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Thanks Lew worked hard on getting the site updated and clearer..
Now its instant what the website is about..also clear labels for people to follow..

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Nice layout, but you should use thumbnail images... people can click to see the full size pictures anyway. Nobody likes having to scroll left and right.

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I like the scroll to the right approach..thumbnails take to long...this is more instant..
anyway most you can see in one go as they are portrait..
Also once you've scrolled to the right you don't have to scroll back and can see them all in one go..

You can still click on them to see them..

Wonder if to make a slideshow in blog next?

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After showing my website to my Mum you are right Digi..the images need to be smaller.. :) :cheers:

Also changing my domain name tonight to www.petergrayanimals.co.uk instead of my old one www.pgcartoons.co.uk
so it will be more clearer..

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Peter Gray wrote:After showing my website to my Mum you are right Digi..the images need to be smaller.. :) :cheers:

Also changing my domain name tonight to http://www.petergrayanimals.co.uk instead of my old one http://www.pgcartoons.co.uk
so it will be more clearer..
The link doesn't work I'm afraid.

"Sorry, the website www.petergrayanimals.co.uk cannot be found"

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It should come up by tomorrow hopefully..

Got the images smaller now..wasn't that difficult to do after all..

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Yeah, that's more like it. :up:

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My friend that is changing my website name said he will do it this morning..
glad I rang him he thought I wanted a z on the end of animals..
like this www.petergrayanimalz.co.uk
anyway it will be live hopefully..
www.petergrayanimals.co.uk

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changed post slightly..

Hope people don't mind me sharing how I'm doing in the art world..
Well I've been an aniimal artist from Sept 2009.two years..I've wrtten down in order everything I've drawn with the Month..

Art by me
Started September 2009
The original drawings mostly have the Month, Year and my full signature on the back..

September 2009

1) A running Leopard b&w
2) Baby Leopard in the snow leaning on tree b&w
3) Cheetah and baby being licked b&w Jayne owns it..this is where it all starts!!
4) Panda and Baby on tum b&w
5) Tortoise crossing M25 first colour watercolour Emma Reedy from Church bought for £15.:)
6) Snow Leopard whole body colour
7) Close up of Crocodile colour
8 ) Harvest Mouse in the Blackberries colour

October 2009

9) Tiger helping Cub in snow colour
10) Three Meercats colour Harriet from Farnham owns it bought for £45
11) Leopards in love colour Harriet owns it bought for £45
12) Leopard with three cubs colour
13) Baby Giraffe sitting down colour Harriet owns it bought for £45 (picture background colour changed which I wished I'd left alone)

Nov/December 2009

14) A golden mane lion colour
15) Fox being covered in snow colour
16) Girl and dog sledging colour Nov
17) Kitten in summer colour picture retouched..
18) Laughing and not funny kitten colour picture was retouched...
19) Three Penguins family colour
20) Robin on Father Christmas boot colour
21) Seal smiling colour Aunty Veronica bought it for £30 (mouth of seal redone)
22) Snow Leopard close up colour
23) Tiger licking cub (two cubs) colour

January/Feb 2010

24) Yellow Dog with brown eyes colour(picture retouched)
25) Elephant b&w ...Rosemary Carol's Sister Christmas Present
26) Wolf in woods b&w bought for £75 by a libarian at Farnham library
27) Lop-eared Rabbit b&w (*the best drawing I've ever done so far*)
28) Two cats under the white covers of a bed colour picture retouched
29) Black cat Mikey colour Pymhurst home Harriet has bought for £45 (retouched)
30) Pug dog standing on tartan colour SOLD to Iona Hughes 01730 Bought for £70 (retouched)
31) Snow hare b&w

March 2010
32) Carol on her Wedding day colour
33) Daffodils Mothers day colour
34) Baby Elizabeth laughing colour
35) Dalmatian dog puppy b&w
36) Three Piggies in colour(retouched background)
37) Turtle colour smaller than A3 (retouched)
38) Spring lambs smaller than A3 (retouched) version 1 ..see version 2 at May 2011

April/July 2010

39) Hedgehog smiling (b&w)
40) Hedgehog close up b&w small card for Jayne's Birthday July
41) Two Beagle dogs in Christmas stockings (b&w)
42) Gorillas in love (b&w)
43) Sheep dog (b&w)
44) Cat with Christmas hat (b&w)
45) A close up of the three piggies b&w gift to Lesley Martins Petworth Art shop
46) Bassett Hound in Christmas hat
47) Brown bear and cub colour
48) redrawn lop-eared bunny grey tones
49) Panda sitting b&w
50) Baby Elizabeth sleeping small drawing Birthday card 2 today June
51) Meercats two one sitting colour

July 2010
52) Carols Mum Mary's Pearl the cat colour
53) Horse b&w
54) Shetland Ponies one colour drawn on back of Horse picture use of black pen..
55) Red Squirrel facing on b&w

August 2010

56) Otters in love b&w
57) Red Squirrel holly colour
58) Fox close up blue/red grass colour SOLD Inge Hempstead 01483 RE teacher Park Barn School Bought for £70 (*My second best picture I've ever done so far*)

