Post your Portrait/Bio - Come on and join the fun everyone!

[burndog]

I haven't seen this done here yet so I thought I would give it a go. It is always nice to have an image of a person to asscoiate with a username, so here goes....

Hi my name is burndog and I am a pixel addict. burndog is a nickname I have had for years.I have been addicted to pixels for about 10 years now. During the day I am a graphic artist for a small sign company that has recently gone to digital output, so my photoshopping skills are only now starting to be used at work at my present job. Most of my design work is with Vector based sign production software. Previously I worked for a photofinisher where I did a ton of photo restoration and manipulation (replacing backgrounds, adding or deleting people or objects, that type of thing.)

I am from the prairies of Canada...yup it will get cold here soon, we had a rare early snowstorm just a week ago. Heavy wet snow that took down a few large branches and made toast of most of the flowers especially the sunflowers and anything tall. The snow is all gone now of course. Normally the snow comes around halloween.

My evenings are filled with keeping the couch warm and chasing after my two kids aged 8 and 9, and playing on the computer....told you I was an addict.

Enough about me, let's see some of your ugly mugs...don't be shy:)

[calamityjane]

Well we did have the bio thing not long ago. I am 40 years old, live in south Louisiana.
I have 4 sons and one grandson.

I graduated with a degree in graphics design and programming last Thursday. I am now looking for a job. Here I am ( I am NOT responsible for damage to eyes or monitors...the FBI insists I give that disclaimer before showing my pic....)

[Silky]

This is a great idea, burndog!

Hi, my name is Silkenfairy and I'm a pixel addict! My nickname has been with me for almost the entire time that I've been "online". I'm a (recently turned) 25 year old college student (elementary education major) who is on sabatical from college at the moment. I live in the Midwest currently (soon to move to Oregon to be with my hubby...wonderful man that he is). I have very limited "photoshop" skills, but I get by using Paintshop Pro 7...and I do mean 'get by'...:) My days are filled with Pixel Addiction, my hubby, and my young nephews and niece (ages 2, 3 and 1, respectively). They may not be mine, but I spoil those little angels rotten...:) My evenings are filled with my hubby, and helping PA grow better and better. I've had the wonderful opportunity to meet some amazing people in the online community, a lot of those people are now right here with me at PA. I am lucky in that I have very loyal online friends...and hope they know that they can always count on me as well. It's the main reason we always end up in the same place.

My happiness comes from my wonderful man...my family...my love for this site and it's members...and the hope that you all know how important you are to me.

[Silky]

[QUOTE=calamityjane]Well we did have the bio thing not long ago. I am 40 years old, live in south Louisiana.
I have 4 sons and one grandson.

I graduated with a degree in graphics design and programming last Thursday. I am now looking for a job. Here I am ( I am NOT responsible for damage to eyes or monitors...the FBI insists I give that disclaimer before showing my pic....)[/QUOTE]

Damn CJ...you're 40??!?!?! You're hot, woman!! :)

[Scott]

I'm a munchkin from the land of Gnome. I smell like appricots and if you get too close to my bridge I'll suck the cartilidge out of your knee caps and cook it over an open flame to make Geldegrat, a delicacy in Gnome. Tastes kinda like chicken.

On my fourth birthday (that's 15 in human years) I was granted Hebrounds which is kind of like a driver's license for talking. It lets you speak all you want. I quickly used up all my priveledges and the Hebrouds was reolked leaving me unable to speak. Since that time my only form of communication is through typing or image enditing. I learned to draw rapidly in order to keep a conversation going. People in Gnome don't like to wait around for responses.

At the age of 10 my personality split. It hurt a lot. Kind of like lopping off a finger I suppose. There was no blood but man, the screaming was intense. My main personality returned to my birthplace in Gnome, Tuckersvana. A joyous place full of beer, ladies, and nicotine. While the sub-personality went on to college and grew up in a place called Colorado. Later it moved to the west coast of the US for a simple change. Oregon to be specific.

This subpersonality has been creating graphics and illustrations for nearly 16 years now. Ranging from simple newspaper advertisements to billboards, magazines, and corporate identity packages. He's been using Photoshop since version 2.0.7 and Illustrator since version 88 and, in all honesty, prefers working with Illustrator and vector art much more than pixel based applications. Recently he's been published in sbs Digital Design magazine and Illustrator CS Killer Tips. Slowly but surely he's working on that illustration career while paying bills through an in-house design position and freelance design work. He and his wife built this site because they wanted a fun place to play without fear of persecution (nuff said about that).

Here's a picture of both halves of us.

[calamityjane]

LOL I wish and yes I'm 40.

And you are gorgeous by the way

[Silky]

[QUOTE=calamityjane]LOL I wish and yes I'm 40.

And you are gorgeous by the way[/QUOTE]

Awww...thank you. As you can see from my significant other's post...he got all the looks in the family...:D

[Scott]

Yeah.. riiiight I'm the hottie!!!! suuuuuuuure

[calamityjane]

You are both adorable and special people to boot. I feel lucky to have found you both

[PDG]

Hello I'm living in North Miami Beach, Florida. I started reading drawing as a kid (because of those damn comics) and never stopped. I moved from pencils, to inks, to airbrushing and eventually to Photoshop and Illustrator. I love all things art, photography. I've produced ads for Ocean Drive Magazine the MTV Music awards and other more boring stuff. :. Useless fact: I possess nearly 8 different technology certifications ranging from CompTIA to Microsoft and Cisco. Boring, huh?

[PDG]

[QUOTE=calamityjane]
I graduated with a degree in graphics design and programming last Thursday. I am now looking for a job.[/QUOTE]

CONGRATULATIONS! :wave: That is a tremendous achievement!

[Silky]

Ooooooo....seems all our PA guys are hotties! :)

[PDG]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]Ooooooo....seems all our PA guys are hotties! :)[/QUOTE]

Look who's talking!

\me shuts up before Jolt sends a superhuman punch! :gavel:

[calamityjane]

Thank you Jesus, it was hard work but I waited ALOT of years to get to go back to school (until my children got older).


I agree Silky they are all hotties!!!

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]Ooooooo....seems all our PA guys are hotties! :)[/QUOTE]You'll eat your words when I post my picture (later today, so take warning!)

[TrinityOfOne]

Hi, my name's Candice, I'm a pole dancer and enjoy full contact knitting......umm, no..hang on..wrong memory...


My name's Trinity-of-One, well, no, it's not, can you imagine the teasing I would have got in school if it was, eh? No, it's a nickname, one I conjured up when I first started doing serious Photoshop contests, before that, I had many, many aliases.

I'm 36 and live in Lewes, England. I'm an ICT support analyst with aspirations of becoming a freelance Photoshop artist one day. I have a son, Josh, who's nearly 11 and live with my beautiful wife Jewel (who will return to PA, one day) and her daughter Elise.

I have virtually no traditional artistic talent but have found my niche with image montage/editing. I've been swapping people's heads, etc. for a few years now - some people actually tell me I'm quite good at it but I'm going to have to stop them, it's costing me a fortune. I'm also a keen, though not necessarily good, digital photographer.

I've known Silk and Jolt for about a year and was invited over to PixelAddiction when it was in its infancy. I've seen the site go through many changes to arrive at what we have now. I do not intend on going anywhere else!

Well, that about wraps it up, apart from the mug-shot, which, I might add, is posted under extreme duress :D

[PDG]

Another long-hair club member :D :D I won't cut mine *ever*!

[Raphael]

Hello,

My name is Andrew, I live in Sheffield, Britain. I am 33 years old, a Print style Mac Artworker by profession (I used to be a Studio/Production Manager but couldn't do with the politics and paperwork and decide to get back to getting my hands dirty. Also found an artwork job closer to home that paid more;) always helps.)

In my spare time I'm a Digital Artist (yeah right, believe your own press etc) I knock out pictures of things I WANT to paint not that I'm told to. Every now and then someone contacts me to paint a picture for them and then go away again when I explain that painting digitally takes just as long as painting traditionally and the prices are similar. Doh!

I've been using Photoshop since v.2.0.3 on Mac II's Along with QuarkXPress 2 and ALDUS Freehand 3 (Switched over to Illustrator at v.6 and not looked back since).

I live with my beautiful fiance Rachel who's an e-communications Manager for learndirect (Government learning initiative) or "web-head".

I have a wonderful 3 yo son Connor and Rach has a wonderful 2.5 yo daughter Kate, these two pretty much take up ALL our time, money etc. (and yes we do get funny 'How'd they manage that' looks from people when we're all out together.)

The shot is from about 3 month's ago at the beach.

[Raphael]

Oh, and Jesus,

I used to say that when I had long hair...

...when I had hair :sob:

[PDG]

lol...I LOVE the purple sunglasses. A true classic :cool2:

[Dave]

Blue skies in Sheffield?

Me thinks you've chopped that photo young Mr Raphael :)

[Raphael]

Moi? no, never.

No need to, (well maybe duped to a couple of Overlay layers LOL) trip to Mablethorpe beach one day. One of those; decide to go, 3 hour drive there, 2 hours chilling on an empty beach in the sun, 3 hour drive home; just for the hell of it things.

Was raining when we arrived and cleared up to a spectacular day within 10 mins.

Photo taken with a disposable camera bought while we were there.

Right then David? where's yours?

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Raphael]Moi? no, never.

No need to, (well maybe duped to a couple of Overlay layers LOL) trip to Mablethorpe beach one day. One of those; decide to go, 3 hour drive there, 2 hours chilling on an empty beach in the sun, 3 hour drive home; just for the hell of it things.

