tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177516222024-03-07T16:36:04.931-05:00viewfinderthe filter i see thrugabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-28632612952636594032008-08-29T13:48:00.002-05:002008-08-29T13:57:36.391-05:00Hoot!!!Gotta love these guys! Hope she makes more!!<br />Click on the title to seeee......<br /><br />The artist's work can be seen at her(or his) etsy site- <a href="http://www.savageartworks.etsy.com/">http://www.savageartworks.etsy.com</a><br />awesome stuff!!gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-90841441090537176252008-06-20T04:56:00.004-05:002008-06-20T06:12:24.188-05:00screeeching halt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGZEpoqrCmX2X4uHcxHssZdF_t2p6wA1e4iuE_5o5hFDEMqWqw2YxlN0gp6JWy0ogeoe-FsR0FbKrdAnVphfMaDxcqetQvU9VboW1gu0_vfhyaHfmwHncaGWe0yKQ_t4uGBgC/s1600-h/sammy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213919649452932146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGZEpoqrCmX2X4uHcxHssZdF_t2p6wA1e4iuE_5o5hFDEMqWqw2YxlN0gp6JWy0ogeoe-FsR0FbKrdAnVphfMaDxcqetQvU9VboW1gu0_vfhyaHfmwHncaGWe0yKQ_t4uGBgC/s400/sammy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"><span style="color:#330033;">when i threw on my brakes i had no idea my gas pedal had retirement on its mind.</span> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">"too many speeding tickets," <span style="color:#330033;">it would say.</span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">"you went too fast for too long...</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">"and now we are here <em>long </em>before its time".</span></div><br /><div></div>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-27448101264625569502007-11-20T02:31:00.000-05:002007-11-20T02:54:44.998-05:00viewfinderi miss making atc's. they were a lot of fun but it aways ended up stressing me out. why? i don't know. but i'm buzzin' to get to the bottom of this brain twister. not too much makes sense anymore. fear of fear. what an oxymoron. i bounce back and forth between the macro and micro-vision of myself. and i'm not just lookin' at myself- i'm hardcore staring. the way you can't turn away from an accident...you pretend you're not lookin' while your peripheral vision gobbles up as much gorey info as it can- mumbling 'poor bastard'...or something like that.gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-33165369419592494042007-09-29T02:35:00.000-05:002007-09-29T02:48:14.387-05:00Boo!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmAZ6v5hoiiwWBqtKhptVrwwKXm0ugzR8d7TRSRP7BrEcOQkzo26EGIzrgWNOjy_9rAQ43A8u-kNFJ95Y8EL1x1zUdJFyl_b7297ZhHHZsaZN4_9mY5S7hdr714Ad_DUKmND8/s1600-h/998681-029.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115529190164291762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmAZ6v5hoiiwWBqtKhptVrwwKXm0ugzR8d7TRSRP7BrEcOQkzo26EGIzrgWNOjy_9rAQ43A8u-kNFJ95Y8EL1x1zUdJFyl_b7297ZhHHZsaZN4_9mY5S7hdr714Ad_DUKmND8/s400/998681-029.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>nope. still can't find the time or desire to get back into blogger here. spending time at flickr, as usual,- as well as vox. i prefer vox to blogger because of its connection with flickr and the fact that its quite artist friendly...and of course very easy to navigate. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>however, since this ol'blog here will pop up if perhaps an admirer or highschool buddy googles my name- i must put up a new pic and kindly ask those that seek me to proceed on to flickr...and vox..guess i should scare up that link.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>oh yeah- i should mention that i got an awesome new cam corder today- YAY!!!!!! i should ALSO mention that one can post videos to vox...;o)</div><div> </div><div>ps- this is a copyright-free image that artists may use in their collage or altered art projects. got it from Dover- the kingdom of copyright-free images! yay!!!! happy halloween!</div>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-41851999883091570752007-02-10T06:24:00.000-05:002006-12-17T02:56:55.919-05:00NEW POST!