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So, excellent sci-fi/fantasy related art auction here is going on for a few more days.

This wonderful quote pendant is not only a lovely inspirational gift, it was also made by someone on my flist (copperwise )!

Click here for a look at a marvelously ornate sculpture of a creature out of someone wild imaginings-- just looking at it makes me want to read the story it's based on.

And this necklace was inspired by the writings of the excellent shadesong !

Check it out!

Dear friends who sell your artwork and craftwork online, I've set up an Etsy account but I'm not really sure how to start selling my stuff. Can I request some constructive criticism when you have a moment?

Some preliminary promotional pictures of my hand-woven baskets are here.

- I want to know, not what you think they are worth, but what you'd be likely/willing to pay for any of them. I don't want to make them so expensive they won't sell at all, but I also worry that if I under-price them too much, it will be unfair to others who make similar crafts. 

Also feel free to tell me (nicely, please) if you'd just plain never consider buying such a thing.

- I'm worried about what to say about shipping time and cost, because they are all different sizes and I don't have a reliable source of boxes to pack them in.

Do I just get a bunch of too-big boxes so I can send them out at any time, or do you think people would mind waiting the extra few days while I rustle up an appropriately-sized box? Does weight or size make a bigger difference in terms of shipping cost? Should I charge a flat shipping fee for all items or should it depend on size (they vary from about 3" to 6" across)?

- I'm worried, too, about the possibility they will be damaged in the mail. I plan to stick them in sturdy cardboard boxes and surround with packing peanuts--  will that be enough? Do it cost anything extra to ship them marked "fragile"? (planning to ship within the US only so far). What kind of return policy, if any, is sensible to have?

- Which photos, if any, do you like? Do I need new ones altogether? I plan to have a few pictures of them in groups and in use for the front page, and then close-ups of each individual basket (empty) from several angles.

I defer to your greater experience! Thanks for any helpful tips you can offer!

A graphic design class's video version of "Little Red Riding Hood." Muchly awesome. I've never been a fan of graphic-design-style art before, but this is incredibly clever.

Thank you bottledgoose !

Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

Best signs from the gay-rights march. Thank you shadesong !

And the digital generation at its most excellent-- an incredible music video made entirely from web-cam clips (courtesy of zarq )

Pic heavy link coming up, but I just have to post it.

Disney Princes Calendar Pages. (Disney guys drawn as semi-realistic pin-ups).

Awesome? Hilarious? Hot? Disturbing as all Hell? All of the above and then some. You will never see "Enchanted" the same way again. Or "The Little Mermaid," for that matter. Meeeeow!

Blame bottledgoose

Jewelery made from silverware!! (link nabbed from the_resa )

Sand-painting as performance art. You need to see this because it's amazing. (Thank you bottledgoose !!)




Also, talent aside, I'd settle for just looking like her! I want that hair...

Long-- but amazing. Thanks to my mom for the link.

courtesy of barenakedrachel 

I'm amazed at how few times I was undecided! ...and curious what it would have said if I'd picked those other choices.  Mostly, more Impressionist, I think.

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Non-conformist, Visionary, and Independent

10 Abstract, -5 Islamic, -6 Ukiyo-e, 3 Cubist, 2 Impressionist and -24 Renaissance!