My Mad Photoshop Skills

Okay, I've got no "mad Photoshop skills," but I'm getting better.

It's hard to tell, but I took my cat castle drawing from yesterday and used the top to create the new blog title. The sky didn't go that far to the right, so I had to extend it by using other pieces of sky and blending them together. Pretty cool, eh? Well, I've never done it before.

My other mad skills... I took yesterday's castle drawing, which was just a tad too big to fit on my scanner. I scanned the bottom and top and and photomerged them on Photoshop. Yeah. Crazy stuff. Check it out.

Now if you were thinking of buying this, you might ask yourself, "What would this look like framed?"

Buh-Bam!

"What about a thicker black frame?"

Che-Pow!

"Okay, but what about a gold frame?"

Clickety-ker-pow-pow!

"Well that's cool and all, but what would it actually look like in my kid's room?"

 

Makes you want to buy it, doesn't it? Maybe? Just a little? Well, check out my Etsy page sometime anyway. I'm trying to bring it back to life.

My mad Photoshop skills are due in part to the hilarious tutorials, "You suck at Photoshop," by Donnie Hoyle. You'll have a laugh and learn a little too.

Wine Label Process

My father-in-law turned sixty last Wednesday. He also owns a winery with his twin brother. My wife is throwing them a party at the winery and I wanted to make some labels for him and have a little fun with it too.

Here's how it all began...

Couple thumbs to try different poses and colors.

 

Quick study done in a more realistic style.

Measured out the label size, penciled it in, and then inked.

 

Add watercolor...

With my wife's help (Really, she did it all.), she scanned them in, added text to a few, and sized them so we could print them for labels. We made a bunch of blank ones so family and friends at the party can write speech bubbles with him saying things. It was a great night.

Check out the new blog banner at the top too. Getting a little better at photoshop, with the help of my wife.

Snow Day

No school today, so Chin and I watched out the window for a while as everyone tried to clear their driveways and sidewalks.

Time for a new banner. Not my favorite, but I think I'm going to try and change it once a month to work on my graphic design skills.

A New Header...

It's time for a new header. Tomorrow is the start of a new year and some new resolutions. More about that tomorrow. One more night to live in sin.

Long time coming...

It's been a long time coming, but I finally created a title picture. It doesn't fit quite right, but I'm not sure how to fix it at the moment. I'll worry about that later.