Yesterday

The above, Folded #1 , is/was one of my first attempts at printing folded paper. The red was printed first. The paper was then folded and adhered to a carrier sheet before printing. Clearance becomes a problem when feeding the paper under the print heads. This makes it necessary to glue down the folds and presents a problem with agressive adhesives. An alternative would be thinner paper but thinner papers tend to be less receptive to inks. Notice how folding creates a less that perfect look to the design and how it creates aditional texture. Since dark must be printed over dark this determiness the sequence of colors to be printed and the sequence of folds.

Yesterday, I had some fun resurecting an old technique I remember from long ago: adding ballons to movie stills. Many video viewing programs allow you to "grab" a frame of video and manipulate it like any other still picture. You can add some humor to some serious pictures. They're great to send as e-mails.

Today

A-r-rgh! My brain is kind of damp. Another sleepless night. Did you have the problem of not being able to shut your brain off when going to sleep. I mean, last nothe i lay myself down to sleep and Wham-o! All the random thoughts of the day came to mind. First I began desinging web pages. i was laying out pages and writing code. I was adding animations and active content. Of course I had to write the content. The pictorials had to be made ready. I had grabbed some frames from some movies and I wanted to add some comedic captions. The balloon works were to add comedy the such films as "The Last Samurai". I looked good in my mind. Next I was writing code to add the sound of and eighteen cylinder radial aircrarft engine starting. Somewhere along the way I began creaating new monoprints. I Monday morning quaterbacked the above print. Where did I go wrong? The composition needs some work, not to mention the color harmony.

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Website work

I have been spending considerable time on website maintenance. The family website has been updated. We want it to be a site to present info from throughout the family. A clearinghouse if youwill. Since we are so geographically dispersed this should be the medium to "keep up". Also it will have some interesting stuff and eye candy.