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I plan on posting tutorials about scanning/cleaning up traditional art and eventually some on making digital art. But first I should really cover the materials you want to be using. Now the decision on what tools you should use mostly comes down to what you’re comfortable with and what produces the look you’re after. I [...]

So in an earlier post I mentioned ways to play around with different OSes on OS X. If you want to run Windows apps but don’t want to pay for a copy of Windows, you could install ReactOS. But what if you only want to run one app? Codeweavers have an interesting product called Crossover, but that costs money. [...]

When saving images to the web, there’s a number of things to keep in mind. File size is dependent on several factors - resolution, document size, file type, compression levels, and number of colors used. If you’re on Windows I recommend Xat.com’s image Optimizer because it lets you tinker with these factors and shows you how your changes impact file size [...]

So the other night I got bored and looked into playing with different OSes on my Mac Pro. Now of course you can dual boot with Boot Camp but I don’t wanna partition my drive since I don’t plan on keeping the installs around. I could run  something like Parallels or VMWare Fusion but those cost money. I actually want to have [...]

My degree is in commercial art, but I also have a good understanding of writing, music, and technical info on both Windows and Mac. I sort of dabble in anything that interests me, researching and studying it for a bit before posting summations. I’ll be sharing links, featuring tutorials on how to do things, and [...]