Bears playing with a balloon.
Was bummed out this morning, but then i saw this. Now i can’t stop smiling.
So I got a lot of messages after my first post asking me to explain layers, so I have put together a cheat sheet of the different layer types. The quickest way to become awesome with layers is to know exactly what each one does. Once again, I’m no expert, and these are just my personal definitions, so please try these out for yourself! LONG POST BELOWWW
THE LAYERS CHEAT SHEET PART ONE:
1. NORMAL: Aw yeah you know all about this layer its just your average layer
2 DISSOLVE: This mode “dissolves” some pixels, allowing the lower layer to show through. very pixel-y. Reducing opacity makes it dissolve more.
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3. DARKEN: Now the difference between darken and multiply are a little confusing, so I will explain them together. MULTIPLY is more of a glaze, while DARKEN favors the darks on all layers. So if you have a darken layer on, it tend to reduce/remove the lighter tones on the layer if there are darker tones below it, while darkening the darks.
4. MULTIPLY: A glaze that darkens the color of the layer below. It is great for shading. Reduces whites.
5. COLOR BURN: “Burns” the lower layer favoring a more saturated look. Marks made over white are not preserved.
6. LINEAR BURN: “Burns” the lower layer, with a little less saturation than color Burn. Also will preserve colors over white.
7. DARKER COLOR: I tend to avoid this puppy cause it does not darken on the RGB channel. (feel free to try him though!)
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8. LIGHTEN: Lightens the colors below. Favors lighter colors on lower layers.
9. SCREEN: Lightens the colors below, but much closer to the “glaze” analogy as above. Reduces blacks.
10. COLOR DODGE: Often used for magic-y effects, color dodge bumps up saturation and is very bright.
11. LINEAR DODGE: Much like color dodge, but less saturation.
12. LIGHTER COLOR: Once again, this is an outside RGB channel layer, so I don’t really use this.
As you probably have noticed, the second two groups are opposites, so if you have a good handle on one, you probably know exactly what the second group does! I will do the remaining groups next week as they do not follow this pattern.
Thanks!
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EDIT: Part two here: Photoshop Layers Part Two!!
It’s time for a tutorial! Here are some nice things you should give to bees!
A wild magikarp appeared!
this person needs to cosplay as gyarados on their 20th birthday
When summer rolls around, I always get the urge to get back on the reading train. This month, I opened up the library catalog page and thought hard about exactly what I wanted to read. Eventually, I settled on an old yearning — Asian fantasy.
I circle back to Asian fantasy every year. And while there has been an increased number of “Asian-inspired” fantasy books published of late, it’s been a mixed bag. Most are written by non-Asian writers. Some are great! Others are a hot mess of exotic stereotypes, cultural appropriation, and sloppy research.
Fortunately, with a little digging, I managed to stock my summer reading list with some old favorites and new books that sound promising. Some are directly inspired by specific mythologies, while others are fantasies with a strong Asian cultural influence. Without further ado…
Here are 8 Asian fantasy books by Asian authors.
http://bookriot.com/2016/07/13/8-asian-fantasy-books-by-asian-authors/
I thought that this was an interesting post. I can honestly say that I haven’t read much Asian fantasy, and certainly not enough books by Asians/Asian-Americans. Considering how 2016 has turned out to be a year in which I’m trying to read more diversely, maybe I’ll try one of these authors this summer. – ssw15
This is how I draw hands. I simplify the shape and then later I will add the necessary details. It makes it easier to get them right. But the only way to learn how to draw hands is to just keep drawing them.
Winnie the Pooh quotes make me cry.
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
“I used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true”
“I don’t feel very much like Pooh today,“ said Pooh.
“There there,” said Piglet. “I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.”“I wonder what Piglet is doing,” thought Pooh.
“I wish I were there to be doing it, too.”“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
“We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?” asked Piglet. “Even longer,” Pooh answered.
“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.”
“Forever isn’t long at all, Christopher, as long as I’m with you.”
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
Andreas Kunert and Naomi Zettl are trying to change the way that we view traditional stone design with some of their amazing creative projects. Based in Vancouver Island, Canada, the couple has garnered critical acclaim for their skillful talents and painstakingly created murals.
