tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69021246142351403412024-03-13T01:46:20.836-07:00Ichthyography"... Gyotaku as such is really a new art, and we may call it
"Ichthyography"..Yoshio Hiyama 1964Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-47199638494375484202013-04-06T15:58:00.001-07:002013-04-06T17:08:39.611-07:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Project funding in a time of Crowdsourcing opportunity</h3>
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<b><i> “Crowdsourcing is a process that involves the outsourcing of tasks to a distributed group of people.” </i>Wikipedia</b><br />
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For more than a decade, I had a dream to visit the motherland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Japan,
that is, birthplace of Gyotaku.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> As a science illustrator with a bent
towards Ichthyology, it was probably natural selection for me to venture
down the path of Japanese Fish Printing techniques. While traveling
that path, I met Sensai Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto and, with his guidance, I
became dedicated to refining my own style of Gyotaku within a vastly
expanding genre of piscatorial printmaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> When
an opportunity came for me to travel to Japan, study and explore
advanced printing techniques with Master Yamamoto, it looked as if my
dream might be realized. But the cost of the journey was way out of
reach. I began to look toward conventional artist stipends and travel
grants. The county arts council offered some government sourced funding
in the form of a stipend, but the award was not much of a solution to
the problem. Looking for ideas, I turned to home. I posted an email on
the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators’ Sci-Art email listserv,
asking for suggestions to alternative funding sources.</span><br />
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The Sci-Art email listserv, although a relatively finite group, can be a
powerful crowdsourcing tool. As a subscriber to the email list, I could
broadcast a query to a group of potential problem solvers in the form
of an open call for solutions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The feedback from my
email query ultimately became the solution to my problem. The solution
would come, not in the form of a grant, but a relatively new resource:
crowdfunding.</span><br />
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In 2006 an entrepreneur named Michael Sullivan launched “FundaVlog”, a
platform to launch videoblog projects and is credited with coining the
term “crowdfunding”. FundaVlog was ultimately not successful, but the
term crowdfunding began to be widely used a few years later, when
Kickstarter came onto the scene.<br />
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Crowdfunding
evolved from the crowdsourcing concept, and refers to a network of
individuals who collectively contribute monetary pledges to efforts or
projects initiated by other people, usually through the Internet. Using
this approach, funds can be raised in small increments received from a
large number of contributors, rather than relying on large sources of
monetary support. At a time when traditional forms of grants are
disappearing, crowdfunding may well be the answer for individuals
looking to launch creative projects.<br />
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Today, there
are over 500 possible crowdfunding platforms, and project authors will
need to do some due diligence to ascertain which one best suits their
fundraising needs.<br />
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Everything from disaster
relief, general charities and nonprofits, to business startups and
individual creative projects, can be crowdfunded. If there is a need for
financial backing, there is likely a correlated system that can be used
to address that need. Currently, the two most popular and well known
platforms designed for artists and creative entrepreneurs are
Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. In both platforms, transaction fees are taken
from the pledges, amounting to 4-5 %, so you would need to figure that
in when setting a target fundraising goal. With Kickstarter, credit card
pledges are processed through Amazon.com, and the pledges are held and
not charged to the “backers’” credit cards until your project is fully
funded. If the project does not become fully funded within its selected
window of time, none of the charges are processed, and you will not
collect any support funding. IndieGoGo, on the other hand, allows you to
close the project before full funding, and collect your pledges, but
their transaction fees will rise accordingly, from 4 to 9%. In addition
to transaction fees, your project is responsible for the cost of the
credit card transaction fees, and through Amazon, will cost an
additional 4-5 %, so your total operational costs may run 10-14% of your
pledges.<br />
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From my inquiry on the Sci-Art email listserve, I received one
suggestion that ultimately made the pursuit of my goal a success. It
came from GNSI member Lynette Cook, known to most of us for her
illustrative renditions of the expanses of outer space; but Lynette has a
wide range of other subject matter that motivates her, particularly in
fine art media.<br />
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In 2011, Lynette was preparing for a showing of a group of her acrylic
paintings she called the “Praesentia Series”. Looking to defray the cost
of framing and shipping the collection of work to her alma mater, the
Mississippi University for Women, she turned to a crowdsourcing
opportunity that she had heard and read about: Kickstarter. She told me
that she had had success with her project, which she named “Get These
Paintings to the Show!”, and suggested that I investigate this
fundraising route instead of hoping to find funding through artists’
grants. I took her suggestion, and after a cursory review of the
Kickstarter website, I decided it was my best option. Kickstarter
provided a proven vehicle and infrastructure which would allow me to
construct and run a fundraising effort through internet crowdsourcing.<br />
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The learning experiences that Lynette and I had during our Kickstarter funding projects were both similar and dissimilar.<br />
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In order to set up and run a Kickstarter project, you must first pitch
your fundraising plan to site administrators. Kickstarter allows
creative projects in the worlds of Art, Comics, Dance, Design, Fashion,
Film, Food, Games, Music, Photography, Publishing, Technology, and
Theater. They do not allow charity, cause, or "fund my life" projects
You will need to set up pledge levels for your project, and for each of
those denominations, you will have to choose and offer a “reward” to be
given to your supporters. Kickstarter stipulates that the value of the
rewards should roughly equal the value of the pledge.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Lynette: “Think through your awards carefully. You need to find that sweet<br />spot where you neither emulate public television by offering a $10<br />tote bag for a $100 pledge nor offer so much that you lose your shirt</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>in
thank you gift costs or time. Be sure your rewards are clearly
described. Think through what you're going to do if someone asks for an
alternate reward.</i></span><br />
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I agree with Lynette
about carefully thinking through the rewards you offer and how you
offer them. When she had offered her backers a “choice” of images, some
requested other works of hers that they desired. For myself, I chose to
offer a hand tinted reproduction for one of the most popular
contribution levels that was, effectively, an original. The hand tinted
works came out wonderful, were well received by my backers, but were
definitely a backers’ value at that particular pledge level. The
original hand tinting added a lot of time to the reward process. The
remainder of my reward offers were commensurate with their respective
pledge levels including some etchings, which carry a higher intrinsic
value but had already been printed, and did not delay my reward process.<br />
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While setting up your project with Kickstarter, you will also need to
choose a time span, the beginning and ending dates for the pledge
period. This too can be a challenge. Too long of a time period and
pledge procrastination might occur, or pledging momentum might be lost;
too short, and you may not have enough time to establish that momentum.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Lynette: “Choose your fundraising period carefully. Somewhere I read</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>that 30 days is a good time frame and I went for that. It worked well.”</i></span><br />
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My fundraising period was 50 days; I wish it had been longer. Though
the effort did languish through the middle portion of the time period,
it accelerated in the last five days. That being said, if I had been
more familiar with accessing different internet groups, 30 days would
have been plenty of time.<br />
In regard to knowing your target group, Lynette has these thoughts:<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Lynette:
“Have (or build) a large network of friends, family, colleagues,
Facebook friends, associates, acquaintances, etc. The more people you
know, the more likely you'll enjoy a successful outcome. Expect your
closest circle to provide most of the money. In my experience…the bulk
of the funding came from people more familiar to me”.</i></span><br />
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Selling your project to your backers demands some creativity. Initially
I set up my project with static images, but it soon became evident,
especially when viewing other people’s projects, that use of a video as a
selling tool would be essential.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Lynette:
“A video really helps get the word out and make your project more
personal to the viewers. It's better not to depend on still images only
for your visuals.”</i></span><br />
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The decision to use a
video had its own implications. The most compelling projects had videos
that were extremely creative and entertaining, drawing the viewer into
the heart of the project. Not being much of an entertainer, I was hoping
to adequately describe my desire to travel to Japan to share in the
cultural exchange of Gyotaku techniques. I had a video camera, but there
was still a learning curve ahead: script, lighting, diction, editing;
it may have been a good idea to get some assistance in making the video.<br />
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When my fundraiser was approved by Kickstarter and it was launched,
another GNSI member who viewed the project commented that the video
might have more impact if it included some of my Gyotaku images to help
present the subject of the project. It made sense: I reworked the video.
