Jemz08

2009-08-07T10:28:00.001-07:00

James said

"Akala ko may pasok Yun Pala wala."

Lahat tayo maraming maling akala sa buhay, maliit man o malaki. Kung gusto mo i-tama ang mga maling akala, mag log-on ka sa AkalaMo.com

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1950’s, 60′ s, 70’s and early 80’s !!!

2008-08-12T02:16:00.000-07:00

First, some of us survived being born to mothers who did not have an OB-Gyne and drank San Miguel Beer while they carried us.

While pregnant, they took cold or cough medicine, ate isaw, and didn't worry about diabetes.

Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made of hard wood covered with lead-based paints, pati na yung walker natin, matigas na kahoy din at wala pang gulong.

We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable diapers (lampin lang), and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads , sometimes wala pang preno yung bisikleta.

As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses with wooden seats (yung JD bus na pula), or cars with no airconditioning & no seat belts (ngayon lahat may aircon na)

Riding on the back of a carabao on a breezy summer day was considered a treat. (ngayon hindi na nakakakita ng kalabaw ang mga bata)

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle purchased from 711 ( minsan straight from the faucet or poso)

We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our friends, and NO ONE actually died from this. Or contacted hepatitis.

We ate rice with star margarine, drank raw eggs straight from the shell, and drank sofdrinks with real sugar in it (hindi diet coke), but we weren't sick or overweight kasi nga…

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. Sarap mag patintero, tumbang preso , habulan at taguan.

No one was able to reach us all day ( di uso ang cellphone , walang beepers ) . And yes, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our wooden trolleys (yung bearing ang gulong) or plywood slides out of scraps and then ride down the street, only to find out we forgot the brakes! After hitting the sidewalk or falling into a canal (seweage channel) a few times, we learned to solve the problem ourselves with our bare & dirty hands.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 100 channels on cable, no DVD movies, no surround stereo, no IPOD's, no cell phones, no computers, no Internet, no chat rooms, and no Friendsters……. …WE HAD REAL FRIENDS and we went outside to actually talk and play with them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no stupid lawsuits from these accidents. The only rubbing we get is from our friends with the words..masakit ba ? pero pag galit yung kalaro mo….ang sasabihin sa iyo..beh buti nga !

We played marbles (jolens) in the dirt , washed our hands just a little and ate dirty ice cream & fish balls. we were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.

We had to live with homemade guns " gawa sa kahoy, tinali ng rubberband , sumpit , tirador at kung ano ano pa na puwedeng makasakitan..pero masaya pa rin ang lahat.

We made up games with sticks (syatong), and cans (tumbang preso) and although we were told they were dangerous, wala naman tayong binulag o napatay. paminsan minsan may nabubukulan lang.

We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them to jump out the window!

Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't pass had to learn to deal with the disappointment. Wala yang mga childhood depression at damaged self esteem ek-ek na yan. Ang pikon, talo.

Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tignan kung ayos lang ang mga bata, hindi para makialam at makipag-away sa ibang parents.

That generation of ours has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, creative thinkers and successful professionals ever! They are the CEO's, Engineers, Doctors and Military Generals of today.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had failure, success, and responsibility. We learned from our mistakes the hard way.

You might want to share this with others who've had the luck to grow up as real kids. We were lucky indeed.

And if you like, forward it to your kids too, so they will know how brave their parents were.

It kind of makes you wanna go out and climb a tree, doesn't it?!

PS - The big letters are because your eyes may not be able to read this if they were typed any smaller (at your age;)).

This was from a forwarded email from a friend. I was going to post this on the friendster bulletin but it exceeded the character limit.

Hand Picked Tutorials

2008-04-26T01:38:00.000-07:00

Having a hard time looking for good tutorials and all you see are some not so good tutorials? well, I've picked some good tutorials that i found great and might also help you.

Image effects:
http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-comicbook.html
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/09/13/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/

Vector/Vexels
http://donbenni.deviantart.com/art/Vector-Tutorial-v2-16419597
http://www.vectorportraits.com/
http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/from-sketch-to-vector-illustration/

COMIC / CARTOON EFFECT

2008-04-24T21:21:00.000-07:00

COMIC / CARTOON EFFECT

(FOR BEGGINERS)

LAYERS

layer 1 – This is your lines, black shapes, hair. You can separate them in other layers if you like. to make the lines, refer to this tutorial: http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-comicbook.html

Layer 2 – Make a separate layer for the lips. First I make 2layers for them, the upper lips and the lower lips.

Note: this lips is different because i used a simple lips for the artwork.

Use Burn Tool on the upper lips to add shades
“Range > Midtones” “Exposure > 10% to 30%”

Then add highlights using the Dodge Tool with same settings.

Do it also with the lower lips.

Layer 3 – As you notice, the eye is inside a folder. It is because eyes have a lot of details and I tend to make 2 to 4 layers for them, so to make them short I grouped them inside a folder. To group layers, highlight them and press “CTRL+G”. You can add the eyes at layer 1 if you like.

Layer 4 – This layer is your half tone effect (the effect with lots of dots). You can choose not to add them depending on your taste. To make them, duplicate your original photo. Press “CRTL+SHIFT+U” to make it Black & White/Grey Scale. Then go to “Filter > Sketch > Halftone Pattern”. Adjust the Settings. To make another adjustment. After applying the halftone pattern, press “CTRL+L” and again adjust the settings. Set the blending mode into “Multiply”

this is what the halftone effect should look like

Layer 5 – This will be the shades of your photo. Duplicate the original picture. Press “CTRL+SHIFT+U” to make it Black & White/Grey Scale. Go to “Filter > Noise > Median” and adjust the settings upon your taste. Set the blending mode into “Color Dodge” you can try other blending modes to see other effects.

Layer 6 – This is simple, just choose a color for the skin and color the parts with the skin. The color I used for the sample is RED-245 GREEN-220 BLUE-200.

Layer 7 – This is the background. This will be the background of your photo. Other purpose of this is to hide the original picture. You can choose any background you want.

Layer 8 – This is your original picture. Duplicate it first before trying to do something with it.

This is the finished product. You can experiment with effects/blending modes to achieve other outcome.