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Highlights
I'm working on three related fractal animation projects. Two of those projects are to expand the animation shown at the 2008 Roswell CABYs. These two projects will be used at the Roswell High School, for Sci-Fi Summer Con / USS Republic's dance, and maybe for the Art Exhibit I am setting up for Georgia Tech's Ferst Center. By the time Dragon Con 2008 rolls around I hope to have the third animation finished. It is my goal to show all three at Dragon Con during the drum circle.
I've officially achieved my primary goal of uploading the majority of my 80,000 fractals to this web site. It took a bit over one year on dial-up to do it. Here is how my server space is being used:
Cross Stitch Patterns (web version) = 4.72 GBs, General Use (web version) = 6.95 GBs, Limited Edition Prints (web version) = 136 MBs, Posters (web version) = 1.44 GBs, Trippy Edition Fractals (web version) = 2.27 GBs. Assorted software demos use an additional 1.50+ GBs. (5-08-2008)
Announcements / History :
DooGallery has a themed event planned for July 4th. All of their art will be themed around Red, White, and Blue and similar themes. I've asked to be part of this one because I know I have those colors in my fractals. I also have 51 Flags / "United We Stand" as a print that is also appropriate. 51 Flags can be seen on my Cross Stitch page. I found so many fractals while searching for this theme that I put links to them on the General Use page. (5-13-2008)
My brother Steve is getting married the first weekend in May. At his reception he is going to have music from The Grateful Dead playing. So I was asked to show my HD fractal animations and my Trippy themed fractal DVDs. Nothing like a hippy Irish wedding eh? Due to unforseen complications I was not able to show my fractals to the reception. (05-07-2008)
Check out my new ad in the Home Spaces edition of Southern Voice. Due out the week of April 11th, 2008
I've been asked to do demonstrations to all the Math classes at the Roswell high school. A math teacher was part of the CABYs event and came to speak with me afterward. She's going to be teaching the subject and wants to show her students that math and the arts are intertwined. Darren Nelsen used fractals to create the music for my presentation. I will be showing 20 or more minutes of High Definition fractal animation on April 24th at Roswell High School. This is scheduled to run the whole day. See my InterNet Journal on MySpace for a complete review (4-24-2008)
I'm ready to sell Fractal DVDs. My first venture into this format will be slide show DVDs with forty-four animated transitions. The entire Trippy Fractal series (some 12,039 fractals) are being used for this product. These will be produced using LightScribe coated media. Cusotm inserts can be made at additional cost. These can be personal messages, names, etc. For more information about this please visit the Video page.
I've been contacted by The Ferst Center at Georgia Tech to discuss the use of my fractal art for their location.
I ran animations and fractal DVDs March 27th for Horizon School's 30th anniversary party. The animations were an expanded version of what I played during the CABYs.
A new project has been approved. My new HD animated fractals and video art will be used to entertain folks during the USS Republic's anniversary party to be held at Sci-Fi Summer Con 2008. It has been decided these will be shown during their reception party Friday night. (4-27-2008)
The Army's MWR (Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) division answered one of my emails with a request to review my fractal games, video art (PC and DVD), screen savers. I was informed recently that the Army's strict software policy prohibits them from using my Video Art and games software. (added 2-22-2008)
I played animated zooming fractals for the CABYs on March 13th 2008. I collaborated with composer Darren Nelsen to create a fabulous introductory piece for this event. Look here for more information. With the aide of a new PC I created 8,515 new frames of animation in thirteen days (Feb. 9th to Feb. 22nd, 2008.) I've been contacted to create commerative T-shirts with frames from the animations shown at the 2008 CABYs. I was also asked to produce a short animation that people can download. (5-08-2008)
For December 2007 I returned to the Artists Market at the St. Paul United Methodist church for my third year participating.
I had the pleasure of showing two unique fractal videos for the Gaylaxicon 2007 Sci-Fi convention. I used plasma clouds for their tribute to the B-52s and fractals from volumes 11 & 12 for their dance. They both had a theme of hippy trippy colors and shapes. In addition to that I had the pleasure of selling my fractals in their art show / print shop.
I had the good fortune of playing my fractal DVD during Sunday's Drum Circle at Dragon Con 2007. The fractals were projected upon a large screen above the drummer's stage where the entire room could see them.
Fractal #460 "Self-Inflicted Reflections" was auctioned off to a math teacher for $125.00. It is a first edition print measuring 16 by 20 inches. When matted and framed it measures 20 by 24 inches. The print is hand signed, titled, numbered 1 / 20 on the back. The 2007 Dragon Con art auction raised $8,800.00 for The American Diabetes Association. The convention held numerous charity auctions that raised a total of $14,000.00 for this organization.
Members of the Star Trek fan club USS Republic now enjoy a 10% discount on my fractal art (offer excludes partner site sales.)
I donated five volumes of PC Jigsaw Puzzles plus ten volumes of HD / PC Video Art to the Army. I got word back that Ziggurat Con 2007 was quite popular. You can view 98 of their photos via my Myspace account. To access that page simply click on "Other Links".
Thanks to the owners of Miss Q's for allowing my art to be shown at their friendly establishment. It is my understanding they are now closed. (02-22-2008)
The Fayette Arts Center has a new line-up of fractals. There are eight matted 11 by 14 inch prints plus two 16 by 20 inch framed prints. In addition to that are my HD / PC Video Art CD-ROM software titles. They now have a mixture of first, third, and fourth edition prints. Fayette Arts Center is closing its doors by May 28th. I would like to extend my appreciation to kathaleen Brewer (Owner / Director) for being the first gallery to show my fractals. (4-25-2008)
I'd like to thank the Spruill Gallery Gift Shop for displaying my fractal prints. (04-04-2008)
I've had fractal works on display at Fayette's only arts center since 2006.
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