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TwitVader
Posted On 04-26-2009 , 12:03 AM
I think I may be addicted to buttons.
Here is TwitVader: The Star Wars Twitter button!
Help TwitVader in his mission to recruit troops to Twitter by putting him on your site. Just change the code provided to include your Twitter user name and he will be linked directly to your account.
Now, I'm not making any money off of this and do not own Star Wars or Twitter, so no one sue me, okay? Thanks.
View earlier buttons.
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Twitter Buttons
Posted On 04-25-2009 , 4:53 PM
Well, everyone is talking about it, and everyone is doing it, so I finally succumbed to peer pressure and have created my very own Twitter account. Being the obsessive freak that I am, however, I could not stop at just creating a generic account. I've spent the better part of the morning playing with every Twitter spin-off toy I can find. I've looked through thousands of buttons and widgets from some very wonderful sites. Also being the obsessive, artistic freak that I am, I just had to make my own button.
Below are the different buttons that I created:
The larger ones are more badges than buttons and were the first ones created.
The smaller ones were the next ones created and were designed because I wanted a button to sit in my blog menu. If you look to the left, you should see one in action.
Anyway, as always, thoughts and opinions are welcome. Also, I give full permission for anyone who likes them to use any of the buttons I made. Just copy the code provided and replace where it says "YOURURL" with your Twitter account name (example: my account name is "artistanika"). Or, if you have a request for a button, feel free to post a comment telling me what you'd like and I'll see what I can do.
And, for those of you who do not yet have a Twitter account: there is now a widget in my blog menu which will show my latest Twitter posts. See...no discrimination against the Twitter-challenged.
Update: See TwitVader, the StarWars Twitter button.
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Button
Posted On 04-24-2009 , 2:04 PM
Random, but looky look. I made a button!
Yes, it is supposed to be that small, because it is made for my blog menu. Look to the left to see.
It's also more impressive if you know that I had to look through Deviantart's source code, find the code for their favicon, and then find the favicon, save it, and use it in my button.
I probably didn't have to do this, but I was trying to be on Deviantart for as short a time as possible so that I didn't get in trouble at work (where I was when I was making said button).
Like?
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Competition Sampler
Posted On 04-20-2009 , 11:02 PM
And it begins....
I've finally got a few preliminary sketches for my competition piece to post. For those of you who may not have been keeping up, here's an update: I am a member of Deviantart's Labyrinth Club, who are hosting a competition right now for any Labyrinth-related art piece. It can be old, or new, but I'm going with new.
The piece that I am working on is poser size (using an 18x21 sketchpad...a Strathmore 18x24 Drawing Pad) and will be done entirely in oil pastels when finished. The picture is a college-but-not-college of images; sorta a college with a background that fits together like a puzzle, if that makes any sense. below are a few sketches of different parts of the picture.
These are just to give you an idea of what I am working on right now. If you are not familiar with The Labyrinth, then I imagine that Ludo, at least, will give you some confusion. Ludo, the upside-down hairy guy above, is just one of many characters from the movie...which I highly recommend watching, and buying, and obsessing over, if you haven't already.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the preview, and I will be posting more as the piece progresses (though I refuse to post a shot of the whole piece together until it is finished). As always, any thoughts or opinions are welcomed and desired.
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Spring Cleaning
Posted On 04-12-2009 , 10:31 PM
Well, I hope you all haven't gotten board or scared off by change yet, because this weekend has been rather tediously spent on spring cleaning...not within my home, though that could certainly use it, but within this website.
Anyone who has come to this website before last Monday can attest that is was somewhat dated. Every page had a different image title (most from flamingtext.com) and each page just a touch bland. I hope to have fixed it up a bit now.
The main changes you will notice begin with divider bars:
I've spent some time studying HTML for tables and playing in Photoshop and have come up with the above lovely divider bars. I hope these will help split my pages into convenient sections and to bring a bit more color to the pages (hopefully in a more professional manner than just changing the color of my font).
I have also worked to create an image that can be added behind the titles on the top of my pages; images which can be personalized, so to speak, to the page or group of pages they are accompanying. Below are the current results:
As you can see, most of these images show the hand holding a pen/pencil and are obviously designed for the World of Drawing section of this site. To see the first four hands in use, visit the following pages:
- Realistic Drawing
- White Graphite
- Photoshop Tutorial
- Pastel Drawing
The fifth image shows a hand holding a woodburner and is currently the only image being used in the Crafty Creations portion of this site. Though I recommend viewing the image in use here: in our Pyrography page, within its more "natural settings" as it were.
Eventually, I plan to create a version of the hand holding a glue bottle and needle and thread...just to add more variation to the Crafty Creations title images...but for now, this will have to work.
Anyway, it is late, and I am signing off now. I'd love your guys' opinions on the new design, if you care to give it.
Oh, and I know it is a bit belated (being Sunday night), but HAPPY EASTER to all!
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Post Script
Posted On 04-08-2009 , 2:04 PM
P.S.
This entry is a post script to my last, so if you haven't read that one, read it first.
Besides just designing a store banner and re-creating my homepage, I also woke up early this morning and created a new title image. For those of you who don't remember, or didn't see, the old image, I've included it below:
There were many things that I loved about this image, in particular: the colors and lava feel. However, I didn't care for the font type and thought the overall effect was too bright. Between the really thick font and the bright colors, the title itself became hard to read. I also wanted to incorporate a font type that matched the "Old English" font in my site name.
I also wanted to replace the original image because it was made by a text generator (flamingtext.com) rather than made personally by me. So, with all that in mind, I created the below image in Photoshop:
I'm pretty pleased with it. It is easier to read, a better font type, and it still uses the lava look (without being quite so bright) of the original. I might play with it a bit more someday, but for now I like this one much better than the generated one.
Thoughts? Opinions?
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Photoshop is Back!
Posted On 04-07-2009 , 10:48 PM
Well, I've managed to reinstall Photoshop on my computer (as well as a few other things). I haven't yet had a chance to move my files back to the computer, as that project will take hours. However, in my idle time I am cleaning up some areas of this site that have become...shall we say: "dated" in the nearly two years that the site has been up. The first order of business was, of course, the lovely menu changes that you have witnessed. Second order of business was to clean up the homepage of my site.
Much of my original content on the homepage is unchanged (besides the occassional paraphrasing), but I have now devoted a section of the homepage to "Tutorials of the Month." As I try and come out with at least one new tutorial each month, this will make it easier for people to see the new tutorials on the site without having to memorize my menu. Though I admit that this month's featured tutorials are older ones, due to the "spring cleaning" in the site preventing me from writing a new tutorial this month (though you have recieved a few new pages).
I have also created a new banner for my online store, which I am featuring to the left. I tried to keep it simple, as banners should be, while still looking creative and eye pleasing. I hope you all approve.
I am fairly pleased with how it turned out, but would love to hear your opinions. I'd also love to hear any suggestions or opinions on the clean up of Crafty Art World's homepage.
As for those of you still curious about my poor Lucivar project...I hope to start it back up again next week. I would say this week, but I am challenging myself to join an art competition on Deviantart and want to take this weekend to get my submission together. I will post pictures of that and of any Lucivar progress soon.
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