Jump to content
You must now use your email address to sign in [click for more info] ×

jer

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    526

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by jer

  1. jer
    Sooo excellent! The funny thing (to me) is I could live with all these guys under my bed - except the top 2 (white ones) in the first example posted back on Feb 9. Those two scare me. Really scare me.
  2. jer
    Experimenting! You call that experimenting?! I call that museum-quality, art-show-ready, lone-artist-show portfolio, industrial-poster-auctionable work! Okay, in a word... beautiful and intricate. See, I couldn't stop with one word.
  3. jer
    Enjoyed your concept, thanks for preparing & posting this video. A couple of suggestions, primarily due to fuzzy screen trying to follow the vid on a laptop-size screen: Couldn't see clearly the formula you entered to get the precise circle rendered - why not type it out as you did the 1-100 and 1-360 range example? I know it was 48*360/100 but it wasn't clearly visible and, because the entire formula was too long, the left end got pushed out of the field visible area too quickly. Your use of the Fill tool for gradient was a bit too subtle to follow what you were doing. A greater color contrast might have helped to follow that part. I saw your mouse clicks but didn't see much of a gradient. Similarly at the end when you set "Scale with Object" was okay, but what followed, the shadow adjustment was too subtle to follow. Where did a shadow originate? Something about clicking Symbol, what was that? That was your first reference in the vid to a symbol and it was not clearly explained IMHO. Suggestions only.
  4. jer
    @MBd: Ahh, so "things" more in the sense of definitions, rather than basic how-to's. I think you have chosen a good starter set. For DPI/PPI, might you add a "why/where does DPI/PPI matter? It is a difficult concept for beginners who have all their life measured stuff with a ruler. Why do they need to know the DPI/PPI definition/thing? Why can't they just keep using cm/inches they have used since grade 1? We all know a display is measured in pixels but so what? It was a difficult concept for me until I became a web designer. Then, there was no getting around it anymore. Always appreciate the generous tips you provide and this is another great example!
  5. jer
    Somewhat 3-D-ish too! The images, I mean. And I like the frames you present your image in... a nice clean professional look. Thanks for sharing.
  6. jer
    Welcome to the Affinity forum! Can't specifically answer your question but I looked in the Resources category of this forum and found some Templates for web design such as this one: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/13150-web-design-template-for-affinity-designer/#comment-57762 There are others, click on HOME in this forum, scroll down to RESOURCES and type template in the search field at the top right. Perhaps reviewing this template will help you to set up your own. FYI Note: When you post a new item, there is a FOLLOW field at the top right you can click. This way you will be notified when someone posts a reply to your question.
  7. jer
    @Batteriesinc: Reviewing this string, it appears you didn't ever answer the question asked by stokerberg. While you can't re-panorama-ize it in any software (including AP) you can still edit the result using other AP features/tools.
  8. jer
    Is your goal to print content from edge to edge of the paper on your own printer? I ask because I fight this situation with every AD doc I want to export and/or print edge to edge. Maybe MEB's answer is a solution for me?? MEB said, "Hi jackamus,Go to menu File ▸ Document Setup..., Margins tab and uncheck Include Margins."
  9. jer
    Freid, that is amazing! Thanks for such a helpful and thorough reply. Blender - free- is a great tip for starting out.
  10. jer
    @Toltec & @JimmyJack... you guys are too funny! (Carrying over from Background Blur, I mean!)
  11. jer
    Sharkey, good site and many great images, particularly like the Show Time photo! Agree with you that a dog site needs a lot of great photos. Putting my site design experience to work, please let me point out that the Home page photos have left and right arrows to click and proceed from one to the next, or back. However, the last one, Show Case, allows the right arrow to hover-on, even though it is not clickable and does not take you "around" to the first image again. (Win 10, Firefox browser). Please consider linking that button back to the first image or turning off the hover-on. Yeah, I know, details, details, right?! Bookmarkable site, for sure!
  12. jer
    Fried, you have raised my interest in Spine and I see on their web site they have a basic (Essential) version for $69 and a trial. I'm a hobbyist so I disregard the Pro version for $299. Could you please let me know if the Essential-basic version allows what you have demonstrated here with your snail robots? I think you can't save your results in the Trial version. What format do you output from Affinity Designer for best input to Spine? Any tricks in going from AD to Spine that you know, or gotchas? Thanks.
