I love playing with graphics. I talk about this love at least once a week it seems. So even though I posted some images yesterday, I want to share some textures I created. Yes, I am working on an Autumn-themed project. I created these images using Gimp, a free to download, open source drawing program. […]
Nearly Wordless Weds, My Girls via GIMP
I felt like playing with graphics and making a digital photo frame for some images for our girls. First I found an image I wanted to use as a frame in The Strand Magazine from 1894: ORIGINAL ALTER IMAGE INTO FRAME I used a white brush in GIMP to white out the text. Then […]
Seasonal Headers for My Blog
I love playing around with graphics even if I’m not a Graphic Artist by training. In my soul I am an artist so when I play with images I am a graphic artist, no? So last I was in an artsy mood and got a bug up my butt to do something. I have been […]
Graphics
I’m back in graphics mode! I just love what I can do for myself when it comes to making or finding the right image. It took a while to learn the basics, but I consider it time well invested. I learned how to manipulate images, create textures, and how to find out of copyright […]
A Not Entirely Wordless Wednesday
Today, I just couldn’t finish any of the meaty articles I have started but that still need work. So I made some graphics/textures I can use in a virtual world. frame for use as window or as a frame – clear layers wire wrapped rails – clear layers This is an open weave fabric […]
Open Source Does Not Mean Free… but it could save you a bundle.
The phrase Open Source Software just means software that costs you nothing, or very little, in comparison to other options for brand recognized software packages from major corporations. We are going to stay at a nuts and bolts level of discussion in this article and not dig into any of the confusing and jargon filled […]