Another technical learning curve: find and access a video editing
software program and learn to use it well enough to add some still
images to the video. I finally had something that did a reasonable
presentation of my call for funding.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Author's hand tinted Kickstarter rewards</td></tr>
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Before your project can launch, you will also need to set up an account
with Amazon.com so that they can process the credit card pledges. This
will take a little bit of time, and you should expect to be providing
them with personal information so the IRS can keep tabs on income.
Expect that some of your backers will not want to give credit card
information online, and you will want to accept their support, but you
will need to plan how to deal with this. You can have them send you
their pledge directly and manually track them for their rewards, but
then their pledges will not be integral in meeting your goal — which is
of utmost priority so that you may collect all of your pledges.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><i>Lynette:
“Have a plan in place for people who wish to pledge but aren't willing
to do so online. Several of my backers were willing to send me a check
but refused to make an online payment. Kickstarter administration keeps
an eye on the pledges and will cancel your project if it seems you are
pledging money to yourself in order to reach the goal and get funded.</i></span><br />
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I worked diligently at getting the word out about my fundraiser,
accessing my Facebook friends as well as the pages of the GNSI and the
Nature Printing Society, email lists for fishing groups, and any other
online connections to friends and acquaintances.<br />
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During the whole process, I was hoping to discover the best way to reach
previously unknown groups of people. On a weekly basis, the Kickstarter
site features their favorite projects which would open up exposure to
your project for a huge waiting group of donors who are looking for
projects to believe in. But figure on working without this heaven sent
boost of exposure; the featured projects are their selections, and they
do not respond to requests. Try to know how your social media works.
Whenever I posted on Facebook, I asked people to “Like” my post; it
would have been better to ask them to “Share” the post instead. That
way, all of the folks on their friends’ lists would see the link to the
Project. If you know anyone who has a high traffic website, blog, or
Twitter following, ask them to help spread word about your project.
Remember, a large number of small donations is the object. Pledges are
likely to occur in unexpected ways. Don’t take it personally if folks
you had expected to respond do not do so. Some folks you don’t even know
may well offer some of the higher pledges you receive.<br />
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My Kickstarter project was a wild roller coaster ride of turn of events
and unexpected trends. I had resigned myself to the fact that the trip
to Japan would not happen, right around the 3-day mark before the end of
the project period. But as the end got near, the pledge action on my
project site picked up in faster and faster, by leaps and bounds, and it
was as if I were watching a neck and neck horse race. Nearly hourly
updates of how close we were to full funding seemed to help drive to the
finish. In the last three days my project went from approximately 30%
to 100% funded! Folks that were possibly procrastinating jumped in the
pool! Sixty-two backers pledged $3,248 and saw me off to Japan.<br />
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If you should consider funding your project with a crowdfunding
platform, allow plenty of lead time, put in your due diligence, and
believe in your project. Over the 50 days of my project, the pace of
contributions was unpredictable, and variable. So stay optimistic and
keep pushing right to the end of your project period. And good luck!<br />
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<i>Bless those of you reading this who participated in my crowdfunding project, “The Fish Bridge to Japan”</i><br />
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<b><i>This article was published in the Spring 2013 Journal of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators</i></b><br />
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<i><a href="http://www.gnsi.org/" target="_blank"> http://www.gnsi.org/</a></i></div>
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To see the author’s “Fish Bridge to Japan” funding project, visit:<br />
<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan</a><br />
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For a look as some of the author’s Gyotaku images, go to:<br />
<a href="http://www.science-art.com/member/?id=24410#.UPQsjmfud8E" target="_blank">http://www.science-art.com/member/?id=24410#.UPQsjmfud8E</a><br />
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To see Lynette Cook’s “Get These Paintings to the Show” funding project, visit:<br />
<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1136599328/get-these-paintings-to-the-show" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1136599328/get-these-paintings-to-the-show</a><br />
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For a look at some of Lynette’s fine art go to:<br />
<a href="http://www.lynetteinthestudio.com/large-multi-view/Praesentia%20Series/1804411-1-147311/Praesentia%20Series.html" target="_blank">http://www.lynetteinthestudio.com/large-multi-view/Praesentia%20Series/1804411-1-147311/Praesentia%20Series.html</a><br />
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For more information about Kickstarter and how it works, visit:<br />
<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics?ref=nav" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics?ref=nav</a><br />
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Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-40859152712899171632012-09-26T10:11:00.002-07:002013-04-07T10:47:09.423-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">FOR IMMEDIATE
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Artist-Illustrator
announces opening of home studio “Stormtree Studio”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">By Stephen Di
Cerbo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">September 26,
2012</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">North Hudson, NY - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Local Artist and Illustrator,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stephen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Di Cerbo announced today he will officially dedicate his newly
constructed home Art Studio by celebrating with an Open Studio Day<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on Sunday, October 7<sup>th</sup>, 2012 from
1PM until 5PM.</span> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Joining in
the Festivities is Mr Di Cerbo’s friend and mentor, Mr. Mineo Ryuka<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yamamoto of Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stormtree Studio is located at 7 Kenakwar
Lane, North Hudson, New York, 12855.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">About the Artists – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stephen Di Cerbo is natural Science
Illustrator and Wildlife artist who grew up in Schenectady New York and fished,
hunted and enjoyed outdoor recreation in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New
York since he was a teenager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He holds
an A.A.S. degree in Fish and Wildlife Technology from SUNYA Cobleskill and a B.S.
