Posted by on Friday, May 28, 2004
Even Eagles Need a Push
Posted by on Sunday, May 23, 2004 in
I was looking over some older books of mine when I came across David McNally's "Even Eagles Need a Push". This book was purchased for a workshop study during my college days. • I'm not much for the self-help books and is probably a good reason why I never opened it until this past week. I took …
Car Insurance
Posted by on Saturday, May 22, 2004 in
November 2003, The local news announces that car insurance will be decreased. • My insurance provider instantly increase my rates by about $500 before this happens from what they claim is an increase in claims. • Months later, insurance companies are made to lower their fees and I receive a …
Photoshop History Quiz
Posted by on Friday, May 21, 2004 in
This is a month old but I just came across this site via a link from TextBased.com and StopDesign. Design by Fire had a contest for an autographed copy of Photoshop CS for the first person that could answer the following questions: (I've included the correct answers)
Color Theory Basics posted by mezzoblue
Posted by on Thursday, May 20, 2004
Peter & the Wolf
Posted by on Thursday, May 20, 2004 in
I have finally heard the very rare and hard to get 30 minute 1988 Peter and the Wolf story by Weird Al thanks to Steven Perry. • “ • This warped classical children's record featuring narration and poems written by "Weird Al" Yankovic and music arranged, composed and performed by synthesizer …
Realistic Paintings. Life from a Brush
Posted by on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 in
Dan recently showed me the great work from Carl Brenders, a Wild Life artist that uses so much detail it can easily be mistaken for a photograph. • My obsession with the realism from Bert Monroy using Photoshop has carried over into this amazing style of painting photo quality pictures …
Powers of Adobe Illustrator
Posted by on Friday, May 14, 2004 in
When I think of Adobe Illustrator, I think of vector lines and shapes, not photo realistic graphics. While browsing the PhotoshopUser Forums, I came across IllustratorWorld. Yesterday I posted a link to this single picture of a Porsche GT3 100% created with Adobe Illustrator but the more I browser …
Detailed Selections Using Channels
Posted by on Friday, May 7, 2004 in
I had some fun writing about the details in my last post about levels so here is another attempt at a mini Photoshop tutorial. • This week I was in the need for a custom graphic of a country map. I didn't want to spend all day trying to draw it by hand but I did have a bitmap image. However this …
Posted by on Friday, May 7, 2004