Kuler

I just came across this website called Kuler - it's a place to download color pallets for Adobe Illustrator. It's great if you're having a creative block - or just undecided about what color scheme to use. Here is some more information about Kuler on the Adobe website.

Worldwide Photowalk in Geelong, VIC, Australia

Hello -
Been a busy week with real life commitments. Yesterday I took a trip to Geelong, with my partner, for Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk - I posted about it previously.

It was a really nice. I feel guilty, I actually haven't been out shooting anything for a few months so it felt great to get out and shoot again. I understand real life gets in the way, but I really need to prioritize.

Here are some of my shots.

Create a Glass Bowl in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

I'm quite a novice when it comes to Illustrator and Flash, but I do have a heap of books on the two programs and I'm determined to learn. I'll start slowly. This is a basic tutorial from Illustrator on how to create a glass bowl from Layers Magazine, of course!

See the entire tutorial here.



My version - I'm determined to make some flowers for the glass bowl, but that may be a bit too ambitious right before bed time. Perhaps I'll post an updated version later.



... 1 hour 15 minutes later. Okay, okay. I know myself and I would have been obsessing about this in my sleep. I decided to make my own version of a fish bowl. I made the fish on a separate art board and dragged them over. This is one of my first Illustrator projects. I'm actually quite proud of myself.



Here is my glass bowl/vase with flowers.

Antique Photo Effect Tutorial

I've been in love with Photoshop since I first used it in high school in the late 90s. It's just such an amazing piece of software that I don't even need to describe it - it sells itself.

Here is a nifty tutorial I found. It's how to create a vintage looking photograph, frame it, give a glass effect and 'hang' it on the wall.

This antique photo effect tutorial is from Planet Photoshop.



Here is my version. The picture is a photo of my actress friend Sam Durrani. We attended Boston University together. I didn't take the original photograph - just borrowed it for the tutorial. The wallpaper was found at the website Vintage Sheer Elegance. WARNING - I tried to use the homepage of Vintage Sheer Elegance, but it looks like an "adult-friendly" website. That's what happens when you search using Google images.

I'm back

I'm back from my one week hiatus. I had out of town guests and had a 3-day Final Cut Pro course this past weekend. I'm back online and will post a new tutorial tomorrow.