GDF Calendar Showcase

[Kool]

Here is where we will post our finished designs. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

If you would like to view just the images without member comments click Here (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25567)

[Kool]

Here's mine.

It's a pure vector homage to the artist Rodger Dean. Way back in the 70s he helped light a creative spark that is still with me today. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

http://koolsplace.com/images/koolscalendar.jpg

Slightly enlarged for easier viewing

[budafist]

Cool Kool :) Now the rest of us gotta get moving on it! :eek:

[MyST]

Here's mine. I just needs some tweaking... I think.:)
Anybody who knows me knows I love mountain biking. This is a modified picture of my bikepath in the fall.
I thought it also made a nice "path to recovery" theme.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/SOLOGraphic/GDF%20Stuff/GDFCalendar1test.jpg

[Kool]

That's cool Myst.

[MyST]

I love the enegy in yours, Kool.
This calendar will be awesome with all the different styles that will be in it.

[urstwile]

Both submissions are looking great, guys. And Buda's right, time for the rest of us (myself included) to get crackin'.

Way to go you two! :)

[frankster]

Here's mine.
It's a pure vector homage to the artist Rodger Dean. Way back in the 70s he helped light a creative spark that is still with me today.


That's really quite strange how you've made me think of the Ozric Tentacles yet again. I'd not thought about or listened to them in years until after I listened to your music piece that you posted a week or so ago and I mentioned them. Your calendar contribution (which I really like) reminds me of some of their album art too! Not sure who did thier album paintings for them though, but they are British as is Rodger Dean, so maybe their artist is also a Rodger Dean fan.

http://www.shock.com.au/images/image_library/SDPCD139.jpghttp://www.cs.uu.nl/~jur/reviews/covers/thehiddenstep.jpg
http://www.ozrictentacles.net/images/covers/cds/strangeitude.jpghttp://www.dragonjazz.com/progrock/ozric.jpg

[morea]

bumpity! Who else is done? :D

[Kool]

That's really quite strange how you've made me think of the Ozric Tentacles yet again. I'd not thought about or listened to them in years until after I listened to your music piece that you posted a week or so ago and I mentioned them. Your calendar contribution (which I really like) reminds me of some of their album art too! Not sure who did thier album paintings for them though, but they are British as is Rodger Dean, so maybe their artist is also a Rodger Dean fan.



Someone called Blim did them. I can't seem to find any info about them though other than the name. He/she or they were definitely influenced by Rodger Dean though. :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

Nice job Kool and Myst! Really nice work.


.. I'm working on mine ;)

[resdog]

Here's my contribution.

[morea]

very nice!

[Kool]

That's awesome Res :)

Could you upload it to photobucket or something? We will want to have an image only thread here eventually and we can't transfer an attachment.

[resdog]

Here's the actual image:

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/cklongpayabal/christmas.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

nice jobs res and terry :)

["Technical" Terry]

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/Technical_Terry/Cal-Post.jpg


Please do not use this submission. I was looking at the "Monday" start calendar, so my dates are incorrect. I will correct this next week, hopefully.

[Kool]

Please do not use this submission. I was looking at the "Monday" start calendar, so my dates are incorrect. I will correct this next week, hopefully.

No worries, I'll remove the wrong one. :)

[captain spanky]

here's my WIP
just need to tweak a few things and make it look more of a collage than a mess, add some texture and it's done...
what do you think?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/captainspanky/calender.png

[WannaBrie]

Wow, those are great you guys!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Here's my calendar page. I can't believe I finally finished it... :D
http://imageigloo.com/images/9430VIRGO_week36.gif

[Red Kittie Kat]

These are coming along beautifully ... great job everyone! :D


I think mine will be done tonight ;)

[Red Kittie Kat]

Ok here is mine ... a little larger than the original ;)



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/GDF/JuneKittie1.jpg

[Kool]

Great stuff posted by everybody. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

We still have quite a few weeks available and quite a few of our regulars who haven't signed up yet including a few ahem moderators. :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

C'mon everybody! Let's get crack-a-lackin'! :D

[fredrich]

Great stuff posted by everybody. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

We still have quite a few weeks available and quite a few of our regulars who haven't signed up yet including a few ahem moderators. :)

I might just give it a try if I'm worthy enough.

