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]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/26753184/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/26753184/ Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:33:27 PDT I'm also working on converting the livingroom to an office so we can be more productive and have a designated work space. It is a lot to be working on all at once especially since I haven't had any time for personal art, my screenplay, or my graphic novel. It happens, I guess.

Here's the new site: [link]. Enjoy. Maybe I'll post a new piece later tonight...I don't know. For now, it's time for the day job. Have a great day

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/25451591/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/25451591/ Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:15:59 PDT
I'm not one to badmouth people, but the number of cheapskates out there is RIDICULOUS. It got to the point where I either worked for nothing or didn't work. I decided I'd do ANY job if it paid over $100. Bad decision.

So now I have some guy who wants me to do photo manipulation like he's seen on the Ed Hardy site and a few other major professional sites. He wants me to put his models on a background, so he says. His photos he sends are UTTER CRAP. No wonder everyone else has told him they won't work with others' photos. His models are all cut off on at LEAST one side. What do you want me to do?!

I tell him for what he wants, his crappy photos on a background I have to somehow pull out of thin air with all of the edits he wants done and as impossible as he is, I'll charge $500 for the over TEN total pictures he wants done. He says he'll pay $150 for all of them and sends me my work. My new policy is ANY job over $100. Damn my new rule. I'm getting paid about $10 per picture to do something he'd probably usually get charged in the hundreds for.

He's bitching about the backgrounds. He wants it done very specifically. He sends me pictures of what he wants. All are ACTUAL images with the model ACTUALLY in that background. The only photo editing done is to the colors and lighting.

He basically is asking me to fix his crappy pictures and add them into a bright and colorful warzone but the models actually have to be there. When I have made some progress, I send him an email at the end of night one to show him what I have. I tell him I haven't shadowed her or anything yet but I'm looking for feedback on the background and on all the filling in I had to do to give her complete arms. He replies with "If you look at my site the rotating banner on the bottom and the hom page and top banner I did myself so i looking for someone to work with me for the long term, but they have to good creative work. the image you sent yesterday was bad stock image that the color was just change and you added the girl you did not even fade her in or shadow her in." Anyone that sees the half completed background would KNOW it's not just stock I changed the color on. I am NOT getting paid enough to be completely insulted by someone who created a really terrible banner.

He then sent some more professional images with models either actually in the location or added to a surreal digitally painted background. He sends more cut off models. He is pretty much asking for the impossible. I don't know what he is thinking. He now wants me to do several more test images. For free. He doesn't understand this AT ALL and definitely doesn't know the depth or cost of work like this. I have to fix the cut off images somehow, pull a background out of NOWHERE, add in stuff he wants out of NOWHERE, explain somehow that the picture looks off if the angles are different and he took the images at very odd angles, wait to be insulted, and try all over again.

Any suggestions?

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/24371359/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/24371359/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:54:21 PDT
So, I give you La Fée Verte, my first new piece since the robbery. At first I was just going to stretch the edited fractal to be my wallpaper, but then I decided to go all out. For a while I had bottles in the background but when for a more simple look, so I put a lot of thought into this. I intend to create a whole theme including icons Stay tuned and enjoy!

My computer, including ALL OF MY ART, is now gone for good it seems (in addition to other things such as programs and screenplays). My logo is gone. Everything. It is so depressing to have nothing but .jpegs when I need my .psd and .ai files! It's so frustrating as I come to realize exactly everything they have stolen. It feels like a year of my life has just been erased. I talked to an ex of the robber. She was VERY helpful. Even though the police will do nothing, me finding the information to catch him if I could has given me some peace of mind.

I promise I am trying to get back into art full force like I was. I need to start building back up what I had. I'm going to be working my butt off to pay off new computer. So...I am now accepting commissions, odd jobs, suggestions, and any other thing you care to throw my way.

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I keep talking to the detective. It is clear that I am just a bother and deserved to be robbed for not having a GPS on my computer.

My computer, including ALL OF MY ART, is now gone for good it seems (in addition to other things such as programs and screenplays). My logo is gone. Everything. It is so depressing to have nothing but .jpegs when I need my .psd and .ai files! It's so frustrating as I come to realize exactly everything they have stolen. It feels like a year of my life has just been erased.

I promise I am trying to get back into art, but I just can't seem to do so. I definitely need my own computer because right now I feel like a fish out of water trying to dance. It all feels wrong, but I need to start building back up what I had.

I'm in the process of texting people the robbers texted to beg like an idiot, but I know that won't work. They are teenagers not willing to help. Maybe I can get through to one.

