Hi Jewels!

[Silky]

I see you're online and thought I'd just say a quick hello and personally invite you to jump right in...:) I know I speak for the others when I say that we'd love to get to know you better!

Welcome!

[Dave]

Absolutely, don't be shy, we don't bite .... nibble maybe but not bite :)

So pull up a comfy chair and sit and yak, you're amongst friends here.

[Scott]

Welcoem Jewels.

The thing that scares me is you know Trinity of One... how scarey can we possibly be :D

[TinCupid]

Ditto Jewels, welcome!

(don't worry, we don't think too much less of you because you know Trin.....no really.....really....well ok maybe just a little :p )

[Jewels]

Hello!
Thank you for all being so lovely and welcoming! I do feel a bit of a fraud though for being here as I know about as much about photoshop as i do about nuclear physics so i dont think i'm going to be a very useful contributer...Trin and i are total opposites in this respect - he's the techno-cyber-genius and i'm the loopy-painter-sculptor type - but somehow we work well together!
Anyway - its so nice to be here and to put - er - avatars (?!?)to names at last! I think the pictures you all do are absolutely awesome - i've been lurking round worth, freaking news etc as long as Trin's been into all this and i get blown away by the incredible things you all create - i totally appreciate the artistic talent, imagination, attention to detail, time, blood, sweat 'n tears (and coffee!) that goes into these creations so i will be a very appreciative audience to what goes on here if nothing else! Umm, i'm also a bit of a chatterbox so i shall shut up now - thank you again for all being so friendly and welcoming!

[Silky]

Hi again, Jewels!

You know, being a bit of a chatterbox myself, you and I should get along famously! You don't have to know anything about photoshop at all to be here. We plan to have other types of contests...and hopefully you'll show us some of your artistic creations in one of the other types of contests. You can contribute to the site not only that way, but also just by joining in and chatting it up with us in the forums. I know Trin isn't a quiet sort....so hopefully, with a little encouragement from him, and from the others of us here, you'll feel comfortable enough to just jump in and start talking! :)

We're really happy you're here with us!

[Jewels]

Hi Silkenfairy!
I'm so glad to hear you are a fellow chatterbox - from the things Trin says about you (all very good things, i promise!) and pictures you've done i was getting a feeling we might have quite a few interests in common....Well, fairies for a start! My avatar is from a larger painting i did of a goth fairy...There's something that does intrigue me - taking an 'ok' painting i've done, scanning it in then seeing if i can vamp it up in paintshop pro or photoshop into a fabulous painting - i've been getting very excited playing with all sorts of effects on drawings i've attempted in paintshop and i think it might open up a whole new world for me combining traditional painting with modern technology....I'll find my way into the 21st century one day!
Trin can vouch for the fact that once i get talking i don't shut up...We actually met online and i think i just wore him down into getting together with me by my epic emails....To start with he was printing them out but when they started to run to 6 or 7 pages per email he had to give up on that! You know men - anything for a quiet life!
I look forward to seeing if i can join in with the competitions as and when - i entered one of the worth photography ones once and it was a good experience - i found the genuine constructive critiscism, opinions and feedback so useful for improving technique - and it was also such a thought-provoking and fascinating experience to see how other people perceive a picture and react to it....I think these kind of communities can really showcase the internet at it's best - folk around the world being supportive, creative, informative etc together....and of course also at its worst, but hey...!
And in the meantime.....i'm always very happy to just keep chatting!

[Silky]

Jewels...

I'm also a Paintshop Pro user! Trin and I have spoken quite a bit...well, we spoke quite a bit when we were at Worth, and he told me how very talented you are. He also told me you were a fairy lover, just like me. I mentioned to him way back then that I'd love to see some of your work...and I still would LOVE it if you'd share some of it with us. If you'd like, feel free to post in the Critique This forum. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd love to see your work! If you ever need any help with Paintshop Pro, feel free to ask...although I'm pretty sure that Trin is a wonderful teacher. :)

I think you and I have more in common than we knew! I met my hubby, online as well! Scott and I had a love/hate relationship at first....I loved to hate him. :) But, once I found out what a wonderful guy he was...well, the rest just kind of fell into place. I really think you and I are going to get along wonderfully!

