Jul 18
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Jul 05
Remember that post a few months ago in which I referenced a newly bought domain that I didn’t know what to do with? And I censored the name until I figured out what to do with it? Well, I figured out what to do with it….
As a sidenote, I chose the name in this way…
I’ve always debated over the differences and inequalities in the spelling of “fairy” In my opinion, “fairy” refers to a singular being of magic and “faerie” either refers to the time in which these beings were the primary lifeforce (eg. the time of faerie) or a grouping of them (the faerie people). “Faery” is merely an offshoot attempt at combining the two. We have a book on sale at work called Fairyology (the study of fairies {the plural of “fairy”}). So, what is the genus/species/whatever-thingamabob-science-thing of it? You know, the official science name for it? Well, I don’t know. Probably whatever “fairy” is in latin. But, since all of this paragraph is my theory on it, I decided to go with fairae. (It’s not because I like the ae combination. Seriously. XP).
And if I think about fairies enough to come up with all of this, you have to wonder about me. Or just write me off as a fairy-obsessed person. Which I am.
Jun 28
What I’ve noticed is that the longer I’ve been designing, the harder it is to find images for layouts. Over half of my new-layout-for-SF time is just finding an image to work with. I become a fanatic about it: obsessing over not being able to find anything to work.
I’d use my own pics but I only really take pictures of scenery (I don’t have any friends that would pose for me and stuffage; well, Effie would but she is 5 hours away). I’d use images of Emmy but the ones I have either don’t work or are too small. Kairi is too small yet.
So my only other option is to draw something for it. Aelyn is always telling me to use my drawings. And despite what everyone thought, the “Time of Faerie” version (also known as “the purple one”) was not drawn by me. That was Brian Froud, people.
But my drawings don’t work. They are little square or rectangular things that are so realistically heavily shaded that they wouldn’t blend into anything. So I’d have to box them up but that’s not my style. I actually spent the last two hours drawing something for a layout, keeping in mind not to shade as much. It came out cool but did it work? No. My scanner scanned it weird because it is in my sketchbook and it just didn’t work out. I love it on paper but that didn’t transmit well in the scan.
So, where am I? Back where I started again: searching for images and coming up with zip.
But that leads me to something else. I think that as you grow as a designer, you use up all of your image choices that will work for you. As you grow, you become more picky with what images you will use. So your scope gets smaller. And then all the amazing images that would work perfect but the artist’s don’t want them used. *sigh*
Maybe that is why so many of the older designers have image-less layouts. Forget what they say about accessibility; that’s just the excuse for lack of image choices.
Jun 28
Please go read and comment if you love me. Which I know you don’t but could you for like 5 minutes?
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