Sept/October
59) Scottish Wild Cat Black and White
60) Badger in Bluebells Colour
61) Swan and Signets Colour SOLD to Harriet and Mark has bought for £70

November
62) Snowy Owl colour sunset
63) Tiger smiling colour for Naomi Christmas Present
64) Staffordshire Bull Terrier b&w

December
65) Baby Elephant Michael Carol's Brother Christmas present b&w
66) Penguin and young snuggling up Colour
67) Jack Russell dog b&w
68) Small Christmas card White Horse for Mum
69) Small Christmas card Marmalade cat for Carol
70) Small Christmas card Baby Penguin for Jayne
71) Small Christmas card Seal for Aunty Veronica
72) Two Brown Foxes

January 2011
73) Scotty Terrier b&w
74) Red Setter dog b&w
75) Lion face Colour
76) Bulldog b&w
77) Easter Bunny and Chick Colour

Feb 2011
78) Lassie dog Colour
79) Cow b&w
80) Tabby Cat yellow eyes
81) Tiger face Colour
82) Bear face Colour (Redone background colour and changed mouth and colour of face)

March 2011
83) Meercat face Colour
84) White Horse for Carol..Anniversary present 6 years. b&w
85) Brown Horse and Pony running in red sunset colour
86) Two Donkeys b&w
87) Giraffe and Baby Colour..original changed though not so good now...Print is original attempt before changes.. a Mothers Day Card

April 2011

88) Kangaroo and roo b&w
89) Labrador dog Jake b&w for my Mother in Law Mary
90) Lion cub close up Colour
91) White Horse and Brown Pony pink blossom
92) Two Rabbits kissing

May 2011
93) Three spotty black piggies colour
94) Two lambs leaping version 2 drawn in landscape this time..
95) Lion and Cubs drinking b&w

June 2011
96) Two Wolf cubs b&w
97) Pink Orchids for Mums Birthday card
98) Cheeky Tabby cat b&w
99) Two Lamas

July 2011
100) Robin and berries in snow first full acrylics painting with black watercolour pencil
101) Rabbit eating Snowman's carrot nose
102) Cheeky Hamster b&w
103) Polar Bear and Cub
104) Ring Tailed Limas b&w
105) White baby tiger tongue sticking out b&w number 1 b&w
106) White tiger paws up number 2 b&w

August 2011
107) White Tiger carrying cub number 3 b&w
108) White Tiger close up of face black background number 4 b&w
109) Barn Owl colour
110) Black Rabbit side view one ear number 1 b&w
111) Black Rabbit looking to the left two ears number 2 b&w
112) Three black spotted pigs second version this time in b&w


September 2011
113) Black Cat face b&w
114) Black Kitten in towel b&w
115) Kitten sleeping 1 arms on top of covers b&w
116) Kitten sleeping 2 ginger cat under covers b&w
117) Kitten sleeping 3 paws up in the air b&w
118) White Horse in the snow b&w

October 2011
119) Kitten sleeping 4 one paw b&w
120) Black Pug face drawing a pet from Special Needs Outreach Millmead b&w
121) Snowy Owl flying in close up purple blue sky
122) Kitten awake with paws stretched up lying down ready to be stroked b&w

November 2011
123) Three Baby Hedgehogs b&w

As you can see i've been practicing and practicing and working hard to get better and better..I may have a natural talent But you still have to work at it..

I've had the best Month ever doing the craft fairs..just amazing..I've sold 21 prints in A3 and A4 in one Month!! I'm in the Astarte Gallery in Petworth and have had two print sell there..so far so good..got my first proper commission to draw a cat for £75 so a bit nervous and will start on it tomorrow..they are also paying for it to be mounted at £15 and postage and packaging at £5..so total £95..


I started properly doing prints in late December so this is my first taste of selling for what will be peoples Christmas presents..
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*EDIT: Quote removed as requested*

That's a large catalogue you got there.

But your post needs tweaking slightly. You should disable smilies because the number 8 got converted into the Cool emoticon.
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Hi Digi I wasn't comfortable putting how much I earn in the post hence the whitening of the price so you had to reveal..anyway please could you delete your quote..
I've now just putting up how many prints i've sold..

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Congratulations on your recent commission, Peter---you sure deserve it!

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He as accepted my drawing so will be getting the cheque soon..my first paid commisson.. :D

I'll get after costs £75.

Image
also he has given me permission to use the image for cards and prints for myself..which I might use..

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imageshack has let me down...they are going to delete 1000 pictures unless I upgrade and pay every month..March is the deadline..

so I'll be reuploading resizing to lesser memory...
Lew Stringer warned me not to rely on outside sources for pictures and he was right..
you only meant to have 500 pictures in imageshack I have 1650... :( so will be very busy sorting out my blog as quickly as possible and backing up pictures... :headbash: :P

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Just to let everyone know my scanner is not working...so no blog posts for now..

hopefully I can get it fixed..

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