Rainfurrest Preparations, Pt. 2
14 years ago
General
Well, things are going a bit better a far as Rainfurrest... I say a bit because there's still a few irritations to deal with. For one, RF staff fucked up my name in their art show listing in a big way, which has me a bit peeved. For two, their registration hours and location are nowhere to be found on their entire website, excluding the digital calendar which is refusing to work so I can't see it.
But... I did get them to remove me from the poorly scheduled anatomy panel (semi-unintentionally) so I don't have to stress so much about an early arrival. And the laser printer got fixed and handled the prints beautifully. And then after I printed everything out, my replacement printer arrived. But it all worked out in the end.
I am having some issues with page layout stuff... Apparently all my free options like GIMP, Paint.net, and Open Office all suck for doing things like graphic pricing signs and so on. Any suggestions that don't involve money or torrenting?
But... I did get them to remove me from the poorly scheduled anatomy panel (semi-unintentionally) so I don't have to stress so much about an early arrival. And the laser printer got fixed and handled the prints beautifully. And then after I printed everything out, my replacement printer arrived. But it all worked out in the end.
I am having some issues with page layout stuff... Apparently all my free options like GIMP, Paint.net, and Open Office all suck for doing things like graphic pricing signs and so on. Any suggestions that don't involve money or torrenting?
dingbat
~dingbat
Yeahh you have to email gene @ rainfurrest to get them to change your art show name. :/ That was pretty weird of them.
ksharra
~ksharra
OP
Especially since I know a lot of the staff personally, including Gene, and used to be on staff at one point... I'm getting tired of staff incompetence at this thing, especially the panel scheduling, which this year has been a nightmare. They scheduled me for one panel I didn't want (Ferret Care, don't own any ferrets), one panel on a day I didn't want (Thursday), and NONE of the panels I actually volunteered to do (Marker Coloring, Paint Tool SAI).
dingbat
~dingbat
That's weird, it seems like things were pretty unorganized for the staff all around. I understand it's not their full time job and that they're volunteering but there have been a lot of mix ups so far.
CaniLupine
!canilupine
Now that's balls.
axelroo
∞axelroo
Yeah... I got messed up on my panel as well. I'm gonna have to be more aggressive next year
ksharra
~ksharra
OP
From what I understand, the person who did the paneling schedule this year is getting booted. Hopefully they go back to the previous guy, who is a personal friend of mine and has his head on straight.
Sofur
~sofur
woo! I said it would work out, didn't I? ;3
zebrabutt
!zebrabutt
their incompetence is no surprise
FlareKitten
~flarekitten
Download a trial version of Adobe InDesign? Takes up a bit of HD space, like most of the suite ( I believe PS is the worst.), but it does its job exceedingly well.
ArtemisVulpes
~artemisvulpes
I will see you there hun, hope all goes well.
kirinafa
~kirinafa
Yeah they messed up my name as well, no one knows me by my real name
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