Pink Penguin Tutorials and things — 123 Ideas for Character Flaws alisaburke Tutorials and things — Bio help Bookbinding University: How to Make a Hard Cover - Damask Love Bookbinding University is in full swing! If you missed the last lesson on “How to Make a Text Block,” you’d better study up because today we’re moving on to the fun part! Today we’re making the covers for our text blocks and this is where you get to tap your creativity and personalize your notebook. If you are like me, you have a stash of 12 x 12 patterned paper that would make Hobby Lobby jealous. Well, today’s tutorial will have you searching through your collection for the perfect “statement” pattern for your notebook. Let’s get started. How to Make a Text Block | How to Make a Hardcover | How to Make a Composition Style Notebook | How to Make Your Own Bookcloth | How to Make Elastic Closures & Headbands | Perfect Binding
Tutorials and things — A Bunch of Tutorials Non daily diary — Le Lapin dans la Lune Working on watercolors after 25 years of CG art, then publishing illustration books, I discovered one thing : there’s gazillion of ways to create colors, but only one to see them. I know a lot of people won't believe it , but here is the truth about colors. Red is not really the complementary of green, and blue isn't always the complementary of orange, but purple is the complementary of green. Yes. We have red, blue and green cones in the retina. We see in RGB. Click on this link to a more detailed description of how we see on the Pantone Website : How do we see color. I was looking for a way to generate a color wheel as we really see it, and finally settled for this fool proof method :I made a RGB picture in Photoshop. I made a vector circle, and filled it with a radiant rainbow gradient (360º of hues) with colors at full saturation. Here's my new, computer rendered, color wheel: colors as my brain ( and yours) see them.
365: Make a Book a Day Sublime Stitching • Hand Embroidery Tutorials How-To: Dark Fabrics Part 1 How-To: Dark or Stretchy Fabrics Part 2 How-To: Tracing Paper & Transfer Pens Anime Screenshot Tutorial by BechnoKid on deviantART Print and Play Games | Wiki Cutting Tools By Tatsu For the do it yourselfer, there are certain basics that go towards making your own games. The first is a cutting tool. While its true that a steady hand and a decent pair of scissors will suffice, often the materials being cut are thicker than normal or made from more durable materials. In addition, its much harder to get a nice professional look with scissors. A metal ruler (typically chosen because they are hefty and come in many long lengths with straight edges that will not warp) is quite easy to find at hardware stores and craft stores. Another option which I've found to work very well is the choice of many scrapbookers and quilters - a rotary cutter. Finally, for small and thinner pieces, you can't go wrong with a Fiskar's paper trimmer. you can get these in various sizes and they are quite effective for cutting straight edges quickly and cleanly.
Proportions-sketch tutorial by RammsteirNails on deviantART