6/12/2007: Marianne Completes "Yummy Landscape Artist"

Preparing for this task was the hardest part. After loading everything up in the car, unpacking everything, and then getting settled (which isn’t easy when having bottles and cartons in tow) I sat on a bench along a trail in a nature preserve. I decided it would be easiest for me to paint trees than anything else. I really wanted to go to Lake Michigan and spend the day at the beach but am much happier I ended up at the nature preserve because carrying all the supplies across the sand would have made a less than serene trek. This was actually pretty fun and very calming. It was nice to have some quiet time and reflect on nature something maybe I should do more of. No one walked by, I think maybe I was alone, always a safe thing being alone in the woods. The bugs however were more than enough company once I opened my supplies. The actually painting took about 10 minutes. I figured quick and painless.

This is what I used:

Melted Blue Moon ice cream
Spicy brown mustard
French dressing
Habanero Sauce
Tabasco
Green Taco Sauce
Ketchup
Soy Sauce (which drips worse than ice cream)
Yellow mustard
Yogurt

And here’s what happened:

This is what I was looking at:

This is a practice piece that I did with some markers:

This is something I just wanted to do because I didn’t want to go home just yet:

6/12/2007: Marianne Accepts"Yummy Landscape Artist"

It’s a nice day today with the sun shining and clear skies, a great day to wander the area for a scenic view. I certainly have condiments for this task and the ability to find a pretty setting. Too bad the artist skills are missing.

5/9/2007: Stephen Has Completed "Van Gohn"

Ok, I did this one during my lunch break. I basically took a picture of myself on my cell phone, sent it to the computer, and then went photoshop crazy on it, Vincent Van Gogh style, until I had created a "digital painting". Once I was done, I was ready to sell it. Until today, I have never listed an item on ebay, so I had to go through the entire seller sign up process and then I had to create the auction listing for my "digital painting". I set it up as a 5 day auction. I figure, let's wait and see if it gets any press. I have two sets of links here, ones to the actual ebay pages and ones to local copies of the ebay pages stored on the rutless website (simply for backup purposes). Hope you enjoy! And please bid! ;P

Ebay Links:
The Actual Auction
Actual Search Result Showing The Auction

Backup Links:
The Auction
Search Result Showing The Auction
Search Result Showing The Auction Among Other Auctions

5/8/2007: Stephen Accepts "Van Gohn"

Well, this is a great task! I will try to do it justice. Maybe it will make it on one of those websites that posts weird ebay auctions. :)

5/8/2007: Todd Assigns "Van Gohn" To Stephen

Knowing your creative side, Stephen, this task should fit you to a tee. Your task, should you choose to accept it, will be to open an eBay auction that will last 1 day (if you do not have the 1 day listing option, then a 3 day listing is OK but will not end before the task is over). You will be auctioning off your very own digital creation, your interpretation of a Van Gogh painting. You may select any painting by Van Gogh and do your best to create something with the same style. You may spend no more than 30 minutes creating your “masterpiece”, we don’t want it to look too good.

In your listing, you must gush about your love for Van Gogh and how you’d like to one day be just like him. Allude to the fact that you are even willing to cut off your ear for inspiration if you must (especially if your masterpiece doesn’t sell).

At the end of the auction, you will send the winning bidder the full-sized JPEG of your
creation (which happens to be the exact image that you are using in the listing).
You should take a screenshot of your initial listing and any other relevant emails, bid
questions, etc. Describe why you chose the painting you chose to “copy” and give a brief
summary of the acivities on the listing by end of the day.