[TinCupid]

Ditto what Silky said! I'd also love to see some of your work Jewels. 'Real' artists have always facinated me.
:)

[Dave]

Oh no! Two chatty women!!!!!! .... Right guys it's off to the bar with us and we'll leave these ladies to it. I'm sure the whole world will have been put to rights by the time we get back :)

Jewels .... it's a pleasure to start to get to know you. I to am looking forward to seeing your art phtoshopped or otherwise, though how you scan a sculpture I'm not sure :D

[Jewels]

Thank you for the offer of advice Silk - though you may come to regret that when i'm pestering you for the umpteenth time! Trin is proclaiming that he knows NOTHING about Paintshop now (which is untrue i suspect!) so i'm sure i will be putting many daft questions your way in future! I have found that of the various things i've messed around on Paintshop is the one that i feel most comfortable with and that seems to come the most easily to me. He is indeed a great teacher - i often think he should go into teahing computery stuff one day....He's great at finding a suitable analagy that works for that individual, speaking their language, as it were.
Hurrah for meeting hubbies on the internet - you really can get everything online these days! Thank goodness i got to grips with enough technology to manage to find mine! Did you guys live far apart at the time you meet? Having met various losers from around the country the time i finally struck gold was with the guy who lived 10 miles down the road! And i wasted a whole year plucking up the courage to write to him cos i thought from his fabulous gothier-than-goth photos he was waaaay out of my league and wouldn't be interested in the likes of me! How long did you two wait before meeting up 'for real'? I'm sorry if i'm getting too nosey, i just adore hearing about other people's 'happy ever afters'!

[Silky]

Jewels...

I LOVE teaching people about Paintshop Pro, so any time you have any questions, please feel free to ask. If you don't see me online, drop me a quick email...I'm always around! As for Trin...I know he'd do fabulously at anything he tried. I was lucky enough to get to spend some time talking to him, and I have to tell you, he's a real catch! You two seem so perfectly suited...:)

As for my wonderful man, we met online about a year and a half ago. We still live in two different states...due to some health issues that I'm currently dealing with. But...we probably talk more on the phone and online than any two people EVER. Seeing each other is a hit and miss thing...but we're hoping that within the next several months I'll be finished with treatments and will be able to finally move to be with him for good. It's funny...when we first started talking, it took us about 2 days to get really close...and he had asked me to marry him within a couple of weeks of our first real conversation. He makes me deliriously happy...and he's beyond encouraging and supportive. It sounds to me like he and Trin are a lot alike. We are both extremely lucky ladies. I wouldn't trade him for the world....he's my life now, and always will be.

Let me stop just a second here to say thank you to Trin. Thanks Trin...for introducing your lovely wife to our site! I'm thrilled that you are both here! :)

[TinCupid]

Ummmm......has anyone seen the Remote?





;)

[Dave]

~~Interjection~~

I find it amazing how rapidly this "internet marriage" phenomenon has developed. When I first started surfing and visiting chatrooms okay there was a lot of heavy stuff going on, people getting very friendly if you know what I mean (public forum and all that) but not actually meeting up. That's changed, it moved on to people meeting up and having wild one night stands that they either enjoyed or didn't, I've heard all kinds of stories. Then they started getting married and caused a lot of consternation. The first couple I knew that did she wasn't even out of school when she got pregnant by her internet lover, they married and it would seem all was going well after the first couple of years anyway.

Now it seems to be becoming VERY common and almost acceptable in polite society (whatever that is). I know my parents wouldn't understand it, but my grown childrens parents certainly do!

