SAC-CON!
September 26, 2008 - Von D.
People of Sacramento, come hither!
This Sunday, Mike and I will be at Sac-Con, Sacramento’s premiere comic book convention.
We won’t have a booth but we’ll be giving out free handshakes, hugs, high-fives, fist pounds, and 5 minutes of uninterrupted eye contact. Alls yous gots to dos is asks. We’ll also be giving away some STICKERS!!!
Be there or be a geometric shape with four equal sides.
See ya there,
Von
November 29th, 1999 at 5:00 pm
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November 29th, 1999 at 5:00 pm
hahaha. Yeah. And the spotty kid on the computer would have to be thinking about the wonderful games of Runescape and Tetris Online and deffeating the evil bosses. Now that would be something…
November 29th, 1999 at 5:00 pm
its not ’stacked’ this is cool and is easy! .the video has a lagg between the sound and the video image.
November 29th, 1999 at 5:00 pm
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November 29th, 1999 at 5:00 pm
Despite what lil me says, there are some serious health risks in art. One of the worse is spray mount, which is canisters of glue which lots of artists use to glue there pictures to mount board. If you can smell it, you are breathing glue in and that is definitely not good for you. Same for thinners. If you are using spray mount, you should only use it in well ventilated areas, professionally in a fume extraction cupboard and even then wearing a mask. If you don’t have one, go outside, stand up wind of you work, preferably wear a mask and spray away form you. You shouldn’t be able to smell it. The other big health and safety issue in art is the use of scalpels and other kinds of knives to trim your work. Scalpels are obviously very sharp, but are ideal for cutting paper and card cleanly and much better than scissors. However, they also cut fingers, legs and pretty much any other bits of flesh they touch. You should also ideally wear protective glasses when using scalpels as they can shatter and really ping, but that is usually only when someone is misusing them or using them inappropriately. If you are using a scalpel or a cutting blade always cut in such a way that if it slips (and it will!) it will slip away from you. Similarly, be careful if you are in a classroom that no-one else is near you. Always use a metal rule and keep your fingers above where the blade will go when holding the rule. Don’t use wooden or plastic rules. Never sharpen pencils with a scalpel- use a proper pencil sharpener. You’ll get a better job with a proper sharpener anyway. Be careful replacing scalpel blades- use thin nose pliers to put them on or off unless you know what you are doing. Never leave a scalpel just lying around or in a draw unprotected with the blade out. I use plastic wine bottle corks on the end of mine which work well. Keep scalpel blades only while they are sharp. Surprisingly maybe, a sharp blade can be a safer blade as you will be using less pressure to cut with it and it will give a cleaner cut. Dispose of properly, don’t just throw in a bin. The cleaner may reach in the bin to empty it. At the very least, wrap it in a load of masking tape or sellotape but preferably put it into a proper sharps disposal container. other dangers are scissors for obvious reasons and guillotines, although these are usually fully guarded assuming they are not the old fashioned type with a huge blade you bring down- they can be lethal to fingers but hopefully you won’t be seeing one of those. The other big cause of accidents in studios is slipping. There is a lot of paint and water about and the floor can be really slippy. You can obviously break an arm or bang something falling down. Similarly, artists often use ladders to pin work up or any available chair, another potential fall situation. NEVER use a stool or a chair on casters or a folding chair! i had a bruise running from my knee all the way up to my groin as a result of standing on a folding chair. it was a nice shade of blue to yellow, but it was an effective way to learn not to use folding chairs as ladders and it could have been much worse. And finally, don’t forget painter’s madness. Many famous artists are insane in some way, look at Dali or Van Gogh or Tracey Emming. Although, maybe they became artists because they were insane and not the other way round? Welcome to the Asylum. Have fun while you’re here!
November 29th, 1999 at 5:00 pm
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September 26th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
your comment
“Be there or be a geometric shape with four equal sides.
See ya there,
Von”
makes you a HUGE geek. Hahahaha
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November 29th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
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