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo_6AXcjMfZrIczBGBYGpJBWCZQLQwv1O7E7ob5crc2An29LmDZOFh0XNiy1_xPAaNCesEhbM6p6IID47y6RmVdtgerzlx8BPpFwXP42IRk5KARDAlF778R0alzmXyIIlVbeX/s1600-h/scan0003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029868178569138370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="233" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo_6AXcjMfZrIczBGBYGpJBWCZQLQwv1O7E7ob5crc2An29LmDZOFh0XNiy1_xPAaNCesEhbM6p6IID47y6RmVdtgerzlx8BPpFwXP42IRk5KARDAlF778R0alzmXyIIlVbeX/s320/scan0003.jpg" width="364" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VXHZTmjIMsM25joMUgwboyrZuKkRgbzb5OGhxV1qrnrowIk0IKyv8h3SS3ytaMZ47oqSodjEbVGKSrts3kIJC_ZmVED_zFtVoqe9LdYr3UxL4KVXcQ0HrgvemapsH4BXRHIH/s1600-h/scan0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029867989590577330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 362px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px" height="242" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VXHZTmjIMsM25joMUgwboyrZuKkRgbzb5OGhxV1qrnrowIk0IKyv8h3SS3ytaMZ47oqSodjEbVGKSrts3kIJC_ZmVED_zFtVoqe9LdYr3UxL4KVXcQ0HrgvemapsH4BXRHIH/s320/scan0002.jpg" width="370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMilOuESIlEQOVDHDkT5jdN2leDnT0uoDAAX4IVeqmyL-DFFdypftayerQoIo8KCgBE-rqei9a3jNSY7zksouHfeiEl2nE3gmFL1MDFwu8E-m9OZlhZI6TwtBzwf96eEmMvkQq/s1600-h/scan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029867800612016290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 338px" height="359" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMilOuESIlEQOVDHDkT5jdN2leDnT0uoDAAX4IVeqmyL-DFFdypftayerQoIo8KCgBE-rqei9a3jNSY7zksouHfeiEl2nE3gmFL1MDFwu8E-m9OZlhZI6TwtBzwf96eEmMvkQq/s320/scan.jpg" width="229" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9wFIuIaCN0Zx2dfND8xlJh6gz2c0sRyTiisinpGKm2-9imWVVHRuD-xeQI1JbLNB5pCB4MrpXEsmZwzgk-MjunlVjLPqB37lZ7Hwx4akHqTKg4PK53TBcyi4aMyMsheVP6WG/s1600-h/scan0004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029867628813324434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 393px" height="349" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9wFIuIaCN0Zx2dfND8xlJh6gz2c0sRyTiisinpGKm2-9imWVVHRuD-xeQI1JbLNB5pCB4MrpXEsmZwzgk-MjunlVjLPqB37lZ7Hwx4akHqTKg4PK53TBcyi4aMyMsheVP6WG/s320/scan0004.jpg" width="187" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I wish I blogged more. I'm just so darn hooked on Flickr- which reminds me I need to renew my membership or all my art goes bye-bye! I'm still VERY involved with my altered books, but i recently hosted a Valentine swap for mini atc's which are a very tiny 1.5" by 2.5", but BIG FUN. So here's a sneak peek at those teeny-tiny Valentine's! I must add that i've been on my very low carb diet for almost 3 weeks now. Today i ate eggbeaters mixed with creamcheese,cinnamon, and Splenda and just a little butter and salt and tried telling myself it was cheese cake. Sound gross?? Well, when you've been as deprived as i was you'd eat it,too! heehee!</div></div></div>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-33191743215995842262006-12-12T01:02:00.000-05:002006-12-12T01:10:56.572-05:00Yay for the New Blogger Beta! Its about time!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrig8hIa3_t9XS8_uZeH0XkvbdxHT5NIrxmoo5Dq6YKKH6ccMpAm8MMSDX0hxw1dXYjlpZCT-NzpkygIeMsTR-OXFpfemvbA-8K4a3ce0qKAWoiE6mQYTCE4L04VigugXWhM5s/s1600-h/scan0013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007517977812437842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrig8hIa3_t9XS8_uZeH0XkvbdxHT5NIrxmoo5Dq6YKKH6ccMpAm8MMSDX0hxw1dXYjlpZCT-NzpkygIeMsTR-OXFpfemvbA-8K4a3ce0qKAWoiE6mQYTCE4L04VigugXWhM5s/s320/scan0013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I thought they would never change, but thank goodness everything seems to be running smoothly and everything is definitely much easier. there's a little HTML, but that's OK. i'll survive. </div><br /><p>the image is a still life i did with Prisma color pencils a few years ago. love those damn pencils!</p>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-35637703431782810082006-12-12T00:07:00.000-05:002006-12-12T00:27:41.409-05:00white-haired-love birdy's<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLSoLnVGLcL6idsdUgzkKNNvCdRzZkwN5BOrx8FJsv0Exxi8Bw6Hk6-vlmLd5ZSd6I_ZIno9cH9NyOpEbuqsawXRaB9_5_hzesNskPGXqNLD-RLDURWfj0lwCx-e961TZCHRc/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007504933996759874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLSoLnVGLcL6idsdUgzkKNNvCdRzZkwN5BOrx8FJsv0Exxi8Bw6Hk6-vlmLd5ZSd6I_ZIno9cH9NyOpEbuqsawXRaB9_5_hzesNskPGXqNLD-RLDURWfj0lwCx-e961TZCHRc/s320/scan0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotlY-Arx2zLIpqY7XtLiU3vMqDmr2aL3e2eZgZvJccNqtvNSQQd97SWuGhosrqmXrnryRS2TJ8y0qrtKRz2NN8UxZ-uuYricd0wXHV14gDWZGlsA6eHLZRNduiEZXvJqdziYC/s1600-h/scan0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007504573219506994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotlY-Arx2zLIpqY7XtLiU3vMqDmr2aL3e2eZgZvJccNqtvNSQQd97SWuGhosrqmXrnryRS2TJ8y0qrtKRz2NN8UxZ-uuYricd0wXHV14gDWZGlsA6eHLZRNduiEZXvJqdziYC/s320/scan0002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> Christmas is drawing near....het i said "drawing"..get it? <em>drawing???</em> well, i really didn't want to partake in the whole buying gifts thing, but that can get sticky, can't it? what happens when someone gives you your present and you have nothing for them? can't we all just love eachother like my white-haired-love birdy's?