I have Logo!

Aug02
by on August 2, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Posted In: News & Reviews

Got off my ass and finally got my logo in shape for Smudge Marks, my tentative new business name/website.

Smudge Dragon

Woot! I have a logo for branding purposes. It's all vectored and everything so it can scale up and down without loosing resolution.

^.^

Now, I have to magically come up with the money to register it along with getting the basic start-up costs of the business. All said and done, that'll probably run me about $800.00 (estimate, rounded up). I'm hoping that I can fudge some initial sales to get the ball rolling. Well, I can hope anyways.

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Walking the Path of Ancestors

Aug02
by on August 2, 2010 at 2:12 am
Posted In: Smudge's Art
Walking the Path of Ancestors

Walking the Path of Ancestors

Following in the footsteps of those who have come before, Charmaine walks a lonely path in life.

Traditional watercolor

An illustration I did for a short story, Memories in Ash, that I was writing at the time. Hopefully, I'll get back to it soon.

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Print: Available
Original: SOLD

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New Stuff!

Jul26
by on July 26, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Posted In: Smudge's Journal

Been slowly uploading different things to make into products folks might like. So far, this is what I've got available around different corners of the web -

On Zazzle -
Little Running Wolf - T-Shirts, Keychains, Mugs, and Tote bags
Zeke - Mug
Runaway! - Mug, Mousepads

Prints on DA-
Sebastian-Phalloide portrait
Floating
Zeke
Charging Forth
Mawkeya & Hops
Hey Sebastian, can you get the campfire going?
Light a Candle
Fox Surprise
Runaway!
Walking the Path of Ancestors
Bookbinder's Apprentice
Rose in Pearls

More stuff coming soon.

This time around, instead of putting everything on everything (which is what we did with BackBreaker), I'm trying for more a "This image really good good on these items," kind of thing. Also - if there's something your really want from my back-stock that you don't see here - speak up and I'll add it.

I really need to make a better logo for myself...

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Smudge Marks back in shape

Jul22
by on July 22, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Posted In: Smudge's Journal

Finally got my personal site back into shape and happy. While it's far form perfect, at some point you just have to stick a fork in it and call it done.

I'll now be putting up my better art here along with stuff for sale and links to the different "shops" I have around the web. Except for originals, I'm having other places take care of the shipping/storage/manufacturing of my different items. Since I have almost no room at my current abode, this seemed the way to go. Less tax stuff I have to deal with too.

I'll still occasionally use my site as a 'test bed" for other sites I manage, hopefully they won't be quite as dramatic as the changes it's undergone recently. As such - I'll probably update here more than LJ, since I can cross-post to LJ now without too much trouble. Wish I could do the same for my other WordPress/ComicPress sites, but the PhP on this server is not up to snuff for that. Feh.

Anyway - keep your eyes pealed for more good stuff!

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What to do, what to do…

Jun30
by on June 30, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Posted In: Smudge's Journal

So, I've been poking around with WordPress/ComicPress lately fiddling with the multi-user function. I have to say, I'm liking what I'm seeing.

In the long run - merging things together will make for great management happiness on my end. I mean I *can* do the work. But making it streamlined and easy to maintain makes it for much easier work in the long run and less stress about things like updating and other management things that tend to bog one down over time. And let's be honest here, I'm not exactly the most punctual of people here. ^.^;

But this leaves a big question on wither I should move WoWBlanc/ over to the new system.

Part of me is "If it's not broke, don't fix it". Aventures of Blanc is sitting happly it's it's little sub directory, minding it's own busniess.

But another part is "It'll only be more difficult if you do it later".

What to do, what to do ....

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