Knocking Down a Door Alright, let’s get this out of the way first: kicking down a door is not the best option for opening a locked door. It will damage the door and cost you lots of money to fix it. It is better to call a locksmith, pick the lock, or attempt to crawl in a window. But let’s say it’s an emergency. You’re in a burning house and you need to escape and the door is on fire. How to break down a door If you have watched enough movies, your next move is a no brainer….run at the door shoulder first, right? Check to see which way the door opens by checking the hinges. Kick to the side of where the lock is mounted (near the keyhole). Using a front kick, drive the heel of your foot into the door. The wood should begin to splinter. Avoid jump kicks. If you liked this article, please bookmark it on del.icio.us or vote for it on Digg.
How To Make a Secret Hollow Book: The first step into making the hollow book is to select a book. Make sure this is a book your own, and not one belonging to the library, or your family. I suggest rummaging through books at yard/garage sales. Make sure it is a hardback; otherwise you will cut all the way through the other side when you are cutting out the insides.You'll also need: Elmer's white gluea container to hold glue solution (I've chosen a film canister)X-acto knife, and/or box cutter. Both if you have thembrush to apply glue solutionpencil/penruler, or other rigid straight edgeSelect a page that you want to be the first one cut out, and save that page to be cut out at the end. Mix a solution of white glue and water. Holding the remaining pages together, brush the edges with the glue solution - enough to soak in pretty well, but not too drippy. Allow this to dry, but use a spacer so the first couple pages, and the front cover don't get stuck. When dry, open the book to the first glued page. Happy hiding.
Shaking Hands: How to Give a Strong Handshake I’m in law school right now and as a future attorney, I’ll be shaking lots of hands: clients, potential clients, other attorneys, and judges. During that brief contact with that person, they’re going to form opinions of me. My handshake could give them the impression that I’m warm person or cold and aloof. Maybe my handshake indicates that I’m an overbearing jerk or a wimpy McWimpsalot. There are three keys to a successful handshake How you do itWhen you do itWhere you do it How you do it Make sure your handshake is firm, not a dead fish grip. When you do it Handshakes involve timing. Be aware of different social customs. What if you’re left hanging? I hate when this happens. Don’t offer a handshake if the other person is engrossed in conversation with someone else.Don’t approach someone from the side with your extended hand. Where to do it Handshakes are good every where.
Mixing Up Illustration: Combining Analog And Digital Techniques Advertisement In the digital age, don’t forget to use your digits! Your hands are the original digital devices— Lynda Barry People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration. Sketching It Out Concepting for me always starts with pencil and paper. Researching This is the most underestimated part of the process, but one of the most important. Some artists who always inspire me are Mary Blair, Alice Provensen, Charley Harper, Maurice Noble and Eyvind Earle. Also, if I’m drawing an elephant’s skin, or wood on a camera, or a band on a helmet, I’ll want to take a close look at the real thing. Crafting Your Own Brushes I do this because I want my brushes to be my own. Some rough crosshatching for the elephant’s skin, with an oil pastel on drawing paper. Scanning It All In Scan everything: the initial sketch, the textures, anything you’ve made to this point. Here is a scan of my original sketch. If you scan as black and white, you won’t need to worry about adjusting the levels. (al)
How To Win a Street Fight Let’s say you’re out with your buddies (or maybe a lovely young lady) having a good time, when all of a sudden some jackass shoves you. You didn’t do anything to instigate the guy, but it doesn’t matter. There is a special breed of males, that when inebriated, start fights with random people. This breed, when found in their wild habitat, are often accompanied by their similarly boneheaded buddies. Or perhaps you and your posse end up in a rumble with the Socs because one of your buddies killed a Soc while trying to save Ponyboy from being drowned by a douche bag Soc. What can you do to prepare for a street brawl and protect yourself in this type of situation? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Knee to the groin. 6. A punch to the head. 7. 8. Inspired by The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook and Man Skills If you liked this article, please bookmark it on del.icio.us or vote for it on Digg.
