tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969774991929417042011-11-27T16:21:09.097-08:00Where graphic artists share their ideas and skills of the trade!Graphic Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099819475981082378noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596977499192941704.post-72611097305318603172009-07-12T08:34:00.000-07:002009-07-12T11:42:28.863-07:00Hi all,<br /><br />Here is a video tutorial where you can make an image seem to be breaking out of a laptop screen.<br />enjoy<br />Jim<br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-d460291f705ddcd5" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd460291f705ddcd5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331147469%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4ACE55F652DDB00BDDB4D5F700A89DA0C0FF9EEE.7C8F71F6CC35335EBDAA70FB91EB600B2D96C546%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd460291f705ddcd5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DFtJhMxbCxRPnIsdydI-kv2vSiaI&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd460291f705ddcd5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331147469%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4ACE55F652DDB00BDDB4D5F700A89DA0C0FF9EEE.7C8F71F6CC35335EBDAA70FB91EB600B2D96C546%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd460291f705ddcd5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DFtJhMxbCxRPnIsdydI-kv2vSiaI&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/596977499192941704-7261109730531860317?l=ispotart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graphic Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099819475981082378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596977499192941704.post-83924113989484546052009-06-04T21:01:00.000-07:002009-06-04T21:23:49.593-07:00Hi all<br /><br />I'm back again with some cool tips on using Photoshop and illustrator. Today I had a client who misplaced or lost his original company logo art file so he provided an embroidered logo shirt. The art was an outline of a car which made the tracing a bit easier on me.<br /><br />To redraw the logo, I placed the shirt nice and flat on my scanner and scanned at 300 dpi. After scanning, I placed the scan in Adobe Illustrator as a template with opacity at 50%. In wireframe, you can begin to trace with the pen tool around your logo. Hope this helps a bit on redrawing a logo. More to come<br /><br />Jim<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/596977499192941704-8392411398948454605?l=ispotart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graphic Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099819475981082378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596977499192941704.post-13742580805618553222009-05-23T12:25:00.000-07:002009-05-23T14:19:13.298-07:00Create your image in a new layer in Photoshop. At the top of your layers palette, you'll see the opacity slider. Slide the opacity to about 25% so that your image is faint. Add text over you transparent image. There you have it, a watermarked backdrop image.<br /><br />Add your comments below.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/596977499192941704-1374258080561855322?l=ispotart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graphic Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099819475981082378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596977499192941704.post-83047710649959830902009-05-16T20:33:00.000-07:002009-05-16T21:13:11.265-07:00Hi all,<br /><br />I was introduced to my first Mac way back in 1994. It was love at first sight, the Mac IIci. Working on graphic designs was sought of a nightmare on the IIci but hey, it was on a Mac. I worked on Adobe Photoshop 2.5, illustrator 3, Quark 3.3 and some other sotware. The Mac and Adobe software came a long way with CS4 suite and the MacPro, iMac, etc. In the next coming days I will talk about Photoshop and Illustrator techniques. Come and share your ideas.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/596977499192941704-8304771064995983090?l=ispotart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graphic Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099819475981082378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596977499192941704.post-3255846488562706252009-05-12T09:20:00.000-07:002009-05-12T09:29:19.576-07:00Hi,<br /><br />Welcome to my blog ISpotArt. The focus of this blog will be in the graphic arts area. My goal is to provide a place in the blog sphere will anything art related can be learned, discussed and interacted.<br /><br />I will be sharing my thoughts and expertise on the field of art. You may ask questions, leave comments etc. and I will be more then happy to reply.<br /><br />Please be patient as I will be adding, updating and creating my ISpotArt blog with ideas, posts, etc.<br /><br />Again, thanks for dropping by, tell all your friends.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/596977499192941704-325584648856270625?l=ispotart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graphic Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099819475981082378noreply@blogger.com1