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Artist Changes : ©Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
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From: Jacque  (Original Message)Sent: 5/31/2007 7:55 AM
 
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  • You must have a "©Stephanie Pui-Mun Law" on any page you display my art. UNLESS the image description on Shadowscapes indicates there is a copyright to a third party involved. In which case, please respect their copyrights and indicate such, along with an "art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law" in your credits.
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    Credits:  ©Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

    Onsite permission

    Can I use your art on my webpage?
    Yes, if it is a non-profit page, and if you follow a few simple requests I have:

    • Please please PLEASE read the image descriptions, and if it says the image is copyrighted to a third party, you cannot use that art without contacting the copyright holder. Do not ask me about these images, or about how to contact the copyright holder. You can either follow the links I have, or look them up on the internet yourself.
    • Don't make any modifications to the image other than proportional resizing. Read that line again. PROPORTIONAL! Sorry, but so many people don't seem to understand that, no matter now many times I say it, and seeing my art squished into all kinds of odd sizes is terribly disturbing. So if you use the art, don't squish it so it's fat or skinny or whatever. It's meant to be a certain size. Keep it that way.
    • Don't link directly to the images on my site. This takes my bandwidth and slows it down for viewers on your site as well. Instead, right click and copy to your hard drive and upload it to your own server.
    • You must have a "©Stephanie Pui-Mun Law" on any page you display my art. UNLESS the image description on Shadowscapes indicates there is a copyright to a third party involved. In which case, please respect their copyrights and indicate such, along with an "art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law" in your credits.
    • Lastly...I don't require this, but it makes for a very grateful and happy artist if you choose to place a link back to my galleries from your site. You can link to http://www.shadowscapes.com. If you want to use banners, feel free to use any of these: (Cannot link)

    Can I use your art for other purposes?
    As long as it's non-profit, or for your personal enjoyment I don't mind at all. If it's not, please email me and I'll be happy to discuss possibilities with you.

    Can I use your art for a tattoo on myself?
    As I said above, you're welcome to use my art for any non-profit purpose. You're welcome to have my pieces tattooed on yourself.

    Can I use the website graphics (divider bars, menu items, etc) on my website?
    Sorry, but no. These things define the "look" of Shadowscapes. I spent a long time designing the graphics, and buttons, and color scheme. Besides, you don't want a website that isn't unique. Take the time to design your own graphics.

    Can I have a higher resolution version of a particular painting?
    In general, the answer to this is no. Unless you commissioned it, or want to license it for a fee. There are a few special circumstances, so if you have a case then contact me and we can discuss it. Otherwise, please don't email me asking for this. A good portion of my work is digital. This means that the "original" piece of art IS the high resolution file. I cannot distribute these to anyone who asks, for my own protection. Sorry about that.

    What font did you use for the Shadowscapes logo?
    There is no font. The logo was designed from scratch by hand, sorry to disappoint!

    Can I put a link on my site to Shadowscapes?
    By all means, go right ahead. You're more than welcome to do so and to use any of the banners I have available. No need to email and double check with me. If I didn't mean it, I wouldn't say it right? =)

    Do you take commissions?
    Yes. Take a look at this page:  (Cannot Link)

    Why is the site called Shadowscapes?
    It's not something that I thought about a great deal. It just came to me, and now after several years I suppose I'm stuck with it. But if you want meanings and whys....
    I do a lot of high fantasy art with the jobs I take on, but when I sit down to paint something for myself, I prefer things that are more subtle. They don't necessarily have to be high fantasy with elves and dragons and such. Perception, a way of viewing something with a different mindset. Shadows of reality that are almost grasped, but at the same time dancing in a dream-world made of light and absence of light. Shadowscapes is the name I put to this painted reality.

    What is "Pui-Mun"
    I get asked if "Pui-Mun" is a marital hyphenation quite often. No, it's not. It's just my Chinese middle name. It's quite common for second generation Chinese to have either a Chinese middle name, or else a Chinese name that is used by their family and relatives.

    What is that funny little square that I see in the corners of lots of your paintings?
    It's a Chinese signature chop. They are custom made, carved from stone. Usually there is a carving of an animal on the top. Mine has a kierun and it says says "Law Pui-Mun". Where can you get one yourself? Well, I have two -- one came from China, and the other from my local Chinatown. The range in prices can be anywhere from $15 - $150 depending on the quality of the stone, the carving, and your haggling skills.

    What do you use to paint?
    These days it's mostly watercolor. Although you'll find acrylics, digital paintings, pencil, pen and ink washes...and a few other random things in my galleries. And please don't try to convert me with "Don't do any more digital paintings please!" I happen to like it, and I take offense to people who think that just because something is done on the computer it isn't art. =) You're welcome to try and debate that with me. For the digital paintings I use Photoshop or occasionally Painter. Although I have not touched Painter in a long time. As for the watercolors, I use Windsor-Newton cake paints. The paper I'm more picky about. I use Strathmore's lightweight illustration board. Pricey, but worth it I think. It holds the color very well and makes the paints much more vibrant than some other papers I have tried. It comes in sheets that are 22x30 inches, and costs about $6.

