Soundbite illuminations

Revenge

soundbiteilluminations — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:59:19 +0000

http://dearkobe.com/slut-dguoyt2g.html

Amarok on Windows

soundbiteilluminations — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:32:44 +0000

So Amarok 2.0 is officially out, and equally exciting is that for the first time Windows is one of it’s supported operating systems (though they are still working somewhat on windows support). I had trouble with Mp3 support at first but found a post that enabled me to get it working rather quickly.

Here are some relevant links and a Screenshot for ya.

KDE on windows project (a windows equivalent of a package manager to install the KDE files including Amarok 2.0)

The forum that links to the extra programs for Mp3 support (I went ahead and installed both linked programs and it worked just fine after)

Something New

soundbiteilluminations — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:24:11 +0000

So I have decided to post a “Photoshop” tutorial on this site…it’s random yes, enjoy.

Note: I’m actually using the GIMP a free opensource photoshop alternative that can be downloaded here

How to airbrush a photo using the GIMP:

Or From this to that:

Note: Now there is a great tutorial for this kind of thing using Photoshop, but I’ve adapted and translated it for the GIMP.

Our Starter image:

Which can be found here.

Now, she’s not ugly and doesn’t need airbrushing per se, this is just a rather rough image. (BTW if you own this image and don’t want it displayed here D: that would suck but email me at soundbiteilluminations on my gmail account ie blank@gmail.com)

Lets get down to buisness!

Note: Save a copy of the original picture in a separate layer for reference

Step 1:

adjust the color of the picture a bit using the hue-saturation tool (colors/hue-saturation)

eyeball it to make it look a little brighter, take the hue up a couple of notches, lightness up a bit, and the saturation down couple of notches.

looks like that.

Step 2:

Create a duplicate of this layer by pressing the create a duplicate layer button on the layers, channels, paths, undo dock.

Step 3:

Use the Healing tool and Clone tool to clean the image making sure you pay attention to the areas I’ve circled.

Also go for any marks and lines you see, the cleaner you get the image the smoother the airbrush will turn out.

heres a relatively quick job that I’ve done.

Step 4:

Use the Oilify filter (Filters/Artistic/Oilify) on the copy that you have cleaned up with the settings: layermask size 15, exponent 3, and check use exponent map.

The result should look like this.

Step 5:

Right click on the copy, add a layer mask and click on full transparency

Step 6:

Paint the new skin on by using the paintbrush tool to draw in white ON THE LAYER MASK. Leave edges around the eyes, the outside of the face, the lips, the eyebrows, and the nostrils so we don’t loose details.

looks better but still rough eh?

Step 7:

The layers aren’t blending very well colorwise so lets use hue-sat (Colors/hue-saturation) on the copy layer NOT THE LAYER MASK -6 hue to blend to bottom layer

Step 7 ½:

I decided to use the background layer under the “airbrush” layer as it ended up looking better.

Step 8:

Use the airbrush tool ON THE LAYER MASK in white to blend the two layers; taking care not to cover up eyelashes, or strong lines like nostrels, using the airbrush tool in black to undo instead of the black paintbrush.

this part take the longest by FAR.

And there you have it! If you’ve got any questions or suggestions just email me at the email listed above, or leave a comment.

Enjoy

~NTWYR

Tux

soundbiteilluminations — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:01:32 +0000

I’ve decided to break out of the mold and do some different things, as such here is a picture I’ve made; my apologies for not posting in forever.

Enjoy, and begin the flame war! (But like omg windows is totally 1337, psh naw linux is the 1337357, omfgwallhax!)

~NTWYR

P.S. if you want a tutorial in how to make this just leave a comment request

Order

soundbiteilluminations — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:42:31 +0000

Reason and order in the world, exist merely as a projection of our desire for knowledge.

~NTWYR

Power

soundbiteilluminations — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:42:18 +0000

Those who want power the most deserve it the least.

~NTWYR

Mininum Wage

soundbiteilluminations — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:42:15 +0000

For companies to sell products in the first world that are made in the third world, they need to be required to pay their employees the minimum wage of the destination country not the origin country.

~NTWYR

History

soundbiteilluminations — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:05:06 +0000

History is written by the victors, believed by the ignorant, and ignored by fools.

~NTWYR

People

soundbiteilluminations — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:32:06 +0000

People are messy. They don’t fit into your small box labeled “normal.” Get used to it.

~NTWYR

Grids

soundbiteilluminations — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:47:12 +0000

Order, Predictability, and Truth are grids that people impose on the chaos that is the universe. And, when a dot on that grid doesn’t match up, they either change their grid slightly (with no ultimate gain in “true” accuracy); or, more commonly, they ignore the dot entirely. What few are brave enough to try is chucking the grid entirely.

~NTWYR

Metaposts

soundbiteilluminations — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:37:46 +0000

It sees that foreign travel has a negative effect on ones abilities to post.

~NTWYR

Innocence

soundbiteilluminations — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:21:00 +0000

What parents and “protectors of the youth” don’t often realize is that loss of innocence is inevitable, and not to be feared. The important thing is whether that innocence is exchanged for a healthy understanding or ignorance.

~NTWYR

Enemy of the State

soundbiteilluminations — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:19:21 +0000

Both Drugs and terrorists make great enemies of the state because they are nebulous and under defined concepts that can be easily made to sound scary.

~NTWYR

Just a Note

soundbiteilluminations — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:18:08 +0000

The British authorities are scared shitless of ecstasy.

~NTWYR

Language

soundbiteilluminations — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:06 +0000

Language is just about conceptualizing and communicating with the “other,” even if that other is merely thought.

~NTWYR

Lies

soundbiteilluminations — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:30:50 +0000

Who is really being fooled: the deceivers or the deceived

~NTWYR

Home

soundbiteilluminations — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:29:17 +0000

A foreign country is always somebody’s home.

~NTWYR

Fish

soundbiteilluminations — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:27:26 +0000

Fish live in three dimensions; why can’t we?

~NTWYR

Sin

soundbiteilluminations — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:25:34 +0000

Arbitrary distinctions between good and evil are what makes sinners of us all.

~NTWYR

China

soundbiteilluminations — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:30:17 +0000

We are like china in a bull shop.

~NTWYR