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Haggis

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Oh, come on, people. Do you really want to watch this?
 

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Here I am working on my art.

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I've got gimp and I know how to use it (to resize photographs), so I'm well on my way to making Professional Covers for Best-Selling Books!

Who needs talent when we have COMPUTERS!

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You'd be surprised. It's a little like when microwaves came out in the States in the 1970s, and everyone thought they'd make all kinds of cooking instantly easier. Yes...and no. Rubber sausage, meet Photoshop artifacts and creepy blank-eyed Poser figures.

I love digital. It's a great tool...when the artist has the madskillz to use it properly.

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*shoves Haggis' nose in THAT corner and whaps it with a newspaper*

*picks him up by the scruff of the neck and carries him back into the kennel*

*the cat kennel*
 

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Bad Haggis, take that back to the horror forum
 

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I can't believe I didn't know this forum existed for two days.

So, what makes it different from Hand's On? Is this for CG/Photoshop stuff? Graphic design/web design? Cause I see this:
It's a forum for visual reference materials, resources, copyright law, designers, museums, methodologies, schools, art history, clothing, costumery, animation ... anything pertaining to the visual arts and design.
And I'd normally post those questions over there, or on the research board.
 

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So, what makes it different from Hand's On? Is this for CG/Photoshop stuff? Graphic design/web design?.

This is for everything visual - if you interpret it as art, then it belongs here. If we try to get into the minutia and specifics I think it complicates matters needlessly.
 

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This forum reminds me how much summer has reduced my productivity.
I don't want it to be over, but I really need to focus more!:chair



I hope so! I spell like an artist :)

I'd like to point out that the artist who moderates this forum spells much better than at least one writer: her hapless without her (and spellcheck) husband (i.e. me).
 

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So this forum means I can now has bad grammar here?

You most certainly meant "haz".

Personally I'm excited for this forum because I'm a designer and a writer. I design my own covers and I'm heavily involved in the design industry (being that I've got almost a decade of experience now). Questions? Ask away!
 

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Gimp - children's POD picture book friendly?

I design my own covers and I'm heavily involved in the design industry (being that I've got almost a decade of experience now). Questions? Ask away![/QUOTE]

Oh goodie! My question is about using Gimp to design a children's picture book. Will Gimp work with Lighting Source templates? Is there a great how-to source for illustrating print-on-demand children's picture books? Do you have suggestions or kind words on the subject?
 
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