[SpugNothuson]

I'll second that fredrich. I could do with a project to alleviate the boredom at work. :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Awesome guys! Thanks for signing up! :D

[Seapony]

Wow, how in the heck did I miss this?

I'd love to check for availability. But I can't participate now anyway, piffle. Unfortunately duty calls. Hopefully when things lighten up I'll be back. Looks like a hoot. Great work so far everyone. I'm jealous.

:)

["Technical" Terry]

Here is my corrected June file.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/Technical_Terry/JuneTT-Post.jpg




...and this is my December submission.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/Technical_Terry/Dec-TT-Post.jpg

[cornfed]

Very nice! These are coming along great!

[CamarotaDesign]

I'll say! excellent work. I've really gotta my act together and get something up here. I have a good idea what I'm going to so, I just need to throw it all together.

[cornfed]

I was almost finished with mine and stepped away from the computer for a while last night. I thought my 4 year old was on her imac, but it turns out she was on mine and not only erased almost the entire thing, but also saved it!! So, I have to start over!!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Kids. They're too smart for their own good sometimes! :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Questions on the dates have been moved here to the discussion thread:


http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24234

[G-Man79]

I should be posting my WIP sometime next week. I'm digging everybody's work so far!

[budafist]

Didn't end up doing it in traditional media after all...
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9003/budacalendarfl1.jpg

It says "drink like a fish" on my birthday :D

[frankster]

oooh, me likey!

[jessicam]

I love the fishies! Love love love them! :D

[budafist]

Thanks, I find drawing fishes very soothing for some reason :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

Buda, that's awesome! I especially like the goldfish with the big bulbous brain. He seems to be the only one with a mouth, and it makes him like he's not so sure if he likes what's going on around him. I also might have too big an imagination. :D

[SurfPark]

I'm really excited to be part of this project. I'm always on this forum and really enjoy the challenges. I had a week in July, so I decided to create a page that features one of my favorite places, St. Augustine, FL. This is a downtown street in the middle of March, but I airbrushed the sky for a nicer view. The city is the oldest in the USA and has a big fort on the coast that the Spanish would shoot canons from. Its very pirate-y, arg! The buildings are all repurposed homes and they've created a cool downtown area with them.

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9245/calendartesthm5.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

Very nice work buda and Surf :)

[budafist]

Nice one Surf. I does look very piratey. The wonky horizon makes me feel like a pirate who likes her rum :) I'm about to swagger down the street to meet some of my pirate friends. :D

[budafist]

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5273/budacalendaranimalhh2.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

sweet!!

Nice job buda :)

[mac.FINN]

nice ones Buda!


edit: Normally when I say that to women I get slapped. :D

[balou]

Leap year!

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9484/calendarbaloubq4.jpg

[budafist]

That's cute balou!

[balou]

Thanks! It's on it's way to you.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Nice job balou :D

[farah]

this is my first time .. im sending some work here ..
hope you guyz like it
farah.

[farah]

sorry ppl...
last night it looked good..
but now i think its not good enuff.. so starting again from the scratch ...
but plz do give ur comments

[budafist]

Hi Farah, My advice is that you should work in CMYK as this is how it will be printed.

The date boxes on the right are not spaced correctly. See how Friday and Saturday are too close together? They also need to be centred on the page. This looks like includes bleed so there will be a few mm that will be trimmed off the edges. Keep important info well away from the edges.

[farah]

THANKS ALOT BUDA..
it was really nice of u to tell me all the stuff...
i m sending some new work ...
plz every one tell me what u think ..
if any thing is not fine .. then i will try to get it correct ..

