tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10927333071153223002011-07-07T16:19:18.111-07:00Eat your vegetables and doodle as much as you can.Kirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14510360937661601061noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092733307115322300.post-21595123706011176872009-06-23T22:32:00.000-07:002009-06-24T11:17:23.443-07:00I live alone. The office I work in closes at five. We don't work weekends.<br /><br />I have a lot of time on my hands.<br /><br />As a younger lass I would spend my summers literally doing nothing. As I got older, doing nothing got older as well. I'm sure this is the natural progression of things.<br /><br />To keep myself busy, I have been making things. Lots of random things. Gifts, sketches, hair accessories, stuffed creatures, pins, Photoshop and Illustrator experiments. I am thinking I will post a few things here and there. I'm on <a href="http://cutoutandkeep.net/">Cut Out and Keep</a> almost constantly and I am beginning to post my projects there, too. I find lots of inspiration there.<br /><br />If I'm not doing something I get confused, even sad. I feel like I am keeping myself afloat lest I stop and I drown. Sure, that sounds pretty "emo" as all the young individuals say nowadays, but it is a place that is hard to explain. However, I feel creative all of the time. That is a lucky thing.<br /><br />Sketch time. I've been playing Team Fortress 2 a lot and wanted to sketch the Scout. I'm considering being a girl scout for Halloween. Not the kind that sells cookies. The kind that bats heads in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KEJrc1EDN-o/SkHH0XJ3VFI/AAAAAAAAABw/cUGAh22e3u4/s1600-h/scoutsketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KEJrc1EDN-o/SkHH0XJ3VFI/AAAAAAAAABw/cUGAh22e3u4/s320/scoutsketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350777534675375186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Team Fortress 2's Scout, pouting and waiting to respawn. Ankle injury perhaps?</span></span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1092733307115322300-2159512370601117687?l=quadruplesaturnmoontransit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14510360937661601061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092733307115322300.post-46338560454005688692009-06-19T11:06:00.000-07:002009-06-19T11:54:09.656-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://webdesignledger.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-planet-icon-set-in-photoshop"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KEJrc1EDN-o/SjvcK25tnzI/AAAAAAAAAAY/lChzKk8heno/s400/planet1.jpg" alt="Planet I made" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349111061526978354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(image above made by me, I didn't steal nothin')</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />I don't seem to do much work at work anymore. It's summer, school is mostly closed, not many departments need website updates, etc.<br /><br />However, I work on things that I would like to think expand my design skills and repertoire or techniques. All the resources here really make me want to open a Photoshop file and just make stuff. I have learned how to do some cool things, and so, for anyone who is interested in graphically designing something, here are some great links:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gomediazine.com/04/18/2007/from-sketch-to-vector-illustration/">http://www.gomediazine.com/04/18/2007/from-sketch-to-vector-illustration/</a><br /><a href="http://webdesignledger.com/">http://webdesignledger.com/</a><br /><a href="http://psdlearning.com/">http://psdlearning.com/</a><br /><a href="http://abduzeedo.com/">http://abduzeedo.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.texturelovers.com/">http://www.texturelovers.com/</a><br /><br />Even if you've never opened your copy of Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, whatever, You might be surprised at what you can learn.<br /><br />Have at it.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1092733307115322300-4633856045400568869?l=quadruplesaturnmoontransit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14510360937661601061noreply@blogger.com0