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I feel really productive today, and motivated to work on more interesting digital media; raster and vector images. So i took day off from work just so i can attend this I had to do it at least once since so many people are talking about it and it was mentioned through out Layers and Photoshop magazines. I figured that it was way cheaper then past seminars some of them ware about 200 to 300 a pop which is alot if you
don't have a steady income.
Seminar was split into 5 sessions ; there was one , one hour break and four fifteen minute breaks which was good tim
ing . ( looking at those big screens after a while gets real tiring )
This is Javic center on 600 something... W 34th street In NYC were all the fun was at.
Really nice structure sorta reminds me of Sava Centar in Belgrade, Serbia. Interior was spectacular even better then the interior. (I apologize for noisy images i didn't bother setting right options) 
Great see through sealing this building needs very little lighting Its made to capture the most out of the daylight its great.Alright enough of sight seeing, So the Ground level floor was were magic happened. This is the first picture i took as i was coming down the escalator. This sounds geeky but i was very exited ed for this session to start. Back in a day i use to look at all the punk rocker bands and have them as a role models but, for the first time in my life Dave Cross was my role model.
So as I stepped down i received my package with handbook and a cd and there was some other freebies laying around such as photoshop magazines and layer magazine. So people slowly got seated there was plenty of space for everybody.As I looked up in front of me there was 4 huge Projection Canvases , which was neat since it gave everybody chances to see the program from all around the room.
The tips I learned very very helpful it might sound like ludacris but , I actually knew more of advanced level photos hop skilled yet i always skipped on basics . I always created good Image Manipulated photographs, and graphics, yet my process was very primitive instead of using automation tools and all these helpful gadgets that new CS3 Includes. I really liked the way Bridge works in this new Creative Suite It lets you do so much to the photo and change more the one photo at the time with batch options. Camera Raw is great it does everything that photo shop adjustments yet it just seems like that it comes out with better results.
Most of the lesions are very easy to understand I took plenty of notes so i can review it later. One thing i really gotta look back was Variables it lets you edit create graphics poster in a great way. So lets say if you wonna change the photos and content in stead of opening , or making each individual poster. It use to take me forever but i know the way now which lets me automatically change each selection and change its name so from one poster all It takes is little bit of patience and typing and Variables kick in. It really works might sound tedious but saves you plenty of times instead of manually changing each individual poster. I really enjoyed the simplicity of this tour. No complicated measures were used it was all about speeding process and shortcuts of course. It wasn't really necessary to explain any crazy way of making a light pop out and shoot rocks that comes with the time. What really mattered is that these simples selections lassos and Automation tools is what will make us do things 10x more faster so we have plenty of times to design those nice burning asteroids that rip through the purple sky. It was great i am defiantly going to the next Photoshop and Hopefully Illustrator tour.
And here is the rest of the Photos.
Our Instructor : Dave Cross
Aiightt!
Oh I 've forgot to mention B&H was there too with great offers i wish i had my tax return ...
PS : Until next time try to attend to as many NYC free festivals as possible , Summer is going by real quick.
Alright.
Where do I start first , ahhh Friday night rainy day off from work! So i got in touch with Jon and Dasha they always know whats going on in the city so i hung out with them that day. We went to some party house at park slope which was pretty decent but it wasn't extraordinary or anything . While me Jon and Dasha got there around 8 o clock Will got there around 11 and stuff.There was bands playing in a living room which was legit, not really my kind of music but interesting vibe worth check out , First band was this all female instrumental band they where good. Band after I wasn't really feeling. I got pretty tipsy around 1 am as party died out I started passing out Willy was the only one as usually who was mingling with ladies all night long. I only talked to few people yet they had nothing to say.
So as weekend went along last morning i woke up my head was REALLY BIG at least it felt that way. I stepped out of my room walked up on my roof top got some fresh air and as soon as i had some coffee and food i started dialing digits and figuring what to do. Of course its Tri state so all the best things are happening at once so it took me and Will real long time to figure out what to do .Finally we decided to go to New Brunswick so we did . First we checked out Mc Cormacks on Hamilton then afterward we rolled up to Nikkis old House on Louis street , oh yea shes actually going to be living there once again which is Nice. We just hung around her front porch and drank a few beers, in mean time familiar faces showed up and we all hung out like its 1999 and stuff .ehhe.
