I am so horrible at computer things but I'm learning again. I used to mess with them lots but now I just expect things to work. ;) and they don't always work.

So, I had a little trouble with images and text being fuzzy when changed from a high resolution to something very low.

To put it simply, I like to have an image start large, just for maybe printing at nice sizes later on. So, I start an image at 600 Res. I know, way high but I like it just the same. if I scan an painting in, I do the same.

So, I wanted to make a comic page and I figured, fun. I drew it on paper, or the lose lines. I scanned it in high and I got to work. Yay. I spent a lot of time on it, making it all pretty and ooh...well, it was my first real story page ever.

Then I knew that 600 res was way to high to upload to a comic site at. I changed the resolution to 200 and picture got tiny. I thought...opps, I need to magnify that so I can see it. It made the magnification down to 30 percent so hard to see.

So I magnified to 100 and what the heck? The text was super fuzzy! ack, all that work messed up and I can't read the darn text.

well, I redid the text, and it was still fuzzy, along with the image in general and I moved on...Until I decided this could not go on.

and long story short, I found that every time I changed the resolution, photoshop was changing my page size to very small and then magnifying made it fuzzy just because the page was smaller.

So, when I change the resolution now, I got and make sure that my actual page size is not changing.

So, original, 600 600x900

changed to res of 100, watching to make sure that darn page size did not change and then pushed okay and voila!!!

The text did not turn fuzzy. And I guess a lot of people know this but I never did and I figured it out myself ;) yay!! I'm so happy!

I'm working on some little books for my business. If I can sell 20 a week, then I'll be doing well to start. The main thing now, is working on my craft, perfecting how I make each book, to make them the best that I can. I am getting better wich each book.

There is also a lot of art ideas for me to work on, and to offer as prints in the future. There is much for me to work on but the main thing is giving myself goals.

So, back to finishing books. :)

Tomorrow after work, I'm making a work schedule. ;P At this rate of sitting on my bottom, I'll never get anything done :P

I'm up and I don't know how the web page will go today but I want to at least make some plans for what I want on the page. My sister is helping a bit so when I see her tomorrow, I can see what she has for me so far. :) For the moment, I'm going to go to my working desk and see what I can get out.

I really need to work on my webpage. ;) Tomorrow that is what I will do. :) For sure.

I have either too much to do or not enough. ;) Actually I just have too much to do. I have switched classes around for school, and I think what I have is best for me now.

So, the main thing and I need to keep this to business, ;) seeing as I have a million LJs for other topics of course, is to work on my web page and to work on art in general. I have gotten more art cards finished, so I need to list them. I need to have those on the web page too.

So, what is the hold up? ;) Sadly, I do know. I want to have everything on the web site and I can't seem to narrow things down. I have no real web skills and I'm too impatient to learn them. I don't have a web goblin like some peoples ;) to work this out. Plus, I'm too cheap to pay them. They should be payed vast quantities of moolah but I don't have any to spare. Not yet. ;)

So, I think I need to really just sit down (that part I have gotten quite good at) and put down what is the most important to me...the basics. In fact I'll put that here later on to remind myself.

and then I need to put down a list of to do's that I need to...well DO. What journals I need to update daily, what projects I need to make progress on daily. And I need to keep off the damn game site.

*SIGH, miss you damn game site.*

And I need to keep up with my homework ;) Very much a need to do right away kind of a deal. Algebra, :P:P:P all the way home.

and that's all for now. ;)

If anyone is paying attention, Happy New Year!!

But I can't expect anyone to be watching when I've been so lazy on this whole thing. Well, it's a new year so maybe I'll get myself going just a bit more. That's my goal at least.


Making books.

Sizes to keep in mind

3.5 x 2.75
5.5 x 4.25
6.5 x 6.5 (2 x 3.25 and 4.5 x 4.25 left over paper on the sides )
8.5 x 5.5

It's 7:30 am and I've had 10 hours sleep. I think I overslept so I'm sleepy somehow stil. So, maybe some coffee and then up to work on art things. I have some things to paint and then some books to make as well for people who have placed orders. :) And then I can make some little boxes for the books as well. I have a lot to do really, it's just getting myself to do it.

I just think the web class will be very good in January. I'm excited for that to start. :)

Now if I can make some art. :) I'm the best person at putting things off that's for sure. And I'm good at getting frustrated. ;P which I know is silly. I think I have a brat living inside of me. He's the one...*yeah, I have a boy brat even though I'm a girl* who wants things to sell as soon as I put them up or want a responce as soon as I say something. I know that's silly. I have lots of journals I don't read every day and I don't expect peple to get mad at me when I don't.

The brat in me is not logical at all. ;) He just wants instand gratification ;) but then that's why he is a brat.

Still, I do have a lot of things I need and want to do for my art room and business.

Oh, and next semester I'll be taking a class on web design so I'm hoping that will be when I can get my web page really going and looking professional instead of pathetic as it does right now. :)

Well, time to get some cleaning done. Yay me.