If not...I'm going to be working my butt off for a new computer. So...I am not accepting commissions, odd jobs, suggestions, and any other thing you care to throw my way.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/24219361/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/24219361/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:45:05 PDT
The robbers were using my phones. my computer. I heard their wretched voices. The police have done nothing. I'm going in on hands and knees today.

(NEW UPDATE: I talked to the detective this morning. He made it quite clear that phone calls give no cause for hope because people will say they don't know what he is talking about and he is not going to push it. Also, he made it clear that he thought me to be stupid because if my computer was so valuable to me I should have had a tracker on it because that is the ONLY way to track it. When I asked about tracking a product key he said that is a hassle.)

My computer, including ALL OF MY ART, is now gone (in addition to other things such as programs and screenplays). All projects are on hold. They may be over forever. I really don't have the drive for art anymore. I feel no passion. There's just this cold emptiness filled only by a feeling of invasion and detachment. I'm so depressed and it still hasn't even really hit me yet. Horrible how big a difference one person can make.

If I fail to recover my computer, which is lying drained of battery somewhere right now, I am giving up art entirely. I'm moving to another state, maybe even country, and taking up an animal related job where I don't have to ever deal with humans again. This may seem drastic but this has happened before. I'd show you pictures of my horrible accident when I fell victim to an unpunished crime, but the pictures are all on my computer.

If you would like to help, tell me a way to locate these people. They've used my stuff without care. I have serial numbers and such. Help me. I don't have money, but I will work out a reward.

If not...the deviations you see will be left up as a reminder of the effects of society and the actions of humans. Your actions have profound effects that you may not be able to see. Remember that. If the world is truly this ugly where I can be specifically targeted by someone watching me, where I can plea to police and thieves alike and receive no sympathy, where I can have a severe breakdown at work and watch everyone treat me like I'm diseased and must be kept away from, then the life I am living is hardly worth that trouble. If I must have my love taken from me then I will just have to change and find mediocre contentment with a life that cannot be taken from me.

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I was robbed sometime last night. My computer, including ALL OF MY ART, is now gone (in addition to other things). All projects are on hold. They may be over forever. I really don't have the drive for art anymore. I feel no passion. There's just this cold emptiness filled only by a feeling of invasion and detachment. I'm so depressed and it hasn't even really hit me yet.

Horrible how big a difference one person can make.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/24081451/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/24081451/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:42:21 PDT www.EveryRoseCS.com. I will keep you updated and let you know when that happens. Any other suggestions?

The first part of Seven is posted and I can't believe the amount of messages I've been getting. The response for the series is even higher than Goddess in the couple of minutes since I have posted it, and if the popularity continues after a few more minutes I may just have to keep going with it.

The series was made entirely with models from and fractal backgrounds from , and I hope to continue doing it that way.

The series is here [link] in the order I made the images in. I will continue adding them to that folder, so keep an eye out.

Share the series, keep up the favoriting, and I'll just have to keep going...and I will accept requests! This includes for prints, for deviations, etc.

In other news, here are some other updates on projects I've been asked about.

Goddess: Temporarily on hold again. For those who are unfamiliar with Goddess, it is a photomanipulation series I'm working on. It is more or less an opportunity for me to learn the consequences of specific actions in Photoshop to help me with my other work. I read some tutorials, fiddle around, and am taking a class. When I discover something new, I create a Goddess piece. You'll notice there is a HUGE difference between earlier pieces and recent pieces. This is the whole point of the series. Sure, I'm trying to convey abstract ideas through fantastically stretched reality and beautiful models, but mostly it is about improvement and discovery. The series is named for and inspired by my best friend Sami, the absolute indie goddess. Parts of this series are here [link]

Seven: I'm taking a short break from Goddess to work on another photomanipulation series called Seven. It will be similar to Goddess and use many of the same models, but it will be based on the seven deadly sins. Therefore, there will be about seven to fourteen submissions. I will finish a female version of each deadly sin, and if my submissions are viewed a bit, I'm going to do the same with some male models. I have yet to work with male models, so I hope the first set is a success so I can try a male set. For the time being, all other projects are temporarily on hold because of Seven.

Lacey Loves Death: Paused.

Fate: On hold until I get equipment.

Living With Insanity: Having fun making fun of bad times and ex-roomies...but sadly on hold.

Website: My new website is finally up and done. See it at [link]

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For those who are unfamiliar with Goddess, it is a photomanipulation series I'm working on. It is more or less an opportunity for me to learn the consequences of specific actions in Photoshop to help me with my other work. I read some tutorials, fiddle around, and am taking a class. When I discover something new, I create a Goddess piece. You'll notice there is a HUGE difference between earlier pieces and recent pieces. This is the whole point of the series. Sure, I'm trying to convey abstract ideas through fantastically stretched reality and beautiful models, but mostly it is about improvement and discovery. The series is named for and inspired by my best friend Sami, the absolute indie goddess.