Eventually we ran out of things to do so Me Nikki and Will went out and picked up our friend Lisa she brought us to this CRAZY Dive bar! It was raw as all hell second i walked in there. This big biker guy came up to me and said : "Dude No offense but I shouldn't wear that bandanna if I was in a fight". I was like woah dang so i didn't wanna drag more attention so I took it off. Bar was JUST about to close down so bartender took us in storage where we could still all hang out and drink. Twenty minutes into it he came back and said 911 everybody gotta leave as we walked out this crazy dude was arguing with this biker guy that confronted me earlier, at this point i knew this was a time where things had to come to a close.Will and I walked into his car and drove to a new Location which is Nikkie's and Lisa's friends house . We hung around there for few hours listened to some tunes.Me and Simon had a blast talking about the old days and funny uncomfortable circumstances.
Time was for us to leave it was already light out and we were hungry so we stopped by quick check. As we are waiting in line the same guy that was starting a fight at the bar earlier was at quick check.Me and Will start laughing out we didn't know he was with somebody else I dont know if he noticed us talking about him. As will walked out this other from outside was like; "Hey Do you think that's funny?" and Will was like; "Funny What" and I knew the whole deal so guy said "OHHH not so funny anymore walk away ". This guy was in his late 30s he could of taken us easy, especially if his friend joined in we would of been done for good.
Me and Will got in a car and drove away laughing hysterically, if we stayed few seconds longer we could of been seriously injured. On the whole way to my house I passed out in car and somehow managed to direct Will to my home. Ahh These were some interesting times.
For some reason I was bored two days ago, and decided to put on Heavy Metal. Its surprising how great effect this movie has on me, as an artist. And just whole aspect of people making this film before advanced computer animation techniques. And all together plot of 6 different stories put together and connected with this main focal point of a film which is Lock nar
" Son of all evil "
I would usually put this movie in around this time of year I have to watch it at least once a year. And till this tail i always find something new just the whole effort of this movie is amazing how well it was Directed by Ivan Reitman and the struggle the
y had to put to get this baby out on time in a about a year was astonishing.
My favorite episode is First one Its about this cab driver that gets involved in a dramatic situation with a girl who's about to sell Lock Nar for alot of money.
Best part about it is that it take place in city of New York in distant future yet, New York is just as dirty as it was back in late 1970s. Ps; Well now its now its all gentrified but that's another story.It has great ending but i don't really want to ruin for you.
And of course Second best Story is right after the first one, which is about this Scrawny Science student who gets transferred into different dimension and turns into this guy with Super Human strength called;" DEN " isn't that every teenagers dream?
So Overall this movie really motivates and inspires me immediately once it was done I went to my drawing table and started drawing again. For all you artists and just anybody who appreciates great animation adult films and few laughs this movie is great To rent or own. Check it out !
Alright guys .
So I really been happy lately recently i been taking care of my backed up education something just has to give. I could of continued struggling but why not struggle and in mean time work towards higher degree. So yesterday I had an appointment with my Design Professor at the NJCU thinking ; " Dang I am probably going to be freshmen all over" Incredible! They took 90 Of my old credits from AI which got me stunned i didnt know what to say. Most schools put new students int BA program i got put into B.F.A . Everything worked out well all i need now to do is work things with financial aid and i am back in Collage. Waaa wuuuut.
Photoshop CS3 Seminar with Scott Kelby.
Alright some people might say , Yea you can learn things online which is true but I am more of a person that actually likes doing stuff in actual working environment where people exchange ideas not just me, being alone stuck in my room with my day dreaming and all. So usually these seminars cost up to $ 400 dollars but this time this seminar is only $99 I didn't think twice before ordering it . Few Books are included with package and i get $ 15 bucks back as a rebate at the door. I think this is a big step for me everyone persuades their education differently some people like researching on their own i like working in groups. This is my first one so I cant wait to see how it goes, I am very curious to check it out and see if its any worth it. I never did any study outside of my school curriculum but from what i know my friend Adnan from Bosnia Is an IT tech and does all these side gigs and was sent to some big Seminar of some sort to Edinburgh Scotland. His real talented person and from what ive been reading from his posts he keeps him self active in every activity considering CSS , LINUX and Coding stuff in general. I know I've been lazy but i really need to follow up on this and really take a stand into my shoes and show this city who's the boss.
