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Thursday, February 9, 2012
This Month's Very Late Header
You might have noticed that last month's header didn't have a date on it. This was done since I originally thought I'd just leave it up for awhile. Then I had what I thought was a clever idea of changing it to honor Black History Month which would also be fast and easy. Clever might be argued but, fast and easy?... it didn't turn out that way.
Last month and this month for comparison. At first I thought going from one to the other wouldn't require much. You know, replace some heads (on people and bike), draw up some new bars, pipes, and seat. No biggie, until I got into the thick of it.
First, I found I had to redraw almost the entire bike. Then all the elements below. This alone took enough time. What I didn't realize was, how much time it would take to put everything in at just the right angle and place. I found I needed to move and tweak a lot of little things in the original art. Stuff like moving the tools and crate a touch, tweaking the box, and test placing all the new elements a few times until they looked just right.
All in all, it took much longer than doing the last header from scratch. Not to mention, it's late and for a short month. Was it worth it? I don't know but, once I get an idea...
There's a lot more to say about this month's header than just the process of doing the art (which I didn't plan on ranting about). Now, I hope to get to that while there's still time left.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
"Bikers Got Culture!"
Here is a little PR for a fellow biker, Wild Bill:
Announcing the pre-release of
"Bikers Got Culture!"
"Poetry for the discerning biker!"
Though a serious poet "WildBill" Rogers takes the reader into the humorous side of a lifestyle thatis as unique to America as the cowboy and a culture that is largelymisunderstood.
BikersGot Culture! contains over fifty poems and limericks of humor, wit, and atouch of the unnatural. The author speaks of a Biker Culture encompassing allwalks of life from the lawful to the lawless and from the rich to the poor."Wild Bill" takes the reader through an entertaining chronicle of thebeginnings of what has become one of America's biggest icons using engagingcharacters, meter and rhyme, then introduces the reader to a sad sackaffectionately given the handle of "Oilslick" a fast-talking,beer-drinking, oil-encrusted, bug be-speckled biker.
From the mountains of Alaska to the sands of Daytona Beach, this is
"Poetry for the discerning biker!"
BikersGot Culture! contains over fifty poems and limericks of humor, wit, and atouch of the unnatural. The author speaks of a Biker Culture encompassing allwalks of life from the lawful to the lawless and from the rich to the poor."Wild Bill" takes the reader through an entertaining chronicle of thebeginnings of what has become one of America's biggest icons using engagingcharacters, meter and rhyme, then introduces the reader to a sad sackaffectionately given the handle of "Oilslick" a fast-talking,beer-drinking, oil-encrusted, bug be-speckled biker.
From the mountains of Alaska to the sands of Daytona Beach, this is
"Poetry for the discerning biker!"
If the editorial staff of your periodical would like toreview this book contact support@publishamerica.com or fax (301)631-9073 with your written request for a review copy.
If your book sales outlet wishes to order copies forinventory contact PublishAmerica at (301) 695-1707
"Bikers Got Culture!" is currently available at Amazon, Barnes& Noble or PublishAmerica at:
http://www.publishamerica.net/product46510.html
“Wild Bill” Rogers has been writing and riding most ofhis adult life. With his wife Terri he was the Co-Publisher and Editor ofMidnight Sun Rider Magazine. His reporting, prose and poetry have been enjoyedthroughout the U.S. in print and on the Internet.
"Bikers Got Culture!" ISBN: 978146266050
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