Regards
Farah.

[farah]

THANKS ALOT BUDA..
it was really nice of u to tell me all the stuff...
i m sending some new work ...
plz every one tell me what u think ..
if any thing is not fine .. then i will try to get it correct ..

Regards
Farah.

[Kool]

Hi farah, looks good. Can you host your image somewhere and post it again? Here are instructions on one way to do it http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25438

We can't transfer attached images. Thanks. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

[frankster]

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8013/gdfweek7frankster2hi6.jpg

[urstwile]

I love it. :D

[budafist]

I think it is quite wonderful too. But what does TTF mean?

[Red Kittie Kat]

nice work guys :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

I think it is quite wonderful too. But what does TTF mean?
I'm guessing it stands for either True Type Font or Throbbing Testicle Fairy. :p

[mac.FINN]

TTF = Throbbing Testicle Fairy.
*SHNOCK*

[D-Frag]

Here is mine, submitting to Buda in a few minutes....

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i481957_CalendarDFragweb.jpg

[balou]

Love it D-Frag!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Oooooo! Purty!

[budafist]

D-Frag, that's delicious!

[Kool]

Great stuff guys :)

I got em posted in the image only thread now

[Tsmalldon]

http://koolsplace.com/images/week27.gif

Heres My Offering to the Calendar. Week 27. Went for a nice spring summer feel/glow. The Photographer of the original image has given his permission for inclusion into the Calendar so everything is cool there.

Hope you like. Submited hi res tiff already.

Trevor

[urstwile]

Some purtiful stuff going on, you guys. I gotta get crackin'!

[budafist]

Tsmalldon, that's very springtime. I'll be glad when it's the middle of winter in New Zealand and I see that!

[Red Kittie Kat]

DFrag ... love those colors :)

Nice jobs everyone :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Week 37

Buda... all files are on the way to you via yousendit.com ;)


http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5531/week37cd0.jpg

[frankster]

prettie kittie!

[Tsmalldon]

These are going to be sweet calendars. I have a bunch of people that want to help the cause by buying these already.

Trev

[Kool]

These are going to be sweet calendars. I have a bunch of people that want to help the cause by buying these already.

Trev

Beats me :confused:

I messed with it for a while and couldn't get it to work so i copied it to my own webspace so we could see it. Didn't seem to be any problem with the image itself.

EDIT: Whoa, that quote was different a second ago when I quoted it LOL

[balou]

EDIT: Whoa, that quote was different a second ago when I quoted it LOL

I thought maybe you had a fever again or something. :D

[Tsmalldon]

Sorry Kool, I wrote it, then seen my image was showing so I thought maybe I was an idiot and didnt refresh my screen orginally, so I came back and edited my post as to not look foolish,

LoL

sorry!

Trevor

[farah]

http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/16026/2003975172463194707_rs.jpg

[budafist]

That's lovely Farah. I really like the handwritten text etc.

Please email a high res file to me: gdfcalendar at gmail dot com.

[farah]

That's lovely Farah. I really like the handwritten text etc.

Please email a high res file to me: gdfcalendar at gmail dot com.
hi buda...
sorry but im confused about one thing ...
u r talking about the one i emailed ??
cause all i see in my prev. msg is NOTHING

OR
May be its the same thing that happened to trevor .. but i actually am checking after few hrs and still cannot see anything

[budafist]

Farah, I can see it.

I'm talking about the new daffodills that look like they're done in pastels. Please email to me if you haven't already.

[farah]

i just sent the file via youSendIt
u will have to download 1n 7 days

[budafist]

downloading it now. I definately like the drawn flowers best. Ok?

[jessicam]

hi buda...
sorry but im confused about one thing ...
u r talking about the one i emailed ??
cause all i see in my prev. msg is NOTHING

OR
May be its the same thing that happened to trevor .. but i actually am checking after few hrs and still cannot see anything

I couldn't see it on Firefox, but I was able to on Safari. Looks good! :)

[farah]

yes.. i m using firefox...