PEACE!
Noice.
My transcript finally got evaluated and all I got to do is set up an appointment with an art department at the NJCU so all I have to do is have 2 more interviews with art Counselor and financial aid and I shall be in collage by this Fall .
I am exited!
Smooth should be a right word for it.
So this weekend worked out real well Decent weather and alot of things happening.
It started off with Friday . I met up with George and the rest of the pack down on St marks, from there we headed to Brooklyn to this photo gallery where we view pretty cool picture exhibit. Since it was an open bar it was right place to loosen up and just talk to few people . I haven't networked in while it was a first opportunity for me to get to socialize with people in my field and other fields surrounding mine.I got few business cards that could get me some gigs or even perm jobs hopefully.
Friday.
So anyway, After the gallery we went to this hip hop after party it was something else. It was literally in back yard of this bar so we had to walk through the bar in order to get to it. There we saw this big backyard filled with scrap metal and hardware it almost seemed like an auto shop yet there was not a single garage door or car around. weird! So as we walked through backyard we went through this door and there it was .This huge long room with 2 DJ's at the end of it. The scene was terrific ; there was wide variety of people from punks hipsters hippies artzy kids hood kids and so on. No one minded it was real cool .As you can tell i was observing more then actually being part of picture. I felt crappy i was dressed up all ehhh since I went to the city straight from work so I didn't really feel comfy talking to people so i just stuck to my friends and acquaintances. Anyhow it worked out well i ended up getting home at around 5 am, getting anytime before 5 am home is just a sign that night didn't work out well.
So Here comes Saturday.
I didn't plan of doing much i actually just wanted to stay home but I talked to Frank and i ended up going to Meatlocker( underground venue in Montclair NJ). Only for 2 hours blahhh, I had to pick up my mom from work. I didn't not expect night to be any good so more people showed up that i expected. I seen so many people I know and i met bunch of new people maybe because it was such a short period of time so i had to concentrate more. So I stayed for the first band and for Above all hope my friends band. I stayed in for 4 or 5 songs and i had to bounce it was weird that was a shortest night i have had in long time but it didn't not work out half as bad as i thought it would be.
And to Conclude it with Sunday.
So Its Sunday afternoon around 12 : 45 pm Easter Joe calls me and his says it with characteristic voice" Its NICE AND OUT S*IT " so i was like cool deal. I got into my dads car and drove to ridge wood. From there we listened to few tunes and headed out on the road. We had a little car trouble but that when away once we parked it in neutral and added some oil to it. We went to borders to check out some Comic books however i didn't find anything i wanted. We where there for a bit since it had to close down . Later on we met up with Steave and Felt we exchanged few laughs and storys i havent seen Felt in months , anyways weekend was winding to a close it was a great weekend.Nothing band escalated.I wrote way too much this time i guess i feel bad because i write these rarely.
Current events:
O key I really need to get back onto this!
So i Signed up for school once again i figure i need a better degree since i been struggling with associates degree for a long time. Originally i was looking into Montclair state but when I put all cards on a table i figure better choice would be New Jersey State University since its in city and only few miles away from mecca of NYC.
Music:
In mean time my musical taste has been changing dramatically . I don't listen to same old fast stuff that i did when i was a teenager. Right now i am listening to variety of stuff but, most important of all I cant spend at day without Husker Du mannn their lyrics cause " Chemical Reaction" in my brain. Its like good sense of reality that someone before me has been going through same problem that I am and just spills it all out in nice well put organized musical . Other than them I been listening to Chi town punk such as: Naked Raygun , Pegboy and i still need to Check out Effigies and Articles of Faith i love it all. Great vibe good lyrics and BIG city.
So For now that was a quick fill of stuff thats been going on Cheers.
ing . ( looking at those big screens after a while gets real tiring )
Great see through sealing this building needs very little lighting Its made to capture the most out of the daylight its great.Alright enough of sight seeing, So the Ground level floor was were magic happened. This is the first picture i took as i was coming down the escalator. This sounds geeky but i was very exited ed for this session to start. Back in a day i use to look at all the punk rocker bands and have them as a role models but, for the first time in my life Dave Cross was my role model.
Our Instructor : Dave Cross
