Text Effect Tutorial

I found that basic is my best friend and that I should certainly keep it simple to figure things out before I try to get too elaborate..so therefore, a lot of y'all might have WAY cooler text effects, but I was able to understand this one and I'll count that as a victory in my book :) 

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/stroke-text-with-brush.php

Shortcut Keys

As the weeks have gone on I found myself lost when it came to the shortcuts. I easily forget if I'm supposed to hit shift or alt or control, so I found that I do my assignments a lot better with a shortcut key sitting by my side and while there are many out there, I liked how this website broke down the available shortcuts by section...

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSD578BD7D-07BC-46f6-AAC2-6E491E8AD818a.html

I hope that you can get some use out of it too!!!

More of that GLiTTERY MAGiC...

Well, once again the week was consumed with snow, but I won't complain, it's absolutely beautiful :) and I CERTAINLY won't complain about the GORGEOUS weather out now, sunny and 60 wow, where did this come from? Well I suppose this post will be awfully similar to the previous as with the snow comes pictures and my mom is always snapping wherever she can :) In the picture posted below, one of my friends had messaged me saying he had "disassembled snowmen for sale, cheap!" so I told my mom who got a BiG kick out of it and proceeded to make the following...(notice how DEEP the tractor tracks are!)

Snow..Such a Beautiful Thing

I LOVE the glittery magic of snow, it may be a hassel to drive around in, walk on campus in, and yes ususally with snow comes some bitterly cold temperatures, but there's something about that sparkling dust that warms the inside of my heart. While enjoying a few days off of school, I stayed with my parents. While I'm not real handy with a camera(although I hope to improve those skills soon!!), my mom is and she takes some beautiful pictures, especially with the snow so I figured I would share.

picture by Suzie Wright