Today is a beautiful day! Finally, I have bought my own graphics tablet. I decided to go with Genius G-Pen 560. It is cheap, and it gets the job done. Although of course, I hope to have my own Wacom Intuos3 tablet along with their 6d Art Pen. Using graphics tablet when doing artwork is immensely [...]

I have been using XAMPP since I started managing a couple of websites for our clients. I was lucky enough to bump into this wonderful, excellent tool. In a nutshell, it lets you view your webpages on your browser without having to upload it to your webhost, and it supports PHP and MySql. This tool [...]

Another great way to boost your traffic is joining the booming community of Entrecard. I’ve been an Entrecarder for more than a month now and I’ve seen a couple of Entrecarders visit my site to drop their cards at my EC widget. Basically how it works is that you get credits for visiting other entrecarders [...]

232 years ago, America claimed its independence from Britain, on July 2, 1776. 2 days after, the declaration of Independence happened. Happy Independence Day to all Americans out there! 29 years ago, the world saw one of the most intelligent persons I know. 12 years after, we met and my life has seen the best this [...]

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Fireworks Video Tutorial on how to recreate a ladybug from a stock photo - another exercise on the use of the pen tool. Discusses further the importance of shadows, highlights and midtones on how it adds depth to a picture. Briefly touches on masks. Very helpful for beginners as it discusses drawing techniques in Adobe Fireworks.