[jessicam]

Here's mine... Any comments before I send over the real deal?

http://jessicamear.com/gdf/May18-24_08_v01.jpg

[mac.FINN]

Nice Jessi,
really appropriate and fun.

Good job.

[Tsmalldon]

I was also using firefox when I couldnt see my uploaded image

Its a conspiracy I tell you!

Trevor

[farah]

hi jessi.. it is really good.. i really like it

trevor... i used tinypic to upload the image ... mayb that has something to do with not viewing the image

[budafist]

Jessi, that's very cute and fun. Only thing that could be changed is a font that is a little fun for the dates. No biggie though!

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Very nice items on here.

I should be done with mine soon too.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Buda,

Ignore the first Yousendit message.

The second is the correct image.

thanks.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

This is it.

[mac.FINN]

Nice Sama!

[Tsmalldon]

cool

[Virgo Nightingale]

Very nice Sama! I like!

[Navian]

Here is my Easter week. (Work in progress, few things to fix/add)

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8454/2008easterug9.jpg

The bunny was made with the mesh tool.

Should I give the bunny wiskers/eyelashes ect..? Any other sugestions?

[Virgo Nightingale]

Nice meshing, Nav!

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Sweet, Nav.

[danedawg99]

mine:
http://i15.tinypic.com/30veidi.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

dane! thats really nice :)

[Samakimoto Graphics]

That is awesome dane.

[Kool]

Nice Dane!

Navian, are you still working on yours? Looks great so far. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

[Tsmalldon]

Looks good!

[Navian]

Nice Dane!

Navian, are you still working on yours? Looks great so far. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

No. I was going to put wiskers (or even wisker spots) on the bunny, but decided not to. I'll be sending the file soon. Its in Illustrator, so do I just: outline my text, and save it as a .eps and send it to Budah?

I'll send it tonight or tomorrow morning if its too big for my at home dialup! (yeah, that was embarassing! :o )

[Kool]

Yep, should work fine. Send it to gdfcalendar@gmail.com

[danedawg99]

thanks, guys!

[Irine]

Dane! i like how you made march in the middle of the day...
out teachers for typography would probably say it a great idea to orgenize information in an interesting and functional way!

[fredrich]

Here's mine. I shot the picture in January 2006.

http://fredrich.monror.com/design/calendar_fredrich_01.jpg

[budafist]

Nice pic! It actually gave me goosebumps. I've never been in a place that looked so cold, but I imagine that it's pretty damn cold...

I was gonna say that you don't have enough days in your week, but you know what you are doing :D

[Kool]

Nice http://home.comcast.net/%7Ernick9/koolsmiley.gif

[fredrich]

Nice pic! It actually gave me goosebumps. I've never been in a place that looked so cold, but I imagine that it's pretty damn cold...

I was gonna say that you don't have enough days in your week, but you know what you are doing :D

I don't remember exactly how cold it was, but it was no record. The picture I submitted for the photo contest "cold" was actually shot the same day.

[Riya]

Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8206157@N07/491536197http://www.flickr.com/photos/8206157@N07/491536197http://i17.tinypic.com/4q5sdvt.jpg

[balou]

Love that shot Riya!

[Riya]

Thanks.

[frankster]

I've changed my calendar page. Mr Kool has been kind enough to update the image in both showcases to the new version. I wasn't happy with the original being such an "in joke" for the GDF when the calendar is being sold to the general public, so I opted for an illustration I did based on the bass and treble clef. It was nice to not be in front of the computer screen for a while last night doing it too ;)

[carter the artist]

wow, i had a bunch of ideas, but I think I know what i'm gonna do. I should hopefully finish it today.