in Science Illustration from Sage College of Albany, New York.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stephen is a lifelong
artist who works in the mediums of Pen & Ink, Oils, Acrylics, Copper plate
etching and other forms of printmaking, including Gyotaku<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(gee-oh ta koo) a Japanese originated art
form of printmaking. Mr Di Cerbo has been involved in Japanese fish printing
for over 20 years, both Kansetsu-ho or the “indirect method” and Chokusetsu-ho,
the “direct method”. Some examples of his Fine Art, prints and illustrations
can be seen on his online portfolio, .</span> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.science-art.com/member/?id=24410#.UGMuPlHBV8E" target="_blank">http://www.science-art.com/member/?id=24410#.UGMuPlHBV8E</a>
. He also maintains a blog about his work and about Gyotaku at <a href="http://ichthyography.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://ichthyography.blogspot.com/</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Born in 1943
in Central Tokyo, Japan, Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto became hooked on the sport of
fishing at the age of 30. His enthusiasm for the sport and his artistic
inclinations led him to maintain “diaries” of his fishing exploits, including
sketches of whatever fish he might catch – naturalist’s journals. Later, he
discovered Gyotaku in a Fishing Tackle store, and the future of his life’s work
was in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Through
approximately 40 years, Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto has worked as an innovator in this
rapidly evolving art form, and has carried forward the traditions and spirit of
Gyotaku</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mineo Ryuka
Yamamoto now lives in Higashimatsuyama city, located north of Tokyo, in Saitama
prefecture. His work can be seen at his website, <a href="http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~gyotaku/" target="_blank">http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~gyotaku/</a>
. He often teaches Kansetsu-ho Gyotaku workshops in the U.S. in affiliation
with the Nature Printing Society, and more information about Gyotaku and nature
printing can be obtained at their website, <a href="http://www.natureprintingsociety.org/" target="_blank">http://www.natureprintingsociety.org/</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mr. Yamamoto will
be giving a brief presentation about Gyotaku and its history, at 2 PM at the
Studio Opening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mr. Di Cerbo
is currently working to develop a fusion art style of Japanese <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gyotaku and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the fish, plants and Natural History of the
Adirondack Mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Printmaking
workshops will be held at Stormtree Studio in North Hudson, and the initial
Fall offerings are as follows:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fall
Workshops </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(limited to 6 Students)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indirect Gyotaku Fish Printing by Mineo
Yamamoto<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturday October 13, 9:00 am</span></div>
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Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-92228526046871637252011-12-20T16:33:00.000-08:002011-12-20T16:41:26.382-08:00Meet the Master! Mineo and his voyage with Kansetsu-ho Gyotaku<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBFzj_rPpqov5rbyNQMAatLPBU3aizcCY3PZnqagjifJqNr21liddYXc09kVUfipWw139oBcAhMXLzUHU7P414VpSbodVZubk73RMep6fPYPCUUR0zvO-62iSSxHLBj8FBiHLwJxeM2c/s1600/Mineo+sea+trout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBFzj_rPpqov5rbyNQMAatLPBU3aizcCY3PZnqagjifJqNr21liddYXc09kVUfipWw139oBcAhMXLzUHU7P414VpSbodVZubk73RMep6fPYPCUUR0zvO-62iSSxHLBj8FBiHLwJxeM2c/s400/Mineo+sea+trout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688375261172830626" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Read my guest article on the Scientific American Blog:<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2011/12/20/ichthyology-meets-printmaking/"><br />http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2011/12/20/ichthyology-meets-printmaking/</a>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-75166086597555351982011-05-08T05:38:00.000-07:002011-05-08T06:10:43.113-07:00A second round of fundraising backers!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhref="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvl3NLn2TOqfRwW69KBcHMaYSvP1BczXHaC1ziNBWAN6re1Hkf0T0eceSFjnSeLmjJV7zZn8rCJQdPTdr9_AQmXpRKXEet0c2JYGn07kB1cqLszJqbXSRF-H_gaF0i2rXWtl7a3890J4/s1600/We%2527ve-all-been-there.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvl3NLn2TOqfRwW69KBcHMaYSvP1BczXHaC1ziNBWAN6re1Hkf0T0eceSFjnSeLmjJV7zZn8rCJQdPTdr9_AQmXpRKXEet0c2JYGn07kB1cqLszJqbXSRF-H_gaF0i2rXWtl7a3890J4/s400/We%2527ve-all-been-there.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604329161916986466" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan"><br />Fish Bridge to Japan Project site</a><br /><br />With three weeks left to the Fish Bridge fundraising project left, the project is 15% funded!<br /><br /> Second round of backers include:<br /><br />Linda Harlan<br /><br />Mike Shaffer<br /><br />Anthony Martino<br /><br />Gretchen Halpert<br /><br />Aaron Adams<br /><br />my sincere thanks to those who have taken a moment to show their support!<br /><br />To read about the project or participate hit the link above. To help with the project, spread the link to anyone who might wish to help<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />StephenStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-77983723155578513312011-04-23T14:54:00.000-07:002011-05-08T06:07:26.751-07:00New backers to the Fish Bridge project!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobOK_MDQtrqhgBkVJcAeU6j65ucC4noxwDJ3AeTHlXpNTwUhonCv9mKObzWpGuWhP2OkVURYWEpl77Y0qd7Cdx5ywvMjzqN-GVPncqwYwO0Cum7Us5u0Oxxt2eooA-SxywYz3IcNGoog/s1600/Il-Est-Mort%2521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobOK_MDQtrqhgBkVJcAeU6j65ucC4noxwDJ3AeTHlXpNTwUhonCv9mKObzWpGuWhP2OkVURYWEpl77Y0qd7Cdx5ywvMjzqN-GVPncqwYwO0Cum7Us5u0Oxxt2eooA-SxywYz3IcNGoog/s400/Il-Est-Mort%2521.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604331115749401714" /></a><br /><br /><br />I would like to say thanks to Aaron Adams, and to Linda Harlan for joining the growing list of supporters for the Fish Bridge to Japan project.