</div></div>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-46265095135220464242006-12-10T19:56:00.000-05:002006-12-10T20:01:51.762-05:00distant relative of a Bush??I had to try one more! In my previous post they say i look like Laura Bush. This one says i look like Sophia Bush which is her daughter(??). I don't think i wanna play this game anymore...gettin' too creepy!! could i be related??!!<br /><br /><a title="MyHeritage Celebrity Look-alikes" href="http://www.myheritage.com" target="_blank" alt="MyHeritage Celebrity Look-alikes"><img height="574" src="http://www.myheritagefiles.com/H/storage/site1/files/04/93/43/049343_921636f8cac754j0tqvs02.JPG" width="500" border="0" /></a>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-57393136212876783492006-12-10T19:07:00.000-05:002006-12-10T19:10:56.761-05:00Laura Bush is my Evil Twin!!!How funny is this?!? the first pic i tried said i looked like Dave Chapelle! Oh my Gootness!<br /><a href="http://www.myheritage.com" title="MyHeritage - photo albums with facial recognition" alt="MyHeritage - photo albums with facial recognition" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.myheritagefiles.com/H/storage/site1/files/04/80/22/048022_018589b8f9c754k5engp02.JPG" width="499" height="297" border="0" /></a>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-72771072140842579872006-12-10T00:36:00.000-05:002006-12-10T01:16:20.791-05:00Yahoo!!! i mean Google...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaoYMWFXnqH8CLFNxLvbvqzEjq-t8LU5fkXEBSiIqoWVIw1nNYm5WV-wgHUeoBH6xJz1gE_G2cm8n3THmytlH0JFUg-plHi5tuoR1QtO9OR_y3GTIIX2TRXMSP7dtlNlIk0tN/s1600-h/scan0011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5006772890870470274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaoYMWFXnqH8CLFNxLvbvqzEjq-t8LU5fkXEBSiIqoWVIw1nNYm5WV-wgHUeoBH6xJz1gE_G2cm8n3THmytlH0JFUg-plHi5tuoR1QtO9OR_y3GTIIX2TRXMSP7dtlNlIk0tN/s320/scan0011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xxK1ttyufe0_TYMV-hExbKChtM06wvmHYVXxDcmLL69h8e4IJH7ZsBUBGdCymffXqTV3lGJLNPDUHyoT9h4dZGfh6S6EFTxmqWMcEfkwdQKx4rrdMSLSjjK8nTPzWoGEW8G8/s1600-h/scan0008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5006772530093217394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xxK1ttyufe0_TYMV-hExbKChtM06wvmHYVXxDcmLL69h8e4IJH7ZsBUBGdCymffXqTV3lGJLNPDUHyoT9h4dZGfh6S6EFTxmqWMcEfkwdQKx4rrdMSLSjjK8nTPzWoGEW8G8/s320/scan0008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJT5GllE4usnB4dsKo2PfYnl7WssoWnqxKRFgfaE-Fr07XZfmChkwcVq5c8VebE12BvtlVK9vRkqEgNSB_kmTN1HtUANto_O-0-ajZ71JPZ5lRIAHRoLfS-MZT2bP0WL9u5wMu/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5006772113481389666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJT5GllE4usnB4dsKo2PfYnl7WssoWnqxKRFgfaE-Fr07XZfmChkwcVq5c8VebE12BvtlVK9vRkqEgNSB_kmTN1HtUANto_O-0-ajZ71JPZ5lRIAHRoLfS-MZT2bP0WL9u5wMu/s320/scan0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div> I can't believe Blogger finally updated their damn selves! Yay!!!! We shall see if it works out with the photo uploading...</div><div> This is a collaboration for the Library project with Brian Raszka. Brian and I sent old books that we started to alter leaving the rest for the other person. I sent him "The Wisdom of Confucious". He sent me an old vintage charm on mathematics! My fave subject! not really. </div><div> I <em>really </em>was/am not happy with what I did to the back cover here. He started it off with the image of the snake and bird which I altered beyond recognition. really. These are three of the many stages I went thru with the back cover. The present version is the one on the far left. You can see I lost the snakes tail and the clown..oh yeah and a couple small black birds- both not Brians. I love how I painted the "8" which is a cardboard stencil. The purples and deep blues look awesome in person, but over all I'm not thrilled with it. I guess I can't be thrilled with everything I make or I won't learn anything...aarrghh.</div><br /><div> I'm still having a blast with "the Library Project" on Flickr. The fun won't last forever, but when I'm done there will be something lined up waiting. With art there is always something next. Cuz creativity never ends. Thank Goodness I have a healthy hobby.</div></div></div>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1145491684617385982006-04-19T19:02:00.000-05:002006-09-25T05:54:56.853-05:00Links to my Portfolio...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/scan0007.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/scan0007.