Why Orange?
Some of you might have noticed that things are changing around the old blog. I’m trying to make it easier to update, so I don’t avoid keeping you all in the loop. I’m also trying to make it easier to get the designs I make in the way you want them, pretty soon you’ll be able to order any design on any of the items I make.
But during the process I got an interesting question from Crystal, the person helping me with all this. We were discussing how I wanted the blog and website to look. “Same colors?” she asked. No question! RandomFandom has to be orange! She didn’t ask directly, but I could hear the unspoken question.
“Why orange?”
Some of you probably have some pretty accurate guesses. I mean, I don’ t keep my love for everything Fruits Basket hidden by any means. And when you think of Fruits Basket and Orange. One thing comes to mind.
Not gonna lie. When RandomFandom first started as a artist studio in the Artist Alley, Fruits Basket was my main game. So the colors when along with it. Orange for Kyo and blue for Yuki, those were my shop colors from the very start. But it used to have more blue and less orange. And as time has gone on orange has invaded, and the Fruits Basket has waned from the site. Not I don’t still love it, I do… I even still write fanfiction for it, and the old website with all the info you never knew you wanted to know about Fruits Basket is still there too. It’s just not the main focus of RandomFandom anymore.
So why keep the orange? And why make it even more orange? (Though this design is slightly less orange than the last, white is just easier to read against.)
Because I have come to love orange. It’s happy and cheerful. It makes you think of happy things like cold refreshing orange juice, bright long summer days, sunflowers, crackling fires and sunsets. (Gee, makes me sound outdoors-y which I am SO NOT.) Orange is playful, fresh and vibrant. But mostly, orange is an everybody color.
It’s not a color for “boys” or “girls.” It’s not a color that you can be too young for, or be too old for. It’s not a color that you need worry if it’s meant for you. I’ve taken a lot of art classes, and you learn a lot about colors and what they mean to people. I’ve read that people make a decision about a place or a location within a few seconds of being there, and a lot of their decisions come from the colors alone. Have you ever walked past a store just because you can tell at a glance it’s not meant for you? A lot of that feeling probably had to do with the colors in the store. Men instinctively shy away from the “women’s” part of department store, and women to the same to men’s.
RandomFandom is for everyone, just like orange. I want people to come on by, and have fun. When I go to a convention, people are attracted to the bright, fuzzy (and super soft) cloth I used on the table. It’s not just one type of person, young, old, man, woman… orange gets them all. And then I get to see their faces as they look over my buttons, and the smiles when they find just the right button that speaks to them. Then they open up and tell me about their con, about what interests them. That’s one of the main things I love about my job. SO MORE ORANGE, I say!
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Toracon! Oh how I love thee…
Though I wish you had food. I think this is my fourth year doing Toracon, and it’s great to see the show grow and grow and improve each year.
This year was no different, the only issue being that besides Asian Snacktime in the dealer’s room and Ben and Jerry’s there is no food to be had within walking distance.
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How I spent my day:
This isn’t completely accurate. I made a difficult phone call today, which since I pretty much hate the phone was a major accomplishment. The phone call was to the state of Massachusetts department of revenue. I’d forgotten to e-file my sales tax return for a couple of months and got a bill for an estimated $3,000. ACK! Since I haven’t done business in Massachusetts since April of last year, I was a bit puzzled. But when I called they said I just had to file my zero returns and “that bill will go away.” According to the nice operator I spoke to “That was just to get your attention.” It worked!
I also did manage to clean a bit more in my craft room (after I drew this), one of the two tables in there is now mostly cleared off and about half the floor. I really want to get it done so I can get all the craft stuff that’s downstairs up in the craft room where it belongs. Then I have to go back to my parents’ place and get all my other craft stuff out.
This all makes me really want to make something, because I keep finding supplies I forgot I had, but since my craft room is still a mess and I don’t want to work downstairs and mess it up again it’ll have to wait. (Once all my supplies are put away so I can’t see them, then I’ll be moaning that I don’t know what I want to doooooo.)
I also uploaded some of my drawings to DeviantArt. I’ve been trying to draw something every day, which is something I’ve tried before at and failed. This time I’m determined not to quit if I miss a few days here and there (which I’ve already done. =/) I also didn’t want to clutter up my journal with every doodle I do (as most are really just more bunnies in aviator glasses). But if you’re interested you can go to my deviant art profile and take a look. Most of what I’ve drawn is under the scraps section.
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