Was raining when we arrived and cleared up to a spectacular day within 10 mins.

Photo taken with a disposable camera bought while we were there.

Right then David? where's yours?[/QUOTE]At home :)

Went to Mablethorpe with my (then) girlfriend and her family way back when we were unfettered and happy .... trying to remember the highlights of that memorable week .... sadly none are repeatable :)

[Raphael]

Just noticed...

Trin, you MUST grow a Goatee, looks like it's mandatory round here ;)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Raphael]Just noticed...

Trin, you MUST grow a Goatee, looks like it's mandatory round here ;)[/QUOTE]

If I have any say at all...it SHOULD be mandatory...:D

[Dave]

There's a nice goatie in the OoB contest :)

[Dave]

Okay you asked for it, this is my picture. It was taken at the castle/church/prison in the middle of Lancaster (a town in the north of England just outside the Lake District where we had an autumn break about two years back) at the top of one of the steepest town hills I've ever had true pain in climbing up. It was painful because I was in need of some heart surgery at the time and severe, well I say severe almost anything beyond gentle exercise was difficult for me then. Thankfully after the surgery I was as right as one could be having bits of metal rammed into ones arteries by a raging sadist that called himself a doctor .... :) Just keep on taking the tablets.

Any questions? I just might answer them.

Sorry Sil I don't have a goatee or whiskers or anything .... hope you still like me a little bit :)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Dave]Okay you asked for it, this is my picture. It was taken at the castle/church/prison in the middle of Lancaster (a town in the north of England just outside the Lake District where we had an autumn break about two years back) at the top of one of the steepest town hills I've ever had true pain in climbing up. It was painful because I was in need of some heart surgery at the time and severe, well I say severe almost anything beyond gentle exercise was difficult for me then. Thankfully after the surgery I was as right as one could be having bits of metal rammed into ones arteries by a raging sadist that called himself a doctor .... :) Just keep on taking the tablets.

Any questions? I just might answer them.

Sorry Sil I don't have a goatee or whiskers or anything .... hope you still like me a little bit :)[/QUOTE]

How can I like a man who has better boobs than I do? ;)

[Raphael]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]How can I like a man who has better boobs than I do? ;)[/QUOTE]

Why do I doubt that? Jolt, witness statement please!

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]How can I like a man who has better boobs than I do? ;)[/QUOTE]
Why have you had yours chopped o..... ;)

[blix]

Ok guys. I can't just post a pic of myself and not include my family. My wife and my 5-month-old son are my world. (Do I hear a collective, "aaaaawwwwwww") :)

Bio time:

Real name is Leon.
I'm 27.
Goatee Status: Impossible

Believe it or not, I was raised on Fixer and Hypo-Clear fumes in the basement of a haunted building. Yes, I really used to develop my own film and print by hand. Hard to believe for a young buck like myself, I know. I was a news photographer and that's what I had to do.

From the moment I saw Photoshop, I was infatuated. Years later I ended up working in a camera store/lab and had a chance to use Photoshop daily. After 4 years I came to my current lab where I do portrait retouching, restorations, and wedding album design. My wife and I shoot weddings on the side.

While I am a total geek, love tweaking computers, images and staring at status bars, I do love the outdoors. My wife and I hike, bike, camp, swim, surf, climb, and run together when we can -although that is a lot harder to do with the Baby Boy.

My avatar is a reflection on my love of music. It doesn't matter to me what it is, I just love music. Acoustic to electronic. Although to get me through the work day, my recipe is green tea and drum&bass. My forum name has nothing to do with Hans Blix. I just stole it from him because I wanted a single syllable name that could have come from The Matrix.

Thanks to burndog for starting this thread. I was thinking of doing the same thing, but didn't have the guts! I'm glad to put faces with these posts. You all keep me company while "The Man" has got me slaving over this keyboard all day.

Back to work for me!

-B

[Silky]

Wow, Blix...you're entire family (you included) is adorable! And you'll get an awwwww from me! Your son is absolutely precious!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

[Raphael]

aww, issn ee an ickle cootie den? wass da ickle fella called den? Oh yeah Leon, you said. And the name of the child and mother would be..?

[blix]

Thanks you guys! He is such a joy!

I am: Leon
Wife: Crystal
Baby: Micah

[Raphael]

Well say hello from us wont you.

And Dave, that photo is a total cop out get a proper shot up here. ;)

[blix]

[QUOTE=Raphael]Well say hello from us wont you.
[/QUOTE]

You got it!

[QUOTE=Raphael]And Dave, that photo is a total cop out get a proper shot up here. ;)[/QUOTE]

I totally agree! (Just as long as it's not his butt crack!)

-B

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Raphael]Well say hello from us wont you.

And Dave, that photo is a total cop out get a proper shot up here. ;)[/QUOTE]All the others I have are much older and really poor even by comparison with that (taken by my son I might add)

How about this .... taken way back in 1957

My sister Teresa in the pram (b. Dec 1955), elder brother James (b.July 1952) at the hood end of the pram, me in the middle (b. Aug 1953) and my younger brother Tony (b Aug 1954) at the handle end.

[blix]

BTW-

[QUOTE=calamityjane]I am 40 years old...[/QUOTE]

There's no way you look 40. You look fresh outta college if you ask me!

-B

[PDG]

[QUOTE=blix]Ok guys. I can't just post a pic of myself and not include my family. My wife and my 5-month-old son are my world. (Do I hear a collective, "aaaaawwwwwww") :)
[/QUOTE]

Those photos are fantastic! And the baby *is* adorable. And trust me, I would let ya know if he wasn't. :gavel: lol

[blix]

[QUOTE=PDG]Those photos are fantastic! And the baby *is* adorable. And trust me, I would let ya know if he wasn't. :gavel: lol[/QUOTE]

Thank you PDG! We thought about taking him to Hollywood to make some college money, but then we decided we wanted him to have a normal life.

...think Olsen twins...

-B

[PDG]

[QUOTE=blix]Thank you PDG! We thought about taking him to Hollywood to make some college money, but then we decided we wanted him to have a normal life.

...think Olsen twins...

-B[/QUOTE]

Olsen twins are ok in their sweet anorexic way. It's Gary Coleman I fear :D

[PDG]

[QUOTE=blix]Thank you PDG! We thought about taking him to Hollywood to make some college money, but then we decided we wanted him to have a normal life.

...think Olsen twins...

-B[/QUOTE]

Olsen twins are ok in their sweet anorexic way (even though I thought they were kinda ugly as kids...sorry). It's Gary Coleman I truly fear :D

[calamityjane]

[QUOTE=blix]BTW-



There's no way you look 40. You look fresh outta college if you ask me!

-B[/QUOTE]
LOL I AM fresh out of college but I am ALSO 40 years old with 4 sons (22,18, 16, and 11) and an 18 month old grandson who is my world.

My name is Auburn by the way. And since everyone else is THIS is Dylan...

[PDG]

That 2nd photo is adorable! The boots and expression are priceless.

[calamityjane]

I LOVE that photo of him, funny thing is I have a picture of his daddy in the EXACT same way with the EXACT same expression.

[fray]

Hiya...

Ok, I'm game!

My name is Matt, I live in Westminster, California. (south of Los Angeles)
I've been doing graphics for 16 years and only in the last 3-4 have I been able to learn and be as creative as I should have been doing earlier. :]
I'm also working on my first webpage. (weeee!)

Here's me at 7 (snappy dresser, I know you are all jealous); me and my fiancÈ (as of yesterday!); and me at last year's Halloween.

[Silky]

Great pictures, fray! Your fiance is lovely...and you, you just make the "all PA guys are hot" statement hold true (even as the great pumpkin)...:D

BTW...you've been missed around here the last few days!

[fray]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]
BTW...you've been missed around here the last few days![/QUOTE]

Aww.. thanks babe!

I've been at my girl's place and without a comp.
(sometimes it's been kind of tough not having internet access...) ;]

[Silky]

[QUOTE=fray]Aww.. thanks babe!

I've been at my girl's place and without a comp.
(sometimes it's been kind of tough not having internet access...) ;][/QUOTE]

You were at your woman's place...you're excused...:)

BTW...a big Congratulations to you!! :)

[burndog]

[QUOTE=Dave]All the others I have are much older and really poor even by comparison with that (taken by my son I might add)

How about this .... taken way back in 1957

My sister Teresa in the pram (b. Dec 1955), elder brother James (b.July 1952) at the hood end of the pram, me in the middle (b. Aug 1953) and my younger brother Tony (b Aug 1954) at the handle end.[/QUOTE]
Woo..Hoo! I am not the oldest fart here, Thanks dave...I mean Sir (respect your elders right?)I was worried for a while, I was born in Nov 55...Love your sense of humour Dave, your first portrait is priceless.

[burndog]

Great looking family Blix, and you and your wife look so rested, quite a feat for new parents... I was one of the collective awwwww. Li'l Micah is absolutely adorable.

[burndog]

[QUOTE=calamityjane]Well we did have the bio thing not long ago. I am 40 years old, live in south Louisiana.
I have 4 sons and one grandson.

I graduated with a degree in graphics design and programming last Thursday. I am now looking for a job. Here I am ( I am NOT responsible for damage to eyes or monitors...the FBI insists I give that disclaimer before showing my pic....)[/QUOTE]
a southern belle...love those accents...you must be the hottest granny around. I hope to be a grandpa someday, but it is going to be a wait as I started pretty late.A big congrats to you CJ on your graduation, I guess now comes the toughest or at least the most stressfull part, the best of luck in finding the job of your dreams.