All this in less than 5 years!

~~~Interjection~~~

[claven]

wow! you guys do talk alot! :)

I didn't read the whole thread but wanted to say hi and nice of you to join in Jewels

[TrinityOfOne]

I think there's a programme about using skunks as an alternative form of deafness treatment on the Discovery Channel......

[TinCupid]

I'm with ya Trin...

[Dave]

I'm off down the pub .... :)

[TrinityOfOne]

[QUOTE=Dave]I'm off down the pub .... :)[/QUOTE]

At 12.30am??

[Dave]

[QUOTE=TrinityOfOne]At 12.30am??[/QUOTE]
Well I got beer in the fridge :)

[Jewels]

*putting the kettle on and gets out the biscuits* Sorry boys!
Thanks indeed to Trin for introducing me to the site - i'm starting to feel rather at home already!
And thank you again Silk for the offer of paintshop help - you can most definately be sure i'll take you up on it....I'll have to get scanning some pics in and start playing....As for posting some paintings here - gosh, well....if you really think so....I'll have sort through to find the least awful and put one or two up soon! I'm just getting really into glass painting too - i wonder if those would scan in?!?! Trin bought me a fabulous source book of fairy designs for glass recently to get me started - he's very thoughtful and generous - as you say - a catch! It does sound like he and Jolt are very similar - and also very lucky to have US too of course!
I'm sorry about your health issues - and that they mean you're having to spend time apart from Jolt makes that doubly awful....but by the sounds of things you have such a brilliant, solid relationship, that you can both be apart and yet still be 100% there for each other, connected, supportive and communicating in a way that many married couples can't achieve after 30 years together! That's soooo romantic that you both knew so early on that you'd met The One! Also very like me and Trin - we emailed for 3 weeks, then spoke on the phone (first phone call went from 12am to 6am!), met up when he came to my house 2 days later - and he's been here ever since! Apart from going back to his flat to pick up his PC of course!!!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=claven]wow! you guys do talk alot! :)

I didn't read the whole thread but wanted to say hi and nice of you to join in Jewels[/QUOTE]

Hi Claven, nice to meet you!

[Silky]

I'm so anxious to see some of your work, Jewels...and of course anything that has to do with fairies is doubly wonderful! And yes...please do post some of your things for us to see! I asked Trin about it so long ago, but he said you were a fairly private person about your art, and weren't sure you'd want to make them public. I do so hope you'll share them with us! I have absolutely NO talent..and I'm terribly jealous of anyone who can create anything with their hands! Jolt is absolutely amazingly talented, and I'm green with envy every time he turns out an illustration. He does it so effortlessly...it makes me wish I could do something like it. But...I can't even draw a straight line using a ruler. :)

Speaking of first phone calls...I remember my first phone conversation with Jolt. It was quite lengthy, well into the early morning hours...and we discovered just how many things we did have in common. I'll never forget him telling me about his past relationships. He mentioned to me that he had known a girl once who was so anxious to get involved with him that she started talking about houses in the country and kids and horses shortly into the relationship. He made sure to tell me that that was out of the question...it was far too early to speak of such things. Funny how things worked out....because it wasn't just a couple of days later that HE was talking about just that. :) I knew right away that he was meant for me. He's the most loving, generous, good hearted man I've ever known...and I feel quite secure knowing my future is with him. All I have to do is get things in order with me, so we can start that future...LOL!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=TinCupid]Ditto what Silky said! I'd also love to see some of your work Jewels. 'Real' artists have always facinated me.
:)[/QUOTE]
Hi TinCupid - thanks for your 'welcome' - i'm sorry its taking me a while to get to grips with posting here, as you've seen, i got a bit sidetracked nattering with Silk! As for posting some of my work here....I definately will soon, but please dont expect great things...What i lack in talent i make up for in enthusiasm! I paint because...I can't NOT...if you know what i mean...
It's so great that everyone is so open to all sorts of art in this group - at the risk of sounding like an old hippy, it's a really exciting energy here - very inspiring!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Dave]Absolutely, don't be shy, we don't bite .... nibble maybe but not bite :)

So pull up a comfy chair and sit and yak, you're amongst friends here.[/QUOTE]

Hi Dave - thank you for being so welcoming - I'm sorry it's taking me ages to reply to posts, still getting to grips with this exciting new world i find myself in! I guess you may be regretting coaxing me in now - last time i saw you you were heading down the pub before Trin pointed put the time and you headed for the beers in the fridge! Sorry sorry sorry!

[seabie]

Jewels it is so nice to have you here! Thank you, Trin. :) I'm looking forward to seeing some of your work too..and being able to yak more once spring break is over and the kids are back in school on Monday...welcome!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=seabie]Jewels it is so nice to have you here! Thank you, Trin. :) I'm looking forward to seeing some of your work too..and being able to yak more once spring break is over and the kids are back in school on Monday...welcome![/QUOTE]

