Entries from September 2009

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Hot Site – The Eezy Network

Stupid name, seriously cool freebies! I have been a fan of Brusheezy aka today’s Hot Site – the Eezy Network, for years. I go to them all the time and seem to always be handing the link out. It’s even been in my Friggy’s Picks list since this site began. My latest illustration was created [...]

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Guest Post – Will King

Firgs asked for volunteers to be a guest blogger and I was honored to step up. I still owe her a slice of cheesecake from Boston’s PSW but I think she could use a bowl of chicken soup right about now instead. My contribution this morning will be on Location Lighting. The first thing you [...]

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Guest Post – AJ Wood

Greetings & Salutations!!! In Firgs absence I felt it necessary to list why you should send her positive energy, happy joy joy thoughts, prayers and all that stuff, so she can get over her ailments and be back blogging soon. Top Five Reasons You Should Read Design by Firgs 1. Firgs linked my blog. What [...]

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Are you going to PSW?

Imagine having Joe McNally, Dan Margulis, Scott Kelby, Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski, Corey Barker, Ben Willmor, RC Concepcion, Fay Sirkis, Terry White, Eddie Tapp, Moose Patterson, Larry Becker (from NAPP News), and Bert Monroy (just to name a few) all in the same place at the same time – for four whole days! Not to [...]

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Shout Out – Jay Fosgitt

The guy you see in the picture above, Jay Fosgitt, has one of the most warped and creative minds I have ever encountered. Ask him to draw a self portrait and you may end up with a cartoon ball of roadkill animals all rolled up and making up his face, and the scary part will [...]

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Hot Sites – Back Them Up!

I had an issue with my computer this week. It crashed. It crashed so hard that on a reboot I momentarily lost access to all of my bookmarks. Momentarily meaning a few days until a friend of mine showed me how to get them back, for which I am forever grateful. Once I had them [...]

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

The Army of Me and Us

I am an army. Or, a one woman army that is. I am the boss, the labor, the mail room, the journalist, the publicist, the marketing department, tech support, payroll department, collections agency, receptionist, and janitor. What usually takes a group of people to accomplish together, I manage to do solo on a regular basis. [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

New Content – Stage Tutorial 2

Happy Monday everyone. What a brutal week last week was! I was knocked out with what I have been told was a mild case of the H1N1 virus. Go figure! I thought it was just a cold! Then, as I was putting together today’s tutorial, my system crashed so hard that I had to reformat everything [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Setting The Stage – Part Two

This tutorial will teach you how to create two stage lights in the on and off positions from scratch. It is part two of a tutorial series. Part three will include taking your lights and the curtain from part one and putting them together for animation. This tutorial is compatible with Photoshop versions CS2 and [...]

Friday, September 18th, 2009

No Post Today

Sorry gang, but this cold has just gotten the better of me. I’ve got lots of good stuff lined up for next week though so be sure not to miss it, because I know I will be ready to go! And thanks to all of my Twitter buds for all of the well wishes. You [...]