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Will write for art
Jan. 26th, 2004 01:20 pmAs many of you know, I'm severely graphics impaired. Not only do I not have any useful graphics programs (and thus cannot make the icons I'm always dreaming up in my head -- if I had the ability, boy would I have some great icons!), even if I had them, I'm severely art-challenged. For a while I tried my hand at collage art (mixing found objects, rubber stamps, and all kinds of other media), but I think it got to a place where people had this sort of funny look on their faces when I gave them cards, like they had no way of telling me how embarassed they were for me. I've worked around designers my whole career, so I have a great eye, I just cannot put that into practice by my own hand.
And so I'm putting out a plea for art help from anyone who might be willing and web-graphically savvy -- I've wanted to update my fic site for over a year now, and it hasn't happened. I need to revamp the organization a bit, and fiddle with story placement and create some other sections, and so I need a new banner for the top (and maybe some little key graphics based on that I could use in other parts of the site). I have this typeface I love (it's kind of turned into "my" typeface in a way, I've used it on nearly everything I've done, though I think only Mac OS X users and graphics folk may have it), and a color scheme, but beyond that, I don't know quite how to come up with something I want. My artist friend who made my last banner no longer is in my life, alas.
I can't do much in payment except to possibly offer to write something for you. Within reason, I'm fairly familiar with many fandoms not my own, and I have tangential interests in many, many things I don't write or vid in. For instance, I couldn't probably write something in an anime fandom because I'm not familiar enough, but even though I'm not an SG or SV or Pirates or whatever fan, I know enough about the characters that with help from friends I could come up with something basic. There are folks who can vouch for me that I will give it the old college try (though on the other hand, I've written stories for people who've either never bothered to read them, or never said anything to me presumably because they were so bad, so you could be sorely disappointed). And it's unlikely I'll come up with a superbly researched, historically accurate piece on the British Navy of the early 1800s if you like M&C or Hornblower, but PWPs are our friends, no?
I'm not looking for anything especially complicated, but I'd like to have something, just because my site is so bare bones. If you're interested, let me know, and we can tawk.
And so I'm putting out a plea for art help from anyone who might be willing and web-graphically savvy -- I've wanted to update my fic site for over a year now, and it hasn't happened. I need to revamp the organization a bit, and fiddle with story placement and create some other sections, and so I need a new banner for the top (and maybe some little key graphics based on that I could use in other parts of the site). I have this typeface I love (it's kind of turned into "my" typeface in a way, I've used it on nearly everything I've done, though I think only Mac OS X users and graphics folk may have it), and a color scheme, but beyond that, I don't know quite how to come up with something I want. My artist friend who made my last banner no longer is in my life, alas.
I can't do much in payment except to possibly offer to write something for you. Within reason, I'm fairly familiar with many fandoms not my own, and I have tangential interests in many, many things I don't write or vid in. For instance, I couldn't probably write something in an anime fandom because I'm not familiar enough, but even though I'm not an SG or SV or Pirates or whatever fan, I know enough about the characters that with help from friends I could come up with something basic. There are folks who can vouch for me that I will give it the old college try (though on the other hand, I've written stories for people who've either never bothered to read them, or never said anything to me presumably because they were so bad, so you could be sorely disappointed). And it's unlikely I'll come up with a superbly researched, historically accurate piece on the British Navy of the early 1800s if you like M&C or Hornblower, but PWPs are our friends, no?
I'm not looking for anything especially complicated, but I'd like to have something, just because my site is so bare bones. If you're interested, let me know, and we can tawk.