[Silky]

[QUOTE=calamityjane]LOL I AM fresh out of college but I am ALSO 40 years old with 4 sons (22,18, 16, and 11) and an 18 month old grandson who is my world.

My name is Auburn by the way. And since everyone else is THIS is Dylan...[/QUOTE]

CJ, he is absolutely precious!!

[Maiden]

[QUOTE=TrinityOfOne]Hi, my name's Candice, I'm a pole dancer and enjoy full contact knitting......umm, no..hang on..wrong memory...

Well, that about wraps it up, apart from the mug-shot, which, I might add, is posted under extreme duress :D[/QUOTE]

He really is a pole dancer ;)

[Maiden]

Hi ya...I'm a Pixel Addict from the Land Down Under...41 yrs old...argh! Love to PS, self taught...up to 2 yrs ago I couldn't go near a PC for fear of blowing it up lol....I am a single mum of a beautiful 3 yr old that sure keeps me busy & has learnt where the off button is on my computer already ;)

Hmmmm I'll leave it at that, not really good at this stuff.

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Maiden]Hi ya...I'm a Pixel Addict from the Land Down Under...41 yrs old...argh! Love to PS, self taught...up to 2 yrs ago I couldn't go near a PC for fear of blowing it up lol....I am a single mum of a beautiful 3 yr old that sure keeps me busy & has learnt where the off button is on my computer already ;)

Hmmmm I'll leave it at that, not really good at this stuff.[/QUOTE]Two real Aussie beauts if ever there were :)

[Raphael]

Fray,

dude! congrats to you both fella.

nice one!

:bounce: :booty: :cheers:

[blix]

Wow, this has been the most successful "post your pic/bio" thread I've seen yet! So many posts to keep up with!

[QUOTE=PDG]Olsen twins are ok in their sweet anorexic way. It's Gary Coleman I fear :D[/QUOTE]

You're right, Coleman is in sad, sad shape. Poor kid.

[QUOTE=calamityjane]LOL I AM fresh out of college but I am ALSO 40 years old with 4 sons (22,18, 16, and 11) and an 18 month old grandson who is my world. My name is Auburn by the way. And since everyone else is THIS is Dylan...[/QUOTE]

So I guess the fountain of youth is COLLEGE(?) of all things! Dylan is so cute! Those boots! LOL

[QUOTE=fray]
Here's me at 7 (snappy dresser, I know you are all jealous); me and my fiancÈ (as of yesterday!); and me at last year's Halloween.[/QUOTE]

You say "as of yesterday..." Does that mean she's one of those volatile people where it's bliss today, she hates you tomorrow? Or does that mean that you just dropped to one knee and proposed? LOL! Congrats, my friend!!!

[QUOTE=fray]
...(sometimes it's been kind of tough not having internet access...) ;][/QUOTE]

Wait a second... I've forgotten what that feels like! AAAAHHHH! "kind of tough?" Now THAT'S roughing it!

[QUOTE=burndog]Great looking family Blix, and you and your wife look so rested, quite a feat for new parents... I was one of the collective awwwww. Li'l Micah is absolutely adorable.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, Burndog! We have been so blessed with this kid! He started sleeping through the night at TWO MONTHS!!! It's been so great! He'll go anywhere, go to anyone. He's so mellow.

[QUOTE=Maiden]He really is a pole dancer ;)[/QUOTE]

Maiden- That's so interesting... putting Trin's face on your body. ...hm.

So your avatar is really you! COOL! Are you some kind of Aussie movie star?

-B

[fray]

It's great to see everyone so that I have a face to work with.

Blix - yeah, that means that I proposed on one knee on Monday... hehehe
We even got a pic of us in a Disney photo-booth to mark the big event. (I had forgotten my camera at home...)

[Maiden]

[QUOTE=blix]

Maiden- That's so interesting... putting Trin's face on your body. ...hm.

So your avatar is really you! COOL! Are you some kind of Aussie movie star?

-B[/QUOTE]
'Fraid to say Blix...not my bod but the face in my av is mine :)

Ty Dave, always the English gentleman.

[Maiden]

[QUOTE=calamityjane]LOL I AM fresh out of college but I am ALSO 40 years old with 4 sons (22,18, 16, and 11) and an 18 month old grandson who is my world.

My name is Auburn by the way. And since everyone else is THIS is Dylan...[/QUOTE]

Hi ya Auburn...nice ta meet ya, I'm Kellie & watta QT for a Grandson...I've gotta long way to go b4 I get my g/kids. :)

[blix]

OK people! Stick 'em up!

Let's not lose our momentum here! It looks like there are over 120 members of PA. Grab those snapshots and upload 'em. We've got a ways to go!

-B

[Siouxie]

so ok it¥s my turn now :)

So its my turn now

My RL name is Alice and i¥m 33 now (still don¥t feel like that). I¥m working as a Webdesigner (and a little bit of coding) and Print Gfx in an e-business company here in Vienna/Austria/Europe.

I¥m not married, but i have a boyfriend named Chris since 7 years. We have 2 wonderfull sons, the older one is 6 called Leroy Sullivan and the younger one is getting 4 in September and is called Justin Jared.

I¥m born in Vienna and except of a 1/2 year trip to the USA, i¥ve been living my whole life here.

I have got 2 cats, black persians, and i love them, because i helped their mother when they were born, so i know them from the first second of their life

so thats me and my sons :) and on the other one my boyfriend and our sons :)

[blix]

Siouxie!

So my opponent is revealed!

Dang, those kids are cute! You look like a very happy mommy.

(Good thing they've got Chris around. He looks pretty tuff. I'd hate to meet him in a Cage Match!)

-B

[Siouxie]

*G* he is not so tuff as he looks like :)
and he is more the clanlayout designer that the artistic guy

[Dave]

Hi Siouxie, nice to "meet" you and your family .... I can see the boys got their good looks from their mom :)

Sorry Chris .... the beers are on me if you ever come over to England.

[Siouxie]

*G* i think he would prefer some red wine :) and i will tell him that you wait for him :D

[Maiden]

G'day Siouxie/Alice...finally nice to see you & your family...lovely kids...boys are so kool, my girl is a tom-boy & doesn't like dolls one bit..& always her legs have bruises on them...kids are such fun.

[Taz]

Here my ugly mug, complete with kung-fu eyebrow action!

Now with Bio!

I was born at a very young age, and have grown constantly for 30 years. Thankfully my growth has stopped around 6'2", but my hair stopped growing at 6'1/2", hence the baldness. I shave my head to diminish the baldness, and to try and hang on to my youth as much as possible. I've been happily married for 5 years, and unhappily for 1. Just kidding. We just had our 6th year anniversary, and it just keeps getting better. We don't have any kids yet, but we have 2 dogs and 5 cats (one of whom has been missing for a month :( ). I work as a quality analyst for a computer call center, and my wife's a teacher. I've been photoshopping for about 2 1/2 years now, mostly at 'the other place'. I like entering contests here because my odds of winning are actually high with so little entries. But that will probably change soon enough, and I'll go back into hiding. That's about it for now, I'll keep you updated if anything interesting happens in my life.

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Taz]Here my ugly mug, complete with kung-fu eyebrow action![/QUOTE]

Okay, so where's your bio, hmmmmm? Come on...inquiring minds wanna know the real Taz! :)

EDIT: Thanks for the added bio, Taz...:)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Maiden]Hi ya...I'm a Pixel Addict from the Land Down Under...41 yrs old...argh! Love to PS, self taught...up to 2 yrs ago I couldn't go near a PC for fear of blowing it up lol....I am a single mum of a beautiful 3 yr old that sure keeps me busy & has learnt where the off button is on my computer already ;)

Hmmmm I'll leave it at that, not really good at this stuff.[/QUOTE]

A pair of blonde beauties for sure....your daughter looks SOOOO much like you! :)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Siouxie]so ok it¥s my turn now :)

So its my turn now

My RL name is Alice and i¥m 33 now (still don¥t feel like that). I¥m working as a Webdesigner (and a little bit of coding) and Print Gfx in an e-business company here in Vienna/Austria/Europe.

I¥m not married, but i have a boyfriend named Chris since 7 years. We have 2 wonderfull sons, the older one is 6 called Leroy Sullivan and the younger one is getting 4 in September and is called Justin Jared.

I¥m born in Vienna and except of a 1/2 year trip to the USA, i¥ve been living my whole life here.

I have got 2 cats, black persians, and i love them, because i helped their mother when they were born, so i know them from the first second of their life

so thats me and my sons :) and on the other one my boyfriend and our sons :)[/QUOTE]


Beautiful family, Siouxie!! :)

[calamityjane]

This was a great idea its nice getting to see everyone and learn about them.

[Dave]

[QUOTE=calamityjane]This was a great idea its nice getting to see everyone and learn about them.[/QUOTE]
Hey beautiful did I tell you WOW! :)

[blix]

Taz! sweet bio, man! Glad to meet you. I definitely agree: Gonzo just wasn't workin' for ya!

-B

[calamityjane]

LOL AWWW How sweet and what a good liar you are. But Thanks anyway.

[Taz]

[QUOTE=Jolt]
On my fourth birthday (that's 15 in human years) I was granted Hebrounds which is kind of like a driver's license for talking. it lets you speak all you want. i quickly used up all my priveledges and the Hebrouds was reolked leaving me unable to speak. Since that time my only form of communication is through typing or image enditing. I learned to draw rapidly in order to keep a conversation going. People in Gnome don't like to wait around for responses.
[/QUOTE]

Jeez, you'd think you would have mastered it by now....