Hi Seabie - thank you for the lovely welcome! I'm really looking forward to getting to know you with lots more girly online yaking time and to seeing your creations too i hope! Please don't expect much from mine, i'm no great talent - i just love to paint, draw, make etc...
I love your avatar, i'm very into mermaids as well as fairies - right now i have 4 or 5 mermaid sketches and pastels i've done pinned up round my easel in preperation for a painting which i'll hopefully start in the next day or so...my current project is a series of 4 paintings showing a fairy for each element, i.e. water, fire, air and earth....Definately not brilliant, i'm keeping them very simple with lots of swirly splashy paint and bold colours - sort of energetic painting - just having lots of fun with them! :)
I do feel rather shy of posting my work up here - it's soooo not any good at all - but i guess i must be brave and enter into the spirit of things! As soon as i have decided on some things that are not too ridiculously awful i'll be sure to show you!
Thanks again for being so lovely and welcoming - hope to chat with you more soon!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]I'm so anxious to see some of your work, Jewels...and of course anything that has to do with fairies is doubly wonderful! And yes...please do post some of your things for us to see! I asked Trin about it so long ago, but he said you were a fairly private person about your art, and weren't sure you'd want to make them public. I do so hope you'll share them with us! I have absolutely NO talent..and I'm terribly jealous of anyone who can create anything with their hands! Jolt is absolutely amazingly talented, and I'm green with envy every time he turns out an illustration. He does it so effortlessly...it makes me wish I could do something like it. But...I can't even draw a straight line using a ruler. :)[/quote]

Hi again Silk....It's true, as Trin said, i do tend to be quite private with my art - because i know i have absolutely no talent to speak of - i dont see much point in showing stuff to people for them to go "uh...yeah...that's, uh, good" in a kind way, which is embarrassing for both them and me - when i am happy with the fact that i paint because i love to, it gives me so much pleasure to just to paint and imagine and dream - and i don't need other people's approval to make it all worth while to me, i just simply cant not paint!!! Sorry, that's not meant to sound aggressive in any way - i just honestly am rubbish at producing pictures that meet any kind of recognised standard of 'good art' - but i'm ok with that because to me any art is 'good art' - what matters is that people want to express themselves and experience the physical pleasure of the materials they are working with and to fantasise and travel into their own imagination....Aaaargh, now i'm sounding like some bonkers old hippy again, i'm sorry - it's one of those feelings that's a bit hard for me to put into words without sounding like either i see myself as some kind of angry misunderstood talent (definately not the case!!), like i'm laying the groundwork for some major fishing for compliments if i do post stuff (also definatly not the case!!) or like some kind of groovy New Age type (maybe slightly the case i suppose! :D )

You are hugely talented at what you do and anyone with half a brain can appreciate how fantastic your pictures are - and i can't begin to get my head round how you do the colourisation pics - the patiance and attention to detail is breath-taking...Jolt is clearly phenomenally talented too - i looked at the pic he has put up in the 'critique this' area and my jaw hit the floor - i can only dream of doing something half as good as that! My recent attempt at a kind of barbarian-esque/cyber super-woman type would have him crying with laughter! It's a 3 years olds first painting compared to a Monet, we are such worlds apart in talent! Of course i do look at these works and wish i could do stuff like that...But i accept that i can't and just carry on doing the best i can, always trying to learn and experimenting and above all having fun....the only thing that will ever stop me painting is the day i stop enjoying it.
Sorry, i'm waffling SO badly here! The point is that Trin knows and understands this side of me and therefore very thoughtfuly put across this angle when you were talking about it before....HOWEVER, since visiting this site and experiencing the wonderful positive, creative energy here and seeing how open and accepting everyone is of any kind of creativity (hmm, more New Age hippy talk again - sorry!), i feel like it would be nice to share stuff with you....After all, i get to see everyone else's photoshop works etc, it really does seem only fair that if i want to be a part of this community then i must put forward some of my own stuff for you all to see! Everyone here is so welcoming and nice, i really must 'give something back' to you all - even if it's just giving you all a good laugh when you see my efforts!!! Seriously - i do feel that here people will simply appreciate the fact that someone has sat down and put time and effort and love into a creation - regardless of whether it's a masterpiece or not.

