Graphics

Do you use recycled printing paper? If not, why not? I had to take a run out to our local Staples store last night, to pick up a couple of reams of paper and a new toner cartridge for the trusty old LaserJet. It took a good bit of browsing in the paper aisle before [...]

What do you use to edit Adobe Acrobat PDF files? Over the years, the Acrobat PDF format has become ubiquitous. Unfortunately, editing PDF files is not as clear-cut as it could be … to fully edit a PDF file, you need the right tool(s). But where do you find them? I’ve always used Adobe Illustrator [...]

Need to scan a really big original piece of artwork? Is your local shop’s large format scanner not up to the task? Graham Nash, best known for his work with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, allegedly owns the biggest scanner in the world. It pays to pay attention to that in-flight entertainment …
I was in [...]

Looking for a really cool gift for Valentines Day or another special occasion? You should consider printing on canvas! Don’t worry, you don’t have to try to stuff the fabric through your desktop printer … you simply send your digital file out to a firm that specializes in printing on canvas. Their highly-tuned over-sized ink [...]

Still haven’t found the perfect 2007 calendar? Have I got a deal for you! PhotoWorks is offering a whopping 50% off their custom photo calendars through the end of the month. How cool would it be to have a fully customized family photo calendar? Way cool, baby … and just in time for Valentines [...]

So what makes a great Myspace background? A while back, I put a bunch of retro MySpace backgrounds out there just for hoots. I’ll do a bunch more when I have the chance. I’ve been trying to figure out what folks are looking for … which begs the question: what are the most popular Myspace [...]

It’s down to the wire and you’re out of gift wrap. There’s not a store open and even if there were, they’d likely be sold out of everything but the ugliest roll of overpriced wrapping paper.
Don’t despair!
There’s a good chance you have all that you need to get those last minute presents wrapped. This little [...]

How many times have you been stuck without enough gift wrap at the very last minute. Or almost as bad, stuck with the ugliest gift wrap in the world, because everyone else in the house used the good stuff? So you take a run out to the store, only to find that the only stuff [...]

Every year, about this time, I vow to create my own custom holiday cards. This is the year I do it. I’m finally going to create a custom holiday card to annoy and amaze all of my friends and associates. Having cut my teeth in the printing and design world, I’ve always been too [...]

The MySpace phenomena caught me by surprise. I’ve watched my kids evolve from Neopets to Xanga before migrating to MySpace. While the whippersnappers occasionally ask me to help them with graphics stuff, they’re quite self-sufficient these days. When the topic of seamless textures came up recently, I realized that thousands of tiles I’ve created over [...]