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As the Winter/Holiday season is the only time I get away with my love for tacky over the top stardust effects, I've made some very sparkly things lately.
And as people actually asked (*gasp*) how I made them, I couldn't resist the opportunity to spread the stardust love... heee, let it glow!


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Have fun and spread the tacky stardust love! ;D

for the all the Mommies here around *g* this is a perfect wallpaper for the season...
plus grandmas love these things, too ;)

works with pretty much every cute photo... and it's very easy.




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wow, to write this up took longer then expected. heee.
I mean the whole wall was done in ten minutes, but the walkthrough? hours...
Have fun! And kitsch up your life! ;)

comments are as always appreciated :)

Because I keep getting asked about this vintage effect on the Doctor Who Hello? icon, I decided to write a very quick walkthrough, because I'm too lazy to answer it again and again *g*
it's actually fairly easy, and it doesn't require a lot of work, just some basics and a little imagination ;)
This is not a tutorial, but a walkthrough. You quite definitely need to adjust steps and settings to make them work for your own choice of screencap.



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as always have fun! :)

at home again, the doctor settled for a bronchitis, funny how that fits with the laryngitis, I'm amost over with... but at least the long awaited (heee!) next part of the grunge tutorials series...

The Grunge Guide - Part III - Grungey Textures with Brushes - sort of a walkthrough

I'm explaining general brushing techniques and techniques I'm using for creating textures here :)


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Feedback&comments are very appreciated :)
this took kinda forever to write *hints shamelessly*

and as always
Have Fun!

I'm still uncharacteristically quiet, I know... it's the season I guess. Fall and I don't match...
also I should start making muffins for a friend's birthday tomorrow and I'm procrastinating. therefore a new tutorial.

it's a kind of how to avoid using brushes everyone is using and come up with something that's a little more versatile. oh, and I'm talking about borders, I should have mentioned that before, huh?

torn/rippled/rounded/etc. border effects


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off to make the muffins, and why the hell is the damn VM torrent so slow. and YSI kicked me out. again. *sigh* see, fall and I? are no friends...

another one of the Movie Posters explained :)

also I'd like to pimp my offer to give you any icon psd-file I've ever created (as long as I still have it) in exchange of a 10$ donation to a charity organization of your choice :)
that's your chance to see the effects you always wondered about and I was too lazy to explain ;)



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as always feedback is more than welcome :)

hey :) it's me and guess what I'm drinking... yeah, someone should hide that stuff from me...
surprisingly the Something Blue Poster won so far. I might be convinced to do another tut if some of the other posters will get more votes than this one...



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feedback is welcome, you know writing tuts is a time consuming process, so it's nice to know that it's at least appreciated :)
if there are any questions feel free to ask.
I'm going to do some work out now. *g*

the promised walkthrough for this wall


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as this took longer than expected to write down, feedback would be very appreciated :)

originally posted at awmp on 5/26/05


I've just replied to a million of comments so I don't feel so guilty when I'm already posting again *g*

patterns: making and using them...
and more...


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used for example to create these icons


coming up next: text (font recs and effects and general tips)

part 1 (basic elements) can be found here (I) and here (II).
part 2 (brushwork) can be found here and includes some downloadable brushsets.

there are only two parts left of this guide (the text one which will coming up next and the last one will be a complete walkthrough, I haven't decided for which icon I will do the walkthrough, so if you want to see a specific popart icon of mine walked through, tell me about it *g*)

originally posted at awmp on 5/19/05


I feel crappy today for no apparent reason...
oh, well, *shrugs* so I can also post the next part of the kind of pop art style guide that I'm procrastinating since uhm, a long time now...

so today I ramble about brushwork and shapes, and I'm also sharing some of my own favorite popartish brushes
and more...

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please comment&credit if you're downloading the brushsets.

used for these icons for example


previous parts (basic elements) can be found here and here.

coming up next: patterns, how to make and how to use them...

ETA: upon multiple requests I've added imagepacks for the brushsets :)