*** For all those do-it-yourself-at-home kids......Never never never!!! wad ALL the hair up into one knot or bun on top of your head if you're using 30vol/high lift, or bleach. The process of lifting creates A LOT of heat, and that will build up inside the 'bun' causing excessive damage, and possibly even burning the scalp. If you're wondering why the hair on your crown is melting??? That's why. Split it into smaller sections so that air can circulate.

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Resin coated paper

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I find drawing posed pictures straight onto the computer pretty horrible. There are too many choices, and the slick feel of the tablet leads to hasty, speculative strokes that go nowhere. I prefer to render a sketch in ballpoint pen then work it up.

Moscow. Gorky Park.

Camera: Canon EOS 5

Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70-210 mm

Film: Kodak Vision3 200t + dev.D-76

Photo taken: 29/07/2017

Scanner: Noritsu LS-1100

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RJCH SAPPARO CHITOSE

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The more I tweak this project, the more I love it. Through controlled accidents, I got it to look rather Nebular. I will continue tinkering and if all goes well, soon I will have an audio-responsive universe!

Read about it here. There is a short video too!

The story behind

'Novitiate Nebula'

This quilt is made out of 80 different blocks from a variety of block of the months and quilt alongs that I participated in during 2012.

These include:

Sew Sweetness, New York Beauty Quilt Along - sewsweetness.com/2012/02/new-york-beauty-quilt-along.html

Canton Village Works - Blogger BOM: cvquiltworks.com/blogs/blog/12661573-today-is-the-day-the...

Jo's Country Juction Crumb Along: www.joscountryjunction.com/today-starts-the-crumb-quilt-c...

Breezy Beginner's Sampler from Quilt Gallery: mishkasplayground.com/learn-to-quilt-booklets/breezy-begi...

and a few blocks of y own.

I finally put this mish mash of blocks made from my scraps together into one cohesive quilt this year. I used a fabric that already had these cool patterned circles on it and cut it for the border.

I sent it to my aunt, Barb Raisbeck of Quilts by Barb for the long arm quilting. She used a flourescent orange thred to make these amazingly intricate swirl designs on the border and to emphasize the new york beauty block. Using a gray thread she did a rounded building block type design all over the rest of the quilt. It really is the perfect quilting solution to the crazy top I sent.

This is a drawing I did a few years ago, based a photo of a weightlifter - was never too happy with the way it turned out originally. I've been experimenting with the way I render color and light a bit recently., so I thought I might dig it out and play around with it. It's a bit more detailed and fussy than my drawings usually are -- not sure if that's a direction I want to go in, or if I should be pushing towards simplicity. But that's what sketching and drawing is great for. Always good to experiment with processes. Who knows, I might even start working with ink and paper again one of these days.

Exchange Dr Zekw --> www.flickr.com/photos/zekw/5297692195/in/contacts/

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Over troubled waters memories soar

Endlessly, searching night and day

The moonlight caresses a lonely hill

With the calmness of a whisper

Frost scar my coat with dust...

- Opeth (Black Rose Immortal)

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Digital Abstract

An opportunity to shamelessly mention "Flora & the Prince", the brand new oratorio I've been writing for Dundee University, and which will be premiered in Dundee on 12th March! The first performance of the complete new piece will be recorded.

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Life sketch at North Point

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Very cliche but wanted to try it :)

Im feeling very happy today.

Saw this at a local garden on a visit with my son. It is an HDR image, and then crossed processed on Picnik.

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Taken with OM-1, 60mm f2.8 Macro, STF-8 Flash

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Thanks to lepiaf.geo for his texture Texture, Letters to the family I

and to Ervin Bartis for his texture Wall texture

Not my photo but jessiehsu's for processing for the group Post Process Me Challenge Group""

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ry fish processing is an ancient, cost-effective preservation method that removes moisture through sun-drying, salting, or smoking to inhibit microorganism growth and extend shelf life. The process typically involves cleaning, degutting, washing, and sometimes salting fish before laying them on racks, taking several days depending on weather and fish size.

The most common method, where fish are laid on raised bamboo racks (vertical or horizontal) in the sun.

Often combined with drying, this improves preservation and flavor, commonly used for larger fish.

Imparts flavor while drying the fish through heat.

Dehydration/Driers: Controlled environments like cabinet, tunnel, or solar tent dryers are used to ensure higher quality and better hygiene than open-sun drying

This performance was made after the opening of my current exhibition at the Lars Bolin gallery in Östersund, after hours with only the gallerist and photographer as participants / spectators.

photos: www.jimmydahlberg.se

"everything is knot a torus"

(tho, not all of these qualify as knots, unknots included as well. so, clearly: not everything is knot a torus)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torus_knot

Trust The Process rider on Bank Street. Sunday September 24 2023.