So I learned a hard lesson today. My buddy Rusty over in FB land made me aware of something ( Thanks man) I messed up lol!!!! Now I did so not on purpose, but pure ignorance. I created a rock poster based off of one of my favorite bands " Boston " . I originally thought of selling it as a print. A whopping $11 bucks, now as you can see it's not a fortune. I don't know of anyone " rolling" in it off of Etsy. This being said my buddy was right! Even though I created a image of the band that has not been created in the past, it's still infringement! So that poster will have all funds donated to the Humane Society. I know the lead guitarist of the band would be okay with that. In the future forward I will only sell 100% ORIGINAL prints and art work!!! I will still draw posters of my favorite band and post them on line for others to enjoy. The difference will be I will not profit what's so ever when it comes to $$$$$. Only profit would be enjoyment, and that you cant put a price on!
Dude
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Fighting the good fight
Bam...Kapow.....Zap.....Kaplow...... This is how I have to start this blog. Today was a crazy day indeed, lots of stuff going on several levels. The things I want to focus on though, are all positive :). First and foremost we got a huge order from a single customer!!!!!! Whooo Hooooo. I could not believe the order when I saw it, I cant wait to get to it!!! So it is true " If you build it , they will come " this is so true. I went into this comic thing all wrong when I started, everything takes time!!! No matter what the goal is, Strong foundation = Solid structure!!!
Free Comic book day is this Saturday, so I decided to do something different. Instead of going to the already established FCBD events that happen in Portland every year. I decided to try my own city of Vancouver WA!!!! Well upon researching, I found out that only one comic book store remains in all of Vancouver WA!!!! Yikes!!!!! so so sad. Now even though I could cross the bridge into Portland and go to any number of comic book stores, I 'll pass. My hope is, I can pull of a few things in this one event. The plan is ( if the store allows me to ) to set up a table for myself and maybe another artist. In turn we would do free sketches for the kids, and I would give out free all ages mini comics. This would not only be a fun event, but we are also promoting community, literacy, and the arts. Being the last Comic book store in Vancouver, I shudder to think what if that one closes also???????? Maybe its just the inevitable, maybe everything is going digital????? The Local Comic Book store concept is antiquated???? Did Video Games really win????? Well .....Maybe all of that might be true. I think its worth a fight!!!!!!! If the above does take place and no longer does Vancouver have a Comic book store. Well the failure for me would have been not contacting the store, outside of that it was out of my control. Fighting the good Fight
Yours Truly
G
Free Comic book day is this Saturday, so I decided to do something different. Instead of going to the already established FCBD events that happen in Portland every year. I decided to try my own city of Vancouver WA!!!! Well upon researching, I found out that only one comic book store remains in all of Vancouver WA!!!! Yikes!!!!! so so sad. Now even though I could cross the bridge into Portland and go to any number of comic book stores, I 'll pass. My hope is, I can pull of a few things in this one event. The plan is ( if the store allows me to ) to set up a table for myself and maybe another artist. In turn we would do free sketches for the kids, and I would give out free all ages mini comics. This would not only be a fun event, but we are also promoting community, literacy, and the arts. Being the last Comic book store in Vancouver, I shudder to think what if that one closes also???????? Maybe its just the inevitable, maybe everything is going digital????? The Local Comic Book store concept is antiquated???? Did Video Games really win????? Well .....Maybe all of that might be true. I think its worth a fight!!!!!!! If the above does take place and no longer does Vancouver have a Comic book store. Well the failure for me would have been not contacting the store, outside of that it was out of my control. Fighting the good Fight
Yours Truly
G
Monday, May 2, 2011
Pick yourself up and start all over again!!!
Hola,
Well I write this blog today on a very uneventful day. I am okay with this, hence the blog tee hee. I thought I would turn it around simply by blogging. On this new journey I have taken in life and art, I find many roads that are unfamiliar. One of those roads would be " Pod casting " !!! Some might know that I was co-host on another podcast. On that show I did nothing but co-host, That's it!!!! Easy just be myself and someone else did the editing etc. Well now there's no one else just me. I love that portion, since you can flow the show in away that is beneficial to everyone involved. I did not take pod casting 101 and just pushed forward. First two shows went great!!!!. Now enter the Technical problems UGGHHHH!!!!! Last night I recorded a show that I thought went awesome, upon playback that good feeling went away:( I tried most of all day to get that show running, and to no avail. Now the old me would have sunk into a dark hole and crawled into a ball and not come out. Like I said the " Old " me, today I spoke with two mentors of mine. Both doing this way longer than I have, they seem to have the same point of view. " Shit Happens" and that's just it. You have to know when to walk away and come back later!! Even if just for a walk, that would have made a world of difference. So in closing I share this with you . Failure is not getting the end result you sought after, but never taking the journey is!!!
George
Well I write this blog today on a very uneventful day. I am okay with this, hence the blog tee hee. I thought I would turn it around simply by blogging. On this new journey I have taken in life and art, I find many roads that are unfamiliar. One of those roads would be " Pod casting " !!! Some might know that I was co-host on another podcast. On that show I did nothing but co-host, That's it!!!! Easy just be myself and someone else did the editing etc. Well now there's no one else just me. I love that portion, since you can flow the show in away that is beneficial to everyone involved. I did not take pod casting 101 and just pushed forward. First two shows went great!!!!. Now enter the Technical problems UGGHHHH!!!!! Last night I recorded a show that I thought went awesome, upon playback that good feeling went away:( I tried most of all day to get that show running, and to no avail. Now the old me would have sunk into a dark hole and crawled into a ball and not come out. Like I said the " Old " me, today I spoke with two mentors of mine. Both doing this way longer than I have, they seem to have the same point of view. " Shit Happens" and that's just it. You have to know when to walk away and come back later!! Even if just for a walk, that would have made a world of difference. So in closing I share this with you . Failure is not getting the end result you sought after, but never taking the journey is!!!
George
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