<br /><br />for additional information, visit the Fish Brideg project site and check out the backers and the updates page.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan/posts">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan/posts</a>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-66740013493365603202011-04-16T06:26:00.000-07:002011-05-08T06:09:13.629-07:00First week of the Fish Bridge to Japan project identifies support<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3UnI9Km1uObhJIZdllgAXXbOmmfBziX8i9JPESreLl7kCPqN9BsIzCkUXtkMrkw1ghOqZSZ1Edr5Kly-aTOai5CdO0dytbyfbs_9FS2qYFIWmhaRi2vsB770XyPCdJmkQBpoW7Sjr8I/s1600/fish-bridge-Logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3UnI9Km1uObhJIZdllgAXXbOmmfBziX8i9JPESreLl7kCPqN9BsIzCkUXtkMrkw1ghOqZSZ1Edr5Kly-aTOai5CdO0dytbyfbs_9FS2qYFIWmhaRi2vsB770XyPCdJmkQBpoW7Sjr8I/s400/fish-bridge-Logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596178190475163362" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I am encouraged about the Fish Bridge to Japan project, launched a week ago. Several supporters have come forward, and the project is underway.<br /><br />I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the following sponsors:<br /><br />William Barnard<br /><br />Britt Griswold<br /><br />MK Bretsch<br /><br />Chris Knight<br /><br />Asif Zamir<br /><br />Overflow Cafe<br /><br />Kalliopi Monoyios<br /><br />Your belief in the purpose of the project is most encouraging.<br /><br />For those not familiar with the fundraising project visit;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan">Fish Bridge to Japan</a><br /><br />To add your support, please click on the "like" icon directly under the video, to share the link on your FB page. <br /><br />maximizing exposure to the project will help it to succeed.<br /><br />keep on Printing!<br /><br />Yours in Ichthyography<br /><br />StephenStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-23273500958994098602011-04-11T03:12:00.001-07:002011-05-08T06:09:40.251-07:00Fishbridge to Japan project Launched!<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan?ref=email"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOgWtQCnGbSFnyKdBGlWSeYKGWYvKH4rTPRqByf4mA8_qjEQ2U5zTvbzn-k6wVRAg3_ba_i8tU39PRhwYsF8-xEhuoWzTar21InbM2bJH2d2XkKx-ePqJOTJLlTxCpGRHsGzbw91w69A/s1600/fish-bridge-Logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOgWtQCnGbSFnyKdBGlWSeYKGWYvKH4rTPRqByf4mA8_qjEQ2U5zTvbzn-k6wVRAg3_ba_i8tU39PRhwYsF8-xEhuoWzTar21InbM2bJH2d2XkKx-ePqJOTJLlTxCpGRHsGzbw91w69A/s400/fish-bridge-Logo.jpg" border="0" http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifalt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594267368403856402" /></a></a><br /><br />Last night we launched the Fish Bridge to Japan project to fund a mentoring opportunity in Japan. Today it is off the blocks and running! special thanks for Bill Barnard for his response and support, and the other help he has given me in the interest of fish printing workshops..<br /><br />Please click on the link below to find out all about the project, and forward the link to anyone who you think might be interested in the project.<br /><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan"><br />Fish Bridge to Japan</a><br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />StephenStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-47274870456123307232011-02-20T15:42:00.000-08:002011-03-13T07:44:03.993-07:00Gyotaku Workshop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UCxMU2Z1pjIPR3DoihJvBbSm2Wyv3CUN-JuP0CXW7_8gMZRauR3EVKv6mFyuEsFNG2ujr3Jg5kEJ3SS01Oszn3Vb4XjndpXC7AA9hn-l-9vfH6yBuucrrsdJaShiUX6oek957MvYbZU/s1600/tarpon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UCxMU2Z1pjIPR3DoihJvBbSm2Wyv3CUN-JuP0CXW7_8gMZRauR3EVKv6mFyuEsFNG2ujr3Jg5kEJ3SS01Oszn3Vb4XjndpXC7AA9hn-l-9vfH6yBuucrrsdJaShiUX6oek957MvYbZU/s400/tarpon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575935628341215906" /></a><br /><br />The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators<br />invites you to experience the Pacific Northwest<br />2011 Conference and Annual Meeting<br />At The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington<br />July 10-July16, 2011<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Chokusetsu-ho Gyotaku<br />An introduction to Japanese Fish Printing<br />Friday, July 15,2011 - 8 am<br /><br />Stephen DiCerbo<br />Level: Beginner<br />Prerequisites: none<br />Maximum class enrollment: 10<br /><br />Learn Chokusetsu-ho, the direct method of Gyotaku, Japanese fish printing. A relatively new art form, Gyotaku came to America in the 1950s and its history can be traced back a couple hundred years. Used to identify species of fish and record size of catches, gyotaku is often seen as a parallel to Taxidermy. It has evolved into an art form and unique type of illustration, and techniques and methodology continue to be refined today. A form of relief printmaking, it allows for an intimate familiarity with the morphology of the fish. <br /><br />Not only are Gyotaku images popular in gallery art and editorial illustration, the process is a great tool for art and science educators to expose students to ichthyologic identification and morphology, as well as relief printing. After a brief introduction to the history and the art, by demonstration, you will learn to prepare a specimen for printing, then prepare your own fish and create Gyotaku prints experimenting with various techniques and approaches. All materials provided, but bring any preferred brushes for working with ink washes. $20 Materials fee.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-60756856903762342882010-11-27T18:04:00.000-08:002010-11-28T04:39:06.406-08:00Mineo's Ray<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSTMA0SIfLGz1N3KHqGAb8wLeKSz5ypGWnIDkziWZRdDCxCK8_w5R9l1jdELMf0tDoZ14mjizPmuk2hWKUArtayySlut2PUk_kx5ZsRzro3j9CoF52rorxggBT9Yq-R2Aqr_ZBSYgojw/s1600/mineos-ray.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSTMA0SIfLGz1N3KHqGAb8wLeKSz5ypGWnIDkziWZRdDCxCK8_w5R9l1jdELMf0tDoZ14mjizPmuk2hWKUArtayySlut2PUk_kx5ZsRzro3j9CoF52rorxggBT9Yq-R2Aqr_ZBSYgojw/s400/mineos-ray.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544422487814776578" /></a><br />This work of Kansetsu-ho Gyotaku is an example of level of fine art that the printmaking method attains at the hands of a master. Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto is just such a master.