Monthly Archives: May 2010

Using a Color Monki to Make a Custom Color Profile

May 26, 2010 · Add Comment

Suggestions for using a Colormunki to make a custom paper profile Name your profile based on the paper type & weight Print a target image first. This is an image (like the Chakita banana looking woman that has lots of colors in it and you know what it should look like.) Save and reuse your [...]

Tips for Better Printing

May 26, 2010 · Add Comment

Clean your printer before using it. Wipe it down with Windex (Do NOT spray the Windex directly on the printer, spray just a little on a rag and then wipe it down. You do not want liquid getting in the electronic.) Blow air inside to dislodge dust. Turn your printer on every couple days If [...]

Surtex 2010 & Blank Hotel/Bathroom Template

May 25, 2010 · Add Comment

While I was at the Surtex 2010 conference I stayed at the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel. Surtex is the annual art licensing and art marketing conference. It was very interesting to say the least.  I sat through several workshops on copyright issues, contracts and the business of art licensing.  Looking around one evening after the [...]

John Paul Caponigro at Blurb’s Book Conference in NY City.

May 10, 2010 · Add Comment

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending John Paul Caponigro’s book making workshop in New York City. Always a very educational and entertaining speaker, John Paul addressed the issues of color calibration and color accuracy in addition to discussing come reasons on why and how to design a book. Although I could not possibly [...]

What is Art, with a capital A?

May 5, 2010 · 2 Comments

As a student of art, we all meditate on the empirical question, “What is Art?” The social conscious conglomerate that is Wikipedia states that, “Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions.”  However, art solely created as the creator’s attempt to share, or convey [...]