/me runs away

[Scott]

yeah well.. humanese isn't my first language.

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Jolt]yeah well.. humanese isn't my first language.[/QUOTE]Just checking are you an Oregano an Oregonite or an Oregonian?

Pizza anyone? :)

[TrinityOfOne]

Jolt, did you draw the frames for your avatar? /hijack

[Scott]

I manipulated the avatar frames... :) There was a little drawing. The fairy is completely drawn.. the overall action was courtesy of alexrossart.com

[burndog]

[QUOTE=Taz]... I like entering contests here because my odds of winning are actually high with so little entries. But that will probably change soon enough, and I'll go back into hiding. [/QUOTE]

Hey Taz glad you made the migration, and about the above...still not easy, these guys learn quick

[Mswings]

WOW Some great BIOS!

I don't feel like the oldest person here anymore. :) My name is Karen. I have been MsWings since I started on the internet about 8-10 yrs ago. I used to own an Angel shop, so that is how I got my name. Had customers to come in and call me MsWings...so it stuck.
I am in my 40's, divorced for 12 yrs. And just haven't found the man of my dreams yet.
I know he is out there somewhere. LOL I was born in Kentucky. Moved to South Carolina at age 16, and have been here since. I love it. Only an hour away from the mountains, and a few hours from the beaches.
I have a daughter, Melissa, married and having a baby in March. I have a son, Josh, who just recently graduated from college, is a project engineer, and getting married this May.
One pic is of my son and daughter at his graduation celebration. The other one is of Josh, Jordain (his fiance) and one of my favorite nieces...Abby.

Then this is a pic of me as a child and a pic of me now. (Hope it didn't scare you)

I have been a member of PA long before it was opened for business. Was invited by TinCupid. A great dear friend of mine. (Yes, he is in SC too) I am still learning so much from here. I enjoy the forums and tutorials, contests, and meeting so many new people. Unfortunately, I have had a back problem that has restricted me from sitting to long and haven't been able to be here much. And I sure have missed being here too. But I will be back and I hope able to complete in the contests again and work on more pics using the tutorials. And thanks to all of you who have put so much time into those tutorials for us. Great way to learn.

This is a great place to be. I have missed you guys so much. :sob:
Yes, even Daves' butt. :)

[Dave]

Nice to "meet" you MsWings .....

and now, some more of my butt :)

[PDG]

[QUOTE=Mswings] Only an hour away from the mountains, and a few hours from the beaches. [/QUOTE]

Mountains? That are those? :D All I have are beaches and luckily it's a 20 minute walk away....:cool2: But I would kill for some mountains. We climb plastic rocks in air conditioned rooms instead. Not quite the same.

[sPECtre]

Hello, I'm fairly new here... I know Jolt from at least two other places...

I'm a photoshopaholic from Belgium, born 29 years ago...

I usually listen to electronic/industrial music
here is a picture with the mandatory goatee...

[Maiden]

Nice bio MsWings & lovley family, I too like PDG am near the water, but the mountains aren't that far away either to run away to :P

G'day sPECtre nice ta meet you :D

[Dave]

Hi SPECtre .... shouldn't your name be Phil rather than Pierre?

LOL

Welcome to [pa] I trust you will like what we have on offer.

[TrinityOfOne]

You're showing your age Dave :)

[sPECtre]

Phil??? Phil spector?

[bigcloud]

So, I guess this is as good a time as any to introduce myself.... and my goatee. A recent picture from atop Paintbrush Divide, Grand Teton National Forest.

I'm a total PS addict. Although I do dabble in other Adobe delights from time to time. Busy spending my time learning about PHP and MySQL lately.

[Silky]

Nice to put a face with the name, big cloud! The view behind you looks amazing!! I hope we'll get a chance to see some of your PS dabbling in our contests really soon!

[Maiden]

Hiya BigCloud...nice to see/meet you, as Sil said amazing view! :)

[PDG]

[QUOTE=Maiden]'...but the face in my av is mine :)
[/QUOTE]

For some reason, I always thought that was a close up of Anry's paintings (http://www.anry.ru/rus/gallery/archive.htm). Looks great I must say. Didja do it yourself?

[PDG]

[QUOTE=bigcloud]So, I guess this is as good a time as any to introduce myself.... and my goatee. A recent picture from atop Paintbrush Divide, Grand Teton National Forest.

I'm a total PS addict. Although I do dabble in other Adobe delights from time to time. Busy spending my time learning about PHP and MySQL lately.[/QUOTE]

Welcome BigCloud! Did you chop that "PaintBrush Divide" in there? 'Cuz that is too cool!

[Dave]

Hi Bigcloud!

Welcome onboard.

[TrinityOfOne]

I forsee a new series of 'Tourist Guy' :)

Welcome to PA BigCloud.

[Raphael]

Hiya Big guy, good to see ya. :dance:

[swillox]

Welcome 2 in 1

--> sPECtre (chouette un belge,... moi aussi !).

--> Bigcloud (do you now Sunrise ? she's also new).

[sPECtre]

Salut, swillox! d'ou es-tu? moi du Hainaut, mais je suis né à Malmedy...

Hello, Bigcloud, how are you doing, stranger? ;)

How many PSTers are here?

[swillox]

Charleroi, mais Bruxellois d'origine.

Tu crois qu'on peux continuer en franÁais ? (pas trËs fair-play pour les autres ici et les admins insiste ÈnormÈment l‡ dessus).

Sinon tu peux m'envoyer tes mails en PRIVATE MESSAGE

d'o? connais-tu Pixeladdiction ?

Je suis assez rÈcent ici aussi.

A+ en Anglais dans les Threads pour moi.

AND HERE THE SUBERB GOOGLE TRANSLATION MACHINE FOR THE OTHERS:

Charleroi, but Of Brussels of origin. You believe that one can continue in French? (not very fair-play for the others here and the admins insists enormously there above). If not you your malls in PRIVATE MESSAGE to me from where do you know can send Pixeladdiction? I am rather recent here too. English A+ in Threads for me.

LOL.

[Siouxie]

aaaaaaahhhhh i never learnt this language so pls leave it just to english :)

and a hiho to everyone new here and welcome to the best site in the whole wide world :D

[Raphael]

[QUOTE=sPECtre]How many PSTers are here?[/QUOTE]

LOL, There's, You, me, Scott, Fray, WhiteMouse and BigCloud. BabbleGrabble and Ammar have popped in and I think there's a couple others but I'm not sure. It's fun here, gives you chance to play and hone skills at the same time. You entering any contests Pierre?

[bigcloud]

Thanks for the warm and friendly welcome. Nice to see some familiar faces as well. Looks like a great community!

[QUOTE=sPECtre]...How many PSTers are here?[/QUOTE]

Possible withdrawal, maybe? :)

[Maiden]

[QUOTE=PDG]For some reason, I always thought that was a close up of Anry's paintings (http://www.anry.ru/rus/gallery/archive.htm). Looks great I must say. Didja do it yourself?[/QUOTE]

It is one of Royo's paintings. The chop was done by another Pixel addict which goes by the name Bruceleroy, it is my fav of many he has done of myself. You can see the full version here :)

http://img51.exs.cx/img51/6003/maiden_poster.jpg

I have seen Anry's gallery before but always nice to revisit such beautiful work. This is the one I have liked the most for awhile now. :D

http://www.anry.ru/gallery/i%60m_home/i%60m_home_rus.htm

[blix]

BIGCLOUD!!! Another hiker! Sweet!

Welcome to the Photoshop base camp. Pull up a stump and stay awhile.

Looks like there's some kind of exodus from another community? You'll like it here.

sPECtre- welcome aboard, fellow bass head!

-B

[Scott]

Seems the link at PST did a lot of good :)

Glad you've all popped in :)

[Silky]

Maybe we should arrange a Cage Match between the PST'ers and the ex-W****ers...:D

[TrinityOfOne]

Now there's an idea!!

[fray]

[QUOTE=Raphael]LOL, There's, You, me, Scott, Fray, WhiteMouse and BigCloud. BabbleGrabble and Ammar have popped in and I think there's a couple others but I'm not sure.[/QUOTE]


...yeah, there are a couple others too that I know of, but I won't 'out' them yet... ;]

[sPECtre]

Raphael, I'll tell you later, as I don't want to break any rules... ;)

[burndog]

Hi to everyone I have missed welcoming or saying hi to, this thread is a bit hard to keep up with, but with a bit of practise I should have a face to put to most of you. Nice to see the community growing.

[Silky]

[QUOTE=burndog]Hi to everyone I have missed welcoming or saying hi to, this thread is a bit hard to keep up with, but with a bit of practise I should have a face to put to most of you. Nice to see the community growing.[/QUOTE]

You should be proud, burndog...this is by far the most successful...and largest...thread on the site. :)

[blix]

hooray for burndog!!!

[Happy]

Hi Everyone. Sorry to for the delay in posting. I've just returned from vacation and all. So you want to know a little about me?

I've been photoshopping close to two years now, though I have been creative most my life - just not in the digital world. I enjoy oil/acrylic painting, sewing, drawing, and anything else that will keep my hands busy. Though I have sold some of my artwork, it is mostly done as a hobby. I've found once money becomes involved some of the pleasure disappears. I've also been getting more involved with photography and the digital darkroom.

I am a secretary employed at an ivy-league university. Our department works with the international graduate students helping them improve their spoken English and prepare them for becoming teaching assistants. I have said it many times but it is worth repeating. I love my job. I enjoy meeting the incoming students and their wonderful, different personalities and cultures.

