Updates

At the moment i am spending the majority of my time working on my new Portfolio website. I have adapted a lot of what i have learnt so far. Stay Tuned for the new update to the site.

Chase that circle

A simple use of the random function in Actionscript in Flash. As you roll your mouse over that circle, the circle randomly moves around the box. The tutorial was found here at lashf.com

Stunning Wallpapers

Seriously, there are some pretty awesome wallpapers in this lot. Check them out at Smashing Magazine.
Here's an example...

Beautiful Black and White Photography

There are some pretty amazing black and whites in this gallery at Smashing Magazine. The image below, powerful isnt it? Entitled Candy Cigarette by Sally Mann. You ask questions dont you?

Non-destructive dodge and burn using a Grey Layer

I created a Tutorial on a way to apply dodge and burn to a photo without making the changes permanent. The dodge and burn effects are applied on layers which can be edited without ruining the integrity of the base layer.

Intrigued by Black & White

At the moment i am intrigued by the Art of black and white photography. Things seem simple in black and white. This book is an interesting read on Creative Camera, Dark Room and Printing techniques for the Modern Photographer. The photoshop techniques inside were quite interesting to read. I will no doubt play with a few in my own works and see how they turn out.



I created this image for my own entertainment from this photo i took. You can see the difference it made.

Graphic Design Blog

Just an interesting read on where some designers get there ideas from......
Top 10 Graphic Designers reveal their secrets - Let’s get inspired!

Some pretty cool photos here... Take a look
20 Sensational pictures claiming NOT to be Photoshopped!!

Yeah yeah yeah

Making Text Follow a Path

Still learning the basics of Photoshop in this Tutorial i learnt to create text that can follow certain paths.

Sticky Tape

This is a good little tutorial (Photoshop Atoms) on making sticky tape to put on designs. Fairly easy and quite fun to make.

Pencils

Just playing around with a different technique. This was just simple duplicate layer and desaturate, then with a bit of deleting.

(Original)

Just checking in

Not much study of late but have been doing a bit of work to my website. Have added a new Photography Portfolio where i will showcase some of my best work. Theres always going to be new things popping up on the website or on my blog/s as i learn more and play around a bit.

Pen and colored Wash Photograph

Another interesting effect.

Combined Snapshot

This is a cool little technique that i enjoyed doing from the book "Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks for Adobe Photoshop CS3".
Playing around with a few filters could make for a really good looking photograph. As you can see on the left, i played with a blue filter which brightened up the sky.

A sketched look

What do you think? Does it look sketched???

Playing with Text Again

Just another play around with text. :-)

Longhorn Field

Found a pretty cool Desktop wallpaper, that is free. http://wallpaperstock.net
I found it at wallpaper stock but you can see the whole version here.

Basic Slideshow in Flash

Creating a Basic Slideshow in Flash
Following this tutorial, I created myself a little slideshow for my website.
You can find my example here ----------> Plastering Slideshow

Playing with Text

Just playing with some Text by following some photoshop tutorials. Expanding my knowledge to update my banner on this blog page. Lets see what i will come up with.

Glass Type Text Effect

-pressed-letter-design-

Bold Text

Simple Button

Playing around with Flash myself, i created a simple button using the button states. Up, down and over without linking it to any page yet.

Picture Presentation

Picture Presentation

Another basic Tutorial that is teaching me the basics of Adobe Flash.

Motion Guides

This tutorial taught me the use of motion guides, so that i could move objects around the screen, as you can see.

Shape Transformation

Shape Transformation
A basic shape transformation in Adobe Flash. This is to learn the basics of flash.
This is my version...

Amazing Photo Effect

You'll see that this blog is about my learning process with HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks etc. I decided to do this after following this tutorial

This is my result...

My First Blog Post

Hi and Welcome to my Blog Page.