. What first attracted you to the site? Because writing was not really promoted here in the very early days? Actually, I joined because of the writing. I stumbled across the bubble through an ad on a writing site, which promoted the “Unleashed07” competition and a chance to be published. Although I didn’t win, I received such an encouraging response for my story submission that I stayed with great enthusiasm. In the early days, my writing was featured lots of times on the homepage when the site was in black and I found this helped with my writing motivation. So much so, that I kicked my arse into gear and bit the bullet; having a couple of my stories published with an independent publisher. Needless to say the works failed miserably (with cutting results) but at least I have the bubble to thank for fuelling my desire to be an author. I guess it’s one of the reasons why I’ve expressed frustration with the way writing is being featured here as I don’t feel it showcases enough variety of styles, expressions and skills regularly. It features a lot of “life” writing but not enough of the strong, plot based fiction, which a lot of writers upload. Now that Red Bubble has amassed to fifty-g’s, there shouldn’t be excuses in featuring written art works often. It’s one of the reasons I started the Writers’ Market Group. I was proud of how my group *A.R.S.E was going until you released the “get an e-book published “and “the Writers Market Newsletter “came out. / You have blitzed every group in your dedication to the Writers Market Group’s purpose. Has this come about because of your dedication to your group or availability of cool resources at your finger tips – not to mention the ability to put them to good use? Like in doing a Backyard Blitz? Lol! I don’t think I’ve done that much to say that “I’ve blitzed every group…” but I am dedicated for the reason I’ve stated above and more. WMG is my mission. Not just for myself but for others as well. And since I’ve dedicated so much time within the bubblesphere (and gotten in trouble for it from my boss – naughty me), I wanted to at least have a just cause. More variety and quality of writing to this site is a cause for me. I am lucky that I have a constant stream of writing added to group. A lot of people have been great in sharing their views and opinions. I feel slack for not starting the blogazine sooner and lucky I was able to get the ebook competition on the charts to begin with. It helps when you know the right people – lol! Here I go talking like Hyacinth Bucket. Pregnancy hasn’t slowed you down, or will it? At this stage, the only things slowing me down is house work, ironing (yuck) and a midget-sooky dog wanting me to pat it every minute of the day. I’m doing all I can to stay active and finish off as many of my own projects as possible. Even after the babies arrive, stubborn me will always find time to continue my projects. I don’t take no’s for answers (unless they come disguised as a box of Belgium chocolates wrapped up in a big red ribbon and bow then maybe…). When are the “Aliens” due? There has been a bit of a debate, between obstetricians and radiologists, when they are due. One estimate gave the 5th of July, another the 15th or 11th July, and the latest the 10th July. After a massive brainstorming over gestation sizes, x-rays, facts and figures it was decided the official due date to lock into the hospital system was the 10th. Of course, subject to how big and feisty the twin boys get I guess. They have been feisty lately, especially at nights where I swear they’re having some sort of fight-club match or disco dance. Some times, it’s like, “don’t make me come in there!” I’ve told the bubs they have up to 3 hours, each, to vacant the premises when they give me their intentions of leaving. If they drag out the labour, God help them for the rest of their lives. Muwahahaha! March 2008