Make at least one art/craft project every week

I’m really enjoying this. I’m doing lots of artist trading cards, and I’m working in my art journal, too, now. I’m not going to mark this as done until I feel I’ve developed a strong enough habit that I won’t backslide.

I’m making a conscious effort to do original projects, not just work on knitting or crocheting something. It has to be original work!

I’ve also been creating more graphics, mostly for a Facebook application called “Flair” where you make virtual buttons (like you would wear on your jacket). Very fun, and a great challenged because I have to make it all readable at a small size, but it still has to have visual appeal.

I think 2007 has been very good for me artistically, in a large part because of my online life!

I’ve done a few Craftster swaps, and now I’m doing lots of Swap-Bot swaps, and that keeps me creating.

And for graphic design, I’ve done lots of avatars, signatures, and icons, plus some banners. Sure, they’re usually small, but that means I have to think carefully about color, typeface, proportion, contrast, and everything else. It’s hard to design small, and every element must contribute to the design: no freeloaders!

I even found the North Gwinnett Polymer Clay Meetup, which lead to some silver clay classes with Barbara McGuire!

I’ve really missed having artists in my life, since I finished my degree. I never thought the internet would help fill that gap!

My new goal is going to be at least one new project every week!