Way too much time on this assignment

In the Intro to Digital Design course we had to come up with a poster design for the Acme Entertainment Software company.  Had to have have the them Pure Entertainment in it.  This was the fourth attempt.  The first and second were two busy.  The third I liked and didn't save it and this is what I am turning in.  We had to use the Adobe Illustrator program.  I didn't do well on using it for drawing like I expect he wanted but decided to play with fonts which is what I like doing.

Intertwined Pictures

One of the exercises we did last Saturday in the Intro to Digital Design class I am, was to make a quick collage of photos using photoshop.  I decided to use some of the photos that I took at the last exhibit that my weaving guild held.  This is what a came up with.

Franks Women

Just finished the book I was given for Christmas.  It is "The Women" by T.C. Boyle.  It is the novel based on f Frank Lloyd Wrights wives.

He might have been a great architect, but he does not seem like someone I would have liked to have known.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/books/review/Scott-t.html  Is the NY TImes review of the book.  They seemed to have liked it...I did not really care for many of the techniques he used in the novel.  Not sure I would pick up another by him.

Learning To Color At My Age

Taking an Introduction to Digital Design as College for Creative Studies this winter.  One of the activities we did this past Saturday to learn to use a number of the functions of Adobe Photoshop was to color a cartoon.   This is a JPEG image of the TIF file I colored. The variety of colors from everyones was interesting to see.

Maybe I am going back to my childhood but then again maybe not ---- we didn't have PCs when I was a child.

Learning to Spit

It was suggested that I stop trying to behave all the time and the book "When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" was brought up to me.

Turns out I had purchased that book many years ago so I went into the basement and brought it up.

The first poem is titled "Warning" and some phrases are:

When I am an old woman I hall wear purple
...
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
...
And learn to spit.

Not great at spitting (yet) but I love to wear purple.

So tomorrow I will wear the purple scarf I wove and dyed.

Edgy Home

 There is a very modern house on Pierce in Birmingham that has always caught my eye.  This weekend they were having a moving sale so I went to take a look.  While you couldn't see every room it was quite interesting.  Lots of very different furniture and sculpture.  Striking but it looked like an uncomfortable house to live in do to the layout and predominance of metal.  Here are a couple of the pictures that I took.

1:00-1:45 p.m. Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank, Auburn Hills Operational Center 3701 Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills

• ALBURQUERQUE, ALLEN, AVILA (ALEX), BELOW, CABRERA, CIRIACO, DOMBROWSKI, IMPEMBA, JACKSON, LAMONT, LEYLAND, McCLENDON, OLIVER, ORDOÑEZ, PERALTA, SANTIAGO, SCHERZER, SIZEMORE, VALVERDE, VERLANDER, WEINHARDT, PAWS
• Tigers headline employee rally including an interactive question and answer session and prizes
• Employees are encouraged to donate new children's and adult winter mittens or gloves to benefit Mittens for Detroit

The above is  from the Tigers web site for the rally held today at work.    A good time was had by all.  Here are a couple of the pictures - I will try to put out more later

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