I have finally read all three of these nude calendar threads previous to the one alison started today requesting the photos for the calendar. Alison emailed a few days ago asking if I want to take part... Without reading the threads, I volunteered a modest shower pose of me with all the pages of curling music and lyrics taped to the wall of the shower (old Mudcat joke).

Now that I've read the project history, and being a graphic artist and illustrator myself, I first have to say I think Ella's idea of starting with an online version first is excellent. We can pay to access the calendar for downloading to print - or to save and just view it on our computer screen, for those who don't have printers.

The problem I see with starting out trying to pre-print a calendar is that printing is expensive - and you have no idea how many you may sell. That means *someone* will have to come up with alot of up-front money to pay the printing costs, and then you may end up losing money rather than making any. Ecologically to save paper as well as cutting out the pre-printing costs before making a sale, I think the calendar should be put on the internet and then file formats provided (for a fee) to download a calendar that you can use either on your computer or print out and hang on your wall.

that's my 2 cents.

I have vast respect for Sarah for volunteering graphics talent and time! Also, I applaud volunteers who are going to collect all the image files. (dodging out the back, running as fast as I can, see ya.)

Alice