OK, sometimes I have problems with clients being unhappy with reasonable charges or contract terms. But I've never had this one!
Monday, 23 January 2012
An encouraging quote
Go, labour on, 'tis not for naught;
Thy earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee, not;
The Master praises - what are men?
Horatius Bonar
I came across this in the hymn book yesterday. It's not a hymn I know, but it's on the same page as one we often sing. Never read it before - but it was exactly what I needed to read yesterday, and God knew that.
How to make iPhone / Touchscreen gloves
Almost makes me wish I had an iPhone, just so I could do this!
Although you obviously need a friendly knitted pigeon to help.
Although you obviously need a friendly knitted pigeon to help.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Colour
It's amazing what a difference just changing the colours in a picture can make.
I drew this picture.
The focus of the picture was the little girl who is not listening. Very usefully, the school has a variety of colours in their uniform, so I was able to use the colours to direct your eye.
However, I then decided I actually just wanted a general picture of children listening. Being short of time, I decided to use the same picture, but de-emphasise the not-listening little girl, so she was no longer the subject of the picture.
Tweaked a few colours, and here we are:
Of course, it would have been better if I had drawn it differently - having the bored child centre front is not ideal. :-| But it'll do.
(P.S. Please do not examine the chairs too closely. Some of them are very odd...)
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
New
Happy New Year!
New desk:
It's an old door (which, I'm guessing from the marker stains all over it, my granny used to make flannelgraph) and Ikea legs. I plan to use it as a painting and drawing table.
New programs to play with:
I have downloaded the trial version of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, etc). I'm seriously thinking of getting it. I have been very happy with Corel PhotoPaint, but it does have some limitations. And after the fiasco with Publisher, InDesign is definitely a requirement if I want to design a book again!
I have downloaded the trial version of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, etc). I'm seriously thinking of getting it. I have been very happy with Corel PhotoPaint, but it does have some limitations. And after the fiasco with Publisher, InDesign is definitely a requirement if I want to design a book again!
There are some really good features - such as the ability in Photoshop to cut out photos of people with frizzy/wispy hair.
Sample photo before:
Sample photo after:
This took me exactly half an hour. Well, when I say me, Photoshop more or less does it for you. It's not perfect, but good for a first attempt. Would have been quicker if I was more familiar with Photoshop's controls. Before, this would have probably taken hours of tedious work - and not been as good.
And, on the theme of New Year, here are a couple of little verse cards I designed for the RUN the RACE Holiday Club (coming soon...)