    How big are your paintings?
    Watercolors and acrylics can be anywhere from 8x10 inches to 22x28 inches. My digital paintings I do at about 300dpi 8x10 inches, using Photoshop and Painter, and a Wacom tablet.

    How long does it take you to finish a painting?
    My watercolor paintings can take anywhere from a couple of hours to 50 hours. It depends greatly on the size and complexity of the image.

    How do you do that streaming light effect or the curved swooshes in your watercolor paintings?
    Unfortunately there's no magical trick for this either, although it's probably one of the most common questions on technique I recieve. It's just pre-preparation when sketching the image, patience, and lots of layers of watercolor washes! When I first sketch out the painting onto the illustration board with pencil, I mark off the edges of the swooshes and the light beams. Then, when starting to paint, treat these like you would any edge, and I paint darker on one side of the line than the other. It doesn't happen all at once, but is built up with layers as I go.

    How do you "transfer" your sketches to the illustration board? Is it carbon paper, or are you having it specially printed somewhere that can handle the large scale?
    Well, first I do a rough sketch. Then I scan it, and play around with a background in photoshop. Once I get the composition worked out, then I blow it up to the size I want the final to be, and print that out (sometimes I have to print our sections of it at a time since I work on large illustration board and I can only do 8.5x11 on my printer). Then I trace over everything with pencil on the printouts, and put them face down onto the illustration board and rub the whole backside of the printout with my thumbnail. The graphite lines that you traced will transfer to the other surface, if you use enough pressure. So it's like carbon paper a bit. Try it out with a small piece of paper and you'll see what I mean. Of course, this tends to flip the sketches so that they are the reverse of what you originally drew. Sometimes this is a good thing. It gives you a fresh perspective on them and you can correct stuff that doesn't look right. But if you don't like that, then you can flip it horizontally in photoshop before you print out so that when you trace, it's backwards, but when you do the final transfer, it is the right way again.

    Do you have any recommendations for sites that I can learn drawing/painting/art from?
    The biggest resource that I know of is Elfwood's FARP (Fantasy Artists Resource Page). You can find that here: (Cannot link)

    Do you have any tutorials?
    For those of you interested, I have the following tutorials:
    -Watercolor-- a walkthrough of the painting "Fox Spirits"
    -Pencil-- a walkthrough of the drawing "Tree Dryad"
    -Acrylics-- an intro guide to painting with acrylics
    -"Watercolor Fairies"- is a wonderful book with many tutorials by top fairy artists. I wrote one of the tutorials in this book as well.

    Can you let me know when you update the gallery?
    Sure. Just click (cannot link) and sign up for my monthly updates list. I make sure to keep people on the list informed of any current projects I'm working on, and when they will be available for public. Such as Magic cards, the Gypsy Silk Tarot I'm working on, and other projects. You can leave the list at any time, and there's only one mail a month with the latest news.

    I see many quotes all over this website. Where do you find them?
    If there's no author attributed to them, then they are from my own writings. Otherwise, all quotes on the Shadowscapes site have a note as to where they came from.

    Why all the foxes in your paintings???
    If I only knew....
    Well, the first time they appeared was in "Autumn Foxfire" Since then, they have been poking their noses into my paintings whenever they feel like it. I suppose part of it is I like the trickster nature of foxes in many folktales, and their quirkiness. They represent in a way the unpredictable nature of the otherworlds. And then of course, the striking coloration of red/white/black make them an aesthetic joy to paint.

    How would you recommend I get started drawing celtic knotwork?
    First of all, knotwork requires a lot of patience! So don't be frustrated that you can't create elaborate knots at the start. Try some very simple pieces first. I suggest picking up a book at your local bookstore on how to do knotwork. There are plenty of titles out there. My own favorite is "Celtic Art" by George Bain although be warned that the author uses a very compact method of demonstration. I've heard from other people that they thought the steps were not broken down enough in this book. It worked very well for me though.
    Artist Cari Buziak has several basic tutorials on her website to start you off as well.

    I'm thinking of studying illustration in college. Is Berkeley any good for that?
    Well, depends on what you want to get out of your experience.... I can tell you right off that Berkeley is NOT the place to go if you're just dead set on illustration, that's all you want to do, and that's all you'll ever want to do. It's a wonderful place if you are into conceptual, non-representational art, or abstract art. However...I must say that even if all you ever want to do is illustration, there's plenty to learn from a fine art education, if you are willing to set aside your own preconceptions and try new things.

    Anything else?
    -Click Here- to send me a question and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.




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