<br /><br /><br />Actively involved in the <a href="http://www.natureprintingsociety.info/">Nature Printing Society</a>, Mineo has been responsible for introducing hundreds of people to the artform. Mineo is most famously know for his refinements to the Indirect, or Kensetsu-ho, method of Gyotaku. He operates a fish printing studio in Higashimatsuyama City, Japan. Between international trips to promote and offer instruction in Gyotaku, Mineo spends time expanding the known boundaries of the technique.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-43145681350598533182010-11-25T09:01:00.000-08:002010-11-25T09:22:24.171-08:00Brief Portfolio of My Work<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='500' height='416' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzRe3DKGNF4t6cnMqdXyOwzYtsfbzthesyPg34b456ulOmtuQMECqrdeeCYQ6OJGp-PHWg8UvGgrbVqp-VfCg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-75263610925865966962010-10-16T06:40:00.001-07:002010-10-16T06:47:54.290-07:00Rosy Rockfish Gyotaku Tee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHX9HR8ezzrHG-23lwY0cNGcyY1gRQlSm-kk8qEbhfPf3RP0YPusGHA2FIJECVHwyj1Vj04z8W8K71tAnKgOvS-tk4a-CyL-TG2QvA-r6NJ2PcyshHZR67NQA6tfm60EhQTppzOGQMfh4/s1600/Oregon-Rosey-Rock-Tee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHX9HR8ezzrHG-23lwY0cNGcyY1gRQlSm-kk8qEbhfPf3RP0YPusGHA2FIJECVHwyj1Vj04z8W8K71tAnKgOvS-tk4a-CyL-TG2QvA-r6NJ2PcyshHZR67NQA6tfm60EhQTppzOGQMfh4/s400/Oregon-Rosey-Rock-Tee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528638652874756130" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kansetsu-ho Indirect Printing with a heavier fabric such as 5 oz. cotton requires special consideration and yields less detail than a thinner more delicate media like Silk, but can yield some nice results. <br /><br />Also developing some techniques for bringing out some more complex colored spotting and patterns.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-37091802371858107722010-09-18T08:43:00.000-07:002010-09-19T14:35:43.716-07:00Nature Printing Society Workshop, Oregon 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCaeiR7bxEjkCUd4gpc34TyMMSId0oR9Zb8SBcPE3AjxNulakqBWBUvPf-jA-mlBJQjH1dcNg1FKhQ_HO2k7E3_loT0eTyEgb1vy-_FOi2NRE8oG0QOw2pxU4mZObs3j7U8s4IdlTktE/s1600/Indirect-Hungry-Bright-Rockfish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCaeiR7bxEjkCUd4gpc34TyMMSId0oR9Zb8SBcPE3AjxNulakqBWBUvPf-jA-mlBJQjH1dcNg1FKhQ_HO2k7E3_loT0eTyEgb1vy-_FOi2NRE8oG0QOw2pxU4mZObs3j7U8s4IdlTktE/s400/Indirect-Hungry-Bright-Rockfish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518281048183040498" /></a><br /><br />Click here for:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theworldlink.com/entertainment/article_22cbc95a-c218-11df-9628-001cc4c002e0.html">"The World" news article.</a>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-43429969812375636982009-07-10T16:30:00.000-07:002010-09-19T14:36:11.127-07:00Fish art makes impression at Fort Kent conference7/9/09<br /><br /><br />Guild of Natural Science Illustrators event attracts leaders in the field<br />By Jessica Bloch<br />BDN Staff<br />BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWH8-AZXZ3hO_eHyovK-G8O99cFzLPD1t1hRpUAwYIcKIVHN4h3APL3KI7GQ5CU7FlfrmyutueAxmO26bZm50_KDlhRoWq6NRqQ45oEjhfD5HnLFAGvjmT7EApaz6idy1gpFGFw1WRIQ/s1600-h/mainegyotaku.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWH8-AZXZ3hO_eHyovK-G8O99cFzLPD1t1hRpUAwYIcKIVHN4h3APL3KI7GQ5CU7FlfrmyutueAxmO26bZm50_KDlhRoWq6NRqQ45oEjhfD5HnLFAGvjmT7EApaz6idy1gpFGFw1WRIQ/s400/mainegyotaku.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356978567760935298" /></a><br /><br />Instructor Mitsuyoshi Yabe (left), a 23-year-old from Fukuoka, Japan, offers his critique as Bryce Carter, 13, of Fort Kent, tries his hand at creating a fish print during Kabe’s gyotaku demonstration Tuesday at the annual Guild of Natural Science Illustrators conference at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Bryce’s parents, Heidi and Jason Carter, as well as other students, look on. <br /> <br /><br />FORT KENT, Maine — A crowd gathered around Mitsuyoshi Yabe on Tuesday morning as he bent over a table in front of him and rubbed a piece of paper with his fingers.<br /><br />He made one more pass with his fingers, and lifted up the piece of paper, holding it up to the 20 people around him. On the paper was a print of a fish. It was blurry and fuzzy, but the scales, tail, fins, eye socket and open mouth were easily identifiable.<br /><br />The crowd cheered. Yabe didn’t say anything, but smiled and nodded his head. His demonstration of a Japanese fish printing technique called gyotaku had gone well.<br /><br />Yabe’s presentation was part of the five-day Guild of Natural Science Illustrators annual conference, being held this year at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. More than 50 attendees from around the country and world, including some of the most renowned science illustrators in the field, are participating.<br /><br />Yabe, 23, is an undergraduate student in a medical illustration program at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Joan Lee, a guild member from St. Francis who organized the conference, said she included the Japan native in the list of GNSI workshops for several reasons, including the fact that he is deaf.<br /><br />Yabe communicates by using a notebook and pen he carries with him, encouraging people to write out questions or statements. He writes his responses in English.<br /><br />“This [demonstration] was set up as an experiment to show people that you can work with all students,” said Lee, who was initially contacted by Yabe’s electronic translator. “Behind it all, there’s no such thing as handicap. This is the basic concept. It’s also a great cultural exchange.”<br /><br />On Tuesday, Yabe had some help from Stephen DiCerbo, a freelance illustrator from Saratoga, N.Y., who has been making gyotaku prints for 20 years. DiCerbo read aloud from the notebook whenever Yabe wanted to say something to the audience, and also provided some play-by-play as he watched Yabe create.<br /><br />Gyotaku is a technique that came into use in the 1860s, DiCerbo said, and was originally used as a method of record-keeping and species identification. It evolved into a form of trophy art, similar to the practice of taxidermy, and finally into its current form as art technique. The basic method involves brushing ink or colored paint onto the fish, covering it with a piece of Japanese rice paper, and pressing down carefully to imprint the fish on the paper.