[budafist]

Wow Frankster your peacock is stunning :)

[carter the artist]

Okay, Here is the June, I am just saving the November (If it's still cool that I do two.) How did you guys settle on final artwork (file type, transfer protocol) I had fun, It's nice to go outside of your regular styles.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/carterartist/June.jpg

[carter the artist]

And this is the one i like:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/carterartist/November.jpg

[budafist]

Great stuff Carter. Just send a print quality eps, tiff or pdf to me at gdfcalendar at gmail dot com.

If it is too big to email, send it via www.yousendit.com.

[Kool]

Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8206157@N07/491536197http://www.flickr.com/photos/8206157@N07/491536197http://i17.tinypic.com/4q5sdvt.jpg

Riya, could you use an imageshack or photobucket type thing on your image, So I can transfer it to the other showcase. :)

[morea]

I'm loving these, guys! Great work!

[Riya]

Sure thing Kool. (that's what I get for uploading while drunk)
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/calender.jpg

[Virgo Nightingale]

Here is my second week. It's a collaborative piece I did with an artist friend of mine (hence the second email address). He did the original painting, I just messed around with it.

http://i1.tinypic.com/4voqpsg.jpg

[budafist]

That's scary Virgo!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Thanks, buda! :D

I will probably send the final files to you tomorrow. I'm probably going to make a minor change to my first week (add Labor Day) in the meantime.

[frankster]

Wow Frankster your peacock is stunning :)

Thank you m'dear! Picking up a paintbrush again is a welcomed change to the usual eye bleeding screen time. It was so relaxing in fact that I'm going to do more painting tonight!

[carter the artist]

Aw man, why didn't I think of using some of my paintings? Well there's always next year.

[G-Man79]

I'll be sending my version in shortly. Here's the preview. Hope everyone here is well!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a188/G-Man79/gdfcallores.jpg

[budafist]

Gman that is precious!

[carter the artist]

gman that is cool. you dont have a political blog by chance?

[Takes2ToTricycle]

I've been putting together a portfolio for my college for the last month.. thats why i've been off the forum, and why this is down to the wire. This is a picture i took on south street, philadelphia. I actually used another picture similar to this in my portfolio.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4366/t2ttscalendarkc4.jpg

[vtwin_gary]

here's mine.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6554/webviewkd5.jpg

[Virgo Nightingale]

I made some minor changes to the first calendar page I did. I added Labor Day and infused a tiny bit of color. Kool, if you could please update this in the Image Only thread for me, that would be... well, kool... :D Thanks!

http://i4.tinypic.com/61xstg8.gif

[Kool]

Looks great Gary.

I switched it out Virgo. :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

You're the best, Kool! Thanks!

[G-Man79]

gman that is cool. you dont have a political blog by chance?
no political blog carter. the link in my sig will take you to my blog but it's just random stuff (illustrations, pop-culture, sports etc.)

[carter the artist]

No, I was worried you were someone else. That's cool.

[cornfed]

Here's mine!!!

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m120/cornfed_01/calpage.jpg

[chongo]

Here's week 31 - I hope everyone likes it. I'm in such talented company!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Are you going for the minimalist look or did you forget to upload your image? ;)

[chongo]

Are you going for the minimalist look or did you forget to upload your image? ;)

Heh, no - just trying to upload too large a file! :D

[mac.FINN]

And now a note from your local public service gorilla:

Image removed due to giant spelling error :D

buda, I've sent the file to you aswell ;)

[budafist]

Haha that's a nice one Mac.Finn. Glad to see you are socially responsible :D

[carter the artist]

are vegtables like vegetables?

[frankster]

kind of. They are more like vegitibules though.

[mac.FINN]

sheesh give him a break... Gorillas aren't great spellers.

*sigh* I'll update it tonight. Thanks Carter.

Any mod feel like taking that down?

[carter the artist]

no problem, I was just feeling ornery.

[JaCkinbOx]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/JaCkinbOx/jackinbox_calendar.gif
Here's mine, squeaking in at the last minute.

