• 17:42 Ponder: How many pictures of the moon and thunderclouds do I actually need? How many is enough? How many is too many? #
• 00:56 Cinematic: Editing 120-odd pictures of big puffy thunderclouds is like being trapped inside an endless Columbia-TriStar movie preamble. #

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• 20:25 Damp: Just watched my childhood hometown be flooded by unprecedented amounts of water on national tv. 'Weird' doesn't begin to cover it. #
• 23:19 Make It Stop: It's nothing short of amazing that I am not abusing Twitter every three minutes to whine about the heat. You have no idea. #
• 02:26 HATE: Now I remember why I don't edit photos in ( Read more... )

Today's naart was an excruciating three hours of hand lettering, which um. You're not allowed to see. It's dead boring anyway ( Read more... )

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There is something wonderfully perverse in spending an insomniacal night rendering and photoshopping an Egyptian lotus, which is believed to induce a soporific state.

The main problem with telecommuting is that I spend half of my time arguing with myself.

Mmmm. Photoshop. Again.
Icons. Icons. Make icons.
No! Need to work. Worrrrk.
But! Icons tiny, quick to make.
No! Work. Deadlines. Being paid is important.
You could get one done in a minute and then go back to work. Yes. Irrefutable logic that is.
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Regarding freelance work: Photoshop make brainmuscle go all hurty-like. O, the sacrifices I make for teh Pretty.

Regarding previous design-fu: YO. SOMETHING I WORKED ON GOT AN AWARD. Hint: If it's grey, I DID IT.

So it happens that we're in the middle of the Early August Wangst-Fest: my birthday on Saturday, Messr. S-'s birthday on Sunday, the delightful Miss A's birthday on Tuesday, and today, mini_snape's birthday, all conveniently slipping the minds of people close to us because it is too damn hot to think. It is in reaction to this that we gather together and eat ( Read more... )

Pasty. Pale. Washed out. Grey & lifeless ( Read more... )

so this tutorial is a bit tricksy, precious. but worth the results, i think. the faux screenprint icons are damn swanky and not often seen around lj. be the envy of your flist!


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