<br /><br />“For scientific illustrators who get into this, it’s just a looser style and you wind up having a lot of fun,” DiCerbo said. “It’s like finger painting for adults. And it’s really a variation on traditional printmaking methods. As you develop your technique you try to find ways to control the image so you get a finer piece of artwork at the end.”<br /><br />Yabe’s technique is the one he learned as a teenager, when he was a fisherman in Japan.<br /><br />“[Gyotaku is] so popular in Japan that if you go into fishing stores and the tackle stores, it’s all over the walls,” DiCerbo said, reading from statements Yabe wrote in his notebook. “He thinks it’s very beautiful and wonderful, and he’s still practicing and learning, like we all are.”<br /><br />Thanks to Bryce Carter, a 13-year-old Fort Kent resident, Yabe had some fish with which to work. Carter caught two 5-inch yellow perch Monday evening in St. Froid Lake during a fishing outing with his family and brought them to the gyotaku demonstration Tuesday.<br /><br />Yabe’s first step on Tuesday after wiping the perch was to pin the fish’s fins so they flared out from the body in preparation for the inking. He placed pieces of plastic foam under the tail and fins to stabilize the perch and used tweezers to poke out the fish’s eye, which would help create a white circle in the print. Some gyotaku artists paint in an eye on the print later in the process.<br /><br />Yabe began to paint the perch with a small brush and dark India ink diluted with water — the traditional gyotaku ink is sumi, made of soot and water, but Yabe didn’t have any with him — from the head to the tail of the fish. Then, he used a clean paint brush in the opposite direction from which he had painted on the ink. This absorbs excess paint and allows the scales to show up more clearly in the print.<br /><br />After inking the fish, Yabe covered it with a piece of the traditional rice paper, which is flexible and strong enough to withstand the next step. Yabe began to carefully rub the rice paper over the fish with his fingertip to coax the ink onto the paper.<br /><br />Finally, Yabe peeled the paper from the fish with an image of the perch printed on the paper.<br /><br />Carter had a chance to try gyotaku himself, and decided it was something he might work on at home.<br /><br />“I thought this would be fun,” Carter said. “I like art, and I like to draw with pencil and paper.”<br /><br />Dwight Gagnon, a conference attendee from Benton, watched part of the demonstration. He wasn’t sure he would include gyotaku in his work, but was interested to watch a technique he first saw in his student teaching days in Waterville.<br /><br />“I wanted to see where it was, at this level,” said Gagnon, a 1976 UMFK graduate making his first trip to campus since his graduation. “In the labs, we’d take the fish, get a print, and the students would label the different anatomy features. I was fascinated to see what else was being done with it.”<br /><br />The GNSI conference continues through Saturday. A juried exhibition of illustrators’ work will be on display this month at UMFK’s Acadian Archives.<br /><br />jbloch@bangordailynews.net<br /><br />990-8287Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-52361723364819371952009-06-18T15:05:00.001-07:002009-06-18T15:07:25.060-07:00sketchy sketch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSn0enAigJAnaXSjHzm6Id13XZF0fKhvIhAC-4kjOO5m9W6b9KbQaV_5-XYbUQmVfcMH040uWTmqrv7Kh9djKlVQryr5Qze7yrjzOzSCWkzqlqFwCqjMrfywJ0UF2m7KCr3xzdt96dX8k/s1600-h/pencilstriper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSn0enAigJAnaXSjHzm6Id13XZF0fKhvIhAC-4kjOO5m9W6b9KbQaV_5-XYbUQmVfcMH040uWTmqrv7Kh9djKlVQryr5Qze7yrjzOzSCWkzqlqFwCqjMrfywJ0UF2m7KCr3xzdt96dX8k/s400/pencilstriper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348792272486735282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Just a pencil sketch working out attitude for Striped bass.<br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-62883078545217233642009-05-28T18:01:00.001-07:002009-05-30T07:20:32.892-07:00Black Death<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_W1q7ktq1Lo7WFQ0ghbrlZSbFeDh5oDIsKP3swvHj5L65uodFGSX-34rHWnmNWEFniNIO6g1AO-mfFkHWkeHWmni-WB4YnFPeYWB9cgaqwZBi8vKQZ11716YMQD2wZxv46UHFuTKRxI/s1600-h/blackdeath.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_W1q7ktq1Lo7WFQ0ghbrlZSbFeDh5oDIsKP3swvHj5L65uodFGSX-34rHWnmNWEFniNIO6g1AO-mfFkHWkeHWmni-WB4YnFPeYWB9cgaqwZBi8vKQZ11716YMQD2wZxv46UHFuTKRxI/s400/blackdeath.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341045000958561522" border="0" /></a><br /> Tried my hand at plate lithography this past summer. Lithographers sure do like their solvents! This tribute to the European plague looked better on the plate than the paper.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-41527326790623256532009-05-22T14:40:00.000-07:002009-05-22T14:45:39.982-07:00Cutthroat Pen and Ink<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJUCIKpjMlK0X36_pg_QFQtMqrBSJPRZGCtWO-ghFIkij8HcOCWXrgwYVe49Q3JS9wT93nGwa4fO7WcAEmf8poElfEHNqGWg78J42urBMZp1PjfBDWK6ibTJVkswVOKQ3tr85uKR2HYY/s1600-h/blog_cutt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJUCIKpjMlK0X36_pg_QFQtMqrBSJPRZGCtWO-ghFIkij8HcOCWXrgwYVe49Q3JS9wT93nGwa4fO7WcAEmf8poElfEHNqGWg78J42urBMZp1PjfBDWK6ibTJVkswVOKQ3tr85uKR2HYY/s400/blog_cutt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338766736761525954" border="0" /></a><br />One of my earlier images, Pen & Ink stippling. started in an Airport , waiting for a flight home from Montana, full of inspiration. <span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Original in the Collection of Dave Lewis)</span><br /></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-50032857343633140522009-05-14T14:34:00.001-07:002009-05-14T15:31:07.698-07:00Lionfish Head Study<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXODIFKY9ZKJljcysXMIc83VNbJD3E13lLorrLKai9nIsJdgJIXVYQDCyAVsLDAA2J9ve4lcYC5naLx33yNUtdU5OUFdFl6RPxJ5NqlOcvzzeFu82pIBiSTHenX6f41WjbGxJ6vly1BKM/s1600-h/Lionfish_print_450_72.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 351px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXODIFKY9ZKJljcysXMIc83VNbJD3E13lLorrLKai9nIsJdgJIXVYQDCyAVsLDAA2J9ve4lcYC5naLx33yNUtdU5OUFdFl6RPxJ5NqlOcvzzeFu82pIBiSTHenX6f41WjbGxJ6vly1BKM/s400/Lionfish_print_450_72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335796367139909778" border="0" /></a>Here is possibly the last Linocut print I'll ever do. It's an interesting process, registration is a bit of an issue, but my heart belongs to copperplate etching and wood engraving.<br /><br />Lionfish are considered an invasive species, and have been spotted as far north in the Atlantic as the Cape Cod islands.