Seven: I'm taking a short break from Goddess to work on another photomanipulation series called Seven. It will be similar to Goddess and use many of the same models, but it will be based on the seven deadly sins. Therefore, there will be eight to sixteen total submissions. I will finish a female version of each deadly sin, making seven, then try putting them all in one picture. If I like how it works out, I'm going to do the same with some male models. I have yet to work with many male models, so I hope the first set is a success so I can try a male set.

For the time being, all other projects are temporarily on hold.

Lacey Loves Death: Paused.

Fate: On hold until I get equipment.

Living With Insanity: Having fun making fun of bad times and ex-roomies...but sadly on hold.

Website: My new website is finally up and done. See it at [link]

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Check out the newest additions to the Goddess series: [link] and [link] and [link] and [link]

I will be adding at more over the next couple of days.


Other project updates!

Lacey Loves Death: Happening slowly but surely.

Fate: Also happening slowly because I don't have a camera yet thanks to my ex-roomies.

Living With Insanity: Having fun making fun of bad times and ex-roomies.

Website: My new website is finally up and done. See it at [link].

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/23723566/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/23723566/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:36:56 PDT [link].

As for project updates...

Goddess: Still on hold.

Lacey Loves Death: Happening slowly but surely

Fate: Also happening slowly because I don't have a camera yet thanks to my ex-roomies.

Living With Insanity: Having fun making fun of bad times and ex-roomies.

Pretty much everything has been on hold while I worked on my new site and everything. Everything is still happening though...just over a period of time.

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Goddess: Still on hold. Sorry.

Lacey Loves Death: The old project from years ago is coming back. I started the strip Unlucky Lacey back in high school, and now she's back with a whole new crush. The first strip should be up before Valentine's Day. Feel free to comment on what I have up so far: [link]

Fate: I am currently working on getting the tools and people necessary together to get this project really going. It is going to be different from anything I've ever done and very different from anything you seen. Yes, it will be a graphic novel, but it is going to be unique in context AND style. I don't want to give away too much just yet, but a few pages are done.

Living With Insanity: I've had a lot of really fun (SARCASM) roommate troubles lately that are so ridiculous and comical from an outsider's perspective that I've decided to turn really sour lemons into lemonade. I'm going to be starting a comic strip based on my adventures into trying to live with other people (who seem to get crazier and crazier every time I get new ones and as time goes by). The cartoons will called Living With Insanity.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/22762080/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/22762080/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:45:49 PST
My cartooning teacher lit that fire under me to actually do it. I started, and failed miserably. I was trying to hard to achieve a certain style with no regard for my own style, both in characters and plot.

Now I want to try again. I had an amazing dream. It was the most vivid and detailed dream I've ever had in my whole life. I scribbled it down and fell back asleep, waking up to no memory of my amazing dream.

I'm so thankful I could read my own writing, that I'd written the idea down, and that the story came back to me. Now, I want to turn it into an amazing graphic novel. I think it will go far, and it is one of the first ideas I've had that I am this confident in. The drawing...not so much. I'm trying to figure out the characters and will get them up ASAP for criticism.

I can't create on paper what I have in my head, but I will do the best I can. I believe the story is what matters.

Just a fun little tidbit: The graphic novel is called Fate...and I'm looking for an artist to work with me.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/21735952/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/21735952/ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:05:11 PST
So, I started the Goddess series. It began with a new found fascination with photography but lack of a camera. I went through some stock photos, found a GREAT deviant artist with a stock gallery, and decided to test out Jeffery Scott's style. It came out much more in my own style, which I'm glad for, and has kind of expanded. I've got sewn up faeries and gorgeous but despairing looking cyborgs. I have no idea what I'm doing and I've poured hours into this as I couldn't find a single tutorial and had to find my own way. I'm glad though. It means my pieces are different from the masses of people who can follow a tutorial if there was a good one out there.

I don't know where I'm taking this. Maybe I'll turn it into a calendar if I finish twelve or so good pieces by January. Let me know what you think, where it should go, etc. etc.

Thanks

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/21502279/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/21502279/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:03:32 PST

I'm thinking of adding a cool animation to the upper right hand corner beside the page header. What do you think?

Input on the site?

LINK!!! [link]

and I'm thinking of buying a domain. EveryRose is taken. What about everyrosecs? The CS is for creative services...Yes? No?

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Hm...



