Four months in the making, the entire Apteromata package has finally been released at DAZ3D! This includes my Future Past pose set along with Arien's gorgeous Acherontia Atropos set of textures and the beautiful Warrior Maiden Eth by Surreality. The attention to detail in this set of items is unparalleled and for the next 14 days everything is on into discount! Click the images below to be taken to their store pages at DAZ3D.
Follow the links below to see other images some of the sets in their respective galleries at ArtZone. Full views are a must! Especially for the texture set and expansion.
I AM EQUAL Project strives for global equality. Looking for donors and sponsors.
Written by Niki Browning
Wednesday, 28 April 2010 12:35
The I AM EQUAL Project is currently looking for angel donors and corporate sponsors for their upcoming world tour of photo events. If you know of anyone that is
interested in furthering the cause of equality, education and human
rights, please email Jarrod Philips (
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) know immediately.
About
the project
Equality is the only true measure of freedom. We cannot force that
equality upon the world nor upon individuals – we can only inspire it in
others. Only in equality can we find the peace this world hungers for – in freedom
there is peace.
The
greatest barrier of freedom is education. The greatest stumbling block for
equality is ignorance.
The
I AM EQUAL FOUNDATION is a global scholarship initiative dedicated to building
peace and spreading freedom through education. They are committed to breaking
the bonds of ignorance and empowering the human spirit to claim the power,
passion, and freedom of equality.
Through
this commitment they shape the very foundations of communities, nations, and
the world.. With education we eliminate fear, poverty, and repression and
replace them with the pure unending equality.
Charitable
gifts and contributions fuel this world wide effort and ensure that thousands
of children who otherwise would languish in fear and ignorance and given the
chance to be free through the power of education.
I
AM EQUAL is a global awareness brand dedicated to engaging humanity in a conversation of equality and human rights with
the intention of uniting people from all walks of life for the common good.
Through
their photo events, they capture the passion, power, and beauty of individuals
who are hungry to show their unique connection to humanity. Each photo captures
a diversity of expression while the project en mass shows the unity of life that
connects us all – a woven tapestry of differences that make us all the same.
For
every person who takes a stand for equality and human rights through the
project, at least 10 other lives are touched, inspired, and empowered. The I AM
EQUAL experience of each individual becomes a viral expression of equality that
opens the door for people to discuss, support, drive and create conversations
that move the cause of equality throughout the world.
They
are united in their passion to see change in our life time.
The
program’s founder and CEO Jason Becket has this to say about the I AM EQUAL
Project:
“Our
program is simple – inspire global equality through education.
In
terms of race, religion, sexuality, or culture equality means having an equal
opportunity for expression without fear of reprisal – the chance to blossom in
excellence as a rose in the desert. And, as precious as water is for that
dessert rose, so too is education for the advancement of equality.
With
contributors, sponsors, and partners like you, we can change the dynamic of
peace on this planet and truly shift the balance for a free and unified world.
Nourished by education, the cause of equality will blossom across the globe.
Please
work with us to change the future. We ask you to step forward and contribute
your resources to build the I AM EQUAL project around the world.”
I do like to keep the front page here constantly changing, which can be tricky when I'm busy with the day job, the second job, looking for a third job and life in general. Some days I'll settle for posting a link to someone else's brilliance. Case in point, the following article by writer Jay Lake that talks about motivation. Writing and Art are close cousins so the same advice can be applied. Since I get asked the same question in every interview I've ever done and countless times a week just by random people I thought it might make good reading for creative and non-creatives alike.
[process] On motivation in writing
(by Jay Lake)
I have been asked several times lately in several different ways where I get my motivation. Ultimately that’s a question that doesn’t have an answer, or if it does, the answer is intensely personal and thus essentially useless to anyone else, but I take the intent.
I ran across this article on Visual Paths at iStockphoto while I was browsing. Its very good advice as to the reason why some images work and others don't. Having an image be visually engaging is a must for a cover artist so I thought I would include a link to the article here for everyone to have a look at.
If we put too much randomly-placed visual information into an image, our audience doesn’t know where to look. The eye wanders about the image, and eventually falls off the edge without being really engaged. What we need to do is guide the viewers’ eye by placing visual paths of interest in our art. Unless you’re specifically aware of, and looking for visual paths you might not even be aware they’re there. But they’re often the hidden reason we “get” some images and not others.
is the only true measure of freedom. We cannot force that
equality upon the world nor upon individuals – we can only inspire it in
others. Only in equality can we find the peace this world hungers for – in freedom
there is peace. 