Speaking of first phone calls...I remember my first phone conversation with Jolt. It was quite lengthy, well into the early morning hours...and we discovered just how many things we did have in common. I'll never forget him telling me about his past relationships. He mentioned to me that he had known a girl once who was so anxious to get involved with him that she started talking about houses in the country and kids and horses shortly into the relationship. He made sure to tell me that that was out of the question...it was far too early to speak of such things. Funny how things worked out....because it wasn't just a couple of days later that HE was talking about just that. :) I knew right away that he was meant for me. He's the most loving, generous, good hearted man I've ever known...and I feel quite secure knowing my future is with him. All I have to do is get things in order with me, so we can start that future...LOL!

Aaaw, that is so sweet! I can really empathise with Jolt in that situation....In the previous big relationship i'd had before Trin (with Elise's dad) we'd moved in together within 3 months of meeting and i was pregnant a month after that...It was never a very happy or healthy relationship (though it somehow limped on for nearly 6 years!) and i swore that after that i'd never rush into anything again and would play hard to get big time! Then along came Trin - if i may borrow your words he was most definatly "the most loving, generous, good hearted man i'd ever known" - and there was no way i was gonna let him go....Sometimes you gotta kiss a lot of frogs to meet your prince....or in my case, waste 6 years on an enormous a**hole....The good thing i've found about the bad guys is that they sure teach you to spot a good guy when he comes along - and how to go on appreciating him more and more every day after that!
Oh nooo, i've really excelled myself with an epic post here - I'm so sorry for rambling on - i just feel like you are definately the sort of person that we'd immediately be sitting nattering away with like we'd known each other for years if we'd met somewhere in the 'real' world and so i'm doing the same in cyber-space....I'm sorry! I will post this as i know if i start messing around trying to edit it it will turn into a totally incomprehensible mess - then i shall banish myself from posting for a bit so i dont totally OD you on my ramblings!

[Dsquared]

Hi Jewels!
Do not apologize for your rambling, for with each and every sentence you help transform this site into a home. Your words put paint on the wall and rugs on the floor. You make me feel at ease and your friendliness is contagious.
No need to fret about your artwork either, I have all the talent of a 3 year-old too, but that hasn't stopped me from putting up my drawings on the refridgerator for all to see. It will be nice to have some company up there. :)

[Silky]

Jewels....:D

Please don't EVER stop posting! And I'll be back in just a bit to reply to your latest...;)

I'm back!

Jewels, you sound so dedicated to your creative side, and so in tune with what you want and what you do! I'm envious! You know, you're right about so many things. When you create, you SHOULD create for yourself. That must be what you do...or you wouldn't have such definite feelings about your art. And, although I would adore seeing some of your work...of which I'm sure I'll be totally envious...please don't feel pressured at all to share with us. You are definitely among friends here, and I know we would all be thrilled if you would let us take a peek into your creative side though...and I hope you will feel comfortable enough to do just that!!

The more we chat, the more sure I am that you and I would definitely be hard and fast friends if we were to ever meet in person. I'm a talker at heart...just ask Trin...and you seem to be the same way. With me, what you see is what you get. I'll talk about anything and everything...and I enjoy so much, chatting with someone who's the same way! It seems that you and I have an awful lot in common...from our love for fairies and mermaids and such...to the types of men we love...to our creative sides. You paint...I color. It's something I love to do, something I'm very very particular about...and something that relaxes me like nothing else can. It sounds like your painting does the same thing for you...and it sounds like painting is in your blood! I've always wished I could put brush to paper and create something that others could enjoy. I just haven't found the confidence to even try it. I don't seem to have your attitude...the one that says "if you don't like what I paint, that's okay, because I do". I envy that attitude!

Jewels...I'll say it again...I'm so glad you're here...and I'm so glad you and Trin are part of our PA family! One of these evenings we'll have to meet in the PA chat room and have a really good chat! :D

[Dave]

Sounds like we should arrange a little cage match between Jewels and Dsquared before things get crazy around here and while there are just a few close friends to keep things nice and cosy. I still remember how daunting it was to post my first photoshop image on another site and real art must be so much more personal ....

Have a think about it Jewels, I promise you this, no one will laugh at your art here.

[Dsquared]

[QUOTE=Dave]Sounds like we should arrange a little cage match between Jewels and Dsquared before things get crazy around here and while there are just a few close friends to keep things nice and cosy. I still remember how daunting it was to post my first photoshop image on another site and real art must be so much more personal ....

Have a think about it Jewels, I promise you this, no one will laugh at your art here.[/QUOTE]

This sounds like a fun idea!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Dsquared]Hi Jewels!
Do not apologize for your rambling, for with each and every sentence you help transform this site into a home. Your words put paint on the wall and rugs on the floor. You make me feel at ease and your friendliness is contagious.