  13. jer
    Funneeee!
  14. jer
    Another terrific version. So mesmerizing to watch the animation: rocking motion, pointy things, lights flashing, tank treads (love the loco-motion on them, by the way!) Nice color diffusion around the lights too. FUN STUFF! I can just hear the clank-clank-clank!
  15. jer
    Hi, WG. Don't see the original so can't be sure how much retouching was done. I like the finger shadows and wonder if the outside edges of the shadows need fading a little, not a lot. I also wonder about the darker 2 crease-lines under each eye: She seems young so did you consider lightening them a bit, or did you already? An original would have helped to answer my thoughts. Is this the original background or did you cut her out of the original? Perhaps a shallow depth of field makes the hair around the ears unfocused. The skin tones and texture look very real IMHO.
  16. jer
    Love that gif! What a fun robo-snail! PS- noticed you turned the saw-blade wheel around for the gif.
  17. jer
    I like your line style! You seem to know when enough lines are just right so as not to overdo or confuse. Well done!
  18. jer
    Okay, one more OT item on Cormorants; just came across this while reading (yeah, a real book, for cryin' out loud)... From The Wonder of Birds by Jim Robbins. 'Some birds can count. ... In the 1970s, biologist Pamela Egremont watched as Chinese fishermen on the Li River used cormorants to catch fish. The fishermen place a neck ring on the birds, which cinches their throats tightly so they can't swallow, and they are then trained to return with a fish in their mouth. The birds are allowed, however, to eat every eighth fish. When they return to the fishermen after the seventh fish, Egremont wrote in a journal article, they "stubbornly refuse to move again until their neck ring is loosened" so they can eat the eighth fish as usual. "They ignore an order to dive and even resist a rough push or a knock, sitting glum or motionless on their perches. One is forced to conclude that these highly intelligent birds can count up to seven."' This is in the 10th chapter, Bird Brain - Human Brain, where it explains that in the last 10 years scientists have re-evaluated brains in birds and now conclude they are much smarter than previously thought. The old description bird-brain no longer applies.
  19. jer
    Thanks for the tutes; I look forward to trying them out. I also think there is something very funny about doing a complicated mandala in 7 minutes, but a pencil or an envelope require 40 minutes. Another key to the power of AD, right?! I actually understand the "why" of it - I just think it's funny.
  20. jer
    Extremely generous share - thanks much!
  21. jer
    Brilliant and thoughtful use of software to enhance your marital life! Congratulations! But, in your case, is no more microwaving a benefit or disadvantage? Maybe she means you will be taking her out to restaurants more often?
  22. jer
    Nice! Just wondering what magnification if any is in your photos, in terms of telescope "X" like 1X or 2X or 10X. Maybe that info is in the 418mm if I knew how to convert it. So, from 1st image to last was minimum 33 minutes causing all the objects to show elongation from universe motions and earth rotation, right? Except in Canada, being north, you are spinning fewer miles per second than someone on the equator, I guess. Hmm, I better stop thinking now as my spinning head is starting to hurt. (Looking upward)
  23. jer
    No, they don't look diff, they do look pure white. Thinking my post did not clearly communicate my idea, let me expand on it a bit... I just wondered if an off-white would let the viewer see more of the image on the initial uptake. As it is, the pure white grabs the focus before the viewer gets to take in the overall image. ** Just IMHO **. I'm not an artist, I'm a web designer who understands how eyeballs traverse an image on a display and what to do to affect that phenomenon. Artists and web designers share many characteristics but their goals/targets are often different. If your goal is to have viewers see the footsteps first in your work of art, I think you have achieved it. If your goal is to have the viewer see the overall image first, the white footsteps may be risking that goal. As another disclaimer, "Art is in the eye of the beholder," so this one comment from one individual means nothing really. And my first post simply meant: I like your artwork - did you happen to experiment with a light gray on the footprints?
  24. jer
    Beautiful Most striking improvement: the forest background. Most striking detail: the fallen tree pointing toward the forest (not the one pointing toward the water). Best shadow: the tree shadow in the water on the right side of the dam. Detail to be picky-picky: Did the boat-dock at lower right corner become a little blown out? If constructed of concrete or wood, maybe. If constructed of fiberglass, maybe not. Bottom line IMHO: Fabulous!
  25. jer
    Is this a photo? Or 350 hours of work in AD?
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Guidelines | We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

 Accept Cookies  Reject Cookies