I'm 45 years old and have a daughter who recently turned 24. From time to time you may hear me refer to her as 'Brat' but that is definitely a term of endearment. I've been divorced for about three years. That won't last for long since I am engaged to a wonderful man.

I am extremely happy to be part of this community and look forward to getting to know everyone in this new family.

[fray]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]...and largest...thread on the site. :)[/QUOTE]


...so...

...um...

<insert 'size matters' joke here>


hehehe


<Slips out the back door.>

:]

[Dave]

Hi Happy, nice piccy, nice bio ...... good to meet you :)

[Maiden]

G'day girl...nice ta see ya ;)

[Twistedcliffdog]

I feel VERY young now.
I am 15 years old, obviously i dont work, but i am going to become a 3D game designer, i have been doing stuff with photoshop for about 5 months alotgether, and i got illustrator a couple of days ago, so i dunno anything about it.

I enjoy playing ALOT of comp games, and some online text based games, i also like painting WH40K(chaos, orks and tyranids if anyone else here plays) and i skateboard alot.

i didnt bother uploading a pic, as i had one on the web so i just post the link

http://www.home.no/sup4ever/pic.JPG

The pic was taken on my comfirmation in april(i think, i really dunno), i got 8000 KR wich is about 1142$ those money are going to a moped and a moped drivers licence.

BTW, i have a goatee, if you count 4/5 hairs sticking out of the dot under my lip......

[Dave]

Nice to see you TCD

Don't count your money in US dollars, it will only make you sad :)

[Silky]

Hi Happy! Nice to be able to put a face with the happy name. :) I know I'm thrilled that you're part of our family here!!


Hi TCD! No matter how young you are, it's always nice to put a face with the name. It sounds like you've got things all planned out for your future....good for you! As for the "goatee"...I don't think it qualifies as a real goatee until you have at least a dozen hairs. :)

[Twistedcliffdog]

I think i have more now, let me count.
Yes, i think i have 6 or 7, lol.

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Twistedcliffdog]I think i have more now, let me count.
Yes, i think i have 6 or 7, lol.[/QUOTE]

6 or 7 huh....I think they call that a goatette. :D

[blix]

Happy! Glad to meet you! Congratulations on your engagement. (Great pic btw- looks like a feature pic for a magazine bio.)

TCD- You may be the youngest member, but I'm glad you're here, kid! You may not have a lot of years, but it's obvious you have a lot of knowledge in computers and digital imaging. There is lots we can learn from you I'm sure. Oh- can I borrow some money?

Thanks for posting your pics, guys. Good to meet you!

-B

[Twistedcliffdog]

NO way you can get some money, 2000 is gone for warhammer and my licence costs 2000 aswell, the moped i am currently looking into is 4000 so no money for you....

[burndog]

PLEASE SEE PAGE 23 FOR THE UPDATED COMP.


Well here is a little bonus for all of you who so kindly posted your pic & bio in this thread. There is room for a few more on the ground floor...first come first served...you snooze, you lose. You will not be in alphabetical order, sorry.

Jolt will be adding a link to a higher resolution file if you care to print it so you can see all of our smiling faces.

PS, if I have anyones name mispelled or on the wrong image, sue me...I mean let me know and I will try to correct it as soon as I can. And if I have missed anyone I am really sorry.

[Silky]

This is AWESOME, burndog!!!!!!!!! Fantastic!!!! Thank you!! :D

[Scott]

Here's the larger image...

<a href="http://www.pixeladdiction.com/images/comp_hires.jpg">Big Image</a>

Great work Burndog

[Maiden]

OMGoodness! That is totally awesome BD...watta keepsake...looking 4ward to seeing the new occupants :)

Here's another pic I thought may be more suited, no lil' kell in it ;)

[TrinityOfOne]

That's excellent BD, let's see if we can get an entire condo :)

[Twistedcliffdog]

I think it should be an award:
Youngest pixel addict and Oldest pixel addict ;)

[blix]

burndog, that is the coolest thing ever!!!

So cool, man...

wow, that's freakin' cool....


-speechless-

-B

[south-canuck]

Hi all!
I'm a late entry into this site, although I have been an occasional lurker.
I consider myself an extremely lucky guy since I have a wonderful family (beautiful wife Marlene, 17 year old Stephanie, Mike 15 years old), and get paid to work full-time in the world of Photoshop. I work for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) where I spend pretty much every waking hour in Photoshop: writing articles about it, filming videos and DVDs on it, answering questions about it, etc. In my "spare time" I was able to write a book on Illustrator CS (that included wonderful art from Jolt), I am the Graphics Editor for Mac Design Magazine and Editor-in-Chief for the (new) Photoshop Elements Techniques newsletter. Twice a year I teach at Photoshop World and once a month or so I teach in various cities around the country.
I'm a Canadian now living in Florida which basicaly means I don't know how to pronounce or spell anything any more!

(Okay that was long)

I am overwhelmed by the quality of work I see in the contests here! You people rock!
I hope I can pop in now and then to add in my 2 cents.
Nice to meet/see y'all

<a href="http://dcross.com/pic/dcross.jpg">Here</a> I am:
duh - oops

[Scott]

Hi Dave! I saw you'd registered a while ago and wondered if you'd feel like posting.

Welcome aboard!

[Silky]

Nice to see you, Dave! We're always happy to have a lurker "out" themselves here. :) Sounds like you have a wonderful family, a great job...and great taste (where Jolt's art is concerned)...:D

Welcome...and I hope we see more of you...:)

[Raphael]

Hiya Dave, good to see you up here. :)

[blix]

Burndog- looks like we've got another co-tenant in the condo!

-B

[Dave]

Hi again Dave, you'll always be made welcome here and anything you care to add will be warmly received .... but you're gonna have to pick another real name :)

[TrinityOfOne]

Don'tcha just hate people whose job is to play with PS all day!! :)

[burndog]

Hey another canuck, well kinda ( once a canuck, always a canuck) welcome south-canuck. I am going to wait a little while before adding more pics to the PA member collage. Hopefully we can fill the remaining spots soon.

Hope to see some of your stuff here south-canuck, it's always nice to hang out with knowlegable people, I sure some of your influence will rub off on the rest of us in a positive way.

[Maiden]

G'day Dave :D

[Twistedcliffdog]

[QUOTE=south-canuck]Hi all!
I'm a late entry into this site, although I have been an occasional lurker.
I consider myself an extremely lucky guy since I have a wonderful family (beautiful wife Marlene, 17 year old Stephanie, Mike 15 years old)
(Okay that was long)
[/QUOTE]


LOL your son is older than me:/ i am 15 in a month or so.

[burndog]

Just a little bump for all of the new people who have recently joined, you may want to check out the rest of us. Page 13 of this thread has a low res and a high res comp of the members. It is first come first served to get you pic added. Hope to see all your smiling faces soon.:)

[Silky]

I hope some of our new members will join in and let us know about them as well! There's still space in the Pixel Addiction townhouse! :)

[shrty]

Hi, my name is Stephen and I am a pixel addict. My nickname is shrty and is short for shorty :-)
I'm a 18 year old boy living independent in Bodø City, Norway. I work with Network maintenance in a company with about 25 employees.

Me liek:
- Friends
- Girls
- Soccer
- Partying
- Clotheshopping
- Music
- Movies
- Drawing
- Poetry
- Nerding!

You can find out more about me at my personal homepage (http://www.fettnerd.org)

http://www.fettnerd.org/bilder/shrty_work.jpg

[Dave]

Nice one Shrty :)

Just get that Girls and Soccer priority right and you'll be doing just fine (get a girl and then score! LOL)

[Silky]

Nice to SEE you shrty, and at 18 I'm surprised girls is only on that list of yours once. :)

[burndog]

Glad to meet you Shrty, welcome aboard, be sure to introduce yourself in this thread as well... http://www.pixeladdiction.com/bb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=16

[Psyra]

My name is Kim and I live in Oklahoma, US with my husband Nathan and our 2 children Xela and Xian. I love graphic design, dancing and music...especially any kind of electronica. I'm in the middle

[Silky]

It's nice to be able to put a face with the name, Kim! I'm really glad you've posted in this thread...:)

[PDG]

Welcome aboard, Kim! And those are some beautiful names you chose for your kids :cool2:

[blix]

Kim! You're in good company! I hung up my whistle and neon orange visor years ago, but still enjoy the sounds of good D&B today!

Thanks for posting! See you around!

-B

[Silky]

Come on folks...there are lots of new members to our community and we'd ALL love to get a chance to know about you...and see those happy shining faces. :)

Jump on in...the water's fine! :)

[Psyra]

Thanks, Jesus. Their names are Xela Angel and Xian Zander. (mommy and daddy are a bit of sci-fi freaks lol)

Blix, my visor was also orange and it is also hung up...but my dancing shoes are always ready. :) My husband produces D&B tracks, maybe I'll post a link sometime. I'm always looking for new tunes, so if you have any choice finds, please let me know.

[blix]

[QUOTE=Psyra]
Blix, my visor was also orange and it is also hung up...but my dancing shoes are always ready. :) My husband produces D&B tracks, maybe I'll post a link sometime. I'm always looking for new tunes, so if you have any choice finds, please let me know.[/QUOTE]

That's so cool! Mine was a 'Wheaties' visor I got from a thrift store!

Oh, man have I got links... D&B is all that gets me through the workday! Maybe I'll post them in a PM to ya!

I'd love to check your hubbie's tunes!

-B

[Silky]

A little bump to encourage others to join in.

