Well I thought I was just about ready to get the new site officially launched. I then opened the dreaded Internet Explorer 7 to view what I had been working on the past few days. Wow, what a mess! Divs moved to the right, divs on top of divs, divs completely off the page etc etc. I’m ready to scream! Back to the drawing board.

I don’t know if I will ever get this done.

Here are some useful links involving problems with the glorious Internet Explorer.

CSS Hacks from Webdevout

Javascript code that attempts to make IE WORK!

The legendary Eric Meyer on how javascript can help us.

It’s already been a month since the last update. Still no content. Just taking my time with the header for now. I’d say it’s coming along pretty nice so far. I’m thinking that the content with have concrete and dirt from under the “house” as the background. Definitely all css and will attempt to use Jquery for some areas.

It’s been a while since my last post and I just wanted to post up a picture of what I’m working on. Besides trying to finish up OriginalLyricsForMusic.COM for a client of mine. I have been working on and experimenting with ideas for my new site redesign. This time around, my site will be 100% CSS. Here is a little preview of what I have so far. Not much, but I’m really taking my time with it.

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And in totally unrelated news, Imaginary Foundation has teamed up with Element Skateboards!

Head over there and grab one before they’re gone!

My most recent photoshop manipulated pics. Munson Creek Falls in Oregon and a Volkswagen Squareback. I’m thinking of finding one of these for sale after I pay off my current car.
Click on them to view full size.

How great is this ad?! Unfortunately I do not have this yet, and probably won’t for a while. A friend of mine just ordered from Adobe, so I hope to test this out soon! This was created by a group that call themselves Art Snob Solutions and you can view some -behind the scenes- pics of their creation on FLICKR.
View and read all the details on CS4 from Adobe HERE.
Read CNET’s Review HERE.
Read PC WORLD’s Review HERE.

Deke McClelland throws all kinds of tips and shortcuts at you faster than you can process them! Very funny video. Every photoshop nerd has to see this! Deke is a poplular author, lecturer, blogger, etc on all things photoshop. “Deke is an Adobe Certified Expert, a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team, and a regular speaker for the Photoshop Fling cruise seminars.” You can see the video at THIS LINK.(O’reilly Digital Media)

After doing this little picture above, I figured I would do a roundup of tutorials and resources for comic book effects,coloring,fonts, and more. Hope you find these useful.
First I’ll begin with photoshop effects to make your images look they came right out of a comic book.

This Photoshop Roadmap tutorial is the most popular way of creating the comic book effect.

PSHERO shows you their way of creating the effect. Slightly different than most you will find on the net.

This Tutorial will give you more of a newspaper comic strip look.

Pop Art Effects from VECTORTUTS MELISSA CLIFTON

Here is one more way to do this from TUTORIALS ROOM.

Heres a great, easy way of adding shadows to your photos for a comic book feel.

Yet another way to give your photos the dotted pop art look.

Comic book inspired art from PHOTOSHOP TALENT users.
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Now here is a few guides on coloring with Photoshop.

Comic book and graphic novel coloring from TUTHQ.

Photoshop coloring a manga style drawing.

Photoshop coloring
your 3d renders.

Lizkay has a few tips on coloring your drawings with Photoshop.

Here’s a way to use real life textures to color your images.
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Chris Wahl is a great illustrator that uses photoshop to color his drawings.(Like the Audrey Hepburn above) Visit his blog for more samples of his work.

Great walk-through on doing a comic book style poster from GOMEDIAZINE.
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Here are a few sources for more than enough comic book fonts!

Blambot is probably the most popular spot for comic fonts. Both free and pro.

Dafont has A TON of free comic fonts.

Urbanfonts

Superman
fonts including krypton language!
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MAC USERS: Check out this great application from Plasq called Comic Life to start creating your own comics! Check out THIS POST on Mac360 for more in depth info.
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And last but not least, here is a simple comic drawing animation walk-through.
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Care to add to the list? Leave your suggestions in the comments!

Those are some strong words and I don’t think I could even begin to narrow it down to just 10.

Ben Hunt from Web Design From Scratch has decided to list his picks.

What do you think? Certainly all very good, but THE BEST?

Here are a few sites - in no order - that are not only layed out well, but look great too:
Current Tv And just look at wired’s post on what they did with this past presidential debate. Another reason why I love that channel.
Webstock09

Visit Cascadia
Wired Magazine
Drivl
Zign Marketing Highly Recommended
Wolffer Stables
Iuliux Blog
Vodafone MusicRecommended
Veerle’s Blog
Elan Snowboards

Not much of a story. From time to time, I like to gather random images and put them together.

The base is actually a picture of Oregon mountains and the sky, if you can believe that.

I also added some nice grungy backgrounds and splatters.

The zombieish looking guy was found by putting in “crazy eyes” into google image search. Not sure why he came up, but I liked it. Changed him quite a bit though.

A repeat client and good friend of mine from Florida wanted a quick site thrown together. I have to say that this was the quickest I have ever done a site, and it was done in 100% CSS. I think this came out really good. Of course it could still use further “prettying” up, but overall I’m happy with it. He said he’s had the word “Obamafied” in his head for a while now, and thought we should try and sell some shirts. If nothing else, it is another portal to his other sites and services.  Visit IMOBAMAFIED.COM RIGHT HERE