Long, long ago, I “liked” a page called Drawing Club on Facebook, and today, Drawing Club posted a link to a page of 3D animated GIFs made with ballpoint pen drawings. At the bottom of the page, a graphic designer named Sydnee Davidson made a guess that it was made with the Liquify tool in Photoshop. My immediate response? No way. I know my Photoshop. That’s Distort and Displace. So I set out to prove to myself that I was…
I saw a really neat quote being re-tweeted on Twitter today: “Why is it that we understand that playing the cello will require work but we relegate writing to the magic of inspiration?”-Ann Patchett Now … I have a bachelor’s degree in literature/writing, cum laude to boot. Also, I used to teach the piano to students of all ages, and I am now teaching myself to play the ukulele. So this will probably sound a little strange coming from me,…
I was reminded of my blog today when I received an announcement from the Amazon Associates Program. They’re doing business with California bloggers again, so of course I thought to myself, “I should totally re-instate that Amazon widget on my blog again.” Not that I have ever received a crap-ton of advertising revenue from my blog; the total has been enough to buy myself a few books maybe, but certainly no single payment with which I could ever pay the rent,…
It seems criminal that it should have taken me this long to write about my first full day at RT, but what can I say — I’ve been working, and working is a good thing; it means income and the ability to pay off bills, like the big one I’ll get for attending RT. Anyway, I got up early on Wednesday so I could line up, officially register, and get my badge — the passport to all RT events, they like to…
It’s been a long while since I’ve updated my blog, even longer since I’ve updated regularly. Yesterday was my birthday, a great time to turn over a new leaf, and since I’m trying to be a good girl, I will attempt this blogging thing once again. For Drew, and for any others who miraculously still follow Alien Barbecue, I know I still owe you many a post about my trip last October. I’ll get to that, I promise. But this…