Archive for February, 2009
free photoshop and illustrator patterns
I played a bit with the flowers I used on my kokeshi dolls’ kimonos. I added some spiral stems and stroked them with one of the built-in calligraphic brush (we are in Illustrator now). As a result: two sets of patterns for Photoshop (a zipped.pat file) and Illustrator (swatches library in a zipped .ai file).
... morescreenshots – will LittleSnapper become my friend?
When you change from a pc to a mac, one (out of the many) facility to discover is the extremely easy screenshotting [...] But… Now, what I want to explore and check if it works for me is a mac OS X application called LittleSnapper.
What I’ve discovered so far:
With LittleSnapper you can organize your snaps within collections and folders. Add them tags, descriptions and ratings.
free vector japanese kokeshi dolls
Some time ago I drew a kokeshi doll in Photoshop (my flickr photostream or deviantART gallery).
Today I decided to redraw kokeshi in Illustrator (vectors rule!).
my first doodle font
This was my first (mission accomplished) adventure with fonts. If only I liked my handwriting I would immediately turn it into font too. But so I don’t. I even came up with a trick so that it looks fancier: I write each letter in the opposite direction from what I’m used to. And sometimes it works.
... morefree vector stamps (birds again but not necessarily to do with twitter)
I like stamps. I had some fun. At least until I decided to experiment a bit with mesh tool (long way ahead to master it…) Traumatic discovery: no command to remove gradient mesh (or am I wrong?). Luckily, there is a trick that works. Go to Object > Path > Offset Path and set the [...]
... moretwitter acronyms wallpaper for the twitter newbies…
… such as I am. Yes, it happened I was scratching my head what DM could mean (luckily enough it was not @ me). So if you are in my shoes, you can browse some nice sites: a clear list or some in-depth explanations. Or keep the top 15 acronyms stuck to your desktop. At [...]
... morei perform a striptease in the DA valentine contest
I was actually planning Valentine’s Day not to be the main thread of my today’s post. But things changed since there is a new contest running on DeviantART. And it’s Valentine’s Day-related. You download a template – more or less (there are some hearts) abstract shapes to be filled with solid colors. The criteria: (1) use of Valentine’s [...]
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