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-68081915324993668082009-05-13T14:34:00.000-07:002009-05-26T03:52:44.313-07:00Watch an Acrylic Painting Come to Life<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aeQsF6ilrCo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aeQsF6ilrCo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-13411344268985562072009-05-10T13:15:00.001-07:002009-07-10T17:41:13.813-07:00Tarpon Head Study<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4031CmM0z8h0uzsQ2f1pLQdsJKpcafmJ_uPoGmGW9OSC1I3FiFM32GbFS7D2s53mtlndCvVgYqnglcpVHy4fXcT9hq9wjhpbsF8ZzR1DDDTjcerYfr8jTh_CvpgGRSrum7WVUKDTDso/s1600-h/striperheads_blog_post.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4031CmM0z8h0uzsQ2f1pLQdsJKpcafmJ_uPoGmGW9OSC1I3FiFM32GbFS7D2s53mtlndCvVgYqnglcpVHy4fXcT9hq9wjhpbsF8ZzR1DDDTjcerYfr8jTh_CvpgGRSrum7WVUKDTDso/s400/striperheads_blog_post.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334299890054875298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></div> This Tarpon, brought down in January by a cold front too far south into Florida, was frozen and shipped north. His donor card allowed him to inspected, documented , Gyotaku-ed, sketched and immortalized.<br /><br />The head study above was rendered with stippled pen and ink, then colorized in Photoshop.<br /><br />His death was not in vain.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-20954863139947400022009-01-24T18:37:00.001-08:002009-05-10T11:25:18.556-07:00Gyotaku Printing Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NxD3EzcqhOvuJBe3yEkVdVUdOoWxa2zUsYqDyvjeFj3f0W-P3XZZwilCTQBbqlo7u5tz77kmNvSKL44zgaMpWrnBZwsdhEJMGJZfGoJJTXMGyBy0KEAKjzFaYO4a8efnV_B-fEe3Utk/s1600-h/steelie-gyotaku.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NxD3EzcqhOvuJBe3yEkVdVUdOoWxa2zUsYqDyvjeFj3f0W-P3XZZwilCTQBbqlo7u5tz77kmNvSKL44zgaMpWrnBZwsdhEJMGJZfGoJJTXMGyBy0KEAKjzFaYO4a8efnV_B-fEe3Utk/s400/steelie-gyotaku.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295054967812269810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">What the studio can look like on printing day. This was a session with a Steelhead.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-34248734857827274422009-01-18T10:27:00.000-08:002009-05-10T11:26:18.815-07:00Favorite uTube Video<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X4smMyPNcA0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X4smMyPNcA0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-1390450192531621102009-01-17T06:00:00.003-08:002010-11-28T07:09:30.287-08:00Andrew Wyeth Passes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaL45Ajj_wVoKLOPcVFt0YoGxXNOUByReouVxupXuzO1jXYrzRawwv-6AUDbuLXZ-Htj2Br8J0bWfaEpRUOsgvYBSwUA_VQCvMtDO_bz_grvSQs4BM7yaQAee1zfmmScf8L2oGi3nnHJ_j/s1600-h/christinasworld.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaL45Ajj_wVoKLOPcVFt0YoGxXNOUByReouVxupXuzO1jXYrzRawwv-6AUDbuLXZ-Htj2Br8J0bWfaEpRUOsgvYBSwUA_VQCvMtDO_bz_grvSQs4BM7yaQAee1zfmmScf8L2oGi3nnHJ_j/s400/christinasworld.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292642442744690770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am saddened today by the news of the passing of Andrew Wyeth. Representing the second generation of the Wyeth dynasty of American art, his work helped to bring realism back into focus. Perhaps best known for his piece, Christina's World, I am particularly fond of a image of another one of his Maine models, Siri. His particular brand of realism, use of negative space, and lighting come together well in this painting.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAKyDXV4__0y538uNFnqLrF265McKO0HIMTF2BuFEo9lBpQEtH27qwqGwAZkynTYz0PQ-0Ya9w3XOCZOSywNlb7VPnPTeyStCJLzEhsRKSJfEyEw8kFxEhYkgs6jQ4ECgsPqEYxcdXH-E/s1600-h/siri.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAKyDXV4__0y538uNFnqLrF265McKO0HIMTF2BuFEo9lBpQEtH27qwqGwAZkynTYz0PQ-0Ya9w3XOCZOSywNlb7VPnPTeyStCJLzEhsRKSJfEyEw8kFxEhYkgs6jQ4ECgsPqEYxcdXH-E/s400/siri.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292645795202959378" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am sure I cannot claim him as an influence, but most certainly an inspiration.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/arts/design/17wyeth.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/arts/design/17wyeth.html?_r=1</a><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962060-1,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962060-1,00.html</a></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962060-1,00.html"><br /></a><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003821093_wyeth04.html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003821093_wyeth04.html</a><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003821093_wyeth04.html"><br /></a><a href="http://www.andrewwyeth.com/index.html"><br /></a></span><a href="http://www.andrewwyeth.com/index.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.andrewwyeth.com/index.html</span></a></span></span></span>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-9234178728341917722009-01-17T05:58:00.001-08:002009-05-10T10:41:07.359-07:00Digital Production - Final Project - Stormtree Studio Promo Cards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu_9yNNYPIRoJLB1uqOJaV82HGLEUOvQlgKVMJ4h7y4b8Bisi54ukW6ZrWIZ4sRnBgEaOf072wEnX1e72YwUCioFj-fnryhqs2ZuyQ4PLzjRfk132mb3a1VUeydps87tc1uKJCaYCVlM/s1600-h/promocardscombo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu_9yNNYPIRoJLB1uqOJaV82HGLEUOvQlgKVMJ4h7y4b8Bisi54ukW6ZrWIZ4sRnBgEaOf072wEnX1e72YwUCioFj-fnryhqs2ZuyQ4PLzjRfk132mb3a1VUeydps87tc1uKJCaYCVlM/s400/promocardscombo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292286331213244130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdPU2zIMUoAN3u6LO8qKl1tV6QjG5RN8EDwfUR5TE9G6p5whd7N3vzUTUWS7iJsvx4LIb4TGJERqx_myq5JbLfyhhhp6v2BOn-7RwsuQh9lIJeiexw3gp4NTXTUhgnyi4UnkxV45rd0M/s1600-h/promocardscombo1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdPU2zIMUoAN3u6LO8qKl1tV6QjG5RN8EDwfUR5TE9G6p5whd7N3vzUTUWS7iJsvx4LIb4TGJERqx_myq5JbLfyhhhp6v2BOn-7RwsuQh9lIJeiexw3gp4NTXTUhgnyi4UnkxV45rd0M/s400/promocardscombo1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292286198592778050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">My final project was to design a couple of promotional mail-out cards to be used to advertise the benefits of my natural science illustrations. I attempted to showcase the illustrations, in addition to pointing out the strongest attributes of the work and its benefit to the customer.