LJ user pics

Thanks to all those who posted pseudo-memories of me. Loved them all, am going to give aiabx and singlemaltsilk prizes. Here are their contributions, for those that missed them. Andy and singlemaltsilk both get custom-made LJ user pics. Since Andy doesn't have a Livejournal, he's free to use or not use his user pic however he'd like, of course :-). I'll post them both in my Blatherings when they're finished.

I've had several requests for user pics since I updated my own in Livejournal. As much as I enjoy doing them, they do take time, so I'm opting to create them when inspired rather than by request. More fun that way. :-) Got a kick out of creating some for Mary (based on her Elfquest costume) and Allison, for example. I'm also thinking of compiling a page of user pics that people are free to scoop if they'd like.

In case you're curious, I create each user pic in Corel Painter, drawing the picture with a Wacom Artpad and pen in a 200 x 200 pixel document, then shrink it down to 100 x 100 for Livejournal use. I'm still experimenting with different media.

Here's one of Allison using Painter's round tip pen brush and camel wash watercolour brush:



Used the same tools to create one of my new user pics:



Got together at the Frog and Firkin with Allison and Jodi last night. Allison gave Jodi and me our copies of the Urban Tapestry DVD...many thanks to her husband John for putting that together for us!

We've already started planning for our next Urban Tapestry trip, which is to Pittsburgh for Confluence, where our pal Chris Conway (posts as Christo in Blatherchat) is featured filk guest. Our concert is on Friday night at 10 pm, for those interested.

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