About
A little lite background: I am a managing editor for a small daily in Alabama and help doing PR gerbil work for www.artlifecollective.com (ALC for short). Aside from graphic design, hobbies include boardsports, being in the water under almost any circumstance and playing music that generally annoys people from small southern towns really loud.
Really though, the main purpose here is to create a place to discuss alot about my arwork and how it is done, why, and where it can be seen (most of my collection is stuff that started out for commercial purposes and mutated into something else later. Again, aside from newspaper editing and such, I do a lot of graphic work for the paper, so thats where the kernel of my ideas for other work springs from)
And, since I am a journalist by nature – one of those people who ask annoying personal questions at grossly inappropriate times – a good bit of what I plan to have here will be culled from other sites.
Also, just to dispell a few misconceptions, journalists, despite having been trained to write objectively, tend to be the most opinionated people on the planet. So, you will get some of mine here, especially the ones that get culled from the editorial page for being a bit too aggressive. I once referred to the U.N. as “a toothless old dog angerly gumming away at the ankles of wayward nations.” One of the best lines I ever wrote. Editor was unamued. So, you get the idea.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love being a journalist, but there is always soo much more that goes on than we ever have the newsprint for, so I hope to also share some of our more interesting bits and pieces, especially choice excerpts from IandO reports. Those are especially fun since there appears to be no upper limit on stupid, especially with petty – and the not so petty criminals. Hopefully have one of those every day.
In spite of all the fun, the real purpose here is to discuss digital art techniques and resources, both my own, including a few projects I am working on, and from other people.
Anyone who is interested can check out some of my work here: Graham’s page of t-shirt art
Morten Knudsen said,
November 14, 2006 at 7:06 am
Found your website this morning while looking for canvas for my 1973 Bus, (typed in “Child Cot” in Google). I am going through much of the same adventure that you are. Bought an old 1973 in need of a lot of love (we are currently the “Bondo Kings”). Replaced the canvas top over the weekend (by my self, a major bitch, but I am 6′8″ which helped). Any way, I was wondering if you could tell me where you found a replacement cot. I had ordered one from Bus Depot, but it came in 20″ wide, and the bars on the cot, when spread out, are 24″ apart, so there was a slight fit issue. Any help is appreciated, Have a great day.
Morten.
Jeff said,
July 22, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Hey there, just recently bought a 78 westy that is need some good care, so starting the long journey you seem to be documenting. I read your post about taking care of surface rust near the windows, which is my first priority to prevent it from getting any worse. So I had some basic, totally beginer questions for you if you have a moment, If you feel like helping a beginner. Shoot me if you can,
big thanks,
-jeff