I got the print from a thrift store in Sacramento. I later saw the same image hanging on the wall of the hawaiian hotel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The David reference is pretty obvious here, but my google fu has failed me in finding anything else out about it.
Well, Grenn, maybe you could answer my question then:
Do people still generally build sites in Photoshop and use that slice method? Or is that completely outdated?
Completely outdated, I'm afraid.
If I recall correctly, I'm pretty sure it outputs your "page" as tables. Nowadays the only time tables should be used is for actual tabular data.
Sites should be built 'Content First' in XHTML (which is basically HTML but making sure it conforms to Web Standards) and then CSS should be used to make your content look however you want it to look - there are lots of reasons why this is how it's done but it's pretty much to do with accessibility: if you disable images, CSS, javascript, etc. in your browser, you should still be able to see a page's content laid out in a meaningful way.
perfectbinding if it's for a commercial release, I'd just comb-bind it if it's used as an internal manual, etc.
It's not an internal manual, it's just a book that I gotta set up the spreads for. I'll look up perfect binding to see how I gotta set it up. I only use saddle-stitching for my things at work, I've forgoten everything else.
Edit: Manon, do you know about page creeping? I need to find a way to keep the numbers from running all over the page when I fold the spreads.
perfectbinding if it's for a commercial release, I'd just comb-bind it if it's used as an internal manual, etc.
It's not an internal manual, it's just a book that I gotta set up the spreads for. I'll look up perfect binding to see how I gotta set it up. I only use saddle-stitching for my things at work, I've forgoten everything else.
Edit: Manon, do you know about page creeping? I need to find a way to keep the numbers from running all over the page when I fold the spreads.
This should be something your printer takes care of. Ask them what size live area is safe.
I'm always nice... except... when I'm pushed... you know... then I get angry... you don't want to see me when I'm angry.
You'll delete paragraph styles...
without preserving the formatting?!
You monster!
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Hey guys, I want to make a comic book. I think i'll draw, but ink, and color digitally, as i don't have access to a large enough scanner to do traditional. Does anyone know the specs one would have to work at? 300 DPI, CMYK i believe. But what about the size of the page. I know the working size is different from the final size, and i know there needs to be gutters and stuff. Does anyone know how i go about laying out a page to work on?
I want this to be professional enough to submit to image or other independent publisher.
Thanks!
Hey guys, I want to make a comic book. I think i'll draw, but ink, and color digitally, as i don't have access to a large enough scanner to do traditional. Does anyone know the specs one would have to work at? 300 DPI, CMYK i believe. But what about the size of the page. I know the working size is different from the final size, and i know there needs to be gutters and stuff. Does anyone know how i go about laying out a page to work on?
I want this to be professional enough to submit to image or other independent publisher.
Thanks!
inking digitally isnt necessarily faster, also my letter size scanner handles my 11x17 pages in segements just fine. Just use photomerge in photoshop..
perfectbinding if it's for a commercial release, I'd just comb-bind it if it's used as an internal manual, etc.
It's not an internal manual, it's just a book that I gotta set up the spreads for. I'll look up perfect binding to see how I gotta set it up. I only use saddle-stitching for my things at work, I've forgoten everything else.
Edit: Manon, do you know about page creeping? I need to find a way to keep the numbers from running all over the page when I fold the spreads.
I've never actually done it, but I believe you can set a creep size in InDesign and it increases the gap between the pages on the sheet for the outer pages in each signature to compensate for the thickness of the signature.
perfectbinding if it's for a commercial release, I'd just comb-bind it if it's used as an internal manual, etc.
It's not an internal manual, it's just a book that I gotta set up the spreads for. I'll look up perfect binding to see how I gotta set it up. I only use saddle-stitching for my things at work, I've forgoten everything else.
Edit: Manon, do you know about page creeping? I need to find a way to keep the numbers from running all over the page when I fold the spreads.
I've never actually done it, but I believe you can set a creep size in InDesign and it increases the gap between the pages on the sheet for the outer pages in each signature to compensate for the thickness of the signature.
