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Digital Arts
Portfolio and Tutorials
• Photoshop - From RGB to spot color separations.
• Using Clip Art to build a regional T-Shirt Design.
• Creating a LOGO for a picture frame gallery.
• Texture and 3D Dimensions in Photoshop - Egyptian Scarab
• Interpreting the Petrified National Forest Museum signage with digital tools
• Building a Pithouse in 3D
Based on an actual prehistoric ruin originally occupied by the Sinagua about 1150 AD
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Creating Game Fish Illustrations using Adobe® Illustrator and Photoshop.
• 001_ Using Illustrator to create the templates and scale patterns.
• 002_ Using Illustrator outlines to build alpha channels in Photoshop.
• 003_ Using Photoshop alpha channels to build scales and texture.
• 004_ Using a digital fish illustration in a composition.
• 005_ Converting any RGB image into mezo line art separations.
• 006_ Creating 6 Color Separations for Screen Printing using Photoshop
• 007_ Creating an animated GIF file on Grand Canyon erosion.
Interpretation
Intuitive Hiker's Journal
• Page 01 - Introduction
Biography and childhood decisions
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Prehistoric Rock Art, Wildflowers (Agave), Wildlife (Gray Fox)
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Prehistoric Solstice Marker, Native Plants (Arizona Wild Grape and Arizona Black Walnut), Wildlife observations (elk, cougar and bobcat)
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Observations of the world we live in (reptiles and wildflowers) while hiking
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Giving Birth Petroglyph?
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Water Catchment-Rock Art
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Shaman's Caves
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• Replacing the Braking System- ABS Pump
Introducing you to the local Southwest Prehistoric Cultures - Guest Author
• Anasazi
• Hohokam
• Mogollon
• Salado
• Sinagua
• Walnut Canyon National Monument_Page 01
• Walnut Canyon National Monument_Page 02
• Grand Canyon Geology
• Where is the Grand Canyon?
• Erosion and the 2 Colorado Rivers
• Learning the Names of the Geological Layers
• Identifying Typical Southwest Landforms
• Ancient Environments - Prehistoric Life!
• The Cougars of Walnut Canyon
• A Poetic Tribute to Walnut Canyon's Prehistoric Past.
• Northern Arizona Roadside Wildflower Guide.
• N AZ Butterflies, Insects Spiders
• N Arizona Watchable Wildlife
• Natural History of the Red-tailed Hawk.
• The Black-footed Ferret in northern Arizona
• Hiking Sedona - Visiting the Snoopy Formation
Visiting Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Monument:
• Starting at the Lomaki / Citadel Community.
• Visiting Elden Pueblo - a Sinagua Ruin near Flagstaff.
• Visiting V Bar V Rock Art Site in Verde Valley.
TOURS - SIGHTSEEING
• Bed and Breakfasts of Northern Arizona... a Directory

Fine Arts
• Finished Paintings
• The Grotto
Where ancient stories were told.
• Humble Beginnings
• In Progress- Step By Step Demonstrations
• Grand Canyon North Rim
Four panel mural demonstration painting. Part 01 - Part 02
• What did Wupatki look like 1000 years ago? Three years of research and 3D renderings to study:
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• Page Two
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• Page Five
• Page Six
• Page Seven
• Oil Painting selected by the National Park Service - Visitor Center at Wupatki National Monument now displaying "Macaws of Wupatki" interpretive oil painting!
• The Tuzigoot Project
• Page One
• Page Two
• Page Three
Online Biz
Making Money on the Internet
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise... Essays, Links
• ARTISTS... the perfect business
• The SECRET MOVIE... that isn't.
• The SECRET Truth... that is.
• Successful Crumbs... Making Money on the Internet.
• Nonsense from Google Adsense
• Where the MONEY is on the Internet!
• Is THIS Good for You?
Do you have a healthy relationship with your computer? It matters.
• Identity Theft | Credit Reports

Table of Contents
Home Improvements
• Floods at 7000 Feet Elevation?
• Flood Planes in Your Neighborhood

Greenhouse
Gardening
• What to do first? (Can you say compost?)
Building a working Greenhouse Grow Frame at 7000 feet elevation.
• Page Three...
• Building a Quick Grow Frame (an insulated cold frame) on a budget.
• Visiting Mary Lou's Greenhouse.
• Visiting David's Greenhouse.
• Visiting a local Homestead... Off Grid Living.
• Remembering the Victory Garden... and why.
• Greenhouse IDEA BOOK (Pictures to inspire)
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Healing Arts
Research into CAM (Complimentary Alternative Medicine)
Directory of health providers who serve this region.
• Health Care Reviews - Angie's List for Doctors!
Featured Resources:
• Clara McComber Hydrocolonics
Recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, start here.
Nutrition based references with important links/editorials
• Free Radicals & Antioxidants
• Staying Active, Brown Rice and Chocolate
• Red Wine, Raisins and Apples
• The TRUTH about fruit cereals, your Heart and Walnuts
• Throw Out Those Fish Oil Capsules ???
Reference:
• Sweet N' Sour... alkalinity
• Graviola
• Kombucha
Issues / Essays
• UN-DOING
Protocols
• Mexican Cancer Clinics

Bulletin Board
Recent NEWS, Links, Etcetera
The "SAVE YOUR LIFE" Store

Western Clammyweed
Polanisia dodecandra
Found in sandy washes. Annual. Foliage gives off objectionable odor, especially when handled. Stems are sticky and hairy. A favorite of bees and butterflies.
Same applies to Thomas, below.

Endorsement

One day I asked Mr. Thomas, "What is the most important book in your life?" He said, "THE ONE YOU WRITE." So, here it is within these pages, in the form of his artistic explorations, both traditional and digital, and essays about his personal search for truth about healing and human behavior. FYI, reproductions, in several sizes, of the four panel Grand Canyon Mural Painting, pictured above, are available from his online Gallery.
Enjoy, John Vroom, Webmaster.
This page is the Site Directory, Table of Contents and Home.
Everything begins and ends here.
Pardon our dust! This web site is in the midst of a 100% rebuild, every page, every image. During this time THIS PAGE will be the only source keeping you aware of which links have been rebuilt and are active today. Check back often, improvements every day. John Vroom, Webmaster
Launch of new version October 13, 2008 (45 Years was enough)
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