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I’m a Visual Facilitator, also known as a Graphic Facilitator.<\/b><\/p>\n

Imagine a workshop or seminar. Sitting in the corner is an artist with an easel. That artist is visually interpreting the ideas that are flying around the room. That artist is me.<\/p>\n

I work on my Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet pc, painting primarily in ArtRage 2.5<\/a>, with a video projector hooked up to my machine so that people can see what I’m painting.<\/p>\n

At the end of the session, everyone gets to take home the pictures I’ve made.<\/p>\n

Here’s a link to my Flickr set showing some of my work: Visual Facilitation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m happy to work anywhere in the world, with the proviso that I have fair notice to sort out visas where necessary.<\/p>\n

I charge R8 500 (roughly US$1300, Euro 850, UK\u00a3650) for a half-day session, and R12 500 (roughly US$1 900, Euro 1 250, UK\u00a3950) for a full-day session. This excludes travel and accommodation.<\/p>\n

Coffee-Shops and Me<\/b><\/p>\n

I’m a coffee-shop schmuck, and I spend much of my time sketching people in coffee-shops. I’m somewhat of a leftie (probably more of a left libertarian than anything) and a sometime activist.<\/p>\n

My Motto<\/b><\/p>\n

I live my art in prosperity and abundance.<\/p>\n

Technical Details<\/b><\/p>\n

All of the earlier drawings are done directly onto an iPAQ 2210 palmtop computer, running a licensed version of Mobile Atelier drawing software. These pics are NOT suitable for artprints, except small, cos their resolution is only 320 x 240 pixels. I’m VERY happy to print them out as postcards for you. Lemme know, and I’ll do it.<\/p>\n

The later, more detailed, higher-resolution drawings are done on my Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet pc, running ArtRage 2.5<\/a>, Alias Sketchbook Pro 2.0, Corel Painter 9.5, and Photoshop CS2. Almost every painting I make now is done in ArtRage.<\/p>\n

(Sandi asked me if I get paid for mentioning ArtRage and Toshiba. The answer is a resounding no. I get nothing from those companies. No favours. No freebies. No money. No nothing. I just love what their tech does for me.)<\/p>\n

I generally draw the line work on the top layer first, and then I colour on the layer below that. Each painting takes between 60 and 240 minutes to make, the colouring taking most of the time.<\/p>\n

Creative Commons — Attribution, Share-Alike<\/b><\/p>\n

I’m a great believer in the open source movement. That’s why I release all of my artworks under a Creative Commons ‘attribution, share-alike’ license<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(It’s also why I buy music from Magnatune.com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

My license means that you’re free to use my work as you see fit, as long as I’m credited, and you distribute your work under the same license.<\/p>\n

Swaps of Prints<\/b><\/p>\n

I love doing swaps with other photographers and artists around the world. If there’s a pic of mine you like, and I like one of yours, let’s swap. Here’s the deal… I give you a signed print, you give me a signed print. That way we both win.<\/p>\n

Here’s my postal address…<\/p>\n

Roy Blumenthal
PO Box 532
Auckland Park
2006
South Africa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My Blog<\/b><\/p>\n

I’m a fairly regular blogger, with a tiny cult following which seems to be shrinking since I stopped talking explicitly about BDSM and sex. Hehehehehe. That’s in the archives. You can find me at: schmucknews.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My Stuff on Zazzle<\/b><\/p>\n

I’m now selling my artworks on various items at Zazzle<\/a>. They’re an official Flickr associate, so give it a try!<\/p>\n

My Prickie.com Button Shop<\/b><\/p>\n

I have a button shop-front on Prickie.com. I supply the designs, they print, manufacture, and ship the buttons. I get an incredible US75c per button sold!! So make me rich! Go and buy my buttons.<\/p>\n

Please note that one of my absolute aims is to offend people. So if you’re NOT offended by my lapel badges, please let me know what I’m doing wrong!!!<\/p>\n

Here’s the address of my shop-front: ACoffeeShopSchmuck Button Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where to Find Me<\/b><\/p>\n

Twitter: royblumenthal<\/a>
Facebook: Roy Blumenthal<\/a>
Skype: royblumenthal
Google Talk: schmucknews@gmail.com
Shared Google Reader Links: schmucknews<\/a>
Cellphone: +27 74 104 6386. (That ‘+27’ is the country code. Pop that number into your cellphone as it stands, and it should get to me.)
Email: schmucknews@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n

Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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