tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129799042007-04-01T22:55:15.272-05:00Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.netBlogger761tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-70383824262650262992007-04-01T20:22:00.000-05:002007-04-01T21:44:09.633-05:00

*Whew!* I think I have worked out all the kinks in the new blog design. Obviously, it's on the front page now, along with all sorts of other goodies! I was worried that the new location would break links people have to popular instructionals, such as the "How to Clean Ink Pens" and whatnot. Again, I think everything is up-to-snuff. Currently I'm working to figure out how to silmulpost pictures

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-63622876027014006502007-03-10T22:12:00.000-06:002007-03-10T22:12:44.862-06:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-45131699169091387902007-01-21T10:21:00.000-06:002007-01-21T10:38:05.376-06:00

Sweet deal! They're making Flatland into a movie! Flatland is one of my favorite books; after reading it I branched into how much of my more abstract and conceptual work revolves around the idea of a sentient second dimension. And now it's a movie! I can't determine if Ian Stewart has anything to do with making it, but that would be SO COOL. I discovered Flatland and Ian Stewart on separate

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-83901561344499651532007-01-14T22:11:00.000-06:002007-01-14T22:20:07.900-06:00

Alright, alright! My friend Nicole and I finally got off of our rear-ends and started uploading photos to our new joint blog, I Hate Copperplate! Nicole shares my dislike for the overuse that Copperplate, a decent enough typeface, has suffered. Admittedly, we started taking photos for the blog back in September, so there has been a massive photo dump to clear the way for pictures with actual

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-42096683411330566932007-01-08T01:40:00.000-06:002007-01-08T01:50:35.949-06:00

Sweet deal. I do posters and whatnot for North By Northwest, a brewpub in Austin, Texas. I was informed that my most recent poster/tabletent has received many positive comments from customers, and keeps disappearing from the tents on the dining tables. That makes my head feel just a bit bigger, I have to say.

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-54992425298633515152007-01-07T21:11:00.000-06:002007-01-08T00:51:35.398-06:00

Oh, I've been ever-so busy and having fun with polymer clay! So much fun, in fact, that I'm gonna announce the opening of my new Etsy store, Stuff for Sale! As of now, there are mostly polymer clay items, but in the future there shall be t-shirts, drawings, prints and hopefully some other types of papercraft! I'm excited!

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1156092592812883572006-08-20T11:22:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:12:20.970-06:00

*whew!* Freelancing wasn't paying enough of the bills, so I took on a regular 9-5 job. My time is now being squeezed like a lemon, resulting in super-concentrated evenings and weekends of doing. As one of my new coworkers put it, "What do you…NOT do?" I honestly didn't have an answer for her. Last night, however DID bring on a pleasant surprise. You may recall (or view for the first time) my

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1152489306336047102006-07-09T18:34:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:11:03.469-06:00

While combatting the mystery injury, I've been working on new t-shirt stencils and experimenting with screen printing some more. I found a delightfully lame piece of clip art with some 80s guy proclaiming "Paint it!" While I typically strive to create my own t-shirt art, a copyright free image that just screams to be put on a t-shirt must be obeyed. After making some modifications, I cut the

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1151889336060192162006-07-02T20:00:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:10:16.475-06:00

The studio is almost cleared out, save items which I am going to store in the garage of a generous friend. I am dragging my feet getting the whole thing over with: 1) this whole ordeal is depressing me more than it should and 2) I have a mysterious back injury which prevents me from picking things up. Figuring I'm only in my mid-20s, this back problem thing falls into the very "not good"

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1147887378266263262006-05-17T12:21:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:09:17.296-06:00

A while back, I made a mod for my shower to wash out screens. Well, the whole things works pretty good, but for stubborn photo emulsion, I need more pressure! I wanted to use some sort of garden hose jet as most cheap shower heads just don't have the blast-your-skin-off kind of pressure I want. Here's a simple fix I did to add more power! 1) Purchased a 1/2" to 3/4" adapter and a ordinary garden

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1146584294717167052006-05-02T09:54:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:08:46.496-06:00

Screenprinting has been helping me to satiate my printmaking fix; it's been almost two years since I've touched an etching press! Fortunately silkscreening is horribly cheap and easy, and doesn't require a whole lot of space. I'm sure some of the hardcore old dudes would cringe at my self-taught techniques, but hey, when you're broke some of 'em look pretty good! I figured I would share some of

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1145674916367469542006-04-21T21:59:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:07:10.650-06:00

Ahhhh. The studio is finally clean and organized. It's pretty much been a disaster area since last summer, when I helped my parents move out of their house of 20+ years. In the final days of packing, a lot of items were moved to my garage temporarily. There is some corollary of Parkinson's Law that states something to the effect of: stuff will multiply such that it fills all available space,

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1144386011270149442006-04-06T23:47:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:06:22.707-06:00

As both my husband and I are interested in using the airbrushes we found for different purposes, it was decided after much muddled debate to purchase an air compressor specifically for airbrushing. My previous scheme to buy a regular ol' hardware store compressor did not seem feasible upon investigating various models. (It didn't seem like a good idea to hook up something capable of >200psi to a

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1144047155869513902006-04-03T01:47:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:05:42.638-06:00