Pushy, pushy fairy...I know. :)

[Maiden]

Nah ya not pushy, just a good host that's all :D

[Raphael]

Bump: Come on folks we've got a lot of new members and no mugshots up here to show.

Come and get yer faces on display people.

[Twistedcliffdog]

YAY.
enda en nordmann, hvor mange er vi nå? 3 VI MÅ FÅ EGET FORUM!!!
For all those who dunno it was in no'wegian the language we speak in no'way
(its a joke for all who ever saw norwegian comercial)

[Sturi]

Aw, okay....now that I fianlly got through reading the thread, time for me to introduce myself.

My real name is Stephanie, but I've gone by Sturi since I was a sophomore in high school...what, 6 years ago....wow, I'm getting old ::runs for cover as members start throwing things at me:: I'm only turning 20 this year...two days...whaoo...wait...STILL not fully leagal in the US! Darn! Oh well, another year will only make my fourth or fifth trip to Vegas even better! :)

I live out in the hot desert of Az....it's a dry heat...yeah so what...it's still miserable being out of air conditioning. Right now I'm a third year college student...I'm going to community college right now in Scottsdale. I eneded up taking a two year side trip from my original degree choice (Business Management) and did an Associates degree in Equine (Horse) Science. It was a blast and it really opened things up for me as far as the horse industry goes. When I FINALLY do finish college, I want to figure out how to start my own horse breeding farm.

As far as my computer graphic skills, "I have no professional training." Hehe. I've always loved art, but never was any good at coloring in real mediums, so I found out how to color my drawings using Paint Shop Pro about two, maybe three, years ago. Now I'm trying to transfer over to Photoshop....it's turning out to be both easy and hard...I don't know where anything is anymore!

Okay, here's my lovely photo....



Okay...for some unknown reason, I'm particularly slow in the area of figuring out how to upload images to the message board....

Here's a link to the image, unless you just want to go the easy way for now and just move to the next post where Dave was kind enough to point out that Angelfire can really really suck sometimes, and post my image for me (how long it'll stay there might be another story ;) )

Okay, now Angelfire sucks absolutely....no linking for me.....blarg...

Here's the url:
http://www.angelfire.com/az3/sturiart/images/StephAntigua.jpg


This is a pic of me from last year in November...Thansgiving to be exact....we were in Antigua for a wedding and a vacation....it was so awesome....can't wait to go back again. :)

[Dave]

Sturi dear you will have post your image here, Angelfire blocks them.

See where it says manage attachments just below the reply entry box .... load it there, there are size limitations so ....

Ahhh not to worry ...... Here's Steph (she's sooooooooooo old! LOL)

[Sturi]

Hehe...thanks, I didn't know that. As far as uploading as an attachment....I couldn't get it to upload, and I couldn't find any specifications on file size. for attachments. Blarg.....

[dschmittle]

Hi! My name is Dave. Yes another one. Anyway, I'm 35 years old, married to a wonderful girl Emily and have two sons, Curtis who just turned 2 on the 19th and Logan who is 6 months old. I love photography but seem to have picked up the illustration bug after looking around. The last time I've done any real artwork was...well... lets just say a while ago. In fact, airbrushing was something that was done out of a real airbrush, not a computer program. But I'm willing to give it a go. I have a photo of me and my two boys. Getting a picture of Emily is a bit difficult. LOL!
I'm looking forward to getting started. I might need a little help getting my artwork colored in PS, but after looking around I'm sure someone can help. I'm also toying around an idea of creating a comic related to my line of work, Correctional Officer. I've been a "prison guard" for 9 years and counting. Not the greatest job but it pays the bills. Anyway here we are. see you all around! Well... I tried to uplaod an image but I kept getting an error message. Not enough space. I'll try later! Bye!
Dave

[dschmittle]

Whats a good file size to post??????

[Dave]

[QUOTE=dschmittle]Whats a good file size to post??????[/QUOTE]
Not too big and not too small ..... max width 550px file size up to 100Kb ..... but that's not the size limit

[Scott]

Any size is fine Dave. The forum will restrict the image with to 550 pixels wide so you may not want to post anything larger than that.

Nice to meet you by the way :)

Prison guard eh? That must be an interesting career.

[dschmittle]

I tried posting an image at 60kb but still got an error.??????????????????
It said I was over by 13kb?

[Sturi]

I got that message too...at like 20kb

[Scott]

13kb??? That's not right. What was the exact error dschmittle?

[Scott]

hmmm okay let me look into things

[dschmittle]

ok, I tried loading an image 61.2kb in size. I got an error message that said.. exceeds quota by 59.2 click to view attatchments. but I have no attatchments?????
Dave

[Scott]

Okay my apologies. Try again folks. it should be working properly now.

[blix]

I got a message of 550px wide and under 300k.

-B

[dschmittle]

OK! here we are!
Thanks Jolt!
Dave

[Twistedcliffdog]

you dont look like an ork to me(if you dont get it CHECK YOU AVVIE TAR OUTTTT!)
nice pic anyways...

[Dave]

[QUOTE=dschmittle]OK! here we are!
Thanks Jolt!
Dave[/QUOTE]Nice kids ..... must get there good looks from their mom :)

[Scott]

Very cute young ones dschmittle.

[dschmittle]

Just like a Dave to say something like that!

But, your right.
LOL!
Dave

[dschmittle]

Thanks Jolt.
Dave

[blix]

How precious!!! Those kids are so cute!!!

-B

[Sturi]

Cute! :)



On a different note...dunce here figured out how to upload...or maybe I'm being too kind to myself here...I think Jolt deserves most of the credit for getting things fixed.

See!

[Scott]

I also deserve credit for breaking them too :) So hold back on the fan fair.. k :)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=dschmittle]OK! here we are!
Thanks Jolt!
Dave[/QUOTE]

Adorable little ones, Dave! If you're into photography as well as illustration, you'll have PLENTY of contests to dabble in...:) We look forward to seeing some of your work...and honestly, if you ever need help in figuring out Photoshop, Illustrator, or any of the other programs, we have some VERY knowledgeable folks here, and I know they'll be able to lend a hand.

Thanks for taking the time to post in here...it's so nice to be able to put a face to the names. :)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Sturi]Cute! :)



On a different note...dunce here figured out how to upload...or maybe I'm being too kind to myself here...I think Jolt deserves most of the credit for getting things fixed.

See![/QUOTE]


Sturi, thanks so much for posting in the bio thread. I love being able to associate names with faces. I'm also a Paintshop Pro user, and have found that it's always suited my needs just fine. I know Photoshop is a more intricate program...lots more options...and if you're in the process of learning how to use all the features, there are an awful lot of very talented folks here that use Photoshop and I know they'll be able to help you out with just about anything you need to know. I look forward to seeing some of your work in our contests soon!

Welcome again to PA...:)

[burndog]

Just a little bump to let you all know there is only ONE VACANCY left for the pixeladdiction condo. First come first served. (see page 13)

[fray]

Burndog - just saw the condo! You rule!

[burndog]

Thanks Fray, and for the rest of you, if you haven't already submitted your pic there is one solitary space left at the PA condo, first come first served...remember this is the first group collection of PA...very hysterical...er I mean historical

[YMS]

If there is still room for one more vict... um, member shot, mine's here, I hope!

Brief bio: I'm married with two offspring, work fulltime in an uncreative environment (clerical admin. medical setting), and have a rep. for churning out cards and posters for family and friends.

Until I recently started with Elements, then Photoshop, I've horrified the better informed by using Word and Publisher for everything. Then came the idea for a project for a sibling at Christmas where I needed more scope, hence the need for better tools!

I joined three PS forums around the same time and one by one they closed down for shifts to new servers - hmm, suspicious... and apt to make one paranoid for a while. (Joking, really!)

Anyway, pleased to be here and to learn from you all. And I hope to be in a position to give something back along the way - eventually.

[PDG]

Keep on churning out those cards ;) Nice to see ya post, YMS. There's so many more that haven't, yet :.

/me goes off to poke them with a stick

[Silky]

Ooooooooh so glad to be able to see you and know a bit more about you, YMS! We won't be closing down, so don't worry. We've already switched servers...:D

[burndog]

Nice bio YMS, you get the last spot in the condo, as for everyone else, please keep posting your bios and pics. It is so nice to have a face to put to user names, makes it just that much more personal.

Over the next few days I will fill in the bottom floor and repost the composite image.

[Raphael]

Hey Burndog, relooking at the condo, isn't the bottom floor tileable so you could add new floors on the way down fairly simply as needed to turn it into a true high rise?

[swillox]

Was just thinking the same, Raph...

And, Burndog,... do you matter if I do a compo to fit my picture in one of the window...
(Something like: "with a neon" :D or something?? (just kidding 'bout the neon).

Seriously, I'd like to appear also and try to send my picture soon.

[blix]

Hey YMS!

Thanks for posting your bio! Glad to see you get out of using Word for design work!

-B

[claven]

this is a quick one i had scanned already from about a year ago:

[TrinityOfOne]

[QUOTE=claven]this is a quick one i had scanned already from about a year ago:[/QUOTE]

That's one wierd appendage you have there Claven :)

[YMS]

Seriously, I'd like to appear also and try to send my picture soon.
Hey, swillox ... you've been around much longer than me, so there's no problem with you being in this particular condo instead of me.

It's okay for me to just have put an image here with my username - so go for it! Get that shot to burndog, pronto.