No need to fret about your artwork either, I have all the talent of a 3 year-old too, but that hasn't stopped me from putting up my drawings on the refridgerator for all to see. It will be nice to have some company up there. :)[/QUOTE]


Dsquared...that is a beautiful thing to say - i am actually lost for words - for once! I only wish i could convey things so succinctly in a few well chosen words like that - instead of my usual lines and lines of waffle! Thank you so much for being so understanding. I hope one day i'll get to see some of your artwork too!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]Jewels....:D

Please don't EVER stop posting! And I'll be back in just a bit to reply to your latest...;)

I'm back!

Jewels, you sound so dedicated to your creative side, and so in tune with what you want and what you do! I'm envious! You know, you're right about so many things. When you create, you SHOULD create for yourself. That must be what you do...or you wouldn't have such definite feelings about your art. And, although I would adore seeing some of your work...of which I'm sure I'll be totally envious...please don't feel pressured at all to share with us. You are definitely among friends here, and I know we would all be thrilled if you would let us take a peek into your creative side though...and I hope you will feel comfortable enough to do just that!![/quote]

Hi Silky! Thank you so much for understanding me so well....To be honest, i had a bit of a freak-out after i submitted that post, worrying that it would come across all wrong - i should have known better that here i am, as you say, already amongst friends who do 'get where i'm coming from' - i do confess i got a bit watery eyed when i read the responses people left to that last post of mine - what a truly amazing bunch of people! I'm feeling so honoured to have been accepted...and a heart-felt THANK YOU to yourself and Jolt for creating this site and bringing us all together.

The more we chat, the more sure I am that you and I would definitely be hard and fast friends if we were to ever meet in person. I'm a talker at heart...just ask Trin...and you seem to be the same way. With me, what you see is what you get. I'll talk about anything and everything...and I enjoy so much, chatting with someone who's the same way! It seems that you and I have an awful lot in common...from our love for fairies and mermaids and such...to the types of men we love...to our creative sides. You paint...I color. It's something I love to do, something I'm very very particular about...and something that relaxes me like nothing else can. It sounds like your painting does the same thing for you...and it sounds like painting is in your blood! I've always wished I could put brush to paper and create something that others could enjoy. I just haven't found the confidence to even try it. I don't seem to have your attitude...the one that says "if you don't like what I paint, that's okay, because I do". I envy that attitude!

Then please please PLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE consider getting yourself some paints and having a go! You say you'd like to 'create something that others can enjoy' - well, whilst I can't deny that it is a great feeling when others like and enjoy something i've done, i really cant recommend enough that you try putting that aspect of painting to one side for now and just have a try at doing it purely for yourself....It doesn't matter if it 'goes wrong' - no one has to see it if you dont want them to! It did take me a while to stop worrying about whether i was making it to some kind of 'standard' - i think it's a hang-over people tend to have from school art classes where you have to 'pass' or 'fail', and have a teacher leaning over you telling you that this or that could be better or should be done this way....SHOULD - i HATE that word!!! We all go through life putting so many conditions on ourselves, always raising the bar, always telling ourselves that we should do this and that to meet some imaginary, self-inflicted grade - in art there are no 'should's'!!!
Apart form anything else the word doesn't even exist anyway and is appalling grammer but hey, you know what i mean! Someone...Dave maybe?!? (apologies if i'm wrong there!) put a fabulous quote by Jane Seymour along the lines of 'what is failure' in the 'Carry on....wanna play' thread that i thought was soooo cool....As the lady says, there is no failure, only trying your best!!!
SORRY - i'm heading off on a bit of a pop psychology rant there - not meant at you Silk, just doing my usual trick off spilling my thought process out of my brain and onto the site! If you dont actully really feel like trying painting i totally respect that - and i totally appreciate that the things you do on your computer are just as much 'art' as painting with more old fashioned materials - and clearly have the same sort of therapeutic effect for you as painting does for me....So, i don't mean that i think you SHOULD paint ;) just that if you really are curious about having a go - then GO FOR IT!!! And imagine me at your ear shrieking "who gives a monkey's a** what anyone else thinks?!?!" if you do have moments of doubt if you do decide to try!

Jewels...I'll say it again...I'm so glad you're here...and I'm so glad you and Trin are part of our PA family! One of these evenings we'll have to meet in the PA chat room and have a really good chat! :D

And i'll say again - thank YOU! It is so wonderful to be here...I look forward to lots of chat room chatting soon...The great thing with chatrooms is i cant type too fast so other people can get a word in edgeways and dont get assaulted with pages full of the contents of my brain in one go!!! :D

