Shutterstock Marathon 2008

Green and Yellow Kaleidoscope

copyright (c) Joan Kerrigan

The 2008 Shutterstock Marathon is now over for me. In 25 weeks, I have gone from a portfolio of 2826 images to 3708 images/footage clips. That's a gain of 882 images in 6 months! Although I am pleased with the growth of my portfolio, I'm not thrilled that the time and creative effort spent haven't paid off financially. I will continue to upload in 2009 but probably won't be concentrating on microstock quite as much. So I've decided not to join the 2009 Marathon that is gearing up. With all the classes I'm taking this spring, I will be working on classwork and getting back into painting.

The image above is an experiment with importing a photo into Ultra Fractal and applying a kaleidoscope mapping to it. The process has produced several interesting images.

Hearts

copyright (c) Joan Kerrigan

On another very happy note, my husband and I are celebrating our 26th anniversary today!

Happy Anniversary, Evans!

Wrapping Up the Old Year Soon

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copyright (c) Joan Kerrigan

This year has just flown by! I have worked on goals set last year and maybe not done as well as I should have. However, I'm not unhappy with my progress in the art world. I have shown a micro-profit overall which makes me happy. I'm finally not just throwing money into the money pit that is called "art supplies". I'm looking forward to an interesting and exciting year in 2009 and will work on new goals in the Bahamas this weekend.