I was siting around the last few days looking through my well worn copies of Everyday Fashions of the Twenties, Thirties and Forties (Dover) and got the urge, again, to start a comic project. Yet another thing on my "want to try this in my lifetime" list. I admit this might fall by the wayside, but it's a start. I don't have a hand sewing project right now, and need to do something while the girls play (the computer and phone are not okay by them at all.) It's very Henry Darger (old timey style) and Dan Clowes (tentacles and fur) inspired. I also found this great tutorial about coloring drawings in photoshop via Drawn. I didn't follow the directions because that would have involved reading and way too much concentration, but it inspired me anyway. I ended up just drawing by hand, scanning, adding the color in Photoshop the way I always do, but good to know a better way is out there.
I also found a great photo editing site via my husband called Snipshot. Great for all of you who want to edit your photos and make them look all pretty but don't have photoshop. I do have it, but not on my main computer (long story) so I use a lame program most of the time and Snipshot is WAY better. It allows you to "enhance" your photos with a miracle one-click button! (you can also do it with more control) You can then upload directly to flickr if you want to. 2 things.
Thing 1: If you do upload to flickr, you will get a warning from flickr that says Snipshot then has access to your account-if this bugs you, just save as a jpeg to your computer and upload yourself.
Thing 2: I thought at first you could only edit photos if they were already on a website-this is not the case. You just have to "open" a photo in Snipshot and then you can edit from wherever. I can't tell you how cool I think this program is-cropping, resizing, color enhancement is so easy. It's free (why does that seem suspicious?) for now anyway. . .
And my husband swears ask a ninja is the funniest thing ever. I haven't watched it yet, but it sounds promising. Because I haven't seen it yet, go at your own risk. (We can blame him later.)