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Dave]Sounds like we should arrange a little cage match between Jewels and Dsquared before things get crazy around here and while there are just a few close friends to keep things nice and cosy.[/quote]

Cage match....Eeeek! What is this please?! This sounds scary and like something i am going to get a pounding in - even if it is a freindly pounding!!!....but then i've always had a bit of a masochistic side! Tell me more!

I still remember how daunting it was to post my first photoshop image on another site and real art must be so much more personal ....

Have a think about it Jewels, I promise you this, no one will laugh at your art here.
Thank you so much for being so understanding Dave, i appreciate it more than i can express... Just for the record though, i do see all the things you photoshop artists create as being every bit as personal to you and just as much 'real art' as art done by brushes on canvas....i know folk from either side of the paints/technological fence who are horrifically snobby about their personal medium of choice and i just cannot bare that - it seems to go totally against what art is all about to me..and it's what i love about this site - that the members are all fabulous people like you who can appreciate all types of creativity! Thank you for being so encouraging and supportive - i look forward to posting some work here soon!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Dsquared]This sounds like a fun idea![/QUOTE]

Ok, so....*deep breath* Hit me - what does this involve?!? Apologies for my ignorance but i'm not sure what this would entail...but probably willing to have a go - just be gentle with me please!!!!!

[Dave]

Jewels, I think the best and easiest way to find out what a "cage match" is would be to grab hold of Trin and get him to explain it all to you.

If he pleads ignorance threaten him :)

[TrinityOfOne]

[QUOTE=Dave]Jewels, I think the best and easiest way to find out what a "cage match" is would be to grab hold of Trin and get him to explain it all to you.

If he pleads ignorance threaten him :)[/QUOTE]

And exactly whose side are you on?? :)

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Dave]Jewels, I think the best and easiest way to find out what a "cage match" is would be to grab hold of Trin and get him to explain it all to you.

If he pleads ignorance threaten him :)[/QUOTE]

I did try asking him earlier but he was a bit vague - i think he's preoccupied with his latest project! I will try again now and threaten to chain myself to his PC and sing loudly until he does explain it to me! Singing is NOT one of my talents! :D

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=TrinityOfOne]And exactly whose side are you on?? :)[/QUOTE]

Aha, i have allies here now boyo!!! :D

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Jewels]I did try asking him earlier but he was a bit vague - i think he's preoccupied with his latest project! I will try again now and threaten to chain myself to his PC and sing loudly until he does explain it to me! Singing is NOT one of my talents! :D[/QUOTE]

Jewels...could you put a tape in the video camera and take a movie of this?! Please! This would be well worth watching. :D

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]Jewels...could you put a tape in the video camera and take a movie of this?! Please! This would be well worth watching. :D[/QUOTE]

Hee hee, i expect it would...If it aint over til the fat lady sings....then it looks like its nearly curtains for Trin! It's a shame we dont have a video camera...OH - but he DOES have a web cam....
C'mon Trin - get your butt downstairs and tell me or the camera will roll!

[Jewels]

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaa! La la la laaaaaaaaa! LA LA LAAAAAAAAAA!

Aha, result! I am now enlightened.... *gulp*

[TrinityOfOne]

Actually, the USB cable from the camera is now connecting someone's printer, so that's not an option :)

Besides, I just told you :)

[Silky]

She shoots....she SCOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEESSSSS!! Way to go Jewels! Nice voice, by the way. :D

[Dave]

Just look what I started with a polite suggestion (evil grin) :rolleyes:

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]She shoots....she SCOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEESSSSS!! Way to go Jewels! Nice voice, by the way. :D[/QUOTE]

Thanks Silk!
And for my next piece.....

LAAAAAAAAAAAA la la la la LAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Ahem...*cough*
Maybe not - i think you've all suffered enough!

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Dave]Just look what I started with a polite suggestion (evil grin) :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

It doesn't take much...Any excuse to make Trin suffer!!! Heh heh!
He's just thanking his lucky stars i didn't start dancing!
*shuffle shuffle hop step bounce shuffle*
:)

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Jewels]Thanks Silk!
And for my next piece.....

LAAAAAAAAAAAA la la la la LAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Ahem...*cough*
Maybe not - i think you've all suffered enough![/QUOTE]
Geez what is that terrible row?

I'm only in Birmingham, think of me when you're screeching like that ;)

[Jewels]

[QUOTE=Dave]Geez what is that terrible row?

I'm only in Birmingham, think of me when you're screeching like that ;)[/QUOTE]


Yaaay, a local lad! Well, same country any way! Ok, i'll try to keep it down....for now.....



La....