[Kool]

Nice stuff guys. :)

Chongo, did you paint that?

[chongo]

Nice stuff guys. :)

Chongo, did you paint that?
Kool, it's a photo I took in Friday Harbor, WA (Lime Kiln Lighthouse, San Juan Island). Photoshopped. Thx!

Jack, I love that Panda!

[urstwile]

Here's mine. I don't have a web page, so there's no info for me on it, which is fine.

http://i3.tinypic.com/66ax6x4.jpg

[Kool]

LOL, I like it urst, are you sure you don't want to "sign" it somehow? :)

[urstwile]

I might think about it for the final. For now, you can post it as is in the showcase.

[budafist]

I think you should sign it too urst. Even just a signature for the artwork.

[urstwile]

Okay, I'll do that for the final that I send to you, Buda. :)

[frankster]

I don't have a website either Urst, so I just signed "Frank" really small on the design. You can't see it unless you look carefully.

[urstwile]

Good advice, Frankster, thanks!

[morea]

these are great, guys... I hope to have mine up by the end of the weekend. (Computer problems.)

[mac.FINN]

I've learned how to spell, so here's my submission agoin.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4672/macfinncalendar08fr7.gif

[datswhutsup]

hi guys. looking at the calendar i found that mother's day is may 11th in 08, im not sure if we should put that on the calendar, because maybe some countries do not celebrate mother's day or atleast not on the same day, can anyone from uk or buda confirm this? just thought about that now. so i tried to do a child's drawing to represent mother's day... and made sure my color theory was out of wack and i wrote with my left hand (im right handed) to help make my handwriting very elementary.

maybe if i have some more time ill whip out a different theme for my week sometime soon.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/smbcmv/misc/gfdcalendarproof.jpg

[jessicam]

So so cute! The only thing I'd suggest is that to be more "authentic kid" the birds could be super detailed instead of swooshy looking.

I love this! :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

dats: When I added Labor Day to my calendar page, I added (US) afterward. I'll share my brilliant idea with ya. :cool: :D

[morea]

well, here's mine. I've gone crosseyed looking at it. If anybody sees anything glaringly wrong with it, please let me know:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/wk38-revised.jpg

[MyST]

I much like!

[Ned]

well, here's mine. I've gone crosseyed looking at it. If anybody sees anything glaringly wrong with it, please let me know:

Well, I see something glaring in the top-right corner, but I don't see anything wrong with it. :p

Very nice job, Morea!

[Craig B]

Very cool Mo!

[morea]

thanks guys! :o

[budafist]

Woot! Nice pirate page Morea :)

[frankster]

Yaaarrrrrr!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Arrrrrgggh!

[carter the artist]

I think I found my favorite page, ARRGGHH!!!

[morea]

I talked like a pirate the whole time I was making it. Seriously. There was a lot of cursing involved. :D

[Ned]

You talked like a pirate specifically, or just like any sailor? :D

[morea]

either / or :D

[DesignerScott]

Unless you all think this needs more work, I just have to add my logo stamp in the corner and I think I'm done. I just didn't want to go overboard with it, so I kept it simple. Not too simple I hope. Comments on my photo are also welcome.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/505049355_34c4dec7b2.jpg
A large JPG can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=505049355&size=o

[urstwile]

I think it looks great, Scott, the photo's awesome. What's it a photo of? I'm not recognizing it.

[morea]

iris? love it.

[urstwile]

Oooh, you must be right, Mo. The black background threw me off.

[DesignerScott]

As usual Morea is correct :rolleyes:
I was outside my girlfriend's office waiting, so I decided to pull out my camera, which happened to have my 100mm macro on it. I was amazed at how much the petals sparkeled in the sunlight, and with such dark green leaves this shot really stood out, but more than that, I was surprised that I had never looked at an iris that closely before.
Glad you all like it.:)
Here's another shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7950939@N03/475976601/in/set-72157600150154128/

[urstwile]

Whoa, that second shot also, awesome!

