1. 7th Annual Pie Night: friends, family, and undercover vegan bean pies.
2. Impromptu Christmas jams with Steven and Co.
3. Foregoing Black Friday shopping with an impulsive trip to Angel's Landing.
4. Of course, lots and lots of family time!
11.27.2011
A Craven Thanksgiving
1. 7th Annual Pie Night: friends, family, and undercover vegan bean pies.
2. Impromptu Christmas jams with Steven and Co.
3. Foregoing Black Friday shopping with an impulsive trip to Angel's Landing.
4. Of course, lots and lots of family time!
11.13.2011
Pixelmator: Headswapping, backgrounds, gloom effect, and more
I've been getting a lot better at photo editing. Just wanted to show you some of what I've been working on for my mom's Tapestry website.
I'm most proud of this one, in which I swapped my mom's head. The other stuff is fairly commonplace - removing background, smoothing skin tone, etc.
The group really liked this picture but as you can see it's a tad overexposed. This was a lot of fun too because you can see that I removed the car on the left side of the picture. I also think I did a fairly good job of fixing the exposure and the levels. I got defeated by that lens glare in that lady's hair in the background... I'm still learning.
This stuff is a lot of fun, and I'm getting faster at it - learning all the shortcuts and such. Recently, I've discovered that a lot of my photo edits are ending up on Facebook as profile pictures. I wouldn't know, since I deleted my account months ago.
I'm most proud of this one, in which I swapped my mom's head. The other stuff is fairly commonplace - removing background, smoothing skin tone, etc.
The group really liked this picture but as you can see it's a tad overexposed. This was a lot of fun too because you can see that I removed the car on the left side of the picture. I also think I did a fairly good job of fixing the exposure and the levels. I got defeated by that lens glare in that lady's hair in the background... I'm still learning.
This stuff is a lot of fun, and I'm getting faster at it - learning all the shortcuts and such. Recently, I've discovered that a lot of my photo edits are ending up on Facebook as profile pictures. I wouldn't know, since I deleted my account months ago.
10.29.2011
A Sabbatical
Guys, I really don't feel like blogging anymore. I'll probably lapse into a long silence. Not anybody (including myself) will really be broken up about it. Just thought it would be the responsible thing to do, to warn you. Happy Halloween!
10.15.2011
More Graphic Design
Did I ever tell you that my mom is in a band? Yep. My mom is super cool.
She sings in a double-trio of women called "Tapestry," and recently they've decided to go modern and build a website. They asked me to design a header for their site using the frilly bits I employed in my recent JBB graphic. This is what I came up with:
This is the my first design - this time around, I discovered some cool ways to make a drop shadow, which gives the frilly bits a nice 3-D effect. The tutorials online have been a great help.
This is how I changed the image after some suggestions and requests from my mom. I think it's so cool that she's in a band! Go mom.
She sings in a double-trio of women called "Tapestry," and recently they've decided to go modern and build a website. They asked me to design a header for their site using the frilly bits I employed in my recent JBB graphic. This is what I came up with:
10.13.2011
AMCAS, Med School, Primaries, Secondaries
Ran across this on a friend's blog and just had to share, because it makes me laugh out loud:
I am completing my last secondary application today, which is to Duke. I am excited to be done! It has been a long and rigorous process, which I probably made harder on myself by procrastinating. Don't procrastinate your medical school applications!
In other news, the fall weather is BEAUTIFUL. Each day I have set myself next to an open window and breathed the crisp autumn air, which is probably giving me a cold, so now I simply bask in the sunshine that filters through the windows.
Starting today, I will no longer need to (only) bask in the sunshine, for I will be out playing in it! And while we're on the subject, the moon is quite full: perfect for some midnight adventures. Go crazy, folks.
I am completing my last secondary application today, which is to Duke. I am excited to be done! It has been a long and rigorous process, which I probably made harder on myself by procrastinating. Don't procrastinate your medical school applications!
In other news, the fall weather is BEAUTIFUL. Each day I have set myself next to an open window and breathed the crisp autumn air, which is probably giving me a cold, so now I simply bask in the sunshine that filters through the windows.
Starting today, I will no longer need to (only) bask in the sunshine, for I will be out playing in it! And while we're on the subject, the moon is quite full: perfect for some midnight adventures. Go crazy, folks.
10.02.2011
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