GlobalShop 2011! "We Print on Anything!"

Written by: Ashley Clinger of PageOne Productions

Solar Imaging is going to have a pretty amazing booth this year at the GlobalShop Retail Solutions event in Las Vegas, thanks to the hard work and collaboration of the three companies here at EclipseCorp. After the initial concept was developed, Eclipse Studios shot the image in February with the lovely Brittany from Heyman Talent Agency.

PageOne Productions had the daunting task of retouching the image. I will step you through some of the work that was done to the image.

This was our starting point. Doesn't look too bad, right? Amy Morgan did an amazing job styling Brittany's hair and doing her makeup. Thanks Amy!

 

Brittany's skin was cleaned up, her neck was lengthened a bit, lips evened out, eyes brightened and widened, stray hairs removed, shoulder rounded, ear narrowed, armpit wrinkles (Is there a prettier way of saying that? Please let me know!) diminished, and background darkened some. 

All that was left was to fix the dress. We got rid of the black lining that was showing and warmed up the tone of the dress. That gave us a pretty nice image to work with for our next task… the tattoo!

We gathered all sorts of "tattoo inspiration" and decided on a sleeve. Each line you see was drawn in and shaded (except the text portion). It was definitely a time consuming task. Using multiple layers and blending modes (color, soft light, and overlay modes), we had our general tattoo ready.

Then we began coloring in the tattoos. But, as you see, it doesn't look quite real yet.

So we began trying different layers and blending modes to get enough color while still showing the texture of skin. We also blurred the blacks in the tattoos to give it a softer, more realistic look.

At this stage, we had the tattoo almost where we wanted it, so we worked on some shading. If you look around the collar bone, you can see where some shading and a highlight were added. We've also darkened the edges of the tattoo/arm to help give a more dimensional look to the tattoo.

Finally, our end result!

Relief for Japan!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people and relief efforts of Japan!

If you are looking for a way to help, please text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to Japan!!

Hoopy Hour- Happy Hour

Last Thursday was EclipseCorp's first official Happy Hour, affectionately called Hoopy Hour in honor of March Madness. The team that hosted it did an awesome job with the theme; complete with basketball shaped cookies, a basketball hoop, a spread of food and a projector that projected the games onto the wall in our Cyc Wall Studio!

These Happy Hours, from 4-6, are something EclipseCorp will be hosting the first Thursday of every month and we look forward to seeing you at the next one!

Check out some pics from the event and for even more pics be sure to check out our facebook pages:

Eclipse Studios
Solar Imaging
PageOne Productions

Corporate Caring Awards Finalist 2011!

This years Corporate Caring Awards Luncheon, sponsored by Business First, is taking place on Wednesday April 13 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

There will be fourteen award honorees, including Benefactor of the Year recipient, announced at this luncheon and EclipseCorp is proud and excited to be one of the 45 finalists, out of 110 nominees, up for these awards.

Preceding the luncheon there will be an Information Exchange where nonprofits will display information about their organizations.

We would like to wish all the finalists best of luck; and stay tuned to our blog to hear how EclipseCorp and the rest of the nominees do!

Revitalizing Company Retreat

The three companies here at 825 Taylor Road have been going through a gradual change and this past Tuesday, we all met for an all day retreat to kick off the beginning of our new corporate culture.

The meeting began with a "one word open". For this, we went around the room & everyone gave one word to describe how they were feeling. We got "tired", "anxious", "nervous", "curious", and a few "goods".

Then we discussed the importance of culture. How do we see our culture? How do our clients / vendors currently see our culture? How do we want them to see our culture? What do we need to do to bridge any gaps?

Any group is only as strong as it's weakest link. We continued by "looking in the mirror". Each division discussed their strengths and weaknesses (as seen from the inside by employees, AND as seen from the outside by their peers and clients).

Before breaking off the business section of the meeting, we ended with a "one word close". As with the opening, we went around the room and each person gave a one word answer to how they were feeling. We now got "excited", "energized", "focused", "ready", and even a "WOW"!

The entire day was not all business. We finished out the evening at KDB located within Easton Town Center, where we participated in team building activities and a general good time! For pictures of that part of the day check out one or all three of our facebook pages:

Eclipse Studios
Solar Imaging
PageOne Productions

It was a successful day of reflection, and we here at Eclipse Corp. are excited for the changes happening both internally and externally!

Recommended reading if you are planning a similar event:
Good to Great - Jim Collins
Delivering Happiness - Tony Heieh
Built to Last - Jim Collins