Victoria Nece

Meet Hector.

Saturday, 05. 31. 2008  –  Category: Graphics

Hector is a cube-frog from IKEA. He is the best!

He’s sort of my large, square mascot. Expect him to make the occasional appearance in future tutorials.

This particular graphic came about while experimenting with mosaic effects. Aside from the photo of Hector, everything’s Photoshop-generated, and this file’s rapidly approaching 30 layers. I even managed to use several filters that normally fall well within the “Tacky Awful Effects” category: Patchwork, Clouds and Motion Blur. Lesson of the day: all in moderation, all in moderation.

On The Mend: Part II

Wednesday, 05. 21. 2008  –  Category: News

I don’t really intend to turn this site into a personal blog. I have other places for that. This is for work stuff, as well as useful things like tutorials and downloads like shiny fractal wallpaper (more of that is on the way, as the original batch has proved to be surprisingly popular).

But I think the lack of updates in recent weeks merits explanation: I’ve been sick for a month and a half. It sucks.

My doctor thought it could be mold allergies, but that’s looking increasingly unlikely. It seems it may instead be one of those mysterious flulike things that just takes a long time to get over. I’m definitely making progress now, though, and hope to resume proper updates soon.

Update: Earth 2100

Friday, 05. 9. 2008  –  Category: News

The film contest/web game ABC News is starting launches today! First entries are due June 9th.

Click Here to download a PDF with more information and entry specs, or check out
Earth2100.tv.

Get your stuff on ABC, guys!

Embroidered Text in Photoshop

Friday, 05. 2. 2008  –  Category: Tutorials

New Tutorial! Make text look like it’s been stitched onto fabric. Useful for sports design, sewing/scrapbooking, kids stuff and anything else where you want a handcrafted look.

This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of basic Photoshop commands. I used CS3; menu commands may be slightly different in older versions.