</span><br /><br />I had the opportunity to work with Jim Gibson of Gibson Design <a href="http://www.gibsondesign.com/">http://www.gibsondesign.com/</a><br />who is responsible for the concept and original layout of the cards.... This made the re-positioning of the elements, type changes, additions of a couple features and final tweaking pretty much a passing comment.<br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">I wanted to keep the design clean and simple, and striking to the eye. 2 additional cards remain to be layed out, in keeping with the theme,before final printing.</span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-92175041088715272952008-11-18T18:49:00.000-08:002009-05-10T10:18:29.203-07:00Digital Production - Project 9 - Stormtree Studio Magazine Ads<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiPDh0M3WFTq-Lo7I_fo_nR8gSn7hVNZsjoEHPM9c1rh2_LQf3-1gxDcs7810ZTfQc07DyyAra-_Di98qSaMIXCiUSjePhNHoKUQQZfzBYbYNmqGFdK4tDqcsApFzEOiaVtuomrgJsHi0/s1600-h/P10printadLRF_SD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiPDh0M3WFTq-Lo7I_fo_nR8gSn7hVNZsjoEHPM9c1rh2_LQf3-1gxDcs7810ZTfQc07DyyAra-_Di98qSaMIXCiUSjePhNHoKUQQZfzBYbYNmqGFdK4tDqcsApFzEOiaVtuomrgJsHi0/s400/P10printadLRF_SD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270195518292778642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmmsOSEXrurZakAw5eQt-jezAO8rE4oxxWesjGbTS-NeC27E24MvQneLwXqtNKQuOSsg4Az05zGjX8TosLaddjD0jHwCN7uCcR7b6t96QNrIUEb4yg-ZeFrI5Qo91qLw-VqgmLelbSx8r/s1600-h/P10printad2LRF_SD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmmsOSEXrurZakAw5eQt-jezAO8rE4oxxWesjGbTS-NeC27E24MvQneLwXqtNKQuOSsg4Az05zGjX8TosLaddjD0jHwCN7uCcR7b6t96QNrIUEb4yg-ZeFrI5Qo91qLw-VqgmLelbSx8r/s400/P10printad2LRF_SD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270195660374657202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDePsSmZn7pmfAi4e2jwvMo9QPCgs4lWrx5QOLgD-a07U8vPvixgbwag7oY_T-58od9K4E96_9TwM9wYF8gXa9_6Lc2HgA05wHaEr6rB9Niy74Wpo8c3tVGvcI0w2AGzOMOvxgm8Z17MbP/s1600-h/P10printad3LRF_SD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDePsSmZn7pmfAi4e2jwvMo9QPCgs4lWrx5QOLgD-a07U8vPvixgbwag7oY_T-58od9K4E96_9TwM9wYF8gXa9_6Lc2HgA05wHaEr6rB9Niy74Wpo8c3tVGvcI0w2AGzOMOvxgm8Z17MbP/s400/P10printad3LRF_SD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270195758813239906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggz0yDLtewKHZB-krllHNg_XnhPlwmyf3ptwR0LVx3CzAj-_zbccaABfpv-g44JfDaDWj47eHzH1oEwthCvVzieytNqCDe-rehKFuaohFhERg0ZoJMw1vuXn1X8NclYA8ykUGWtnPDrFU9/s1600-h/P10printad2LRF_SD.jpg"></a></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >For this assignment, I created a print Ad, featuring the value of my Illustrations. I wanted to express on e of the best selling points for natural science illustration, the ability to shown the desired details of a subject, and to reconstruct and fill in for broken or missing parts of the specimen.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I utilized the work that I had done on one such project. Beginning with the photograph of broken and empty husk of an already emerged stonefly, the insect was then carefully reconstructed and the illustration portrays and image complete and whole. The colors were made more vivid and life like than the specimen, and desired details of the animal were emphasized in the pencil drawing.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I wanted to indicate or illustrate a sense of</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">transition from the ineffective photo to the clean, accurate and vibrant illustration.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Within Photoshop a created an image which I feel does so effectively, and featured that in the Indesign layout. I chose background colors and text colors to coincide with the colors of the illustration. I played with the font hierarchy, choosing to place the main header in the center of the image, being it is the punch line of the ad, but needs to be preceded by a lead in of lesser impact.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Keeping the rest of the Ad simple, I offer a quotation which expresses the point being made, a sentence about Stormtree Studio’s abilities, and then finished with a logo for branding and contact information.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902124614235140341.post-52807715937521745632008-11-01T12:30:00.000-07:002009-05-10T10:18:29.204-07:00Digital Production - Project 8 - Personal Sellsheet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDAHnPvcISngzmPb34CzCYtW4p7_pL5lc_ZsAnHqKEat2xff4LV7YsAtBz2LjT9Gg4FxSKB4or9irVYqzBUrgKuMjkFKy3oXeYn9xkZxo9gcKCp7oQeNW0Or5ZlDT4ZS9ZlxjHvxWxc6c/s1600-h/P8sellsheetreduxLRF_SD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDAHnPvcISngzmPb34CzCYtW4p7_pL5lc_ZsAnHqKEat2xff4LV7YsAtBz2LjT9Gg4FxSKB4or9irVYqzBUrgKuMjkFKy3oXeYn9xkZxo9gcKCp7oQeNW0Or5ZlDT4ZS9ZlxjHvxWxc6c/s400/P8sellsheetreduxLRF_SD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263774037402494914" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >In this assignment, I approached the sellsheet assignment with the goal of creating something that would be part of my personal situation - Folloing the specs of the original assignment, but completely changing the context of the page. </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I wanted to keep the color scheme of the original sellsheet, as it worked well for me and complimented the color</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">in the art pieces feature in the new sellsheet. Utilizing the new logo I had designed for Ichthyography Ink, I put together an newsletter style “infosheet” called the Ichythograph</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">… featuring a couple short informative articles, along with some visual draw from my illustrations, and a short sell paragraph, directing people to the business website for more information and eye candy.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I kept the page in a standard 2 column arrangement, but wanted to change the feel of the sheet, so loosened up the presentation with a couple of bleed images, some interesting text wraps, and a new logo, with the logo image unrestricted by its framing.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I researched the content and rewrote the text entirely into two short articles, one explaining how natural science illustration is different from other art forms, and the needs it fills, and the other article with a brief definition and summary of a newer printmaking method called Gyotaku.</span></p>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611881791233243866noreply@blogger.com0