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I've decided that I'll be keeping this blog since Flickr has adopted a new policy which blocks art from public searches and searches within Flickr itself. That made me a tad nervous being that Flickr holds my portfolio. However, if you scroll down there is a link to my Flickr photo's.<br /><br />Blogger isn't necessarily set up to house a portfolio. Also, there is another link to my photo's at Flickr if you go into my profile here and click on 'My Web Page' link.<br /><br />I'll stick links everywhere if I have to! heehee! :)<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffff99;">this is a collage i did early '06 titled </span><span style="color:#ccffff;">Green.</span></strong>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1141839179990426472006-03-08T12:16:00.000-05:002006-03-08T12:33:00.026-05:00Illo: insect....eewwww!Here's an odd piece I had fun with in one of my latest altered books<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/scan0005.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/scan0005.0.jpg" border="0" /></a>. I'm submitting it to Illustration Friday for "insect". I didn't intend to turn him into an insect, but since that was this weeks theme I decided that was the direction he was going in. Now he is a bug and he seems to be happy with the choice. He seems to be big enough that the birds won't eat him. Yuck.gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1141620794373450632006-03-05T22:52:00.000-05:002006-03-05T23:53:21.856-05:00Altered Book pages 2 and 3Page 3 is on top and 2 on bottom. Its a spread I did about just a little bit of anger I have toward an ex fiance. I did the entire spread spontaneously. So I was surprised to see all the anger come out of my subconcious. I cut out random words and sentences and pasted them down quickly so that I did not have time to make decisions. Page 2 even includes his name! And the picture of the man in the center which says "the master story teller"-that's him alright. Its funny because the picture is actually of L.Ron Hubbard. I didn't realize Hubbard was a big science fiction writer before he wrote his latest novel which he turned into a religion- his religion. Sheesh! What narcissism. My ex was a narcissist. If anyone has been in a relationship with a narcissist they know what I'm talkin' about! :) Scarey stuff. We all have narcissistic qualities to one degree or another, but a <strong>real </strong>narcissist can be a <strong>very, very</strong> dangerous person. Thank God for the therapeutic value of art! Not to mention how much fun it is!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/scan0030.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/400/scan0030.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/scan0031.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/400/scan0031.jpg" border="0" /></a>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1141617129264691472006-03-05T09:55:00.000-05:002006-03-05T22:52:09.366-05:00My altered book, "Wake Up"<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/scan0032.1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/scan0032.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Aaaahhh!! Its been too long since I've posted! I've been working on an altered book called, "Wake Up". Its evolving nicely. I'm gonna post how it evolves- gotta catch up though! This is the first page...its way different now!!gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1139618640577445932006-02-10T19:40:00.000-05:002006-02-10T19:44:00.590-05:00Illo: Simple<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/birdy%20barista.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/birdy%20barista.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is my "Simple". It is 'Birdie Barista'. That's pretty simple, right??? I think he's cute.gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1139304149853792682006-02-07T03:44:00.000-05:002006-02-07T05:00:14.073-05:00Self Portrait Tuesday II: All of Me<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/deep%20introspect%20II.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 43px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 77px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="327" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/deep%20introspect%20II.jpg" width="177" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/fuzzy%20memories%20I.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/fuzzy%20memories%20I.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/introspection%20I.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/introspection%20I.