Is it strange that I get this excited over paper?
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NakedZerglingA more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered Userregular
edited February 2010
I've never even heard of photomerge. I'll check it out. Thanks guys.
perfectbinding if it's for a commercial release, I'd just comb-bind it if it's used as an internal manual, etc.
It's not an internal manual, it's just a book that I gotta set up the spreads for. I'll look up perfect binding to see how I gotta set it up. I only use saddle-stitching for my things at work, I've forgoten everything else.
Edit: Manon, do you know about page creeping? I need to find a way to keep the numbers from running all over the page when I fold the spreads.
I've never actually done it, but I believe you can set a creep size in InDesign and it increases the gap between the pages on the sheet for the outer pages in each signature to compensate for the thickness of the signature.
Is it strange that I get this excited over paper?
not at all, man. I was on a major bookbinding kick for a while and read up on it pretty heavily. I usually saddlestitch stuff, but I have one really crappy series of signatures I sewed together.
shouldn't be more than 40 bucks for everything brand new, most of it you should be able to salvage from somewhere.
and you can use tracing paper or cheap bond on the underside of the plexiglass as a diffuser. for the plexiglass, try a local surplus store. for whatever reason they tend to have stuff like 24"x24" sheets for $2.
Maybe just sign up for a wordpress account, or some other free blogging site, blogspot or whatever, and bam, you're good to go. A small amount of customization is all you'll need to make it look nice.
For a bare-bones approach, though, Flickr is pretty good - what browser are you using? Weird that it doesn't work.
Any advice on doing long drawings( 1h, 5h+ studies or drawing something very detailed)? I've mostly been drawing for fun, but only recently trying to learn properly(very helpful book suggestions from AC). I'm finding, it tough not to rush through stuff. I average like 15 minutes, 30-40 on a good day, but usually end up rushing and/or cluttering up lines and stuff.
There's some suggestions I've read that I'm working on (measuring, observing balance/movement/force etc), but I'd like to hear, hopefully in some detail, what kind of process others use to get some insight.
When it comes to Domain Names would you folks recomend buying the name outright or renting it? I didnt know you could buy a name outright from a reseller and Im not sure what the cost would be and I could be wrong here that you even can do this, I just read it in a forum when trying to research info on setting up a site.
Any suggestions on who to use for the domain? At the moment Im considering GoDaddy.com.
Also, my plan was to register the domain on one site and then host my site seperately with another company so that should I decide to change hosts later on I dont have to deal with reregistering my domain somewhere or risk loosing it altogether, is this a sound plan or would you not worry about rehosting?
The first link seems pretty appropriate. But still, there are a lot of advanced users of photoshop who wouldn't have a clue what a lot of the features do.
The first link seems pretty appropriate. But still, there are a lot of advanced users of photoshop who wouldn't have a clue what a lot of the features do.
Thanks. I don't know how to do anything. I managed to produce this masterpiece though. 8-)
Can anyone recommend a good, affordable tablet for a digital noob such as myself? I just need something to color finished lineart with, and maybe do a bit of doodling.
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edited February 2010
A small bamboo, they're servicable enough until you can upgrade to an intuos. I used a tiny grapphire 4 (pre-date bamboo) for a couple of years and found it perfectly fine.
Do any of you guys know of a cool art podcast to listen to?
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edited February 2010
Stephen Silver does a really inspiring pod/videocast every once in a while, though I haven't listened to it a while. http://stephensilver.blogspot.com/
Stephen Silver does a really inspiring pod/videocast every once in a while, though I haven't listened to it a while. http://stephensilver.blogspot.com/
Thanks! I'm also reading about color theory and anatomy and I tried to find podcasts on those two. The best I could find was a human anatomy class podcast and nothing on color theory though. Wikipedia to the rescue!
That said. Does anybody know a program that will record you like how livestream does? Livestream keeps crashing on my computer. So I was wondering if there is a program that will record a session and give me the file in a .mp4 or .avi so I can submit it to places like youtube.
