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Archives for 2008

How I made the April calendar wallpaper

20 April 2008 by kristarella

In this post I’ll be going through making my April calendar wallpaper; as both a demonstration of some tools in the GIMP and a translation of a great photoshop tutorial.

Filed Under: GIMP, Graphics, Tutorials

Retro halftone text in GIMP

15 April 2008 by kristarella

As I mentioned on the weekend, I saw a photoshop tutorial for halftone text. I thought it was kind of cool… retro. So I decided to try it out in GIMP (v2.4). It’s really simple!

Filed Under: Design, GIMP, Graphics, Tutorials

1 uni update, 7 linkies and a birthday

13 April 2008 by kristarella

Uni I apologise for being a bit absent from my blog. The main reason is uni. I think this year is going to be a killer! My first major assignment was due on Wednesday. It doesn’t go towards my mark, but acts as a guide for improvement and forced me to read extensively on my […]

Filed Under: Blogging, My life & thoughts, Photos Tagged With: university, websites

Vienna & NetNewsWire

8 April 2008 by kristarella

Switching from Vienna to NetNewsWire For the last year I’ve been a faithful Vienna user for reading RSS feeds on my mac. It’s a fantastic program: very intuitive, open source and full featured (including tabbed browser, skins for reading feeds, good search tool and AppleScript support). Recently I decided to try NetNewsWire. Now free, but […]

Filed Under: Mac OS X Tagged With: free, Free Software

Buffy humour

4 April 2008 by kristarella

I watched a bit of Buffy season 2 over lunch and dinner yesterday. I used to have season 2 recorded on VHS from a Fox8 marathon. I have the DVDs now, but hadn’t watched them before. Buffy had just killed Angel, run away, her friends were wondering where she was and the credits rolled. Then… […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Buffy, geek

Diving into WordPress 2.5

2 April 2008 by kristarella

I’ve almost finished upgrading to WordPress 2.5! It’s cool It’s a pretty exciting upgrade. The admin interface is completely reworked and very pleasant to work with. There’s already a good post, 10 things you need to know about WordPress 2.5, about some of the feature changes. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a bulk edit […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Plugins, WordPress Tagged With: tools

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’ Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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