999 Borats Blog

Hello,

You’ve probably seen some gradual changes to the site, but there will be some more major ones, including a major overhaul in terms of how the main gallery is presented, very soon.

For now I have updated a number of cool new Borats you should definitely check out. Some nice new styles and experiments! (they may seem to be coming along slowly, but I am actually on track and have loads in progress right now, and a few more finished ones to add too later today. It’s going really well!).

I am about to be updating the server feed shortly with a cool new video treatment of the latest round. So if you have the screensaver installed you can expect a new visual treat in a few hours. If you don’t have it turned on, put it back for now… or if you haven’t installed it yet, grab it from the downloads page on the main project site. You’ll definitely want to not miss the cool things I have in store for it these next 2 months! Some good surprises for sure.

I also added a downloadable flipalbum (interactive portfolio of portraits 1-200) for site members, so if you’ve signed up you should have gotten access instructions sent to you about login info for the members area where you can download it (make sure to confirm the email link when you sign up). I will be updating the ‘eVolume’ as the project progresses, so there will be a new version made available every once in a while I will let you know about.

I am also going to be adding some more video content to the site, showing my working process and talking a bit about the project. So look for that shortly.

Although the current 999 Borats Art Shop, where the first round of originals are currently for sale is a big improvement on what was there earlier, I am also in the midst of setting up a more comprehensive e-shop environment that is easier to browse. But for now the page works great, let me know if you have questions or experience any trouble if you are trying to buy a portrait. It uses PayPal’s standard, super-secure checkout at the moment for order processing.

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