Category Archives: Work
J.Cole – Work Out (Official Video)
J.Cole finally releases the visual to his first single off his debut album
Cole World: The Sideline Story, September 27th.
Posted By Junayd Mohammed (@junayd_1010)
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How to work with Masks in Photoshop
How to work with Masks in Photoshop There are various ways of working with masks, however, selecting “New Adjustment Layer” under “Layers” in the top menu of your Adobe Photoshop is one of the basic methods as to how to work with Masks in Photoshop… at least how to get started 
How to work with Masks in Photoshop Get started by selecting a photo with a central point of interest – as an example – as I did with my little friend, the bumble-bee, that I kept chasing with my digital camera in my garden for a while, shooting many close-ups that were too close as this little devil is just so fast and so hectic that it never stops for a second… or he just enjoys teasing me ! But here I finally got him on a blue flower. The original image is in full color: When you select new Adjustment Layer, a new layer is automatically created above your existing one. Make sure the color black is on top as the background color. Now you can select a brush and basically paint out the mask with the original colors shining through from the layer below. [...] Continue reading
Bianca Gubalke Icon Design
Bianca Gubalke Icon Design With the Internet world moving increasingly towards mobile applications, I finally took some time to also focus on my own online image, creating a first version of the Bianca Gubalke Logo Design in simple black & white. Bianca Gubalke Icon Design The major challenge with the Bianca Gubalke Icon Design – and one that gave me a headache since a while – is the difficulty of the letter combination: the double-rounded B plus the big-rounded G. It’s really not ideal… and I have tried a multitude of combinations, none of which gave me satisfaction in both simplicity and sophistication. But then, it’s always a matter of putting one’s head to it and trying and experimenting until a solution is found that one can identify with and ideally even be content about. Here are just a few versions of a “BG” icon design that looks simple, that’s elegant and that is definitely without any ‘schnick-schnack’… except perhaps the tiny nuance in the lower stroke. It took many different versions, each differing in only minuscule changes – more or less shadow… variants in highlight details -, until I got the version I am so far happy with. [...] Continue reading
Web graphics for beginners 2
Web graphics for beginners
For those who would like to take creating their own webgraphics further without incurring cost there are a few free programs on the internet that will give you a good result.
Paint.Net
I can personally recommend Paint.Net, which I use almost daily for the past few years. This program “…started development as an undergraduate [...] Continue reading
Web graphics for beginners
Web graphics made easy
Creating a unique web graphic to illustrate a web page or blog post doesn’t have to be a daunting experience. There are quite a few easy ways to create a unique image that don’t cost money, but just needs your time and a bit of effort.
Collecting Pictures
When first starting to collect pictures [...] Continue reading
Swarovski Crystal
Swarovski Crystal
Swarovski Polar Bear
Having received a beautiful gift of a real Swarovski Polar Bear many years ago, due to my interest in the extinction of the Polar Bear brought on by climate change, I was most intrigued to find out where these beautiful crystal sculptures came from. The craft of producing elegant glass crystal objects has been around [...] Continue reading