January 29, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity
Emptyeasel has an article up detailing “vegan friendly art supplies”, and when viewed though the narrow lens of “made from animals/not made from animals”, it’s accurate. I’d say it’s also pandering to the princess sparkle-poos out there who don’t wanna hurt the animals but apparently thought that “rabbit skin glue” was just a funny bit [...]
January 29, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity, Grumbles
I understand that you’re a struggling artist with a (very cool) niche webcomic. You’re just trying to get by, and many people have told you that the more eyeballs you can get to your site, the more attractive it will be to advertisers, and the more money you can make by selling ads on the [...]
January 29, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity, Grumbles
I get that some artists want to have “artsy” websites. Usually this is confined to multimedia offerings of various quality, but sometimes you get an artist (or possibly the artist’s web designer) who decides they want to “think outside the box”. Or possibly re-invent the wheel. They think to themselves, “Every website scrolls vertically. But [...]
January 21, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity
Kottke notes two fixes for dead play-doh. The DIY method (moisten under running water and re-knead) and the corporate method (buy moar!). In my house we just made our own. Lots more fun. Well, until I started tossing flour in front of the floor fan… then it was still fun for me but less so [...]
January 21, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity, Media Musings
From “Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich at Avery Fisher Hall” …directors feel they can improve a show. They have such contempt for the authors. We (the authors) know what we?re doing and they don?t. It?s contemptuous of them. Eh, I respectfully disagree. But I have strong feelings on the place of Authorial Intent. I also [...]