This morning I went into town. Today is the day The Grandma gets her hair done, so a day is made of it as The Grandma doesn't go so quick any more. After some lunch at The Well I paid a visit to a few shops, picking up odds and ends and ideas for things for the house. I'd forgotten what a wealth of dangerous electrical goods and shockingly awful DVDs that Cash Converters can offer to the unsuspecting low-cost buyer.

I also had a perusal around the Live and Let Live exhibition in the Crown Centre. It is put on by Stourbridge College each year to showcase the final year major projects. There were one or two names I recognised on the boards; ex-primary school types who I haven't heard of in years. The quality on the whole was good. A few made me smile, a few made me cringe and a few I still can't understand now.

There was quite a good standard of book illustration, sculpture and photography, although I did wonder about choice of shooting locations, but the artists had done very well considering. I was a little disappointed that the descriptions were too vague with no actual information on the processes followed/tool used etc etc, however I can't complain, I like free exhibits and I haven't been to one in ages.

When I got back home (walk, via the park) I set about Tongy's website again. Progress has been substantial and the CMS is complete bar the control panel which is a bit fiddly but shouldn't take too long. I also managed to complete my first piece of layered portrait vector art. I used Photoshop, but there is no reason why it can't be ported to Illustrator as all the paths are intact. Quite pleased really. It's for the front page of the website and I think it sits well.

Tomorrow I should be able to wrap up here and move on. Good stuff.

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