Same wallpaper, two versions.
Wallpaper by Tunrade Schumann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Posts Tagged design
Wallpaper – Micah 6:8
May 10
There’s a fine line between cute-cheesy and lame-cheesy.
That’s the number one lesson I learned trying to come up with things for Xander’s birthday party. Because I did the party at Pump It Up, I only had to make the invitations and party favors; they took care of all the paper products and activities. So here are some freebies…
ROBOT
I don’t draw. I can’t draw. I am pretty much incapable of making an image out of nothing.
I can, however, trace. The robot I used for party stuff was taken from Xander’s bedding.
Click for a .psd file of the robot.
INVITATIONS
The fun part of this was the information. I wanted to do it in something that was obviously code, but easy to decipher. I tried PHP, CSS, and JavaScript, but none of them satisfied me because I knew it wasn’t a programming language. In the interest of accuracy, I gave my brother, who is currently studying computer science, a call. He immediately emailed me an invitation written in C#. Thanks, little brother!
I had the invitations printed out in 4×6 by Walmart. Because there is no price difference, I individualized each invite to have the child’s name on it. If you don’t want to do that, you can simply put “you” inside the parenthesis. So here is a blank invitation. I used good old OCR-A Extended for the information, and Digital 7 for inside the text box. Click the thumbnail to download in full res:
Here is the Photoshop .psd file of the invitation.
FAVOR BAGS
This was ridiculously simple. I just printed out the bag design on white paper, cut it, and glued it to a white paper bag. A fold and a staple later, this happened.
(I had initially wanted to print the design directly on the bag, but after it jammed on each of my first 4 tries, I gave up and improvised.)
Inside the bags, there were several things from Oriental Trading: bubbles, candy, and a robot rubber duckie. I also gave a bag of Chex Mix and M&Ms and called it “Nuts & Bolts” (not an original idea; I found several blogs that have done it).
Anyway, here is a printable bag, with and without a message. There is binary in the background. It says “Xander is three” over and over. Yes, I am a dork. Click the thumb to download in full res:
Here is the MS Publisher .pub file I used to print it.
And the Photoshop .psd file, if you want to change or remove the binary.
Robot Birthday Party Theme by Tunrade Schumann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Keep Calm and…
Apr 1
This is why I shouldn’t be allowed to stay up late.
Overdone, I know.
But for some reason I’ve never seen this particular parody. It seems pretty obvious.
Think left and think right and think low and think high.
Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
-Dr. Seuss
My current wallpaper is a reminder to think outside the box.
It’s also a remedy for the internet’s lack of “enemy’s gate is down” wallpapers.
If you have no idea what it means, read the book.
In Purple:
Widescreen (1920×1200)
Fullscreen (1280×1024)
In Blue:
Widescreen (1920×1200)
Fullscreen (1280×1024)
Wallpaper by Tunrade Schumann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Igniting
Mar 29
On March 14, our church hosted our association-wide evangelism conference, Igniting the Passion. Rob was asked to lead a combined choir and orchestra with people from all association churches. He had a vision for making it big, and put together an ambitious set. It all came together and it was a great night!
When I create something, I very rarely stick with the first idea that comes to mind. I made a quick logo idea for the conference in about 15 minutes, sent the file to Rob, he sent it to the organizers, and somehow an hour later it was official. I probably would have changed my mind completely the next morning, but oh well.
I’ve been dabbling in some motion graphics for the the last year. Unfortunately, I have children to raise and mouths to feed and the stinking laundry to do, so I don’t have spare time to really learn the program well – I just have a task to do and I figure out how to do it between diaper changes. After the fact, I’m usually not all that proud of my work. </excuses>
The morning of the conference, I woke up with an idea to make a loop of the logo. The flame was created using Trapcode Form and Particular in After Effects. There are over 1,600 particles dancing around in the space of about 30×40 pixels.
