tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post3569781700857646875..comments2024-03-24T15:26:36.890+10:00Comments on Paper Ponderings: Old-fashioned cut and pasteFiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-22076159002357668362016-09-29T17:19:57.740+10:002016-09-29T17:19:57.740+10:00Thanks Jac - A screen just doesn't give me the...Thanks Jac - A screen just doesn't give me the right feel so it's down on the floor and drawing up scales and moving them around! Still a way to go, but edging closer...Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-80967338247569884982016-09-27T19:09:36.607+10:002016-09-27T19:09:36.607+10:00What a complex job. Technology has its place but I...What a complex job. Technology has its place but I agree, a real size mock up is the best way to get the placing and the feel right. Looking forward to seeing the finished windows.jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875576384239512399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-4061986991544221182016-09-27T17:05:37.342+10:002016-09-27T17:05:37.342+10:00Oh I love that story Velma! Each generation has th...Oh I love that story Velma! Each generation has their own go to, tried and true methodology don't they? It is truly a very complicated task but I am going gently and slowly and patiently which really really helps! Go well.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-62295547804099182562016-09-26T22:28:04.457+10:002016-09-26T22:28:04.457+10:00so enjoyed reading all this fiona. a terrific proj...so enjoyed reading all this fiona. a terrific project, seems very complicated to me. i recently did a little thing to go into the copy machine, pasted together, you know, and out came a perfectly fine copy...there was a "young person" nearby who was amazed, she'd never seen anything NOT made on the computer!Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-9880418785633440672016-09-26T15:22:32.382+10:002016-09-26T15:22:32.382+10:00Sounds amazing Ronnie! And what huge investment t...Sounds amazing Ronnie! And what huge investment that all was. Every now and again I get graphic-design envy and think I want to too it and then I realise that it's so much about the computer and so little about the hand most of the time that I just can't. So here I am still cutting and pasting away merrily!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-23661006083776990072016-09-26T15:18:59.767+10:002016-09-26T15:18:59.767+10:00Thanks Peggy - that's a nice way of thinking o...Thanks Peggy - that's a nice way of thinking of it. I realise I need to see things to react to them, to go with my gut on their placement and the spaces between. I'm not too bad at composition but I need to see and respond to the space...go well.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-57423357562619159032016-09-26T15:18:02.845+10:002016-09-26T15:18:02.845+10:00Not much mystery in the process Mo - just lots of ...Not much mystery in the process Mo - just lots of fiddling and calculating and hits and misses! Still it's always fun to see behind the scenes isn't it? Go well.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-79438889661089761312016-09-26T08:48:57.301+10:002016-09-26T08:48:57.301+10:00this is a terrific post - and I can absolutely rel...this is a terrific post - and I can absolutely relate even though I suppose I'm a gal who has had a foot in both worlds --- I started as a fine artist (lots of mess) and I used to work as a ye-olde-worlde graphic designer (pre-computer days --- using photo typesetters, bromide camera and lots of rubber cement!) then became a calligrapher (lots of ink and paper) THEN I blended things together when I got my very first mac (early 1990s - it was second hand... still cost over $2000 and had 8MB of pure power baby!) - I added a B&W scanner (these cost almost $1000 in the early '90s... ) a B&W laser printer (another $1000) and (this is the killer) a magnificent Roland cutter/plotter (it was almost $10 000 .... gulp) --- THEN I had to make them all talk to each other... according the the aussie Roland folk, no one had made my weird collection of gadgets work using a Mac with Adobe products (yes I'm talking all geeky --- but this is how I got to be geeky.... feet first with a loan to pay off!) <br /><br />soooooo in the quest to get it all to work, and not starve in the process, I got the Mac to run the Roland (this produced the most EXTRAORDINARY large scale perfect line images or, with the blade attached, cut paper/vinyl etc.... think HUGE perfect letters or images -- these may have started life as tiny hand-drawn versions.... get the idea?) .... <br /><br />for a small amount of time, by sheer accident and ignorance (I didn't know enough to know that it was impossible...), I had the most powerful and amazing combo that output PERFECT vector artwork.... <br /><br />even though this was almost 25 years ago, there still isn't a system that can create a more accurate version of things (just faster, cheaper, bigger, etc) .... <br /><br />but in the end I found that I'm not suited to commercial or even commissioned work -- I sold everything and went back to ink and paper... the geek me didn't re-emerge until later... and I still now I prefer to do things au naturale <br /><br />(ooooo I've written a novel here ---- soz!) <br /> ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260679591630131813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-12678890294854502672016-09-26T05:09:33.336+10:002016-09-26T05:09:33.336+10:00Thank you for sharing your process. There is somet...Thank you for sharing your process. There is something (a lot) to be said for having the skill to do such work by hand and sight. peggynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-90241589326947119292016-09-26T03:14:05.384+10:002016-09-26T03:14:05.384+10:00love seeing your process Fiona!love seeing your process Fiona!Mo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.com