Saturday, September 27, 2008

aHa! neW hEadeR!

Finally! I've had finished making myself a new blog header! How do you guys think of it? OK or not? Whatever you said, I think I am not gonna change it anymore for the time being, coz I've already changed the design for many many times. TOO TIRED! But also very challenging at the same time. When I finish it, I feel a lil sense of satisfaction and most importantly...HAPPY. I don't know why. It seems like this feeling is a stranger to me long long time ago. MAybe THIS is really what you call JoB SaTisFactiON, the feeling that I don't seem to find much in my current day job. Is that a sign of anything?

Sure! At least I know I like using Photoshop more than AutoCAD or Solidworks or even AVEVA PDMS! For those who don't know what the heck I'm mumbling about, the few latter names are the software used for producing engineering drawings in 2D and 3D. All of them are much more expensive compared with Photoshop. The first one being 3 times, second one 10 times, and the last one is the king of all kings... a few hundred times the price of photoshop! Can you imagine that???

My process of making this header can be easily summarized as Sketching > Scanning > Coloring > Cropping > Finish! Tata! I would say the hardest part would be the sketching part...coz sometimes, I just don't have the 'correct feel' and 'inspiration' to sketch. Plus, the crazy work schedule and the 'paradise' working environment here, is sure to be a no.1 inspiration kiLLeR. Too much of rubbish thoughts cloGGing my mind. Get OuT, you RuBBish!


mY sKetCh!

mY sKetCh!


ONE: The pic above is the sketch on a paper scanned to photoshop. Very big file I tell you...


Clouds render effect

Clouds render effect

TWO: Then I try many to make a cloud to add this dramatic feel to it by using clouds on it. Hmm....too many clouds! I try another.


add coLoR to it

add coLoR to it


THREE: I put the color inside it lor, simple painting and some gradient...But the color choice is not that good this time around. Just seem to be lack of something, or rather too much color I think...oUT!


white background...

white background...


FOUR: I removed the cloud and try to make it in white background instead. But the background seems to be just too dirty...so this one is oUT! And the thing that this configuration doesn't seem to 'blend in' with the page background color of #333333 (grey), I gotta omit it liao. Then finally, I tried ThiS.


Finally! Blackboard + Chalk Effect!

Finally! Blackboard + Chalk Effect!


FIVE: This! Yeeeeaaaahhh! ;)
The color seems to blend in nicely with the background. For me it reminds me of the blackboard in my primary schOOL. The chalk and board is sOOoo...outdated! But I like it. ☻

This picture down here shows the pic of a person on the planet Jupiter? With the rocket departing...leaving him behind, the sun is made of a large filament bulb, the beautiful mountains and clouds...I think I can't explain to you the meaning of these, coz I myself draw these randomly out of nothing. Sorry bout that.


RockeT, dun Leave me HERE!!!

RockeT, dun Leave me HERE!!!


The second one, I can tell you something. It's a view from the airplane onto the clouds. ImaGinE! Imagine that you could ride on a skateboard and skate ON the clouds, how nice would it be! And imagine you could sit on a giant sized paper plane and go around without having to pump any petrol at RM 2.52 a litre? (heard they dropped it liao to RM 2.42). Imagine...you could lean on the moon curvature, and do some fishing once in a while, imagine... you could go on a trip of 'beanstalk-hiking'...where you can enjoy the superb view when you reached the top. Imagine...imagine...imagine....


I'm On CloUD 9!

I'm On CloUD 9!


Damn! I'm gotta be mad soon imagining these! Gotta stop liao...stop liao...Maybe it's the hangover from last weeks yam SeennnngGG section with my colleagues. (yam seng means cheers / to propose a toast in Cantonese)

Well, I could still accept these kind of 'side effect', at least better than one of my colleague's one. He got so 'hanged', he rammed onto an Estima while driving asleep. Yes, ASLEEP! But lucky for him, he woke up from his SLeeP. Lucky for him. Nevertherless, I will still say this...

Huan! Let's try another round! I'll fetch you home this time around!

11 comments:

  1. KNN Sam...U are one hell of a good artist...thats why I keep myself outta yr area of expertise..rather do photography.

    BTW, how are things back in office? Sohai oledi? I nearly sohai oledi here...no net for 6 days...and when we get net service, its like fooooooking shit I tellya...NABEH!!!

    Will be leaving Bahrian today...see u on Friday if u are around.

    p.s.: another tonggeng session at Barcelona?

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  2. again? Can't take too much of it. Afraid that I will be hunting for another Toyota Estima!

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  3. sam like tat meh,
    anyway,l the estima just back from hospital nia.. hahahahaha
    but my once still in ICU :(

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  4. Oh wow what an adorable header ^^ Really looks like it was drawn on a chalkboard! You really have one heck of an imagination. :p I like how the Rapunzel tower looks like a rocket ship. And the whole looking down from a plane idea is so dreamy :D
    Design programs are seriously so expensive. But 100 times the price of Photoshop? o.O Who the heck can afford that??

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  5. when you can change my blogger look? maybe can do it when we at bahrain :)

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  6. WP, hope your car can go thru the ICU safe and sound...hahaha

    Margaret, Yes, some design programs are really that expensive, and they are not meant to be sold to a person. They are meant for company and corporation. Sure they could afford that, coz what they earn is also hundred times the price of the software!

    Genius, sure...no problem. Just don't expect too much! I may disappoint you! Maybe I custom make a "I'm a sohai" theme for you...as you always said...

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  7. "HELL" is back and on the loose!!!!

    "HELL" salutes the ESTIMA KILLER!!

    "HELL" becomes a sohai oledi

    "HELL" is looking for other alternatives to create havoc

    "HELL" is bored to hell

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  8. Hmm I personally think Japanese is easier, especially with the grammar. And with kanji, you can kind of guess the meaning of the word if you know Chinese. xD Plus, it's more practical I believe since Japan's economy is stronger than Korea's, I believe. Unless you're a huge fan of Korean dramas, then Korean would be the better option :p

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  9. Yup....planing to take the Japanese lesson soon with another friend of mine. Guess it gonna take me at least half a year to finish the basic course. Hopefully by then I could at least understand a bit, and to enjoy more of the Japanese movies. BTW, thanks for the info.

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  10. how do you make your drawings like that? what program do you use to draw?

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  11. cam,

    Well, I scan the sketches into my computer, then I use Photoshop just to add the background color with brushes only! But a lot of layers of course.

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