[claven]

and this i had laying around from another site so i'm throwing it out here:

[claven]

[QUOTE=TrinityOfOne]That's one wierd appendage you have there Claven :)[/QUOTE]

trust me, you wouldn't say that if you saw the whole thing ;)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=claven]this is a quick one i had scanned already from about a year ago:[/QUOTE]

So we know you're beautiful...do we get a bio too? ;)

Come on...tell us the "Story of claven"....pretty please. :angel:

[claven]

My big sis and older brother were extremely talented artists. They 11 and 14 years older than me. So when I was little, i would watch them draw with amazement. I started drawing and was OK but never great. Well actually, i have a knack for looking at a drawing/illustration and being able to pull off a duplicate. I never counted that as "being able to draw" so i started stealing a part of one drawing and combining it with parts of others. Comic books were my favorites. My cousin mike (meatlump) started doing the same, and soon we were having "drawing contests. Our parents used to play cards all the time and we started having these Head to Heads a couple times a week.

Well we both went to the same school for the same graphic design program (seperated by 3 years). It is really no wonder that we were both drawn to the idea of photshop contests and competing in digital versions of our earlier contests.
That is a basic history of how i got here.

Professionally I'm an art director (currently in pharmeceutical design) in northern NJ. I live in central jersey with my wife and twin 12 year old boys. They like to skate and draw and mess with computers and video games. They are receiving a very thorough schooling in adobe products :)

Other than that, I love to work in my garden, play hockey, watch football, and hang out with my family and friends. I'm also a huge halloween freak. I got married in October, my dog is named Tober, I'm drinking from a pumpkin mug right now, planned our disneyworld trip for halloween, and believe that no child should have to go to school the day after trick or treating :)

This work for you sil? :)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=claven]My big sis and older brother were extremely talented artists. They 11 and 14 years older than me. So when I was little, i would watch them draw with amazement. I started drawing and was OK but never great. Well actually, i have a knack for looking at a drawing/illustration and being able to pull off a duplicate. I never counted that as "being able to draw" so i started stealing a part of one drawing and combining it with parts of others. Comic books were my favorites. My cousin mike (meatlump) started doing the same, and soon we were having "drawing contests. Our parents used to play cards all the time and we started having these Head to Heads a couple times a week.

Well we both went to the same school for the same graphic design program (seperated by 3 years). It is really no wonder that we were both drawn to the idea of photshop contests and competing in digital versions of our earlier contests.
That is a basic history of how i got here.

Professionally I'm an art director (currently in pharmeceutical design) in northern NJ. I live in central jersey with my wife and twin 12 year old boys. They like to skate and draw and mess with computers and video games. They are receiving a very thorough schooling in adobe products :)

Other than that, I love to work in my garden, play hockey, watch football, and hang out with my family and friends. I'm also a huge halloween freak. I got married in October, my dog is named Tober, I'm drinking from a pumpkin mug right now, planned our disneyworld trip for halloween, and believe that no child should have to go to school the day after trick or treating :)

This work for you sil? :)[/QUOTE]

That works perfectly for me....:)

I agree with you about no school after trick or treating. Wish you'd been my dad...LOL!

[sulo]

*Pieew* Now i've read through al these 21 pages. Really nice to know who is roaming these forums a little better.

I can say that i must be the youngest here (probably not, but let me think that :)). I'm 20 years old and i live together with my girlfriend Charlotte in Västerås, Sweden.

Currently i'm taking a year off from my education. I study to become a information designer (don't know the exact word in english). Any way - you know those small pics that explain news in papers, warning signs on different products, how-to guides for (ex) putting togehter an ikea furiture etc etc. In short; producing pictures that explain stuff. Now on my year off i work at a local computer company where I aswer the phone all day :P.

On my spare time i also DJ and is running a reggae, dancehall & hiphop club called 'Solid'. You can peep our website: www.looptroop.nu/solid (although you probably won't understand anything - it's in swedish ;))

Well, that me in short. Feel free to ask me anything as i know i'll will be a long runner on this forum..

And here's my pic (the same as in my avantar, so lets 1 extra (feat my girls eyes) to get things more intresting.. )

[Twistedcliffdog]

EN SVENSKE!!!
ahhh.
du må sette opp FARESKILT!!!
lol....
1)velkommen ska du være
2)DU E FAEN MEG IKKJE YNGST HER!!!! DET e 3 NORDMENN SOM ER YNGRE ENN DEG!!!
Megselv(15 dn 13 november) Dj_RaNZor(15) og shrty(18)+ at det er mange andre...
BTW:
Hvorfor bygger svensker runde hus? for at hunden ikke ska pissa i hjørnene.....
sorry, men jeg bare måtte...

[Twistedcliffdog]

åja, eg glemte det nesten, bra bilde, og kan me få se heile fjeset på dama di??

sorry for double post, i just forgot to say nice pic in the first one...

[sulo]

[QUOTE=Twistedcliffdog]EN SVENSKE!!!
ahhh.
du må sette opp FARESKILT!!!
lol....
1)velkommen ska du være
2)DU E FAEN MEG IKKJE YNGST HER!!!! DET e 3 NORDMENN SOM ER YNGRE ENN DEG!!!
Megselv(15 dn 13 november) Dj_RaNZor(15) og shrty(18)+ at det er mange andre...
BTW:
Hvorfor bygger svensker runde hus? for at hunden ikke ska pissa i hjørnene.....
sorry, men jeg bare måtte...[/QUOTE]

haha, kul att skandinavien är här och representerar! Där ser man, det finns yngre folk än mig här ;) känns bra att vara sådär i mitten. Några norgehistorier tänker jag inte börja dra - du kommer ändå bara att förlora ! :D:D

well, let's keep it in english before the mean angry admins come and yell at us! (only joking!!). If ya'll wonder - we didn't say anything funny. We were just amazed that we almost came from the same country :P:P

[Twistedcliffdog]

well, i didnt say anything funny, he went on cussing about everyone and saying stuff i wont even REPEAT....
lol, j/k
basically we were just having the never ending norway(smart) VS sweden(Stupid) you are the stupid people war, nothing unnormal...
only i am very engaged in it and would prolly become a general if they made something like that...

[swillox]

[QUOTE=YMS]Hey, swillox ... you've been around much longer than me, so there's no problem with you being in this particular condo instead of me.

It's okay for me to just have put an image here with my username - so go for it! Get that shot to burndog, pronto.[/QUOTE]

No way YMS, ... (k) I thank you but I won't take your place,...

Anyway, I don't think Burndog is against the Idea of tiling new floors on the condo,...
If he is, I'll take over for him (downloaded the large version) and continue the building for a while, ... with admins "carte blanche" of course.

[blix]

[QUOTE=sulo]
On my spare time i also DJ and is running a reggae, dancehall & hiphop club called [/QUOTE]

Sulo! Thanks for posting your info! Again, welcome!

So you're a reggae, dancehall and hiphop DJ? Perfect ingredients for some Ragga Jungle! Tell me you're throwin' down the sounds, man!

btw- Newbie Psyra is also a beat phreak! We're gaining numbers!

-B

[Silky]

Hey, Sulo, thanks for telling us a bit about yourself! You are far from the youngest member here. We have members as young as 13 (although they haven't posted yet) as far as I know. That's the good thing about PA...we have members of ALL ages, and yet we still find lots of things to talk about....:)

We hope you plan to stick around....:)

[Twistedcliffdog]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy] We have members as young as 13 (although they haven't posted yet) as far as I know. That's the good thing about PA...we have members of ALL ages, and yet we still find lots of things to talk about....:)
[/QUOTE]



NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WAIT, DO DO THEY COUNT TOWARDS MY RANK AS YOUNGEST MEMBER!!!!!11111!!!
if they havent posted yet, i dont think they shhhhhoulddd!!!
BTW silk, have you read the PM i sent ya...

[Silky]

Sorry, TCD...the youngest member on the site is 13...and yep, they do count. Guess that makes you the older younger brother. :)

About the PM, TCD....I'm replying to it now. :)

[burndog]

Don't worry YMS, you have already been added...swillox, I have added another floor, but I can only add pics til the end of the week, as I may not be able to get to my computer for a while (bsmt reno). If you would like to take over that would be great. At the end of the week I will upload the low res image of what we have so far and then email Jolt the high res version so he can put it on the server.

I just did not want to let it go on for too long, as there are people who have posted for a few weeks now and still do not have their pic in the comp, and it would not be pratical to keep uploading everytime someone posts, so I felt I had to cut it off somewhere.

[swillox]

Thank you Burndog,...

You're right when you feel cut it off somewhere, it's true we got a certain number of people logging in for a day and never seeing back again... bla bla bla,...

I'm ok to take over the building (when Jolt has leaved the link to the high res...) and will do it till 30/12/2004 day I'm asking for a new volunteer to begin the "2005 condo" (if everybody's ok with the idea keeping this one called 2004)...

Well see you.

[Newby]

So,

I took me a while to get through all of these posts,, but I think I can say I know alot more than I did before. So that being said I'll stroke my ego and talk about me now (because after all, who wouldn't watn to hear about me j/k)

My name is Josh I live in California, I hold a degree in molecular biology with a minor in chemistry specializing in virology (viruses). Which, could only get me work in one type of field (the kind that you don't want if you have a conscience), so instead of finding ways to destroy the world, I went into a job protecting threatened and endangered species. I loved that job a lot and it gave me a new prospective on things. I soon there after met the woman who would end up being my wife. She has a background in zoology, so I began learning about exotic animals. We became members of the San Diego zoological society (don't ask how much that costs me a year) on one of our trips we tooks the picture below. Since then I have been dabbling in digital photography, and digital media. I also got a Masters degree in project development and cost benefit analysis while I was at it. Pretty soon we will be having the pitter patter of little feet around our house and I'm really excited about that.