As it is 2:00am, I figure I am justifiably exhausted after completing the initial skeleton for the Epicycloid Galleries. This project is massive with a capital 'M.' When I embarked on creating these, I don't think I had much of a concept for how many simple combinations there are for the damned drawing machines! (This is despite the fact I did a handmade book depicting each combination for one of

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1143698747101335502006-03-29T23:11:00.000-06:002006-12-28T22:04:35.503-06:00

I've always wanted to try out airbrushing (who hasn't!). Fortunately, Michael's Mother's studio happened to have two hanging around. Before I go any further I will point out that I know nothing about airbrushes, except that one adds air and paint, and magically the combination of the two makes nifty effects on surfaces. Model number one seems to be (as near as I can figure) a fairly generic

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1142909805367646902006-03-20T20:55:00.000-06:002006-12-28T22:03:29.919-06:00

Ahhh. All seems to be relatively well on the computer front. I took Pearl to see the Mac geniuses to fix the problem with Dreamweaver. Somehow, I think that being in a store with other intimidating Macs made her decide to start working correctly. So! Crisis averted.For now.In the meantime, the paperwork for Patchwork Faces to appear at a Japanese cartoon convention this June is in the clear. It

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1139347838982974392006-02-07T15:07:00.000-06:002006-12-28T22:00:56.207-06:00

I just received a strange phone call regarding my site's status in search engines: CELL PHONE: *ring!* 809 area code not from around here! ME: Hmm. *answer* Hello? WOMAN: [in strange accent with the "boiler room" in the back] YOU WANT WEBSITE? ME: [puzzled] Excuse me? WOMAN: WEBSITE YOU WANT LISTED YES? ME: Er, this is a private line, thank you. WOMAN: Oh. Ok. ME: *hang up* Less than a minute

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1138857528857285762006-02-01T22:52:00.000-06:002006-12-28T21:59:55.035-06:00

Previously, my attempt at calligraphy was foiled by the fact that I am mostly left-handed. However! While doodling around with my calligraphic markers, I started doodling with my right hand, which I sometimes do. Making smooth strokes was quite simple for me to do! Excitedly I pulled out my calligraphy book and started practicing: my letters turned out pretty darned good-lookin'! We'll see how

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1138306761808590942006-01-26T14:03:00.000-06:002006-12-28T21:59:21.264-06:00

Oh dear. The apartment complex I currently live in put up a notice today about parking stickers they are issuing. (Good news! The lots are overcrowded when kids have parties.) The BAD news is the little addendum they added at the bottom: Garages are for operable vehicles only. If you are currently using your garage for anything other than parking you operable vehicle, please accept this as a

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1136258855112911132006-01-02T21:07:00.000-06:002006-12-28T21:58:40.011-06:00

I don't think I have ever been so frustrated trying to self-teach something. Recently I purchased a book on calligraphy so I could figure out how to make my letters a bit more respectable. I pulled out my little flat-tipped markers, and some ink nibs and got to work. The book showed how many strokes each letter was to have, what direction I was supposed to pull the pen and what angle to hold the

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1135657441564048212005-12-26T21:44:00.000-06:002006-12-28T21:57:33.790-06:00

Christmas presents were very nice to me this year! After years of trying to convince relatives that office supplies are plenty to keep me satisfied, my future-nephews kindly loaded up a box of markers, sticky notes and glue. Little darlings! My mother gave me a surprising present. For a few years my RSS feeds have included a page-a-day from Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks. Every day a different

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1134051522039018832005-12-08T07:56:00.000-06:002006-12-28T21:56:49.339-06:00

Greetings, Internet. I'd like to introduce you to a dear friend of mine: the ellipsis. … Does he look familiar? I'm sure you've met him before; I would wager that he is quickly becoming one of the most used punctuation marks online. Actually, strike that last remark. The little ellipsis here is (by my estimation) quickly becoming one of the most abused punctuation marks in the world of e-mail

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1126486797849283102005-09-11T19:40:00.000-05:002006-12-28T21:55:05.427-06:00

So I tried my hand at making some manner of jewelry this week. Materials include: solder, butane torch, jewelry fixtures, copper tape and computer boards. I can't say I'm interested in posting a photo of my first few attempts as they succeeded in accomplishing very little! I've never worked with solder before; it's an interesting substance. My only fear is burning the bejeezus out of my hand when

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1125959594623467642005-09-05T16:44:00.000-05:002006-12-28T21:53:49.481-06:00

Ohboyohboy! My parents decided that they no longer needed their old Xerox machine, and you know what that means! Yes! Printmaking with toner and acetone! Huzzah! I've avoided copy-machine prints for a while now simply because I can't afford the many trips to the store. Now there is convenience inside my house, at my fingertips even. Only problem is I'm completely overwhelmed with ideas. Where to

Oliviahttp://pinkfrog.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979904.post-1125516098863754912005-08-31T14:08:00.000-05:002006-12-28T21:53:09.809-06:00

I have been hunting for weeks for a suitable solution to my paper storage problem. Most are 8.5"x11" for running through the printer. There is no room in the ol' home office for another file cabinet to put them in, and no room on the desk for a stack of unsightly shelves. What to do, what to do? Build your own paper storage unit! 1. Go to the office supply store and buy a big box of hanging

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