Studio

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My latest painting, this morning at 7h, with the sun shinning in. I wish i could capture this light to stay in the painting!

Meïdia assure la réalisation d’Epizzod.com

Certains de vous aurez déjà flairé notre dernière réalisation pour le compte de la maison d’édition de La courte échelle : la communauté en ligne ainsi que la stratégie web qui supporte la collection Epizzod, autour de laquelle sont regroupés 6 auteurs et illustrateurs allumés.

Nous travaillons sur ce projet depuis plus d’un an, et c’est aujourd’hui que je vous en parle, fière et satisfaite à la vue de ce que ça donne, maintenant avec quelques mois de recul qui me permettent d’apprécier réellement notre travail.

Une collection de 6 romans publiés en librairies, Epizzod se veut un feuilleton à suivre au fil des semaines, auquel lecteurs et auteurs peuvent participer et échanger simultanément via la plateforme web, cela en texte, audio et vidéo. Sur Epizzod.com, fiction et virtuel se rencontrent. Auteurs et lecteurs ont la chance de pousser limites de l’histoire un peu plus loin qu’à l’habitude.

Via la communauté en ligne d’Epizzod.com, chaque auteur prend part à l’histoire comme personnage actif, publiant des capsules vidéo qui accompagnent chaque épisode, incluant ainsi le lecteur dans la création de scénarios possibles pour les épisodes à venir, tout en échangeant sur leur processus de création des romans.

Plus d’infos sur le site de Meïdia Studio.

Feel or Fill

This image must be watched in its original size to be read.

I dont know what to do with this piece. I started it thinking it could be a magazine spread, and it ended up as a huge 16 x 8 inch print out. One more in the pile of my unused work, because of lack of energy and focus about how to promote my art.

The piece express the way i feel about all the substitution of happiness which i see in our culture, and maybe you can feel how saddened i am about this… how i wish my art could sparkle something in the viewer… wake up dear soul!

I’d like to see this piece displayed on fast food chain tables, instead of the traditional advertising for… more junk.

Cartes pour la St-Valentin

Quantitée limitée de 30 cartes, pour commander me contacter avec le nombre de cartes désiré.
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New work

from the portfolio. Dare to think that animated gifs were over..! Tomorrow, Valentine cards coming your way!

Obama Art

Art for Obama Print – Happy January the 20th 2009!

New Print

A comforting ritual, the best moment of my day is a morning spent with a cup at my writing desk. Each of these cup has a story (click on image to see notes). Each day brings a new choice of mug, and each mug brings its color to my day.

This 8.5 x 11 print is for sale in my etsy shop. You can also order it directly by sending me an email.

Canada’s Most Influential Women in Social Media, i’m in!

Update: Wow. The news came last week, i’m among the 31 people listed as semi finalist as one of Canada’s Most Influential Social Medial Individuals!

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Dear readers! I have been nominated as one of Canada’s Most Influential Women in Social Media, isn’t that fantastic? What an honor, just to be nominated!

You can view the profiles of the 31 women nominated, and then register your vote here!

You must have noticed that this last year have brought a lot of changes in here, meaning, i have tried to leave out everything that could associate me with the words ‘Marketing consultant’ , ‘Geek’, or ‘Podcaster’. This was a wish from me to get out of all etiquette i have been given over the last years – etiquettes which i felt always kept me in a blur, not letting people understand what i am really interested in and who i really am.

My passions are already known by most of you – my deepest wish by using technologies has always been to help people communicate and share together, to help them grow personally and creatively wise. I’ve always believed that helping people communicate with each other online is more important than trying to sell them something.

I did and still believe in authenticity, spontaneity and the personal sharing of our thoughts and stories online to make our world and ourselves better people, and this is where technology can be helpful from my point of view and interests. Never have i been interested in marketing any products online, unless i deeply believed in the product fitting into my values of bringing humanity to its best.

All that to say, i am deeply happy to be nominated as one of Canada’s Most Influential Women in Social Media, even after taking a step back and keeping myself a little on the side track of the fast lane, this to keep closer to the person i really am, online and offline.

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More infos on my projects:

Meïdia Studio: Opened in 2003, Meïdia specialize in creating innovative concepts using new web technologies for clients like the: Le Cirque du Soleil, Ubisoft, Radio Canada, Musique Plus, Culture Québec, Tellabs, Article Studio, P45, Maison d’édition de La courte échelle, Astral Média Interactif, Passeport Santé.

Creacamp: Creacamp is an event where womens meet to present their work and DIY projects, this with the goal to promote the talent, ideas and experiences of each, and to lay ground for sharing about our process. The event is made of short presentations made by womens only, but its open to anyone to assist.

6×6 Collaborative collages: using the power of an international online community since 2006, 6×6 brings people together to exchange material and create 6×6 inch collages using each other’s material. The results are for everyone rich in colors, textures, process and experiences!

Creative exploration

Winter is the best season to get productive – between long silent walks in the snow, hours of drawing and writing.

Some new work has been done, new prints on Etsy, and my new portfolio is up at mcturgeon.com/art!

6×6 goodness

collage from a participant to the 6×6 flickr group

Six by Six

A new piece of our 6×6 project made by Doeki, Washington.

Guerilla Inspiration

I’ve been quiet here, focusing on RIT (really important things) as you know – but here are some goodies to spread some love and light around, and for the braves ones feeling the Guerilla artists in themselves…

These are sets of 5 glossy postcards for you to challenge and infuse your neighborhood with uplifting slogans. These postcards can be:

• sent to your best friends, enemies, mayor, prime minister
• used as guerilla art in your town: leave on car windshields, drop in mailboxes, pin on boards, forget between cans or magazines at the grocery, leave in waiting rooms and coffee places
• framed, they’ll be a great reminder of wisdom for you
• postcards are made to decorate fridge doors, so this option must absolutely be considered.

Slogans are: SLOW DOWN – TRUST YOURSELF – CHALLENGE FEAR – SPEND LESS, CARE MORE – WORRY LESS, LAUGH MORE – DRIVE A NEW ROAD – PLAY! – WEARING COLORS WON’T HURT – REMEMBER YOUR DREAM

Price is 10$ for a set of 5 postcards wrapped together with love and plastic. Free Shipping. *Please let me know which of the 5 slogans you want, or i’ll send you an inspired selection!*

Also keep in mind that all my creations are limited editions, so grab yours while it’s there

For more pictures click on the images above, or see more on flickr.

New 6×6 collages

Here are the results of a 6×6 collage i did with the material received from Nina. Our 6×6 project now count over 400 collages, see them here!

Step 1: Material Received

Step 2: slowly starting

Step 3: final results

Step 4: remixing frames and collages