Len Whittaker

T Melville wrote: I think I get part of what you're saying, but probably not all of it. Regarding the white space, I think I positioned him so his whole body fit the width of the space, similarly to the others, but his arms are out to the sides. That made his body take up the space, but left his face taking less horizontal space than theirs. Looking at the "rule of thirds", their heads (including hat brim) take about ⅓ of the horizontal space. I would say I have Paul at a little over half of that. Therefore, I could zoom in on him accordingly. Am I on the track of what you're telling me? What else am I missing?

I guess what I was trying to say is you seem to want his entire photo in the poster, which does line up with the "rule of thirds", and you positioned it quite well when thinking of those rules. But- sometimes rules need to be thrown out for a position that looks more natural. Even the original posters didn't care about part of the person being cut off, and it looked good.  Just gotta experiment.   I did like the new poster you posted a little more than the first. Personally, I liked the first photo you chose more, but I like what you did with the second poster better.
Anyway, I'm so glad you're willing to share your work, I know that's hard sometimes.

I think it's time for a change too. I hope your journey is going well. Maybe we could talk sometime, I'm super new to all of this too, so maybe we can help each other out.
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Alder Burns wrote:In some states (Georgia and Tennessee at least, I'm sure there are others) it's legal to bury someone on private land, provided it's rural and over a certain size.  When I lived in the South I participated in four or five such home burials, helping to dig the grave, build a coffin (or in one case the body was simply wrapped in a blanket) and do the deed.  Simple and beautiful.  If you can pick up the body direct from the coroner or hospital or wherever and promise to bury within 24 hours no embalming is necessary.   As for myself, I'm currently signed up to have my body donated to the medical school as a study cadaver.  That way someone can get some benefit out of me, which seems at least right now to outweigh the meager contribution I would make to the soil!

That's really cool. I've always wanted to see what a home burial would be like, I visited a farm once that had old grave plots of family members, but they weren't allowed to bury people there anymore (I'm pretty sure they said it had been that way for 30 or 40 years). Such a shame.
I always wanted to go with a natural burial, I have looked at all the options for tree cemeteries as well, which are pretty cool. Being signed up as a study cadaver is sick though, being able to study an entire body as an aspiring medical professional is a miracle. You said you signed up to be a cadaver, I'm guessing that's different than signing up to be a run of the mill organ donor. Did you have to go through any red tape? Or do they just let anyone do it?

I really love art and creating as well, I've never head of redbubble (I need to research more haha). I saw your "let's swap seeds" decal/sticker, I thought that was pretty funny.

Anyway, I will give you my personal opinion, I think if you want to make it look like a war poster, you should make his photo take up more of the white/empty space on the poster. You see how the other posters have that "classic look"? It's because the viewer's eye is either drawn right or left, and then to the words and the photo is supposed to set the tone of the words. You should position his photo in a way that the words and his image get the same amount of attention from the eye and compliment eachother.
I find the best way to get a good result is to position it, leave it, and then look at it 20 minutes later. Keep working and tweaking it until you get the dynamic result you want; something you would want to look at. It takes awhile, but it's worth it.

Pearl Sutton wrote:Len: Welcome to Permies, lot of people here who feel like freaks!
I classify my neighbors as a harvestable resource!
Bricolage projects I have a large pile of leaves here now... They look puzzled, but let me take all the leaves I want. Less work for them, lots of leaves for me!

Thanks for the welcome, Pearl. I LOVE your "drag chute".

May Lotito wrote:

May Lotito wrote:let the grass grow tall to trap more leaves;

My yard and neighbor's yard, you can surely tell where the property line is.

Haha. I feel like such a freak where I am right now. EVERYONE rakes their leaves (not to mention the city paid leaf blowers who come around the main streets). I found one house in a 3 mile area that didn't get rid of their lovely leaves.

Hmm.. wood chipper seems like the best option xD

I will message you about this! Sounds great, would love more info.