Author: Eloine
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How to draw a vector-based jack o’lantern in Photoshop with shape layers
Happy Pumpkin! Since it’s season appropriate I thought I would share what I taught my photoshop class on how to make a Jack o’lantern using the pen tool and shape layers. Below is what the final image looks like that for the most part would scalable as a vector based graphic before I turned it…
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Safe to cross?
I found these ladies hanging out by my garden. They didn’t really care for the camera pointed at them. Smart birds!
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Being different is beautiful
Freak of nature or just a survivor? I have a stand of cattails growing beside my garden that I have blogged about in the past. They are just getting ready to blow their seeds and yesterday I noticed one really irregular looking cattail. As I came in for a closer look I realized it was…
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Welcome to the party!
I can’t help it. I think these birds are neat. They are called the New World Vulture and they are what naturally clean up our streets and fields when an animal dies. A friend of mind said these animals look mean. Perhaps if your only association with them is death then I can see how…
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Last light on a leaf
As I leave work at night the sun like to cast long shadows through the building. I love how this leaf seems to be waving goodbye to the sun
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Bits from our trip
We had an eventful trip overnight to Yosemite yesterday and here are a few photos. One of the things that was interesting was to harvest some wild elderberries. I have been looking for them because it’s been said that my little king bird likes them in their diet. I like elderberry jelly as well so…