Well, on my mothers birthday in early January we all went on a trip to the zoo. Now This was wonderful until I leaned over the lake of turtles and things to see and had my b
eloved sunnies fall right off. Now I love my John Lennon glasses. You have no idea. They make me look like a total fool but I wear them anyway. I was naturally devastated. I really was about to cry and everything. Somewhere at the bottom of that lake lives the coolest turtle ever, all because he has my glasses. However, on the weekend I FINALLY got a new pair! I love them so much, I bought them on Saturday and I haven't stopped wearing them yet!
Do you think there's some kind of record for that?
VintageGeek
;)
They have returned!
GIMP (not in the bad way)
Well, I was bored, the blog is ugly and I don't have photoshop on this computer. So, I have downloaded GIMP a.k.a the GNU Image Manipulation Program. First of all I have to say that not only was it incredibly easy to download, it has amazing support in the form of communities and especially tutorials. I highly recommend gimp-tutorials.net for anyone wanting to use it.
Now onto the works of art. I'd love to hear what you think as some of these could end up as templates for the blog when I finally get around to designing it and getting hosted.
First up
I made this one from a tutorial at the aforementioned site and I found it really came out the way I wanted. This was the only tutorial I took and personally I found it gave me a lot of skills I can use in my creative madness.
This was really just messing around with different gradients and as everyone knows I have a terrible, crippling addiction...
to colour.
Well, what can I say? See it as taking the colour train to it's natural stopping point ;)
Well, I'm not actually sure how this evolved, it's a real internet trend to have coloured flames and although I hate following the pack, I do like colour. I personally didn't like the way that this one turned out in comparison to the others. I was going for more of a wispy ethereal kind of a look which didn't really transpire. I do hope to revisit the concept and get it right
I really love the way this one materialised. It was actually the first one I did after the tutorial but it really feels like it's in a whole other ballpark. I recommend viewing it in it's larger form as the depth is lost when it's shrunk. As you can see I really just applied the concept of the original orb with different colours and an overlay of a brush pattern I downloaded. I can't take credit for that but after seeing the yellow creation in the corner the light just seemed right. I claim inspiration from Ariel's voice in The Little Mermaid.
Well I hope I will have some more for you soon but for now?
Peace out
VG
;)
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