Christmas Card
Nov 17
I was working on our Christmas card last night and came up with an idea. As usual, I woke up this morning with a better one in my mind so now I have no use for last night’s finished product. Rather than let the file sit untouched or delete it, I decided to give it away.
Download it, edit it, use it as inspiration for something else. Whatever. I don’t care.
Christmas Card by Tunrade Schumann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Making the Nursery
Sep 12
Last night the nursery reached the point where I can finally call it complete. I’ll be adding a few things here and there, but I feel satisfied with where it is.
I fell in love with the MiGi Blossom bedding set when I first saw it. The only problem was that outside of the bedding and window valance, there are no matching accessories. With Xander’s bedding set there was wall art, a lamp, a diaper stacker, and even a wall border if I wanted it. So this time took a little extra work. The room and bedding “before”:
After lots of planning and “sketching” – using Photoshop, of course – the nursery project began in mid August. I began by taking a picture of the crib blanket and replicating the bird and flower shapes. Because they’re vectors, I can blow them up to whatever size I need and never lose any quality.
Then I did the little art project I referred to in an earlier post:
By far, the most time-consuming part of this was creating birds and flowers. I printed the shapes out on cardstock and covered them with fabric. I am no good with fabric so this was difficult for me.
Then it was time to paint the walls, trim, and doors. I could not have possibly done this without Val’s help, especially the taping. We used Benjamin Moore colors: Sweet Taffy for the top and Blushing Bride for the bottom.
Taking the tape off revealed a nice, straight line. Phew!
The ladies at church threw me a wonderful shower, and now Baby Arya has all she needs thanks to their generosity. I know matching your thank you cards to your bedding makes about as much sense as making your underwear match your clothing. It makes me feel better; leave me alone.
Some artwork I made for the walls because I didn’t have the patience to find something that matched what I was going for. I had them printed and shipped through walmart.com and then framed them up. The scripture is Psalm 121:5-8. It comes from my dad’s favorite passage, and I thought it was a wonderful promise to place on her wall!
We did the final touches this weekend. Rob did a great job painting a tree branch mural.
Then we added the white stripe. I used Brewster WallPops, and I would recommend them to anyone wanting to add accents to a room. It was very easy to put on, but did require some very careful measuring beforehand.
(The following is a completely staged photo. The stripe was already on the wall; it takes 4 hands to get it on straight.)
How my “paintings” turned out.
Turned a cheap Walmart clock into one that coordinates
I put my fabric birds and flowers on the mural and that’s it! Baby Arya’s room is ready for her arrival in just one week.
Widescreen (1280×800)
Fullscreen (1024×768)
Motorola Droid (960×854)
Let’s pretend today isn’t actually a Thursday.
Wallpaper by Tunrade Schumann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Xander fell in love with The Iron Giant about two months ago. The first time he saw it, the three of us sat on the couch and watched it together. Xander was mesmerized the entire time, and he has been in love with robots ever since.
He imagines them everywhere. If there is an electronic device he doesn’t understand and has never seen before, it’s a robot. If we’re driving past some industrial buildings, he see robots. For a few weeks, until he caught on to the correct word, he called his elongated shadow a robot.
I felt he needed something on his walls to reflect his new phase, so I’ve started work on a poster. I’m getting tired so I don’t want to go any farther – I always end up scrapping it the next day if I work too late – but I’m posting the beginning.
I wonder if robots.txt files will be obsolete by the time he is old enough to understand the joke.
Fake Album Art
Dec 4
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but never got around to it.
Go to…
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture (direction not specified, so this could theoretically be horizontally, vertically or diagonally), no matter what it is, will be your album cover.Caveat: You should be very careful with this last one, as most people retain all or some rights for their photos. I only used photos with Creative Commons licenses requiring attribution and permitting derivations of the original, which did require reloading the page several times but keeps me safe from lawsuits.
Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result in your own blog.
My Results:
Pictures are from here, here, and here.
Due to time constraints (naptime), I used this jewel case .psd rather than make my own.