[morea]

irises are one of my favorite flowers. :)

Nice shots!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Very nice Scott :)

[JaCkinbOx]

well, here's mine. I've gone crosseyed looking at it. If anybody sees anything glaringly wrong with it, please let me know:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/wk38-revised.jpg

The only thing glaring about it is the sun. Nice job, morea!

Yarr!

[carter the artist]

I like that flower shot, at first I thought I was looking at a sea thing or something.

[DesignerScott]

Final:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/191/505392456_3571d436e2.jpg
and the large version:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=505392456&size=o

[panzer]

lovely myst

in fact all are Kool beautiful colours and moreas to

i cant wait to see the finished calendar

[WannaBrie]

Ok, finally, I am ready to post my final page...I know its not one of the 4 images that I posted in the poll, I was worried about copyright issues with the "summertime" song version and there was one image in the collage which I could not get an OK on, so I started over (again!) This time I used my own prose (i wrote it about 7 yrs ago after putting my son to bed and standing at his crib for about 20 minutes, being amazed at his existence and then hung it on my bulletin board) :o

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1839/calendar3yellgrbiglj1.jpg

[Kool]

Looks good Brie :)

Can you post it via imageshack or one of the others. I can't transfer an attachment. Thanks

[WannaBrie]

sure Kool, how's this?

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3715/calendar3yellgr2jj6.jpg

[urstwile]

That link is kinda small, Brie, can you post a larger version? And then use the imageshack link that has the img codes in it? I can help you if you're not sure how to do it.

[WannaBrie]

sure, ok, give me a few, I never know which link to use!

[Drazan]

After much painting and nearly 100 digital layers....walla! Any comments? critiques? It's been forever since I painted anything, and this is the first time merged with digital. I also took the photo along the Mississippi River. Much photo manipulation (colors and intensity) and lots of tweaking on the painting to not show as much texture and still keep the detail. oy. I also wrote the small prose - poetry is not a strong point of mine in any terms so I hope it reads ok.

This is dedicated to all those who have survived the darkness and found wings to soar again.


http://jadeadragon.com/shared/gd/drazan_week_14.jpg

Week 14

[WannaBrie]

ok, how about this?

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1839/calendar3yellgrbiglj1.jpg

[WannaBrie]

Beautiful Drazan! I love it. :D

[Kool]

Link is fixed Brie.

Looks awesome Drazan. :)

[carter the artist]

draz,
Love the flourishes!!

[urstwile]

I like it Drazan.

Just a typographical niggle, though. I'd open up the leading on the poem just a teeny bit so that the descender's on the f don't touch the dots on the i. And it looks like you might want to switch to a typographer's quote on the word dawn's. Maybe you could use fi and fl ligatures on the fiercenes and flight? :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

Drazan and Brie ... really nice you two :)

[budafist]

Nice one guys!

[Zendada]

Sorry buda, I was distracted by Columbian chicas. I did not do much as you can see. But then, who could do anything with distractions.

http://www.zendada.com/images/GDF.Calendar2.jpg

[WannaBrie]

Thanks Kittie and Buda. Zendada, love it! Everybody has done such a great job this is gonna look so awesome!

[jessicam]

So so late...

http://jessicamear.com/gdf/Wk18_Ap27toMa3_08.jpg

I'm open to feedback and making changes if there is any time.

[carter the artist]

no need for changes, jessi, it looks good.

[Drazan]

very nice, the purple complements those flowers very nicely.

This calendar is going to rock!

=)
Jade

[jessicam]

I'm so glad you guys like it. I loved the image but I couldn't seem to get the text to work and my totally-non-artistic-or-designer-in-any-way friend suggested the border. He will be thrilled. :D

[panzer]

its late i know

[Craig B]

Anything with an illustration of 2 people mooning me is alright in my book. :)

[C.E.]

