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Category Archives: Art & Design
Beginner’s Photoshop: Making Smartphone Wallpaper
It’s pretty easy to make custom wallpaper (background images) for your smartphone. The main trick is getting the size right. Of course, as with so many things associated with modern smartphones (and consumer goods in general) close is usually good … Continue reading
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Who’s Who in Scams Aimed at Artists
Creatives are frequent targets of scammers who use the promise of publicity and attention as bait to take your money and/or your work while giving little or nothing of value in return. The insidious part of these scams is that … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, Photography, Photoshop, Publishing, scam, spam, The Web
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The Raw Artists Scam is Back
They must have found enough gullible artists in Boston last time around because RawArtists.org has judged it worth while to make another visit. More spam from these creeps just landed in my inbox. As with all their spam, it contains … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, Photo Galleries, Photography, scam, spam
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Images-editing.com: Another Spammer Trying to Rip Off Photographers
The spammers from images-editing.com claim "We have skilled Photoshop designers for image apparel products, Objects (Bottles) cutout work, Jewellery, Pack shots, we work on all files format CR2, Raw files, JPEG/JPG, GIF, PNG, Tiff, PSD, HDR." Oddly enough, their web … Continue reading
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Lorum Ipsum in ROT-13
You’ll frequently read posts in ClientsFromHell.net (and if you’re not a regular visitor there you should become one*) about clients misunderstanding, and reacting badly to, standard “Lorum Ipsum” placeholder text. The solution? Use Lorum Ipsum “encrypted” with ROT-13 (a very … Continue reading
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Make a “Little Planet” 360-Degree Image the Easy Way
Making a 360° pseudo-stereographic projection from an ordinary panorama Those cool "little planet" 360° stereographic photographs are often described as being made from dozens or hundreds of photos. But that ain’t necessarily so. We’ll see here how it’s possible to … Continue reading
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I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle — Tube Advert
Movie poster for I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, taken somewhere in the London Underground in 1990 Someone recently brought up this movie in Reddit’s r/motorcycles forum and the memories came back immediately: I photographed the poster advertising this film in … Continue reading
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Plagiarism in Photography and Graphic Design Courses
Plagiarism in the Visual Arts Whenever you start teaching at a new college or university one of the first things you’ll have to do is attend a seminar on the institution’s academic policies, including plagiarism. I’ve been through this several … Continue reading
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New Film Rebate Downloads
I’ve just added a batch of new film frames to my collection of EPS downloads. List below. Click on any of the images above to see the full gallery. Download Links Film Frame EPS Downloads (compressed in zip format)
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The “RAW Artists” Scam Hits Boston
As Usual, It Begins With Spam (Sigh) About a week ago I received an Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE or spam) that was a little unusual. Rather than hawking the standard spam fare (drugs, sunglasses, handbags and dubious “SEO” services) it … Continue reading →