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Image of the Week

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Terms of Use: You can use this image for anything you wish (e.g. advertising, printed materials, product packaging, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, book covers, etc.) as long as you do not copyright it or resell it. Oak Creek Printworks and Oak Creek Marketplace, Inc. are not liable for any damages incurred by your use of the image. ©2010 Oak Creek Printworks

Image of the Week

To download, click on the image below. When the high resolution copy appears right click on it to copy or save it.

If you use our images, we would love to hear from you and see a sample of what you did with it. Who knows, we might just post your creation in a future blog…with your permission, of course! Contact us at admin@oakcreekprintworks.com.

Terms of Use: You can use this image for anything you wish (e.g. advertising, printed materials, product packaging, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, book covers, etc.) as long as you do not copyright it or resell it. Oak Creek Printworks and Oak Creek Marketplace, Inc. are not liable for any damages incurred by your use of the image. ©2010 Oak Creek Printworks

Image of the Week

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Lichen on rockface

You may be wondering what you can do with images like the one above. They are great  for providing texture for backgrounds and other graphic elements. The current photo of the week (above) was screened back to 30% and placed over a block of color to provide a rough-looking background for the poster on the right. Or, an image can be used with a clipping mask to texture letters or other graphic elements, as seen below.

If you use our images, we would love to hear from you and see a sample of what you did with it. Who knows, we might just post your creation in a future blog…with your permission, of course! Contact us at admin@oakcreekprintworks.com.

Terms of Use: You can use this image for anything you wish (e.g. advertising, printed materials, product packaging, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, book covers, etc.) as long as you do not copyright it or resell it. Oak Creek Printworks and Oak Creek Marketplace, Inc. are not liable for any damages incurred by your use of the image. ©2010 Oak Creek Printworks

Image of the Week

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If you use our images, we would love to hear from you and see a sample of what you did with it. Who knows, we might just post your creation in a future blog…with your permission, of course! Contact us at admin@oakcreekprintworks.com.

Terms of Use: You can use this image for anything you wish (e.g. advertising, printed materials, product packaging, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, book covers, etc.) as long as you do not copyright it or resell it. Oak Creek Printworks and Oak Creek Marketplace, Inc. are not liable for any damages incurred by your use of the image. ©2010 Oak Creek Printworks

Image of the Week – July 26, 2010

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If you use our images, we would love to hear from you and see a sample of what you did with it. Who knows, we might just post your creation in a future blog…with your permission, of course! Contact us at admin@oakcreekprintworks.com.

Terms of Use: You can use this image for anything you wish (e.g. advertising, printed materials, product packaging, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, book covers, etc.) as long as you do not copyright it or resell it. Oak Creek Printworks and Oak Creek Marketplace, Inc. are not liable for any damages incurred by your use of the image. ©2010 Oak Creek Printworks

Bookmark Genius: Recipes for Success

by Georgia Lange

Two of my favorite things to do this summer have been reading and cooking, which I rarely have time for during the rest of the year. Something about feeding both my body and my brain makes me feel at ease with everything, as though I am on vacation from life even when I am home. As I was sitting around the other day, munching on a delicious Moroccan salad that I had prepared and reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (a fabulous book that everyone in America seems to be reading this summer), my mind started to wander a bit. I remembered that I needed to write down the recipe of the savory dish Continue reading

David Southern: Featured Artist, Summer 2010

David Southern grew up on a horse ranch in Colorado, where he discovered an early kinship towards nature. As a child, he raised fantails, roller, and trumpeter pigeons and dreamed of becoming the curator of a natural history museum when he grew up. It did not take long for young Southern to realize that he preferred nature alive and moving, and his early art career began by drawing the family’s chickens and the rooster who would sleep on his pet Dalmatian to keep its feet warm.

Eventually, Southern moved to San Francisco where he joined the San Francisco Police Department for the opportunity to help others. In his retirement, Southern has continued to pursue his career as an artist, creating work that is reminiscent of both nature and culture. The elements of his native Arapaho Indian heritage combined with a nostalgia of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the early cinema of the 30’s and 40’s can be found in the artistic style of David Southern. He has been inspired by his travels to National Parks, such as the Grand Canyon, and his travels abroad to Paris, London, Madrid, and South Africa. These places have left their marks on his artistic palette, especially South Africa with its vast nature and rich cultural patterns.

Clematis Weave

Found Feather

Southern is also inspired by the everyday elements of nature that can be found closer to home; the songs of cicadas in the summertime, the seasonal migrations of birds, and the foliage of trees and the shadows they cast. Golden Gate Park in San Francisco often finds its way into the work of David Southern, though most of his subjects can be found blossoming in his own garden or bravely wandering into his studio. His favorite subjects tend to be living things that fly or bloom, such as the Hibiscus flower and the Comet Moths of Madagascar. Southern is also much inspired by his pet cats, and is currently working on a children’s book where his feline friends are given starring roles.

View Southern’s Portfolio

Image of the Week

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If you use our images, we would love to hear from you and see a sample of what you did with it. Who knows, we might just post your creation in a future blog…with your permission, of course! Contact us at admin@oakcreekprintworks.com.

Terms of Use: You can use this image for anything you wish (e.g. advertising, printed materials, product packaging, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, book covers, etc.) as long as you do not copyright it or resell it. Oak Creek Printworks and Oak Creek Marketplace, Inc. are not liable for any damages incurred by your use of the image. ©2010 Oak Creek Printworks

Personalized Calendars – Easy to make, perfect for gifts

by Mackenzie Billing

Making a 16-month personalized calendar for friends and relatives is a really creative, fun way to say “thinking about you!”  They make such perfect gifts, and summer is really a great time to get started so that the calendars will be ready as the school year begins.

I recently wanted to make a calendar for my older brother, a photographer, with the wonderful pictures he had taken over the years.  First, I did a full-sized 16 month calendar, starting in September of this year and running through December of 2011. That way there was room for more of his pictures and he could start to use it sooner.

Later, I experimented with calendars in a variety of sizes and formats. During the calendar-making project, I discovered a way to use a special, clear plastic stand the size of a CD jewel case to create a fun little desk calendar. This can be done without using a commercial printer or binding of any kind. It stands upright and has a little slot to put all the pages in. A calendar this small is more for just checking off the days as they go by and doesn’t really leave much room to write.  I think it’s a handy little calendar just to sit on a desk with pictures of the family, nature, pets, animals, or whatever is meaningful to the recipient of the gift. It can be anything you want! It’s almost like a miniature photo frame that you change every month!  What a great gift. Continue reading

Image of the Week

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If you use our images, we would love to hear from you and see a sample of what you did with it. Who knows, we might just post your creation in a future blog…with your permission, of course! Contact us at admin@oakcreekprintworks.com.

Terms of Use: You can use this image for anything you wish (e.g. advertising, printed materials, product packaging, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, book covers, etc.) as long as you do not copyright it or resell it. Oak Creek Printworks and Oak Creek Marketplace, Inc. are not liable for any damages incurred by your use of the image. ©2010 Oak Creek Printworks