November is here and getting ready for winter..  reworking the website.  I have invested in Digitizing software that will allow me to design for embroidery mechines.  Have made my main Art program Aillustrator.  have had some of my images copyed and sold on other sites so sent my first cease and desist letter.... external hard drive died....lost stuff...not sure if it can be recovered.   Back at Borch's after some time working if Fulda....gas prices are high...more to say but will end it here.

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Upwork - Job site 
Freelancer - Job site for free lance work
DP DeskProto - CNC software has free version
ACDSee Video Studio 3 has a free offer right now so checking that out...
SkillShare - has a 2 month free deal going on - a place to learn about everything
Photoserge - had a free lesson on LR

working on workspace...and trying to space time around getting things done and ready for baby, job hunting and researching, and learning.

​Anyway...back to work...latter... 

So have a month and a half to Baby coming, the day's are crazy and I find myself home...so will work to make my art  better and learn some new things that will help us in these strange days.

Have joined some Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, groups on facebook to learn explore the need to learn that software.  With this last week being needed at work to set things up to be printed.  Corel I like but so many us Adobe....so in this coming time at home I want to work on that.  One Artist I saw in the groups sells digital paintings from photo's so maybe something I can work out.  

The other thing am looking at Anchor for making podcasts - ideas...maybe...

Stay Healthy everyone and hold on tight...the world is changing but God is still in control.

​Saw a video about the spector musa 3d lasser.....very cool mechine.....check it out.  Think this would be a great addition to things I do.  I see it a great help in setting up stencils for airbrushing.
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So Stay healthy and will wright more latter...

Hello...

Winter time seems to be that time you do alot of thinking and figuring out what to do.  We have a baby coming and how that will impact everything is unclear.   My Airbrushing area is up and I got to paint some this year....has been fun to do that again.  Have done a number of projects so far this year and have shared them on Facebook and should put some here.

The Cabin photo's on the Art page was a fun project of last year.  Am working through being able to paint more this year.  The drive to work has gotten me some nice pictures lately....Bald Eagles and Pheasants next am going to try to get some deer pictures.

Would like to do Plein Air  painting some time...have seen pictures of them doing it in the winter....think oil paints would be best for that...still looking to see what that would take...camera is good...but paint is better...

By for now....
​Troy

Welcome to 2020...

This year has a lot to happen....I am looking to Airbrush again....more art...more print-on-demand products...a website to keep it all together...pictures need organizing....

Think I was fighting this last year....need more time, more money....need to be thankful for what I have and where I am...and work to make it better little by little.

At times I feel everything is a mess....nothing is right...everything need work in some way...as I work to bring my art to you I will share it here and on my new facebook page northofthepines.....

Back to work....my workstation is a mess....coffee is my friend....

Hello,

I work at Borch's Sporting Goods in Marshall Minnesota, as a screenprinter.....and for the first time I have had them build me a store for my shirts to be ordered and printed through them...will be fun to see how this all works out.

The design has taken some changes as time has gone, but it is now ready as "Minnesota Parks" and hope it gets shared and enjoyed.  Spring time is a great time to get out and enjoy the parks around us.  

Have lots of memory at the MN parks, been great hikes the kinds will never forget.  The long days of camping, cooking, hiking and me taking crazy pictures of everything.  So hope this design brings up great memory's for you.

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The Catalog is getting organized,  thing I have the base set up now just have to fill it up....

Visited an old project...and the work in progress...got that page looking well check it out and enjoy.  ArtRage is a great program.  Does a great job of intimating traditional media.

You can check out ARTRAGE here 

​No flooding yet...sure it will come.  Very windy and some of the roads around us are under water.
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Early stage of the Art project I call...."North Shore Lighthouse in the Fog"  check out it's new home

Hello...

We have gone form snow storms to rain and floods.  Ok so lots happening.  Am excited about some of the options this site is going to give me...and the family.   Some of the hopes for the website include...Homesteading, Photography, Website hosting maybe, Logo branding services, members private merch....not sure about that word merch...but I can have pages only for members...or member....so may ways this site can go.

For now, Farm is thawing out....am guessing will have some flooding into the barn...so will have to address that.  The Chickens have enjoyed the warmer weather.  Last year with the spring high water we had a mink attack.  Hoping to not have one this year.  A fox has been seen in the area, so far no problems.

I would like to set up a Art Share....with restaurants, kind of a art swap thing...will have to thing on that more...

Thinking of having a Art Gallery, Photo Gallery page that would showcase finished works that would have links to details...like work in progress pages, and to there place in the catalog.

Podcast have become a pass time for me as I drive to wrok...have a hour and has been fun...current one has been...

The God Whisperers 

That is...stay tune more to come...just a lot to learn and org right now.

My workstation has change from time to time....I enjoy it being close to the living room so I can jump on when we are watching movies. I have a windows 10 laptop, main workhorse, a windows vista desktop...and an Introus 3 wacom tablet...is works good for me right know. Oh yeah and coffee....that helps...

​Ok....this is the year of snow days...

This site feels right...I have be doing POD(Print on demand) sites for many years...have sold some stuff...but need to grow it...or stop doing it...

The creative side of me won't stop....can stay away for a bit...but get to a point need to do it.  You can see this in the jobs I have kept.  Pizza - Screenprinting / Embroidery then to Pizza, and Sign making...then food....then Embroidery....and now Screenprinting...and am driving 2 hours a day to do it....so yeah...this is me...

So I must grow it...but for years I have gone by tsarts- tsdasharts- tsartswashington was created just before coming back to Minnesota...

My family is getting older, and we are on a farm now.....and chickens, goats, horse, yeah...a change but good...so need a new name...one that works for us all...will still do tsarts  stuff....but now a new brand is born...

north of the pines

They are like a light house to us....tell us which farm tree island is ours...our guide home.  My kids started there lives in my life...my schools...my town...Northfield...and then got to see Washington and spend some time growing up....and we saw many ways God was good to us there...and know we are where my wife grow up...they are in her school...and we go to the church she went, and the one we married in...lots has happen in 20 years...and the story goes on.

Thanks for your time...check up my stuff...enjoy!