I posted for some feed back and everything was right on so here's my final and just submitted week 34!

[budafist]

Cool pic CE!

[Ned]

Heh... "dog days of August". I love it!

[Tea]

Kool reminded me that I have to post the finished piece here too. Sorry.

[Tea]

BTW...I'm really glad I was able to be a part of this. I am enjoying looking at all the pages and can't wait until it's printed.

[carter the artist]

I really dig that one, Tea.

[Tea]

Thanks Carter. You're my new best friend!

[Ned]

Wow... That is really awesome, Tea.

[carter the artist]

It seems I'm everyone's best friend today, if you want I can hook you up with the same friendship rate, that I'm charging Ned!!

[budafist]

But they're wearing pants! :D

[Tea]

Oh crap. How much does that cost? :eek:

[budafist]

I think it's a percentage and it's an ongoing charge.

[carter the artist]

Buda is correct. :)

[Tea]

:DThanks Ned. I missed your comment before, because I was counting my change to see if I could afford Carter. I don't know if that's possible. Maybe you and I could cut the middleman and just be friends instead!:D

[panzer]

erm this was meanto be put in the gdf calendar i made abooby

[carter the artist]

lol

[mac.FINN]

that's not a booby that's a swan.

[carter the artist]

so, back to the main thread...

How many more are we still waiting on?

[budafist]

I'm waiting on 3 more.

I will PM them today and if I don't hear back after the weekend, I'm putting them back up.

[meadowyck]

Just wanted to say how wonderful the weeks are.

Now my only question is where do I go to sign up to purchase one when they are off the press and ready for sale? `8 > )

[budafist]

Thanks for your interest meadowyck, keep checking up on here - we'll be building a website for info and purchasing over the next little while.

[meadowyck]

Thanks, I will keep watching. I really have enjoyed seeing what folks have come up with.

[Tea]

I'm waiting on 3 more.

I will PM them today and if I don't hear back after the weekend, I'm putting them back up.

Did you hear from them?

[budafist]

Sorry Tea, I've left all my lists at work. I'll have to check up on everything after the weekend.

[balou]

Wanted to remind people mid-year about the charity the calendar benefits.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2474/calendarbalouwk29ue4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Danger_Mouse]

Mine was a little late...but here it is.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8135/calendarprojectdangermowj8.th.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=calendarprojectdangermowj8.jpg)

[Tea]

Those are great!

[urstwile]

Danger_Mouse, that's great! :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaoo DM thats great ... love the caption :D

["Technical" Terry]

We are still missing the following submissions:

#35 captain spanky
#39 CamarotaDesign
#44 Tyger
#50 mattmainster
#53 DesignStudio

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/Technical_Terry/GDF-quickview.jpg

[Two-Toe Tom]

i could do one over the weekend if one of those dudes decides to drop out.

[budafist]

Sure thing Tom. I'm giving the final final extensions out and then you can have one. If you had artwork ready and just have to drop in the dates, then all the better.

Who else is keen on a week if need be?

[carter the artist]

Just send me a pm, even tho I already put two in.. but If you really need some, I can come up with some quick ones. besides we could always use another piraty one.

:)

[morea]

I should have the time to do a second one.

[Two-Toe Tom]

i have an idea for a calendar page! gimme gimme gimme!

i can't sleep :(

[Red Kittie Kat]

Terry that is great! What a nice sneak peek to how great this is going to look completed :)

[Two-Toe Tom]

oooh i just had another idea! can i do two? pleeeeeease?

[Two-Toe Tom]

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2713/calendarto3.jpg

Here's mine. The text is historical events that have happened that day and famous ppl celebrating birthdays that day. hope you like!

[carter the artist]

reminds me of my design in the Specimen challenge... that's something I think you'll like Two Toe.

http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24999&highlight=specimen

[Two-Toe Tom]

ooh, there are some great entries there. thanks for the link, carter!