Collective art project to send Will some love and support.
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@ShannonBiondi You might want to create a public dropbox or somewhere for people to send their finished pieces rather than posting them in the thread. Because high resolution posts can't be uploaded to the forum, the resulting uploads might not be good enough what would be required by book making software especially if they are not all the same dimensions and you have to resize them on the book pages. I ran into this issue when we put together cards to send to the family of Richard Cartwright, a forum member who died, and was able to figure out work arounds but it would have been much easier if I had had higher resolution files to work with.
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@demotlj That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the tip!! I'll drop a link to a shared folder over the next few days for people to drop their art into.
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I am going to try!
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@Coley Brilliant! Please do!
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Getting started on my this evening. Planning on using Will's own penguin character in the piece.
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@Chip-Valecek That’s funny. I had that idea too. It’s OBVIOUSLY a good one.
I am going to make something for Will (possibly penguin related). Just chiming in so you can know to expect one from me.
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@Chip-Valecek That's a brilliant idea!
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@JennyJones And snap! Haha! Great idea and super glad you're creating something
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Totally in! I have been following wills work for a while now, and was heartbroken for him when I heard...I would love to have a way to send his family love and prayers, and what better way than through art
thank you @ShannonBiondi for making this happen Rex Watkins
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@ShannonBiondi This is great. I'd love to contribute!
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@ewatkins09 Yay! I'm so glad that you're taking part. I'll be uploading a link to a shared folder soon so we can upload higher resolution artwork there.
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@Tamisha Fantastic
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Hi everyone.
So here is a link to a shared folder that you can all add your high resolution images to.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ccIlea_-YXct287TYjPprtiLXUFhC2ZZ?usp=sharing
Let me know if there are any issues with it!
@abhainn_fionn
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@ShannonBiondi Hi Shannon, I uploaded a file because this poem reminded me of how Will has talked about his wife over the years. It doesn't fit the theme of a guardian angel, so if this is not appropriate, I will try to come up with something that does.
Thank you for organizing this
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@BichonBistro I think that's lovely and really moving
Did you paint the background? It's gorgeous. Thanks for sending it!@abhainn_fionn
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@ShannonBiondi Thank you Shannon, yes it's a painting of the shoreline in Ocracoke, North Carolina, cropped to fit the square motif. Somewhere I saw a photo of Lori at a beach and Margaret Mead's poem just reminded me of Will, especially the line "to the faithful, I have never left". I think we are all heartbroken for Will and feel helpless to console, so the gofundme and this book provide a means for us to let Will know how very much he is in our hearts. Thanks so much.
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@BichonBistro It's a really beautiful painting and I'm sure he'll find a lot of comfort in the poem. Yes, I was so happy his friend set up a GoFundMe. As you say, even though I've never met Will, I still really wanted to help in any way I could as he is such a kind and generous person. I'm so happy this got traction - hopefully we will be able to comfort him a bit through the art he helps us create.
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I didn't put my name on it. Does it need to be on the picture? I guess it doesn't need to be. Thanks.
Marsha Ottum Owen
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@ShannonBiondi I’m in. Your last words pulled me over my trepidation about sharing my work. But Will would be the first person to say out it out there.
Great idea.
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@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Fantastic Marsha!!! That's a really cute image. If there are any words you wanna share with Will let me know. Whenever you get a chance could you upload the art work into the Google Drive folder I shared? I know I said to post it here but apparently there's a cap on resolution on the forum... Thanks!
@abhainn_fionn
