A lot of folks are doing some really fun album covers, so what the hell.  Let me get in on the create too.

Here’s what you need to know:

Band name:  Galeophobia

Wikipedia does not have an entry for Galeophobia, so if you have some time to kill perhaps you could fill that Wikipedia void.  Wiktionary says that Galeophobia is (1) a fear of cats and (2) a fear of sharks.  I have no idea how sharks and cats are related.  There is also another term for the fear of cats.  It’s called ailurophobia.  But all of this is boring.  Back to the fun stuff.

Album title:  Part of Your Essential Being

I didn’t have a specific photo editor in mind.  I knew I wanted to use something I’ve never used before.  I did a search for web photo editor and selected Befunky, because it was kind of near the top and I am not discerning.  It’s an easy tool to use though the font choices are limited.  There are lots of photo effects though.  I also like the fact that the tools can be used without registering as a user.

I’m pretty sure that Galeophobia is a metal band, so I selected some gothic fonts and made them as hard to read as possible, which is what metal bands are wont to do.  I did the “Galeophobia” first and applied my changes.  I wanted to change the positioning of the band name after applying said changes, but was unable to figure out how to do that without redoing the image.  I then added the album title, played around the with coloring, and called it a day.  Here it is:

First go

I was having fun though and I had some time to kill before graduation, so I decided to do another cover.  Fun times!

another album cover, because a band has to have choices.

Call me butter, because I’m on a roll!  Wheeeeeeee!

Here’s a visual assignment that Jim Groom can maybe appreciate.

A long time ago (almost 3 years ago) I had this life where I watched movies and read books and listened to music.  Then I had a baby (now a toddler), and I don’t do any of those things anymore, because my time is spent trying to raise this child to be a decent human being.

Back when I watched movies and read books and listened to music, the husband and I would visit our friend Matt Mills (who can be seen playing drums in the video below).

Matt Mills worked/works at Video Fan on Strawberry Street in this lovely city called Richmond.  Here’s a picture of Video Fan that I didn’t take:

Matt Mills was a horror/exploitation/cult movie aficionado.  We spent a lot of time watching  questionable movies like White Dog and Tenement and gems like Spider Baby.  He talked a lot of Argento and Bava.  Matt was sweet enough to lend Will and I his Bava boxed set after my son was born.  Unfortunately, I was too sleep-deprived to remember any of what I saw.

I do, however, remember the shadows in those Bava films.  After reading the prompt for “Creep on a movie scene,” I thought about those Bava movies and I thought about this great picture I have of myself mopping up someone’s spilled drink at a party.  The picture is a shadowy, dark, and creepy:

The original photo is in color, so I just did a quick edit in iPhoto and changed it to black and white.  I then open the photo in Photoshop.  I found the still from Black Sunday through a Google Image search.  I downloaded that photo to my desk top and opened it in Photoshop too.

There was a lot of fumbling around in Photoshop, which I’ve never used before.  I created two layers–one with the mopping photo, the other with the Bava still.  The background from the mopping picture was deleted.  I experimented with the brightness and contrast.  Then I dragged the altered image into the Bava still.  I looked like a giant compared to the characters in the Bava movie, so I sized myself down a little.

I’d like to repeat it all just to make sure I have the hang of it.

Evil truly does lurk in the shadows.  Here’s the proof:

Muwhahahahahahhaha!

I spent some time visiting the blogs of fellow campers this afternoon.  I stumbled across the Troll Quotes assignment on Marcey’s Blog and knew that I had to do this one.  I decided to use a handful of pop divas.  Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Cyndi Lauper look out!  Here’s the result:

I found an image of Madonna by searching Google Images.  The quote is supposedly from Lady Gaga.  I haven’t heard Lady Gaga say this, nor have I read it in print, but it came up in a Google search, so it must be true.

I imported the Madonna pic into Adobe Fireworks.  I then added the text and green stroke effect.  All of this was added using Fireworks too.

Spent some time exploring camp and taking some pictures.  I’m using the oh-so-popular Pinterest to house photos.  I’m keeping all of my camp memories on a Camp Magic Macguffin board.

Things are getting weird here.  Bunk X makes me kind of nervous.  I’ll talk more about it in my letter home when I figure out what’s going on.