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What to Do With a Rusty Dumpster

December 29, 2014 By Deirdre

Note: this is a much simpler form of this tutorial from Spoongraphics. The other night, a friend of mine and I were chatting, and she complimented something I’ve been working on (but haven’t yet posted). And I said, “ehh, it’s just a dumpster.” She replied, “I would not have assumed dumpster.” So, here’s my dumpster […]

Filed Under: Graphic Design Tagged With: art, fanart, fanwriting, graphic-design

Deviant Art’s Dark Patterns: Ripping Off Indie Artists

May 2, 2014 By Deirdre

Rismo made this rather awesome piece and posted it on Deviant Art. Hot Topic started selling the t-shirt. No one paid Rismo. Did Hot Topic rip off Rismo? No, Deviant Art did through a dark pattern. See below for update. Here’s DA’s Submission Policy. Check out d: the right to sublicense to any other person […]

Filed Under: Graphic Design, Important Things Tagged With: art, bad-things, copyright

Four Hugo Awards Recommendations

February 23, 2014 By Deirdre

The Hugo Awards

Best related work: Fic by Anne Jamison, a history of fanfiction. Best fan artist: Randall Munroe. Last cartoon of the year is 1311 and first of 2013 was 1155 (thank you @xkcdfeed). Three of note: 1158 (it’s all about physics), 1167 (Star Trek Into Darkness), 1177 (Time Robot). For those who feel he isn’t eligible, […]

Filed Under: Conventions Tagged With: 2014, art, conventions, fantasy, fanwriting, hugo awards, hugos, movies, reading, science-fiction, world science fiction convention, worldcon

Society6 Art: Iceplant

February 22, 2014 By Deirdre

Based on seeing a friend’s pieces on Society6, I decided to start uploading photos there for sale in various forms. They have prints, iPhone cases, computer cases, pillows, tote bags, and stuff like that. My first piece (my plan is to upload one per week) is called Iceplant. I know, I know, it doesn’t look […]

Filed Under: Society6 Tagged With: art, forsale, photography, society6

The Reality of Romance Covers

February 11, 2014 By Deirdre

Everyone in science fiction knows romance novel covers are awful, right? Are all romance covers like those above? No. They are not. Let’s go back to last year, about a claim Mike Resnick made that I’m disappointed that no one called him on. Here’s what Resnick said (click for pic of text, quoted below) And […]

Filed Under: Publishing, Writing Tagged With: 2014, art, fanwriting, publishing, romance, SFWA, writing

Fun with Paper

February 1, 2014 By Deirdre

Paper is an iPad app from fiftythree.com and it’s pretty awesome. So when my mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas, for once I actually wanted the stylus designed to go with it, Pencil. It’s got extra features when used with the Paper app, but it’ll also work as a regular stylus. Now, I […]

Filed Under: Amusements Tagged With: art, computers

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