Left brain, meet right brain.
Feb. 2nd, 2005 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morslaI bought the Adobe Creative Suite package, after saving up for it over the past six months! It's so shiny... I'm glad I managed to afford it before my Student Card expires, as I could only just pay for it at 70% off retail.
First thing to do is learning as much as I can about InDesign CS. For anyone out there who is interested in 40k or miniature painting/games, I'll be producing an e-zine called Insurgent over the next month. It'll be a quarterly publication hosted on http://www.wargamerau.com , showcasing some of the cool things that the forums have brought to light (quite literally, for Issue 1 - it has two electronics projects in it, with many small LEDs...). It's also my way of forcing myself to learn more about layout and editing, which can only be a good thing.
After that, I really want to get to grips with Illustrator and Photoshop. My Photoshop knowledge is circa 1996, and they seem to have changed it a tad since then! Illustrator I have used once, loved it, and promptly forgot all about how to use it - so I start this one with zero user knowledge. I just hope their tutorials are friendly...
I'm finally starting to paint again, after a few months off. Apathy is receding, and I have a desk covered in models to work on. I haven't really painted much this week, but I have been sculpting a lot more than usual - something I'm getting better at with practice. It's certainly a lot easier to sculpt 54mm figures than 28mm ones, though. I'm trying to get a few models painted to feature in Insurgent (sculpting/conversion tutorial article), and then I'll see what Ebay can get for them - these are projects I want to finish, but not really things that I need to keep. Fingers crossed, I'll find someone with a large wallet and a small amount of spare time.
I'm still not sure if I'm getting paid properly at work, as my details are jumbled up in the computer system. Not as critical as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
submystical's dilemma (at least I'm getting one day's wages each week), but still not great.
In other news, Tai Chi works best in parks. Especially late at night, in warm weather. I might try to get out there before 11:30pm next time, but I'd like to get back into a more regular routine.
First thing to do is learning as much as I can about InDesign CS. For anyone out there who is interested in 40k or miniature painting/games, I'll be producing an e-zine called Insurgent over the next month. It'll be a quarterly publication hosted on http://www.wargamerau.com , showcasing some of the cool things that the forums have brought to light (quite literally, for Issue 1 - it has two electronics projects in it, with many small LEDs...). It's also my way of forcing myself to learn more about layout and editing, which can only be a good thing.
After that, I really want to get to grips with Illustrator and Photoshop. My Photoshop knowledge is circa 1996, and they seem to have changed it a tad since then! Illustrator I have used once, loved it, and promptly forgot all about how to use it - so I start this one with zero user knowledge. I just hope their tutorials are friendly...
I'm finally starting to paint again, after a few months off. Apathy is receding, and I have a desk covered in models to work on. I haven't really painted much this week, but I have been sculpting a lot more than usual - something I'm getting better at with practice. It's certainly a lot easier to sculpt 54mm figures than 28mm ones, though. I'm trying to get a few models painted to feature in Insurgent (sculpting/conversion tutorial article), and then I'll see what Ebay can get for them - these are projects I want to finish, but not really things that I need to keep. Fingers crossed, I'll find someone with a large wallet and a small amount of spare time.
I'm still not sure if I'm getting paid properly at work, as my details are jumbled up in the computer system. Not as critical as
submystical's dilemma (at least I'm getting one day's wages each week), but still not great.In other news, Tai Chi works best in parks. Especially late at night, in warm weather. I might try to get out there before 11:30pm next time, but I'd like to get back into a more regular routine.