Well there you go a brief summary of my life. If you would like to more feel free to ask.

And if you're wondering about the look on my wife's face. The Giraffe just got done wrapping it's 17 inch long tongue around her ear.

[claven]

awesome photo newb. you sound like you have an incredible amount of knowlege stored in that noggin

[Scott]

Giraffe's tongue.. uh-huh..suuuuuuuuuure :)

Welcome aboard Josh! Molecular Biology.. oh my... smart people joining now. I'm going to have to be on my best behavior :)

[Newby]

[QUOTE=claven]awesome photo newb. you sound like you have an incredible amount of knowlege stored in that noggin[/QUOTE]

Hey Claven thanks for the comp on the photo, as for the smarts, I'm just really good at problem solving. The last IQ test I took put me a 200. I qualified for MENSA, but I just don't fit in with that crowd.

[Scott]

Mensa.. yeah.. $500 to join.. you'd have to be a moron... :) I always thought that was kind of ironic.

[Newby]

You got it, and all they do is sit around and solve problems that are pages upon pages long, and take weeks to solve.

I don't think so. I'd rather be out having a good time with my buddies.

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Newby] ....lots of cool stuff....[/QUOTE]

Wow, Josh...I'm terribly impressed! I feel like my IQ just went up 10 points just reading your bio....:) We're really happy that you're here. We may not always be able to stimulate you intellectually...but I bet we can give you a run for your money artistically...:D

Again...welcome!

[Silky]

[QUOTE=bohemian] Hello :) My turn then. I’m new to PA but already an addict :D

I’m 30, female, a recovering Goth who spent years in a band interspersed by time at Uni studying first fine art, and then later returned as a mature student to study general IT. I started my art A level when I was 14 in my precocious brat phase, but boys, rock music and a dislike of drawing fruit caused me to leave it until I was older. I’ve been working as a web designer for about 7 years, but career progression now means I have to do boring project management and complex web architecture most of the time rather than the fun creative bits.

I only started using Photoshop about a year ago and before that used mainly Flash and the Corel suite (hangs head in shame). I’m relatively new to digital illustration and painting (instead of commercial logos and web site styles), and with such a dull day job I really appreciate the contests as they give me something to focus on whilst I’m learning.

More random facts about me: My favourite film is Withnail and I, I love Bill Hicks, I am Taurean, I live in Yorkshire, I have a daughter, my eyes change colour naturally, I am Pagan, I am the admin of a site with 26K members and the only colour my hair hasn’t been at some point is green.

This is one of my favourite pics of me and mini-me when she was younger :)[/QUOTE]

It's great to "see" you, bohemian! And let me first say...your daughter is beautiful (and she obviously gets her looks from her mom!) And you're an admin at a REALLY large site! PA must seem awfully tame compared to what you're used to. :)

I look forward to seeing more of your work soon!

[Newby]

Thanks for the comment Silk,

I have spent the last 27 years of my life working on the scientific side of my brain. It's time to start working on the artistic side.

[burndog]

[QUOTE=bohemian]Hello :) .... and the only colour my hair hasn’t been at some point is green.

.....[/QUOTE]

Don't worry bohemian, we can fix that. Cute kid, hope you have a ton of fun using the creative side of your brain:)

[blix]

Newby!

Hey, great bio! Thanks for sharing. You mentioned you joined the SD Zoo Society. Are you in SD? Great place to be! I live in Point Loma.

----------------------------------

bohemian-

What a beautiful pair you are! Nice to meet you!

I had to look up "Taurean." I thought it was some "old world" village. Then I found out I'm Taurean!

-B

[Newby]

Hey -B

No I don't live in SD, but I'm down every cahnce I get. I love that city. I live up north of Los Angeles.

[blix]

Glad you're NORTH of LA. I feel sick when I go through that place. uuuuhhhggg...

-B

[burndog]

Well, here is the latest low res comp of the beautiful people at PA. I will email Jolt the higher res version for posting. In the mean time please keep posting your pics and bios as Swillox I believe has volunteered to take over for me.

A big THANKS to all that have posted so far.:):):)

[Scott]

Hi Res version can be found <a href="http://www.pixeladdiction.com/bb/tutimg/comp_hi-resflat2.jpg">here</a>.

[Mswings]

What a great BIG Happy Family!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

[Sturi]

Awesome! Only thing is...my name's spelled wrong. It's an i, not a y. Oh well, maybe it can be fixed on the next one or something. :)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Sturi]Awesome! Only thing is...my name's spelled wrong. It's an i, not a y. Oh well, maybe it can be fixed on the next one or something. :)[/QUOTE]

It's an "i" now...:) I'll fix the high-res image shortly. :)

[Sturi]

Cool, thanks Silky. I fixed it on the one I downloaded already too...thanks to the i in dschmitle's name. :)

[burndog]

Sorry Sturi, I was hoping to get them all correct, and thanks Silky...the font for peoples names is just plain old Arial narrow.

[Sturi]

It's cool...I have an odd name. :D

[snowflakejen]

A little more of an introduction.....

My name is Jeni and I am 32. I've been teaching art in very small school district in central Illinois for 9 years now. Until about 4 years ago I taught k-12, but due to a consolidation and having a minor in communications, I was needed at the high school and now only teach High School (my prefrance). I also teach speech (public speaking) and publications (yearbook). I also direct our theatre productions in the spring.

I've worked in photoshop for the last couple of years, but have basically only used it for drawing/painting and yearbook editing. I have yet to learn all the good stuff!

My husband and I love to travel. This Christmas, we are heading for the Panama Canal on a 12 night cruise. Counting down the days!

Most of my interest involve around the humanities - art, photography, theatre, music (instrumental and choral), etc.

No kids, thank you. I think you need to be a grown up before venturing off into that area and I am not deffinately not ready for that yet!

I am so happy to have stumble across this wonderful community - I have learned so much already. Thanks for being so friendly and helpfull.


Jeni

[Silky]

Jeni, thank you for adding to our growing PA condo! We are SO pleased that you found our little community! You have already added so much to the site...and I know that our members will be able to learn a lot from you! Please stick around...:)

[PDG]

Woo-hoo, an art teacher! You are *very* welcome here! :cool2:

[claven]

I would love to see a contest to create images for your yearbook Jeni :) Nice to meet ya

[snowflakejen]

Claven, I can give you about 300 images! When can you start!!! lol I have already taught some of the things I've learned here to my student!! We are going to have a great book thanks to PA and all of you wonderful people!


My problem now..... is that I find myself here all the time! I have gotten a little behind in grading! This is so much more fun.

Jen

[dyezza]

Hi my name is Jessa Mae and I'm 16. Originally from Philippines, migrated to Canada last year (currently living in in Vancouver, BC) with my family...

I'm pretty new with Photoshop and my new Country. I'm learning both stuff at the same time ( heheh what do you expect? im a student).I got perfect with my webpage design because of the effort this great community give to make really really great tutorials!

and yeah.. i got a picture with me and my younger sister Jona(black shirt), she's a year younger than me.. k.. what do you think, are we adorable or what? (kidding).. here you go.. and please don't mind my grammar.. im still learning english..

[claven]

Jessa, your english and grammar are better than most americans I know. Welcome aboard :)

[Silky]

Hi Jessa Mae! I'm so glad you decided to participate in this bio thread! You and your sister are adorable...:) If our community has in any way helped you with your studies, that makes me very happy! Keep up the good work!

[Happy]

Just repeating what claven and sil said (since they type faster than me).

Yes, you and your sister are adorable. You look like you have lots of fun together.

[dyezza]

hehe.. thanks guys.. your so nice to me.. Yeah, we both have lots of fun together. That picture was taken the day of her birthday..

[jameschino88]

Here are a couple of pictures of me from last summer. They were taken on a trip to Puerto Rico.
I'm 16 by the way.

[ldg40]

Oh jeezeee.....

You are all so young and beautiful!!! I have the Rolling Stones (via 1973) blasting in my earphones....cause my teenager said she has to sleep ....and can take it, no-more! I feel so honored to be a part of this magnificent group of talented individuals! I've never posted a pic of myself ....anywhere.....but tonights the night......(Okay...thank the Smirnoff Vanilla)

First is the sculpt I did of myself and learned the hard way that self-harning clay is crap, (my head fell off two days after this pic.) The 2nd...well I guess is me. I'll be 40 in less than a month, and I must admit, I am not taking it well!

Regarding the sculpt...I promised my spouse (of 17 years) I would not start a new artistic project till I finished the old ones. So today I threw it into Painter ( the scan)and at least colored it. He assured me I wasn't that fat......but ya know at my age...believe nothing a loved one tells you!

Well...so this is me. Arthritic knees & hips and all. A word to younger ones...live life a little slower, get involved with your graphic arts and hurt less when your my age!!

Linda

[Silky]

I feel honored that you've chosen PA to post your first picture, and I love the sculpture! I have a feeling that you are chock full of talent...and I can't wait to see more of your work! Thank you for the wonderful comments about our community. I am really happy to count you as a part of our growing family! :D

[ldg40]

Ahhh...really Silkenfairy...the pleasure is all mine.....!!!! (Would post the special smilies...but there beyond me!!)

Linda

[Dave]

That's the first ever self-sculpture I've seen .... very impressive!

Linda dear you should listen to your husband, he's telling the truth, you look good girl! (I can say that being older than you). Not only are you good looking but you've got good taste in music ..... just play more Beatles music :)