A new version of Gimp has been out for around a year now, the first major overhaul in six years. I’ve put off installing it until this week, knowing I’d have to spend some time relearning my way around.
Read MoreCan't Decide
I’m working on a new pattern, pulled from a 3/4” doodle done a decade ago.
Read MoreSometimes Things go wrong
When I first started making plastic bead patterns I was a little too ambitious...
Read MoreRepeating Repeating
For the last few months, I spend most—if not all—of my creative time finessing seamless repeating patterns. When I finish one up, all I see is digital proof of my vast limitations, but it just makes me want to make the next one better, I suppose. Here’s a batch of Holiday-themed patterns.
Read MorePhoto manipulation programs are hard
I applied the “Embroidery” filter in Gimp. This is the result:
Read MoreRedbubbleredbubbleredbubble
Redbubble: you can take your pattern or design and make pillows, clocks, phone covers, dresses, scarves, notebooks, coffee mugs, leggings--and of course, stickers! And a bunch of other stuff, too.
It's like Etsy, but you don't have to ship anything.
Read MoreOld Family Photo Fun
After coming down from a serious Perler bead bender and scrolling through some old family photographs, I decided to do a little more amateur manipulation. I've moved past my baby pictures--Nobody is safe.
Read MoreA Petit Four Gentle Ben
Recycling some old baby pictures.
Patterning Frenzy
After watching some highly explanatory Youtube videos, patterning in Gimp is now making a whole lot more sense.
Read MoreSneak Peek: Book Club
I'm revisiting little books, and decided to make a bundle of identical ones. They're each 1.25"x1.5". Here's a sneak peek of a few of the pages.
Read MoreFast and Cheap
Need a quickie birthday banner for a surprise party hosted at a doll house or a vacant hamster cage? Head on over to the dollar store and pick up some labels.
Read MorePost-It Note & Stamp Doodles
A pack of colored Post-It notes and stamps.
Read MoreStill Learning Gimp
A bad doodle co-mingles with subpar computer design skills. A perfect match.
Read MoreThe Latest by the Latest
While in the Tri-state, I was fortunate to have Rylee Murtha Hendrickson available to take some photos of my wares.
Read MorePoor Man's Printmaking: Stamp Carving
While printmaking, intaglio, silk screening, and all of their second cousins are the most fun ever, the materials needed to successfully reproduce can be expensive, space-consuming, and messy.
Read MoreFake plastic Wind Chime
This was made with mini Perler and Artkal beads.
Read MoreBead Bunny
Instructions for making a rabbit head with heat and plastic. It's cuter than it sounds.
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