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here is my second installment for Self Portrait Tuesday. I'm doing a series of this piece in which I used charcoal,pastels,graphite, and photo shop. The theme is "All of Me" so I'm focusing on my recovery from addiction. Addiction in all its ugly aspects. Actually, my last SPT submission showed my blatant addiction to icecream. This one has a little more depth....so far. It's called "Introspection I". It, obviously, involves me looking inward. It's pretty interesting cuz I've done self-portraits most of my adult life and I actually had a shrink analyze some of them. I must admit he was right on the money. I should dig some of them up to scan'em. They're pretty sad, but u can see how I start to get better as I progress on my journey to recovery/sobriety.<br />SO- on that note this introspective series will look back on the pain and joy (but MOSTLY pain) that came with attaining what seemed to be elusive: sobriety. This has definitely taken up what seems to be "all of my life" to one degree or another.Now, I'm excited about diggin up some of that past work- its been a while since I've seen it!!! Best to get it on disc anyway!<br />At this point in my sobriety I've been having a lot of sense-triggered memories that hit me at all different times and definitely <strong>too</strong> often- whether it be a smell of a laundry detergent or a certain song or a picture of someone or even a physical touch. And the memories are very strong and vivid. My pain doctor who is acting as my shrink until I get another one told me that memories that are triggered by smell are the strongest and most common. Pretty cool,huh?? I must admit that this whole remembering stuff isn't necessarily a pleasant experience so expressing and documenting it through art will help me deal with it. I'm sure the doctor will approve.:)<br /> Has anyone had a problem with blogger distorting color? It happened with my last spt submission and with one of these photo's. What is supposed to be a dark blackish color turned out to be this super neon purple....That's why I shrunk the first picture here...hee hee ha ha ho ho...gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1139134488015473192006-02-05T04:58:00.001-05:002006-02-05T05:16:42.613-05:00Illo: Chair with PJ<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/Purple%20faerie%20chair.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/Purple%20faerie%20chair.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's my watercolor, ink, and photo shop "Chair" for Illo. That's my PJ sleeping on top. He's a permanent fixture there. I'm still playing/struggling with photo shop. I got Elements 2 weeks ago and yeterday had CS2 installed. Wowzie! I REALLY want to take a course in it. Maybe I should get a book?...anybody have any tips??? Anybody know of any good instructional books for learning the lanuage Photo shop???gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1139133534732419322006-02-05T04:58:00.000-05:002006-02-05T04:58:54.776-05:00serenity garden<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29857179@N00/95358033/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/29/95358033_dabfbfdc1c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29857179@N00/95358033/">scan0005</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/29857179@N00/">Bellah</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This is a mixed media atc I made for a random swap- one of my favorites...</p>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1138962601837795932006-02-03T05:25:00.000-05:002006-02-03T05:30:01.873-05:00Illo challenge: Glamor<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/rooster%20masterpiece.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/rooster%20masterpiece.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Roosters are so darn glamorous with their big tumbling combs, silky frocks, and never-ending boa of feathers!gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1138944039257420642006-02-03T00:13:00.000-05:002006-02-03T00:20:39.270-05:00Oh...Blogger!!!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/scan0052.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/scan0052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I give up with trying to add links to my site...at least for today!!! I used to have Blogs Illustrated linked, but I changed Templates and lost everything. I tried to get 49 media linked and it ended up as posting as a post- TWICE! Html and I were friendly at one point ,but now we are strangers...