tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post523405554334394167..comments2023-10-04T11:47:45.212-04:00Comments on The Flying Trilobite: Art Monday: search, download, commentGlendon Mellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-50421245433598123462009-04-14T23:24:00.000-04:002009-04-14T23:24:00.000-04:00Oh great, I found it.
Thanks for the compliments...Oh great, <A HREF="http://www.silphium.net/blog/?p=382" REL="nofollow">I found it</A>. <br /><br />Thanks for the compliments, Larry!Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-24426829217897489672009-04-14T08:06:00.000-04:002009-04-14T08:06:00.000-04:00Cool praise Larry! Thanks!
But what's your blog?...Cool praise Larry! Thanks!<br /><br />But what's your blog? You don't have an i.d. enabled. I'd love to check it out.Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-31773766104750917802009-04-14T08:03:00.000-04:002009-04-14T08:03:00.000-04:00Hey, Glendon, I love your artwork! I'll lift a few...Hey, Glendon, I love your artwork! I'll lift a few images and present them to my blog readers, with full attribution, of course. I like images of trilobites and wish I had an aquarium full of them, with crinoids as landscaping...Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215738689578440672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-57354467741348597832009-04-14T05:50:00.000-04:002009-04-14T05:50:00.000-04:00Hey Chris! I absolutely agree the rewards of post...Hey Chris! I absolutely agree the rewards of posting original art outweigh the risks. At least in my 2 years of bloggy experience, they do. <br /><br />I am still working on the lever to use my art to conquer all the theme parks in the world. But it will happen.Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-8621435768032194442009-04-13T12:18:00.000-04:002009-04-13T12:18:00.000-04:00Hey G-Mel,So I guess this comment is more for your...Hey G-Mel,<BR/><BR/>So I guess this comment is more for your readership than you, We have had many a long conversation about this topic, more frequently in the last 9 months ever since I decide to take my artwork online (I promise you this will not be one big self promoting monologue) 9 months ago I was in a position where I wanted to do more with my artwork, I had a cornucopia of ideas that I was slowly developing and I decided that I had to be more proactive. My goals were simple,<BR/><BR/>1) Take an idea and attempt to Get noticed for my artwork outside my circle of friends and the community in witch I had illustrated murals for. Appeal to the macabre community and offer them a unique take take on Zombies.<BR/><BR/>2) market the idea as prints, apparel and stuffed dolls. Try to developed a fan base, and use the notoriety as the catalyst to expose the public to a larger portfolio.<BR/><BR/>3) slowly introduce all the ideas that have been, until now, locked away in my mind, to the public and try my best to entertain.<BR/><BR/>4) Create a Children's project with my Wife Michele<BR/><BR/>5) make a living while doing what I love, see, simple!<BR/><BR/> Here was my roadblock, in order to achieve any of these goals I to face a realization that I need to put all my art, all my ideas, out in the world for everyone to see. I can't protect my illustrations in my portfolio any longer. the idea, "There is no way people can love it if you don't show it, and you can't hide it because your to afraid that someone will steal it!"<BR/><BR/>I realized that I am more afraid of wasting an opportunity to share my art with the world than I was of being plagiarized. And that realization is what motivated me to move ahead, give it my all and hold nothing back.<BR/><BR/>Almost a year later, I know I have made the right decision. In that time frame I have developed quite a nice fan base, not on my own of course, I have had a lot of doors opened for me and unwavering support from Zombos' Closet of Horrors, the Vault of Horror and The Flying Trilobite. I have opened an online gallery that has had quite a bit of activity, I have met some wonderful new friends and have had the chance to really open my blog up to a larger, macabre community.<BR/><BR/>I currently use all the Stats Counter gadgets and I can see all the activity on my blog. I see who looked at what and who downloaded what but it is no longer a worry, it's inspiring. People want to see what I'm up to and that is a huge motivator. And by now if someone wants to steal an image I am confidant that it wont be to long until I know about it. all my fears are gone, and as someone very wise said, "I've taken my first step into a larger world"<BR/><BR/>Later days,<BR/>ChristopherChristopher Zengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621627648001812605noreply@blogger.com