Forgot one...

I forgot i had this one scanned in.  Lyn collaged the cardboard part of a vacuum cleaner bag in one of the pages and I played around with the flap.

New work for the faculty Moleskine exchange

Click on these if you'd like to see more detailed versions.  This is one that Lyn Ostrov worked on before handing it to me.  I continued some collage while also incorporating more transfers, some pencil, and a bit of water color.  I'm still waiting to see the one I posted earlier, now that it's gone through another person.

Random Christmas pics, 2008

I'm not sure there's a way you can savor the first Christmas long enough.   

Her pajamas say it all.

In the kitchen at my parents house.  Bean seldom gets the chance to explore as much as she did while we were in Ohio.
My mom is a big fan of those Hallmark trinkets that dance and sing when you push a button.  The pic above was taken after we pressed a button and Lil came up to investigate.  The pic below is when we pushed the button for the first time and she was a little startled.

And the winner is...

Benson.

...dammit

An old clip of Lillian

We shot a more recent video of The Bean but we did it on Meghan's point and shoot holding it like a "portrait". I can't figure out how to rotate it in i-movie, so I decided to post this one from earlier this summer. Enjoy.

Updated pics of Lil

Art for SkineXchange, pt 3

I'd be curious to know:

When you are scanning in a moleskine (or whatever), is there a set of adjustments you make each time so it looks the way you want it to on screen?  Even if it's something you fiddle with 'til it looks good, I'd still like to know.

What I do is scan it in at 72 dpi (I'm only using it for the web), play with levels and do the UnSharp Mask filter in Photoshop at 20, 60, 4.