{"id":173,"date":"2003-03-13T23:40:16","date_gmt":"2003-03-14T07:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=173"},"modified":"2006-12-09T22:48:31","modified_gmt":"2006-12-10T06:48:31","slug":"work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Work in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to post something about an old post of mine<\/a> still getting comments, but I can’t find the fauxtos<\/strike> photos I want to post with it. So, for now it remains a work in progress.<\/p>\n

In the meantime:<\/p>\n

I spent about two years hanging out in many of the digital artist communities on the net, so I have a rather bad habit of being nosey about other artist’s techniques. It’s rude, I know it, but I can’t help it; I’m so used to swapping tips and tricks that I’m always curious about the process behind another person’s artwork.<\/p>\n

Within communities like Renderosity<\/a>, In Depth Discussions<\/a>, and 3D Commune<\/a> that’s expected so it’s no big deal, but in the “blogging” world it seems a little bit out of place. In IMs I’ve asked Dave<\/a> about his Illustrator files and Suzanne<\/a> about her Illustrator and Photoshop techniques. I’ve openly speculated about Dooce’s<\/a> photo-manipulation process, and I’ve both privately and publicly asked Claire<\/a> about the software she uses for her art.<\/p>\n

Am I asking too much, I wonder? Am I not giving back enough? I’ve given glimpses of how I work to Tony<\/a> and Broch<\/a>, but just glimpses it seems, and how can these glimpses possibly satisfy anyone’s curiousity? All I know is that it wouldn’t satisy my own.<\/p>\n

So, in one handy dandy place, I’m publicly sharing a few of my tips and tricks. Feel free to ask if you have any questions.<\/p>\n