Category Archives: Technology
14th July 2011 - Drawings, Vectors, Cartoons and Superheroes
Another image heavy based post today.
I have finished the Ricky Gervais show drawing I showed a glimpse of in my previous post.
Check it out and let me know what you think (Click to enlarge as always):
In addition to the drawing above, I have been playing around with Inkscape, getting to know how it works and all about Vectors.
I followed this tutorial from Chris Spooner to create a retro superhero book cover.
His tutorial was for Illustrator and Photoshop, but the same principles can be applied to Inkscape and Gimp.
Here is the result:
I applied the same concepts to create a Batman book …
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08/06/11 - E3 – What happened to the Xbox we loved?
Another year, another E3.
The overwhelming emotion as a gamer is best described through a 3 letter word;
Meh.
Microsoft kicked off the show, repeating the method they followed last year, showcasing another Call of Duty demo. Early on the controller disconnected. Looking back it was an ominous sign of things to come. The demo …
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26/03/11 - Wacom Bamboo Pen
I have been practicing with my new Wacom Bamboo pen over the last few days.
It is my first pen tablet so it has taken some time to get used to.
It seems to work well with Gimp. I especially like how it works well with pressure, so you can adust colour, size, opacity and hardness depending …
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07/03/11 - Useful Programs – Speckie (a spell check for IE)
It has been a while since I have done a post about useful programs on my computer, but I have recently come across a fantastic inline spell checker for Internet Explorer.
IE9 is really good and I have been using it all the time. However, it still lacks some key functionality that other browsers have.…
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23/02/11 - Importing a Zune HD
My Creative Zen Vision m, had given up the ghost a while back and I have spent a long time trying to find a suitable replacement.
If you are looking for a dedicated media player on the market then there isn’t a great deal of choice.
People seem to want a jack of …
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