Christmas to my neighbours

Fluid Media Inc.

I work at this lovely place, and I made them a new website a while back. 
Here are some of the illustrations I made close up and a link to the website. (totally responsive! resize that shit.)

Adobe Fireworks ends in shameful chocolate bar

I have just had a very horrible time, that ended with a 'horray-you-didn't-die!' chocolate bar. I made it though and I think tomorrow will be better now. 

Short Tutorial on Fireworks. 

Shit I couldn't find on the internet to help me. 

-how to save a fireworks working file.

Turns out that it saves as a .fw.png  a fireworks png... that a thing now. SO, worry not. this is normal. 

-How to make a Rollover

ok, easy peasy.

Start by creating slices. Slice out where you would like to have a rollover. Change it to be transparent and then link it up to wherever it's going to link to. 

Head over to the 'States' panel.

Duplicate state one. 

Go to state two, the one you just created.

Now place in your rollover image on this state. 

Return to state one, and back to the layers panel. 

Open up the 'behaviours panel'. 

Select your rollover area slice and click the little add icon, then select 'Swap Image', a little panel will pop up.

It'll have a preview and you can just check to make sure its on the right slice and that down under 'show the swapped image from__' 'state 2' is selected in the drop down. 

Then click ok and preview that shit! :D

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I'm not sure if any of that means anything to anyone, but that was hard stuff for me to figure out, so I thought I'd share. 

I'm making a really nice web app right now that basically involves a lot of web forms. 

Random Photoshop Texture Exloration

Hoping that by experimenting with photoshop's many crazy filters and options as well as the massive amount of free textures available I will become more comfortable with adding them to my illustrations.



Also, I hate moving. But now it is done, Lui and I will soon have the loveliest studio! :D so hopefully all this experimentation in texture world will have an opportunity to shine in some lovely illustrated fun times.

sick n' tired-

-of changing all the time. as is always.. steady change. even when it's good change I wish it would stop for a little bit. so when someone asks me "anything new?" I can say "no, nothing. everything is exactly the same way that it was, calm and quiet."

oooh well... moving. going to miss our little oasis of an apartment. very. much.

Check It Out!

Re-made my website gallery!

http://theamundell.com/

Some Photoshop Texture Experiments

I was inspired by a lot of tutorials and texture freebies on Design Intruct and decided to mess around a little.

fat fish

Probably going to have another unexplainable surge of work. It's so soothing, just to draw and paint without direction or purpose, it's like being a kid. Creating because I really want to. It's good to crave it again.

Bunny and Pig

finally got this one finished up, also, bought a new sketchbook, so hopefully there will be lots more to show in the near future. Getting back on the horse.

New Website!!

Check it out!!

Contemporary Critical Theory

So I have been attending a Contemporary Critical Theory course at McMaster!!! This is the TA, giving one of her first lectures, it was VERY well done. So much to think about.

Happy LOVE Day!

I hope all your Valentines dreams come true!! Hugs for everyone! Chocolate filled bellies! Smiles for all!!

You thought you could escape...

WELL you can't HA HA, Just a couple little sketches that made me laugh and some how evaded past scan sessions.

Home Sweet Home

I've always wanted to embroider this and then frame it and put it in my home. Now I finally have a home fit to hold such a thing, so here it is! Well on it's way to the wall of my home.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Snow White

Sit still... like a good princess.

I may be watching a little too much classic Disney for my own good lately... this was bound to happen.

Couldn't Wait

I am so excited for this new piece!! It makes me feel all Christmas-y and wonderful. Any thoughts on colour, as usual I'm stumped. I was thinking of printing it with just line on nice coloured paper, but that may just be a lazy road to go down.
<3 Super excited to keep you posted on this one.

Flower Power + Sloth power?

POWERS.


Also, peaceful ladies.

Time to Think

Time spent with Sam often ends up with us thinking such deep thoughts they are hard to hold on to, who knows what wisdom we uncovered?!?