Off Painting

April 4th, 2008

We've finished up proofs on Painting the Web this week, and I have my first snap of the new cover. I embedded a version of the cover that's been converted into SVG over at Burningbird, but have included a JPEG below.

Now I can turn my attention to the new book, as well as the site changes and book support sites. I've closed down my experimentation at Burningbird, leaving it for now with an appropriate background image. Red is not normally my color, but I rather like the warmth of the color and the new background SVG works exceptionally well in a flexibly sized environment.

Something will happen to RealTech, I'm just not sure what. Only the Feeds know what lurks within the hearts of online writers. Mwahaha, or something to that effect.

Spring has arrived here in St. Louis, though reluctantly and wetly.

Painting the Web

Updated: O'Reilly went with a Golden Oriole rather than a Prairie Chicken.

The cover of my newest book, rendered in SVG. If your browser doesn't support the SVG, you'll see the PNG version.

I used Vector Magic to convert the raster image to an SVG vector drawing. I then "combined" it with another image that I had vectorized.

Painting the Web book cover

Comments
1
Allan Moult - 8:55 pm April 4, 2008

Congrats Shelley.

That's a great cover; a real 'burningbird'.

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ralph - 7:34 am April 5, 2008

Only the feeds know, eh? I haven't had time to fire up NetNewsWire in weeks; it just doesn't fit into my schedule now that I've moved out of the house and on to the train (that's how it feels, anyway). But I still manage to visit Burningbird and RealTech several times a week. I hope you'll let those of us who visit directly rather than just via feeds if you start any other hidden sites like RealTech….

And I have to agree about the cover; that's sweet! I'm looking forward to reading the book.

3
Shelley - 12:08 pm April 5, 2008

Allan, thanks. It is a nice cover. The book has hundreds of color images, too, so I'm looking forward to seeing it.

No worries, Ralph — I'll make sure to bang about and make lots of noise so folks know I'm back to pestering people.

I really am tickled with this book. This is my baby, in that it's my idea from start to finish. I really hope it does OK.

4
Frank Paynter - 8:14 pm April 7, 2008

Prairie chicken, right?

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Shelley - 11:50 pm April 7, 2008

Frank, yes it is. A good choice for a couple of reasons.

First, it's a bird local to the area where I live. Second, it's an endangered bird heavily dependent on issues related to the environment.

Oddly enough, the St. Louis Today had a story on the prairie chicken.

It's also a very handsome bird.

6
Bud Gibson - 7:20 am April 8, 2008

A prairie chicken?! That's a great choice. I like the endangered in the midwest theme.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the discussion. Comments are now closed, but you can contact the author of the post directly.

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