Apr 28, 2009

Tie Dye Photoshop Tutorial!

Hey everyone! If you ever wanted to know how to make a semi-realistic tie-dye effect using Photoshop, I just figured it out by accident. Now, I'm gonna show you how!

First, open a new file. whatever size you want, I used 500px x 500 at 72 dpi. Then, with your brush tool selected find an odd shaped brush set to a medium to large size.

Choose your color!
Then just doodle some squiggly lines across the page. I used the primary colors, blue, red and yellow. make sure you get an even covering of the white background, but keep it random.


Then choose Blur/Radial Blur from the Filters menu. Choose "zoom" and set it to about 30 to 50 and hit OK.

Just like that you've got a groovy tie dye background!

Now you can add a picture or funky text too! Have fun and happy photoshopping!

Apr 24, 2009

running late. sorry.



steve matt
steve
me sucking at action photography




me radding the shred.






once you hit 106, they take your rubicks cube away. studies have shows 106 yr olds just cant handle it. also, they choke on the pieces.


skaterboardering

ahh kids.

this douchemobile with light blue rims and stupid winglet things's vanity plates said BEMYWYF. i hope that was an engagement gift and not an invitation to women on the highway.



2001 / 1991?






go home.

Apr 20, 2009

KOOBZ in Space!!!!!

The first font I ever made was KOOBZ. It evolved from a hand drawn graffiti writing idea. I found a font program and put it all together with drafting software. It's almost illegible and hasnt really been downloaded that much from dafont.com but I think it may have found a purpose. Our friend Graham Phisher has put together a photoshop tutorial that stars none other than my old KOOBZ font.

check it out in its entirety here...
http://www.grahamphisher.com/vintage-space-poster-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8060

to download KOOBZ click here

donations always welcome.

Apr 17, 2009

Take me down to the ocean floor, cuz I dont wanna fight no more.

Its Friday. I did my taxes months ago so for once I'm not stressing about it.

My Giants are sucking so hard right now it's not even funny. so don't laugh.

here's more of this.

Mi Casita

rad Indian movie poster painting. A dying breed.



got to watch some Hot Rot TV shows on my sick day.

Megs aunt's backyard is rad.

Here's some Kirkness, vintage 1994.

me torturing my lil brother.

Homecoming court.


did some more workage in the kitch'

some goofs and some arty draw draw doodle time.
Locke IS the polar bear.

Scion Xb with full size back doors and extended cargo area. otherwise known as a Ford Flex.

this drawing ended up looking like my dad around the time my parents got married. totally by accident tho.
Jack: I bet you taste like chicken LOL!

Chicken: You smell like balls.
thanks for the caption tom.


ape hanger handlebar syndrome.

Now I'm channeling my 8th grade self with these drawings. Iron Maiden and TMNT all the way!



that's it, Raphael says go fuck yourself.
PS: pizza for breakfast.

Apr 16, 2009

It's about time...

I havent really been posting Lost theory blogs. sorry.. I dunno some of you are glad about that. anyway, I dont care. Last night was a pretty cool and thought provoking episode so here's some of my theories based on it.

If you havent watched it yet its because either you've DVR'd it and/or you're going to watch it later, or you dont give a shit and watched American Idol instead. they used the save on Matt G. DVR rules. So if you are gonna watch it later.. skip this whole blog!

anyway, here' goes.



Dan Faraday's Notebook and Coming back from Ann Arbor on the sub after 3 years:
ok so, when we meet Dan, he's got this crusty note book with hella time travel, island, dharma and whatever other crap in it which makes us think he's been studying it for a while.

what if.. at some point in the future, he acquires an Ann Arbor Michigan scientists' research via his own research or help from Widmore. And unbeknownst to him, the Ann Arbor scientist from the 70's was really him when he was in the DI after traveling back in time in 2004. and his name really isn't Dan Faraday, but Dan Hawking or something and took the Faraday name from the scientist's research he was studying. which could be why Oxford had no records of a Dan Faraday.

dun dun dun.


The people who ask "What lies in the shadow of the statue" theories:
I think they are descendants of ancient island inhabitants that Richard's group fought with and took the island from. I know it might be hard to handle yet another group on the island but with all this ancient stuff this season, I feel it coming.


The dudes in the van seemed pretty confident. Maybe they joined some cult. Someone started a whole religion/cult based on some left over relic that made it off the island. They know enough but not everything.
They know Widmore is bad, but only because they've been both hunting down the same Island relics and info for the last umpteen years. I bet one of them was at the Black Rock auction too.


George Lucas
Or, and this is a big OR, George Lucas received a letter in 1978 with no return address that had a revised version of Empire, before he released it. And he has been hunting for anything related to the Dharma Initiative notebook it was written on. His goons are finally helping him track down the source. much like my above theory, except, its George Lucas' life long obsession to solve the mystery of the revised Empire script.

That's a stretch.

Miles and Candle
I thought it was pretty obvious that Chang knew his family was in danger but couldn't tell them why and shipped them off. which pissed off Mrs. Chang. But now Miles is finding out now that he did it out of love. Also, punk rawk Miles rules.

I need to go call my dad and tell him i love him.

Apr 15, 2009

why do I even bother?

Remember that old post on here, "dont fuck with the classics"? well here's another case for that.

I deviated from my usual Bacon Whopper w/cheese, [no mayo, no ketchup, plus mustard] and got the Steakhouse burger..ooh looks good dont it!?

They said it just had mayo on it.. so I said no mayo, add mustard.. But what they didn't say is that it has Ketchup on it, disguised as Steak Sauce. woof .. and the crispy fried onions? They were a soggy mush in the center of a blob of A-1 Ketchup, which I got mostly all of in one bite. Puke on a bun!
this is what mine looked like.
(mine luckily didn't come with mushrooms like this one I found on google, I'd have passed altogether)


And that's why I never get anything with Chipotle, or Steakhouse, or anything like that in the name because, despite how delicious it sounds, it always has some special themed sauce. They're tempting because sometimes I don't want the yooge. But 98% of the time, its ketchup, mayo or ranch with some kind of added flavor. bleehh I hate that shit.

Whopper it is. Stick to the classics.

On a side note, I didn't get a Jumbo Jack and went for the mini-steak burgers from JITB. They are pretty good (no mayo, no ketchup + mustard as usual) they're filling too. There's a hint of White Castle in the back of your mind while eating them, which sort of comes out on your tastebuds too because of the grilled onions. But nothing can replicate a WC Slider.. maybe Krystal but Cali dont have those either. I'd settle for a Krystal tho.

Apr 14, 2009

Sucks to be you

I got my first honest to goodness African scam email! I'm sure there's been others but somehow this one made it passed my spam filter (step it up gmail).

Dearest.
I am Emmanuel Kone from Ivory Coast. I am a boy of 19 years old and being that i lost my father a couple of months ago. my father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death, He was assassinated last january by the rebels following the political uprising.

Before his death he deposited a sum of $18.5 Million in a bank here in Ivory Coast and he also told me that the money was for the importation of cocoa processing machine. i want you to do me a favour to contact the bank and demand how to get the money out from their bank and also to help me receive the money in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary.

i have planed to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production.

This is my reason for writing to
you. Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in replying very urgent. Thanks and best regards. Emmanuel Kone


So, your not sick or dying or anything?

I hate to break it to you but the Real Estate market is crap right now. Also, you suck at English.

It's sad people are still falling for this shit. I know they are, because people are still sending them out.