<br />Here's Rooster and his birdie friend.gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1138940573535429142006-02-02T23:20:00.001-05:002006-02-02T23:22:53.546-05:0049media<a href="http://www.49media.com/groups/arts"><img height="90" src="http://www.49media.com/igroupthumb=" width="150" border="0" /></a><br />This is a group which has linked to my site and has dozens of other ubercool links....gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1138940525897270092006-02-02T23:20:00.000-05:002006-02-02T23:22:05.906-05:0049media<a href="http://www.49media.com/groups/arts"><img src="http://www.49media.com/igroupthumb="1112752762082010.gif" border="0" width="150" height="90" /></a><br />This is a group which has linked to my site and has dozens of other ubercool links....gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1138149466344610542006-01-24T19:23:00.000-05:002006-01-24T19:37:46.373-05:00Illo: cat. and last week's: e is for...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/scan0032.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/scan0032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a page out of my sketch journal. One of my favorite kitty cat artists (she's an artist that is known for her cats..she is not an actual cat..) is the folk artist Laurel Burch. She does wonderful colorful kitties- these kitties are reminiscent of her style<span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">...AND last week's Illo: e is for.... <span style="color:#000000;">I did eggs...sunny side up :)</span></span>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1137559314016754682006-01-17T23:41:00.000-05:002006-01-18T00:11:45.390-05:00self portrait tuesday-1/17/06 "teen angst and ice cream"<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/red%20hair%20puple%20glow.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/red%20hair%20puple%20glow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/spt%20II.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/spt%20II.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I've always been known to take the icecream experience to new limits. This was one of those times.<br />I'm experimenting with ways I can visually express January's version of Self Portrait Tuesday. I've started with teen angst and its effects on my hair (I'm 34 now). Bright "manic panic" red was one of my favorites. Photo shop helped recreate the color! Photo shop and I are still getting to know each other.<br />I found the hair dye in a store in the village called "manic panic" which was also the name of the dye. There were many colors, but red was my fave. Holy Crimson! I didn't know I could get more than one photo to a post! OK Blogger and I are still in the "getting to know each other" phase, too. Now I must ge back to my watercoloring and bathroom cleaning. The inlaws are coming tomorrow. <a href="http://selfportraittuesday.blogspot.com/2005/12/january-challenge-personal-history.html">self portrait tuesday: January Challenge - Personal History</a>gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17751622.post-1137507448402587752006-01-17T07:46:00.000-05:002006-01-17T09:20:06.366-05:00Self Portrait Tuesday I<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/1600/SPT%20ONE.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/498/1717/320/SPT%20ONE.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hmmm..... well, I guess this is my first Self Portrait Tuesday. This was not what I uploaded, but it is very interesting...and considering how much time it took me to find my way around Photo Shop I think I'll just leave it as is and call it a day. This is a fairly recent picture of me- a little less than a year ago. The theme for SPT is "personal history". Now that I think of it I can fiddle with it more and have a different version of it for next Tuesday.<br />I have reddish brownish hair, but as a teen I experimented with hair dye's I found in the Village(NYC) and on south street in Philly. The hair dye was called "manic panic" and came in all kinds of bright primary colors and some were actually neon. So actually the glowing purple does kind of represent the plethora of crazy colors that I put in my hair. Not to mention make up, clothes, and tinted contact lenses. The red color is photo shopped in and is actually right on the money. I wore my hair this bright red color for a couple of my teen angst driven years. What great fun it was! My friend Emily and I would take a bus to south street listening to the Sex Pistols on our boom box. Our hang outs there were the punk stores Skinz and Zipper Head. Zipper Head is still there today...I think. Skinz was my favorite. Emily and I liked the guys that worked there- Danny and Barry. I cannot believe I just remembered that. I liked Danny. He sold me the red "manic panic".<br />And then of course there is the ice cream. Ice cream and I are close. We spend a lot of time together. We are rarely apart.gabriella travalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438795489718358351noreply@blogger.com0