OH! And the logo! Hahahaha.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/20983963/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/20983963/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:51:17 PDT
A cool little project I'm doing...I'm working on a logo for an all female company ^_^

I still don't feel any older. Birthdays really do suck. Hahaha.

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Lookie here at the finished Kingsbrooke site: [link]

I'm working intensely on my own website now and it is going to be EXTREMELY kickass if I do say so myself...and I do.

I'm almost done designing it and will hand it over to my programmer soon. From there all that's left is buying a domain and server. Any suggestions?

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[link]

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I feel almost like that. I have lately been trying to get work doing some graphic design and web design. A stranger comes to me an offers me a trade. He is willing to help me with what I want for some simple website work.

Web work for free elite personal training? Heck yes!

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Speaking of money, I am definitely up for any commissioned artwork. Lately I've been getting into the zone with my stuff. Everything's starting to click. I'm in it for love not money, but after moving out money is always nice too.

Yes, I moved out. I'm doing fine. Sure things are harder, but I am happy.

Speaking of happiness, the Joker is amazing and I hope with all my heart that the next Batman movie comes out and Heath Ledger comes on, "Why so serious?" and confessing to the fact that he himself pulled a Gordon. Biggest Hollywood stunt ever, but so much better than the anti-climactic death he had.

Guess I found a way to link the issues. Then I'll leave on ONE unrelated note: EveryRose Designs is up and running. I'm always looking for people who want to help out, so feel free to contact me. Here's the site. [link]

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I want to have a Wizard of Oz type thing going on with multiple mini stories (the the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion).

The premise is, girl attempts suicide. She has an Oz-like experience in which she solves her own problems vicariously through solving those of the other characters. Each character will have her own comic book. This is page one of the angel.

All stories are linked by roses so...any name ideas?

It may also help to know she is making a necklace with trinkets given to her by each character. Read the poem and give me some input.

Also, I'm thinking of going digital. Maybe using references pictures and making it less anime/cartoony and more dark and realistic. A bit like vectoring. What do you think?

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/18334034/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/18334034/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:01:16 PDT
Oh well.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17840998/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17840998/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:09:41 PDT
MyspaceTV link:

[link]

or

YouTube link:

[link]

From April 21-May 4 voting at [link] begins. I'm trying to get all the support I can!!!

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17665780/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17665780/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:18:08 PDT [link]

I'm trying to get as much input as possible on my new cartoon characters. I started a project for my cartooning class, had trouble finishing it as is, and went back to the drawing board. I'm really happy with these characters but now have missed out on all the critiquing we did on the old characters in class.

Criticism, critique, comments, and any other helpful "C" works are greatly appreciated.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17526050/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17526050/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:03:04 PDT
I figure on it being an 09 calendar and that way I have time to pump out other stuff.

With yet another job added to my plate, art production will be slowing down on my end. All artists must make sacrifices to survive.

The whole point of this journal was originally to continue the rant about dA deciding "Fire" [link] is not a vector piece. They gave no explanation, but I am probably correct in assuming it is because my fames are not vectored. I'm sorry, I think vectored flames would look completely ridiculous. Does this mean it ISN'T vectored. NO! The whole idea is a model, the colors, and the overall image creating a mental connection with a specific element or idea. The background is just to fill in the empty space to keep the images from looking redundant. Also, apparently Photoshop isn't a vector program. I personally HATE Illustrator's pen tool and prefer Photoshop. I use only the pen tool and various gradients in creating vector pieces, so it's not like I'm committing a crime by not using Illustrator. Bah. Apparently art isn't art unless it is made they way they want you to make it.

I'm such a rebel. I changed the category to something else.

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17382450/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17382450/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:05:03 PDT
Here is the official site: [link]

Support!!!

I especially like this way to support:

"Donate to Your Favorite Women Artists - If you love seeing the work of a particular woman artist, send her a check on SWAN Day to help her make more art."

Guess what? If I can raise enough money for a camera I'll start pumping out films, shorts, and music videos and get a video permit through DeviantArt! I already have one completed film screenplay and a few ideas on the back burner, but I need the equipment!

By the way...SWAN Day is great to support, but you should make EVERY day SWAN Day, don't you think?

]]> ~EveryRoseDesigns http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17337390/ http://EveryRoseDesigns.deviantart.com/journal/17337390/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:42:14 PDT [link] Just thought I'd let you all know. I found it kind of interesting and am half tempted to buy my own FreeDOM Bound bag

Also I'd like to thank No-More-Ignorance [link] for showcasing FreeDOM Bound and for all of the lovely new comments. It's definitely a major motivator.

I'm at a point where I'd love ANY suggestions or comments, so please feel free to barrage me with ideas! I'm also willing to be commissioned

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