Archive for the 'SCAN ART' Category

my very first pair of Converse.

Published on January 13, 2009 by Corinna Carlson | 0 Comments

I like my scanner and I almost never use it anymore. Last February I was inspired to scan myself something I used to do on Gus Greeper weekly, I would scan body parts things and stuff. I started it because when I started this here blog in early 2005 we did not have a digital camera thus we did not take many photos. One of my BFFs since Star Trek: Generations used to scan himself and gave me his blessing to post an idea of his I’d nicked.

Last night while watching Godzilla vs The Sea Monster with Adam and a rad girlfriend the scan art came up because she had seen a scan of Dr. Vegas and that is how we met actually, Dr. Vegas brought us together. I do say; do not underestimate the power of a sock monkey. The general consensus was leaning towards a go on starting to work those creative muscles out in my brain again.

Today I was looking at the scans I have uploaded on Flickr and realized I had the wrong licensing attributed to them I found the place where you change how you want to share your photos but there were so many choices that for someone that takes the occasional good photo I became overwhelmed by all the choices and emailed a new friend to ask how to attribute them and sent him the link, his response a. such that I found the all rights reserved button and b. such that combined with other said girlfriend I was instantly inspired.

I was looking at the scan below of my Cons and realized I got those in the summer of 2005. I have always really loved the scan and I still have the shoes, wear the shoes, love the shoes, the shoes are held together with duct tape if not for the duct tape they would not be wearable I can not part with them I want a new pair but can’t give these ones up, I find it sort of crazy how comfortable they are even with all the duct tape.

A few things on the process of how I scan:

When an idea hits if I don’t get the concept in the first scan I don’t generally get it
ALL of my scans are unassisted unless otherwise stated on the image description
I do not use Photoshop I use only the scanner options to make adjustments

I may bring back some sexy time scans but IF and when this happens be assured I will keep the posts SFW with the read the rest of this entry option.

Braids

Published on February 14, 2008 by Corinna Carlson | 0 Comments

Little does Mrs. Bollwitt know that she was ultimately, if I take you back to the beginning, the inspiration for the first new scan since February 2006 and it seems as though not much has changed – I had the vision and got it first go. If I don’t get it first go I normally don’t get it. I’ll have fun wasting a bunch of time trying to get better ones but it normally comes back to my first go at it.

WAY back in the day because someone asked me to, I did a post on EXACTLY how I scan myself it is here and I think you should check it out as I am still using the same scanner but you get to see my arms with no tattoos on them and my old crappy computer. I personally like my arms better WITH tattoos but that is just me. And just in case anyone is wondering I have yet to ever use any photoshopping on any of my scans I do all the color changing etc. with the scanner options before I push the FINAL scan button.

Rebecca told me that if you searched “Corinna” in Google that I was on the first page or something like that and I didn’t think it was a big deal because it isn’t a very common spelling, most go with the double rr long story short I Google myself with just my first name and there it is and the number of pages of us was admittedly larger than I thought it would be. Of course I have Googled various variations of my name but oddly never just my first.

I forget about it.

I was getting ready to go out last Saturday with one of my keeping it old school BFF(s) Spockette and I remembered what Rebecca had told me so I told Adam to search me and I sort of knew what was coming but I just waited……. and my premonition came true and he asked, “did you look at the images?”

“Some of them.” [insert innocent chuckle]

By the time I got to the computer he was pages into the images.

“Not one of you.”

“Oh, I know it’s hilarious, it is all pron.”

There are lots of hot naked chicks out there named “Corinna” with really big nice boobs that I wish I had and they were all in braids. And I used to rock pigtails and pigtail braids a lot back in my early 20′s so I thought whatever JUST because I am ALMOST 31 does not mean I can’t rock braids anymore so I wore braids all day. SWEET. THANK YOU PRON for busting me out of my, â€˜oh so boring hair’ wearing ways. Lately I have been doing much cooler things with my hair but I’m still not like I used to be but I also don’t have a live in girly girl anymore either.

My Depression – Back to Basics

Published on January 31, 2008 by Corinna Carlson | 0 Comments

As confirmed the other day one of the things that originally attracted people to GG was my scan art. Thanks to enough people emailing me and asking me when I moved to WP WHERE the HECK my scans had gone, I’m going to bring it back. I’m just older now and not as flexible it is harder to think of poses. Give me a bit.

And secondly this used to be a place where I spilled all about my struggles with depression and although no proof remains in comment form there are many emails in a folder and people did feel safe talking about their shit here.

I don’t know exactly what it was that made me stop. I’d say it probably has a lot to do with the fact that I leave my house now and I hide my depression as best I can when I’m out and I’m basically sick of it, I can’t do it anymore and I guess I don’t believe that people will still accept me if I’m down and out honest about what life behind closed doors is really like for me that in some ways it still feels like it is never going to get better and in other ways no matter which way you look at it I am doing better than ever. But the areas I’m doing better than ever in aren’t areas that people outside an incredibly small inner circle ever see.

Lately I have been grumpy and moody to a degree I have never experienced before. I’m not doing well in group settings haven’t been since January 20th. and I’m starting to lash out in negative ways. aka not thinking before speaking or twittering. Because sometimes it is easier to deal with making people not like me. I’m used to that and getting used to the idea that people do like me, honestly, I’m having some issues with it.

I think you are still going to see me as the genuinely nicer person you’ve seen develop over the years but I feel it necessary to stop hiding how seriously depressed I am because when I don’t post on it I just end up feeling overwhelmed and don’t post at all. Going back to the brutally honest way I used to write this blog just with a more mature outlook and less of the fook word are what I need right now with where I am in my therapy.

I want to make it clear to anyone who it wasn’t blatantly clear to before, kind of a disclaimer if you will, that I have never and will never post about MY depression, MY mood disorders, MY anxiety for sympathy and any oh please love me bull shit, not saying I don’t appreiate it but May 2008 will mark five full years with my Psychiatrist and if I wanted sympathy I wouldn’t look to the internet for it. Just saying. There are so many of us out there who struggle with these disorders and all I want to do is tell my story.

Before the Fuji

Published on January 24, 2008 by Corinna Carlson | 0 Comments

Remember when we had no camera and so because of my friend David I started to scan myself and things? If you weren’t around then, we didn’t have a camera in 2005 and parts of 2006 so I started to scan myself and things.

I didn’t size them for flickr at all, I’m posting them small so they don’t look funny, and if we aren’t flickr friends then you can’t see the money.