20 June 2002 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Your June 20th, 2002 YouCanDraw.com Insider's Communique |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| In today's issue: 1) Archives - all updated! 2) Reviewing some ground rules on sending pictures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howdy all, 1) Did about 5 hours of house cleaning yesterday and re-updated the Archives - everything since October 24th, 2001. Twenty eight web pages, one dozen medium to high resolution caricatures, and oodles of enclosed links. Yep, we were behind. So that's going to be the e-zine today: a link to the archives. If you've just joined, I strongly recommend going there and in particular go there to look for the Flash Interactive links. Heck I'll just give you those links: Flash download links: http://ycdinsiders.digitalchainsaw.com/InsidersArtistLoft/summer02update9jan02.htm http://ycdinsiders.digitalchainsaw.com/InsidersArtistLoft/summer02update11mar02.htm http://ycdinsiders.digitalchainsaw.com/InsidersArtistLoft/summer02update18apr02.htm http://ycdinsiders.digitalchainsaw.com/InsidersArtistLoft/summer02update14may02.htm There's only four right now - so if your computer tells you you all ready have a copy, don't bother re-downloading it. (You'll save yourself time.) Read the download info (best found at the 9 Jan 02 ezine - it's the first link above). Here's the overall Archive link: http://ycdinsiders.digitalchainsaw.com/InsidersArtistLoft/archives.htm 2) An outpouring of enthusiasm! Folks I have to tell you, I've been absolutely inundated with pictures both online in emails and by snail mail. The interest and enthusiasm is very, very gratifying! But... Here's the hitch: I can't get back to all of you right away - I will try, so be patient. Since there's only one person who answers all the emails, does all the drawing, web mastering, marketing, office grunt work, writing...(that's me :-)...things get stretched a little thin around here. (We have a little help out of the fulfillment department - the guys who send out the CD's.) So here's some ground rules a) You can send pictures if you like. (I love 'em), but I cannot promise I'll get back to you on them. Emailed questions are of course always welcome especially if they're general questions that everybody will benefit from. Every now and then I WILL do a major work-up of some one's drawing (like the recent Suzy Voye page) in fact, I think from the feedback I've been getting, that's the approach that really works best for everybody's continued learning. So please think through your questions and formulate them with the thought that hundreds of other people will want to benefit from what you ask. (For instance "Jeff, there's somethng about these eyes I'm just not able to get - is it the shadowing? the perspective? or am I drawing too much line where there should be shade?") b) Now if you do send a picture, and you want it back, you must include a self-addressed envelope with the right amount of postage. And I still can't guarantee I'll comment on it (there's only so much time in the day - I know you understand). And I think we'll be charging to do this soon - it's the only way I can make it work equitably - and remain sane :-) c) When/if you send something, YOU always maintain the copyright, but by sending a picture (email or snail mail), it's implied that you're giving me the right to use it as part of the book for educational purposes (so you'll be published too:-) or in the zines. That way, when I do go into depth answering an email or go into detail evaluating a drawing, I can get double duty out of the effort. Does that make sense? If you don't like that agreement, and you've sent pictures, PLEASE tell me now - I'll honor whatever you tell me. I think if you look through the Archives and see how past pictures have been utilized you'll be quite happy with the way they've been used. Not trying to be wet towel here, but I must be able to get through the work that has to get done to make YouCanDraw.com work for all. But I WILL try to comment on as many drawings as I can! So again, please be patient. Ok. Got that off my chest. I feel better :-) So I wish all of you a great week, week-end, dive back into the Archives, draw, draw and keep on drawing! Warmly, Jeffrey O. Kasbohm Executive Director (952) 920-9827 6920 Southdale Road Minneapolis, MN 55435 http://www.YouCanDraw.com "Once and for all getting you drawing faces and caricatures" mailto:comments@youcandraw.com