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Try tineye.com/
I had totally forgotten about tineye.
thanks
a friend of mine has done it for his sort of landing page. i'll leave it to you to decide if you think it's good or not.
Completely outdated, I'm afraid.
If I recall correctly, I'm pretty sure it outputs your "page" as tables. Nowadays the only time tables should be used is for actual tabular data.
Sites should be built 'Content First' in XHTML (which is basically HTML but making sure it conforms to Web Standards) and then CSS should be used to make your content look however you want it to look - there are lots of reasons why this is how it's done but it's pretty much to do with accessibility: if you disable images, CSS, javascript, etc. in your browser, you should still be able to see a page's content laid out in a meaningful way.
Well, on the surface it appears to display fine but, looking at the source, it's not a well-built page. It also doesn't validate.
This page actually would be really easy to do in XHTML/CSS.
It's not an internal manual, it's just a book that I gotta set up the spreads for. I'll look up perfect binding to see how I gotta set it up. I only use saddle-stitching for my things at work, I've forgoten everything else.
Edit: Manon, do you know about page creeping? I need to find a way to keep the numbers from running all over the page when I fold the spreads.
Yeah, I know. He was after fast/easy. It's a lot better than his old Flash-only site, though.
This should be something your printer takes care of. Ask them what size live area is safe.
You'll delete paragraph styles...
without preserving the formatting?!
You monster!
I want this to be professional enough to submit to image or other independent publisher.
Thanks!
http://www.blambot.com/ruleyourown.shtml
inking digitally isnt necessarily faster, also my letter size scanner handles my 11x17 pages in segements just fine. Just use photomerge in photoshop..
edit>automate>photomerge
I've never actually done it, but I believe you can set a creep size in InDesign and it increases the gap between the pages on the sheet for the outer pages in each signature to compensate for the thickness of the signature.
Is it strange that I get this excited over paper?
not at all, man. I was on a major bookbinding kick for a while and read up on it pretty heavily. I usually saddlestitch stuff, but I have one really crappy series of signatures I sewed together.
shouldn't be more than 40 bucks for everything brand new, most of it you should be able to salvage from somewhere.
and you can use tracing paper or cheap bond on the underside of the plexiglass as a diffuser. for the plexiglass, try a local surplus store. for whatever reason they tend to have stuff like 24"x24" sheets for $2.
I don't have a website of my own yet, and all I've got is a pdf of my portfolio at the moment.
I've tried flickr but for some reason the website doesn't work in my browser so I can't actually sign up for an account...
For a bare-bones approach, though, Flickr is pretty good - what browser are you using? Weird that it doesn't work.
Any advice on doing long drawings( 1h, 5h+ studies or drawing something very detailed)? I've mostly been drawing for fun, but only recently trying to learn properly(very helpful book suggestions from AC). I'm finding, it tough not to rush through stuff. I average like 15 minutes, 30-40 on a good day, but usually end up rushing and/or cluttering up lines and stuff.
There's some suggestions I've read that I'm working on (measuring, observing balance/movement/force etc), but I'd like to hear, hopefully in some detail, what kind of process others use to get some insight.
Any suggestions on who to use for the domain? At the moment Im considering GoDaddy.com.
Also, my plan was to register the domain on one site and then host my site seperately with another company so that should I decide to change hosts later on I dont have to deal with reregistering my domain somewhere or risk loosing it altogether, is this a sound plan or would you not worry about rehosting?
Your thoughts and comments are much appreciated.
Every tutorial I have found seems to think I already know what all of these buttons and tabs do.
The first link seems pretty appropriate. But still, there are a lot of advanced users of photoshop who wouldn't have a clue what a lot of the features do.
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http://stephensilver.blogspot.com/
Thanks! I'm also reading about color theory and anatomy and I tried to find podcasts on those two. The best I could find was a human anatomy class podcast and nothing on color theory though. Wikipedia to the rescue!
That said. Does anybody know a program that will record you like how livestream does? Livestream keeps crashing on my computer. So I was wondering if there is a program that will record a session and give me the file in a .mp4 or .avi so I can submit it to places like youtube.