Lost Aussie on the loose

A Happy Birthday for #2 Son!

18 Years ago I was blessed with a second bundle of JOY!  Born at 2159 Hrs on the 22nd of September, 1993!
Weighing in at 3535Grms and 50cm in length.  Can you believe I still have the crib header from the Nursery all that time ago?

It's hard to believe what was once a tiny speck in my arms is getting ready to leave school, sitting final exams and looking more and more grown up by the minute.

As has become our Family tradition, here is your Blog Birthday card my Honey!  I love you and miss you and will see you soon!

Happy 18th Birthday!

May all your dreams and wishes come true

and

May all your pictures be good ones!

We love you Sweetie Pie!

xoxoxoxoox

 

A Little More Art

A marriage of Painter, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Getting My "Illustrator" Pants On

It's been a while since I have posted any art that I have created in Adobe Illustrator. 

I confess that I have a love hate relationship with the program, not it's fault by any means, more that skills I acquire in the use of it decay faster than I can use them and well .... Photoshop is just "easier".

Once I do wrap my head around Illustrator though, I enjoy the clean lines and the scalability of the work. There is definitely something to be said for vector vs raster based images.
(And if you want it in layman's language, one is about math and the other is about dots!)

The biggest difference for me between the two programs is that in Illustrator I have to create the start, middle and end all by myself.
In Photoshop there is always a jump off point from which you create an image, be it a stock photo, a texture or background.

The fact that I admire so many Vector Style artists always serves as good inspiration and ultimately keeps me plugging away!  And that is a good thing!

 

The Heat is On

While DH is busy rugging himself up and turning on the furnace to ward off the chill in New York, I have been sitting here doing quite the opposite as the thermometer heats up to 100F - no points for guessing whether or not I prefer to be swimming in the pool or drowning under layers of clothes!!!

Both boys are busy with their heads in books, one sitting exams (1 down 4 more to go) and the other getting ready for HIS slew of tests in a few weeks time.

In between ferrying folk hither and thither and ensuring that all domestic conditions are optimal for best academic success I have been stealing moments to do a little learning of my own..... namely trying to get to grips with the monster "Adobe Illustrator".  It's a program that over the years I have tried my hand at and invariably given up the challenge - this time however, I am determined to succeed in gaining at least some level of mastery.

It's proving to be quite a frustrating experience, but I figure since I have been working with Photoshop for some 9 years now I can't expect to totally proficient with Illustrator overnight (though I wish).

So, the little visual ditty above is the sum of the past few days experience.  Fairly simplistic I know, but I am slowly getting the hang of the thing, wrapping my head around Bezier curves, paths, outlines, adding and subtracting to shapes and generally "building" things.  It's very different from Photoshop, but I suppose that's the whole point of it!!!

For now I'll leave you with an image of the "Aussie" Version of "Juice to Go"