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I make my living as a visual facilitator. This means that I translate ideas in conferences and other meetings into pictures. I do this live, in realtime, painting on my tablet pc, using ArtRage painting software. My work is projected on the venue wall for everyone to see as I create it.

Personal Info

Name	Roy Blumenthal
Date of birth	1968-02-17
City	Johannesburg
Country	South Africa
Website	snipurl.com/visualfacilit...
member since	May 03, 2008

Professional Info

Education	Currently in the process of doing a Masters in Digital Arts at Wits University
Technique	Painterly, with Matisse-like linework, on a tablet pc running ArtRage.
Tools	Pen on paper. Ruling pen on paper. Tablet PC running ArtRage.
Influences	Matisse, Picasso, and Toulousse-Lautrec are heroes of mine. For their art, not their lifestyles.
Fav Toon	George W Bush. He IS a cartoon character, right?

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Member		Thank you so much, Vanessa! This was completely unexpected! I'll keep you informed about the progress of the gift across the oceans. Blue skies love Roy royblumenthal, on August 12, 2008

Staff		Hi Roy, your little gift for no. 16,000 has been shipped today:) Now I wonder how long it will take to get in your hands. It has to cross the Alps, the Mediterranean Sea (maybe a post steamer or friendly fishermen will carry it over), friendly Bedouins will transport it over the Sahara's dunes before it has to survive the Central African jungle to reach you down there finally:) Yours, Vanessa Vanessa Oxygen, on August 12, 2008

Member		Thank you Roy for your kindly appreciation about my works! You've add many works of mine to your favorites .....THANK YOU! matteo bertelli, on July 30, 2008

Member		you're crazy in a positive way! I hope to see so much more of your lovely artworks! have a nice evening and enjoy the blu sky! :) one Playa from the Hymalaya, on July 30, 2008

Member		Ah! Thanks mightily! I appreciate that! I'm looking at a paper clip in the avatar. Blue skies love Roy royblumenthal, on July 30, 2008

Member		hey roy! nice works over here - I like your avatar. I just don't get what you're lookin at!? Playa from the Hymalaya, on July 30, 2008

Member		Hi Roy, when we see your next drawings? Your pictures are interesting HSB-Cartoon, on July 07, 2008

Member		Hiya Prince... Thank you for all of your kind comments and ratings on my work. Much appreciated! Yeah... visual facilitation is kind of like court illustrating. With interpretation. I sit in the room, analyzing the ideas flying around, and grabbing them onto my tablet pc. It's a complex tug-of-war between making a decent set of pictures, and ensuring that enough informational content is captured. The end result is used as a visual notepad by people who were at a meeting or conference. It's for them to reference for facts and ideas. And it's also a visual 'anchor' helping people to remember what was going on. Another difference between this and courtroom sketching is that I use a video projector hooked up to my tablet pc, so as I paint, the work is projected live on a big screen. I have to agree that it is a pretty darn special occupation. If you have any talent for it, I recommend getting into it. It's VERY lucrative. VERY VERY lucrative. Blue skies love Roy royblumenthal, on May 07, 2008

Member		visual facilitator? so this is comparable to the person who makes scribbles of criminals in the court? I think you add a story to the scribbe. this sounds like a very special occupation, roy! -prince p. prinzparadox, on May 06, 2008

Member		Welcome, Roy!!! :) Deleted Person, on May 04, 2008