Two things have happened in the past week that prove I’m actually taking steps towards “arriving” in adulthood.
Wednesday, at the age of 26, I bought my first suit. It received some pretty positive feedback, and I felt altogether good about the situation.
Then, on Saturday, I was fortunate to be a part of a photo shoot [...]
(Edit 05.03.09: Apparently this image alone was a bit unclear. The 583 represents both the distance I’ve run from November 13 to April 26, as well as the distance from Twin Falls to Portland; San Diego to Santa Rosa; Dallas to Tuscaloosa; and Portland, ME to Washington DC. Better? Good.)
Last time I was home home I took a series of chronologically displayed picture frames off the upstairs hallway wall and scanned their contents into digital perpetuity. Combined in the conglomerate above (which you can click to enlarge) is the result: All the first day of school pictures e’er taken of me during grade school.
Earlier [...]
Today is the inaugural Songwriting Club song unveiling. As you may recall, the theme this time around was phone books. As promised, I’m putting myself at the mercy of the masses by sharing my lyrics with you. And though I’d love to say that “I wrote it in like fifteen minutes… and… I wasn’t planning [...]
For this installment of “Mom, look what I made!” I’m going to show you some of the things that can happen when photography and design collide. Some of the pieces below (this is turning into an art gallery) are nothing more than pictures framed in a eye-catching way. Others are manipulations of photographs. I’m confident [...]
I assume you readers who are parents love having your kid come home from school or church with a piece of art in their hands, raised high for you to see, often accompanied by the words, “Mom! Dad! Look what I made!”
You readers who are still in [grade] school know how much you love completing [...]
The fine folks over at GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) have gone and outdone themselves. GIMP 2.4 has recently been released in its stable version and is available for free download here. It’s been available for a while, but the stable version hasn’t been available (to my knowledge) until a few weeks ago. Either way, [...]
One of the perks of having the abundance of free time I’ve experienced this past month is that it offers me the ability of honing my [very amateur] photo editing and graphic design skills. Over a year ago I learned of a freeware program called GIMP that is comparable to Photoshop, equally powerful, yet free!
I’ve [...]