Someone recently asked if I sold calenders. I have previously made calenders, for personal use - happy family snaps, for the relatives. I have been tinkering with the idea but need to get twelve similarly-themed drawings or photographs for a themed calender. What would people prefer? Artwork or photographs?
Some months ago, I flirted with the idea of a Steampunk calender, mostly based on photographs. (I am currently chasing up model releases). I am also planning some still life Steampunk influenced photographs, as well. Would you, dear reader, prefer mostly portraits or still life photographs?
This, again, was a learning process with GIMP - working with layers, altering colours and adding filters. Each is based on my original photography. I added a border and some cogs to add to the steampunk feel. There are two styles of photos: one is sepia, the classic expectation for steampunk and an old world feel. The other is posterised, giving a surreal appearance but keeping some colour. An entire calender of sepia photographs would be bland.
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Any thoughts or preferences, dear reader?
On the question of original artwork. Would colour or pencil drawings be a preference? Would you prefer more steampunk, fairies or another theme?
In the meantime, here is another t-shirt for you all at Redbubble - Steampunk - feel free to buy and recommend to your friends!
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