I have been working for two weeks on a graphite portrait of 5 children. Just realized there were supposed to be 6 last night.
I'm still kicking myself.

Anyways, about the name game...Andrew Lockhart from designcontest.com won out with Exp.rss. We had some close seconds from you guys, but they turned out to already be in use by different blogs. Otherwise they were great. Anyways, I'll keep you informed when the blog is up and running.

Okay Andrew's gonna get mad at me for stalling so long, so we're going to have to get moving with this: The rules and project description are below. I seriously could use some help in gathering ideas from those of you who have yet to contribute (No Pressure or anything ). Any suggestions, oh friends o' mine?




Deadline: Black Friday 3:00 AM Pacific Time


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I am starting a blog that's been picking up interest lately (finally!), and is ready to get going. It's for student artists to interview professionals in their chosen field on all the questions they have about their heroes' lives. And it's for professionals to get more exposure, as well as help their fans out with their hard-earned advice and artistic commentary.

So far I have a graphic designer willing to work on the logo and maybe a web designer, and multiple people have volunteered as interviewers, but here is the big question:

Ready?

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What should we call it?

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I don't have a name yet and have been fiddling around for a clever name for a while now.
To up the ante, If your idea is the winning name, I'll do a sketch commission for you for free. You have some competition from other design networks, but I honestly have the most hope for you artists.
C'mon you guys, what witty title/subtitle would interest you as an artist and best portray the purpose of hooking up professionals with students? I leave this in your hands....

I am starting a blog that's been picking up interest lately (finally!), and is ready to get going. It's for student artists to interview professionals in their chosen field on all the questions they have about their heroes' lives. And it's for professionals to get more exposure, as well as help their fans out with their hard-earned advice and artistic commentary.

So far I have a graphic designer willing to work on the logo and maybe a web designer, and multiple people have volunteered as interviewers, but here is the big question:

Ready?

.....



What should we call it?

.....


I don't have a name yet and have been fiddling around for a clever name for a while now.
To up the ante, If your idea is the winning name, I'll do a sketch commission for you for free. You have some competition from other design networks, but I honestly have the most hope for you artists.
C'mon you guys, what witty title/subtitle would interest you as an artist and best portray the purpose of hooking up professionals with students? I leave this in your hands....

A friend at church recently asked me what I would charge for a small graphite 8 x 10 portrait of her 3 kids and another 11 x 14 of 6 kids. I'm pretty sure I've got an idea for what to charge, but I was wondering what my peeps on Deviantart would charge for something like this? So what would you do?

Copenhagen Treaty
It's my understanding that we as Americans have been given the slip. We're so focused on keeping our health care from being unfair or becoming more unfair, as the case may be (without having seen any of the bill's drafts), that we are dangerously under-informed about other elements in our politics.

Disclaimer:
Now I hate politics...I used to think it was fun intellectually...back when people pretended to be intellectual, but now I can't understand the sheer bias and blatant lies that we are forced to believe. I'm an Independent voter and I believe in having strong opinions backed up by facts, but presenting the facts foremost in an unbiased way. Naturally, I am displeased with the media, big business, corrupt business, Congress, and Republican, Green Peace, and Democrat politicians.

Having said that, all the links I can give you on this matter will be missing information...some missing possibly vital information, and so I urge you to look into as many sides' opinions as possible so that you may make an informed decision and not align yourself to the lambs charging the slaughter--blindly casting their beliefs on whatever face leads them, whether they be Republican, Democrat, Green Peace, Libertarian, Vegan, Objectivist or even a single person. Be your own leader and test everything you're told.

Copenhagen Treaty:
Fact 1: The next conference will be held in December, although all signs point to a longer stint of negotiations before there is a consensus before all major world powers (3), (6).

Fact 2: The treaty is going to charge our nation an unknown amount of money for reparation of damages to the atmosphere as well as third world countries: "including insurance, rehabilitation and compensatory components" (2)

Fact 3: You will not be getting a ballot with this as an item for voting. (see all sources)

I know this sounds bad, but I just wanted you to be informed with uncoated facts. American citizens need to be informed...there is too much dangerous misinformation out there not to be.

Citations:
1: Moonbattery, A Far far far right-wing organization [link]
2: Green Peace: The Treaty, pdf [link]
3: Canada's version, Oct 24, 2009 [link]
4: Christopher Mockton, Where I first heard about this. Oct. 14, 2009 [link]Me5dOgbu40
5: Liberty Maven, A Libertarian Journal--pretty clear-minded Oct. 22, 2009 [link]
6: China and India's Stance, M4GW, Oct. 22, 2009 [link]
7: Forum for Democrat Voters, Oct. 16, 2009-Now [link]
8: Fighting Words USA, Oct. 15, 2009: Gives correct citations for Christopher Mockton's Speech (4.) within the treaty (2.). Just scroll down a bit. [link]
9: Lime.com, Oct. 7, 2009, A Green Peace Defense of the Treaty [link]

I was unable to find many sources that defended the Treaty--and I looked, except that last one and it's kind of bland. Citation for 2 is just the actual Treaty, so it doesn't count.
If you have other links, post 'em! If you disagree with any of these citations, please explain why! Your personal opinions matter a lot, but please keep in mind that you should also be able to back up any and all beliefs with facts. Always.