An In-Depth Study Of Symbols In Illustrator CS5 Advertisement For drawing and painting digital illustrations, Adobe Illustrator is a favorite among designers for many reasons. One of the reasons is some of the amazing time-saving features that come with it. The Symbols feature in Illustrator does just this: it saves valuable time by creating a “symbol,” or copy, of an object. Illustrator makes it easy to use symbols multiple times within a document as well. CS5 makes working with symbols even easier by adding a few new features, explained below. The topics covered in this article are: Basic Symbol Use Some of the actions for Symbols are quite easy to figure out just by playing around with them, while others take some explanation. Symbols Panel 101 To open the Symbols panel, click on the button that looks like a clover, located in the menu on the right side of the Illustrator screen. To select a symbol in the panel, click on the icon. You can also organize the symbols in the panel by clicking and dragging them around. Creating Symbols 2.
How to Make Introductions Have you ever been at a party with a guy who runs into somebody he knows and starts yammering away while you stand there awkwardly, holding your drink? Man, I hate when that happens. You’re left in social limbo. I usually have to just take things into my own hands and introduce myself, which is fine, but the exchange would have been much smoother had my friend introduced me to his buddies. Being introduced invites you into the conversation and makes you feel like part of the group, which is why making an introduction shows your respect for your guest. With our more casual culture, the art of the gentlemanly introduction has disappeared, but we’re here to help bring it back. Making introductions used to be a much more formal affair, with bowing, scraping, and a lot of rules, but nowadays just remembering to make them sets you apart from the cads out there. The Big Rule The overarching principle when making introductions is deference and respect. Business Introductions Social Introductions
How To Make 3d images - OpenTutorial How to Make Your Own Eye-Popping 3-D Pictures Intro Since settling in on the red planet, the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have sent back a number of 3-D postcards to countless fans outfitted in red- and blue-tinted spectacles. To some, the realistic pictures of the rocky martian terrain may seem magical, but the concept behind the illusion is in fact quite simple. "Basically, 3-D pictures trick your brain into doing what it does all the time in the real world," says Zareh Gorjian, a graphic artist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who makes 3-D pictures and animations of Mars for a living, both the black-and-white kind and the more advanced color versions. So simple is the trick that, with a little effort, anybody with a camera, a computer equipped with photo-editing software, and a pair of tinted glasses can make their own 3-D pictures of Mars, family members, pets or anything else worth placing in front of a lens. Video Tutorial The Process width:182px;
How to Make a Survival Shotgun Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. As a Survival and Preparedness instructor, I take my line of work very seriously–sometimes too seriously. Occasionally, though, I like to take on survival projects that are just downright fun. This article highlights one of those projects. I’m fortunate in that I’ve been able to turn my passion into my profession–this being the study of Survival and Preparedness. Ultimately your survival needs fall into five main categories. WaterFireShelterSignalingFood Every survival kit must include contents that directly or indirectly meet these five basic survival needs. Mossberg 500 Pump Action Shotgun Before Survival/Zombie Modifications I will now break down each survival modification and detail why it was included in the final build. Ammunition First things first: the gun itself. Your Arsenal: Bird Shot, Buck Shot, and Slugs In addition to hunting, a shotgun is an excellent self-defense weapon. Side Saddle on the Stock Saw
Create a 60′s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to create a retro 1960s psychedelic concert poster. This tutorial relies heavily on the use of the Warp Tool, but includes a few other techniques as well. Let's get started. Create a new document with a poster-like size ratio. Visualize how you want the document to be laid out and draw some rough guides with the Brush Tool (B) on a new layer called "guides". Make a solid color adjustment layer and fill it with a deep purple. Now to set the first bit of text. Go Edit>Transform>Warp and warp the text to fit the compartment. Now let's go back in and change the color on some of this text. Many of these old posters were screen printed. The thing that is really going to make this look good and realistic is some texture. Now let's move on to our image that will fill the rest of the poster. Make a new Solid Color adjustment layer and fill it with the lightest color that you used in the poster. Now, let's get back to the poster.
How to Criticize (and Take Criticism) Dealing with criticism is a skill every well-adjusted man should possess. We give and take criticism among our co-workers, our friends, and our family. Criticism is an important part of our personal self improvement, for it is other people who can point out mistakes and shortcomings that we can’t see because we lack objectivity. Unfortunately, many young men today don’t know how to offer and accept criticism like a man. Because we all face situations every day that require us to give or take criticism, we provide the following guidelines on how to make the process more constructive. How to Give Effective Criticism Go in cool, calm, and collected. Be specific. Criticize the action, not the person. Be a diplomat. This can help take the sharp edge off of criticism. Make specific suggestions for improvement. Personalize your approach. Point out positives. Follow up. How to Take Criticism Consider the source. Shut your trap and listen. Don’t take it personally. Ask clarifying questions.