Photoshop: Leaf-covered Text

Greetings,

actually this post is originally going to be post much earlier but due to my laziness to post it...

Its extended to today.

I really need to find a way to get rid of my laziness lol.

Making the base text.

Adding the basic leaf pattern.

Added the bevel effect.

Added the major leaves surrounding the text

Added the leaves' details.

Added shadow.

Added a few adjustments to balance the color.

Added final touches.

Photoshop: Watercolor Effect 2.0

Hello.

I know its been a long time since the "I'm back" post.

To be honest, its because of some laziness plus I'm currently learning to draw some manga. 

(Do you know how hard it is to just imagine without having the ability to draw it out. 😧)

Anyway, this is today's project:

If you guys remember, I've done another project named as Watercolor Effect.
So this one will be Watercolor Effect 2.0.

I will be using a picture of a rabbit again. I love rabbits, too bad my dad won' let me to have one.

Preparing the "canvas".

Making the sketch using glowing

I'm now making the outline (?).

This is how it looks after a few layers.

After the outline (?), I added the rabbit's face, I pressed more time with the brush on the eyes to make them stand out more.

Done with a few adjustments to make it look more vibrant.

Greetings, I'm back.

Hello, its me. It's been a long time since I am active on this blog due to much laziness.

I'm now back to action because its November now and all my exams are done plus my brother is getting really happy using the my-sis-is-not-blogging as an excuse to get me involved in my dad's scolding business.

Many things happened when I'm not blogging:

First, I quit the group of "friends" that I used to be very closed to (who I mentioned in "The Corners of The World"). Don't worry, its a good thing, I'm much better after leaving them. Well, its a long story so I'm keeping it short. In the last year, they are good friends and students, but in this year, they started to went against the rules. I don't have the courage to do such things but sometime I did follow and soon I realized that I'm getting scolded more often and rely on exam tips more but in the meantime, they started to treat me like they don't know me. So, they abandoned me and I quit, deal. And very shockingly, right after quitting, I found out that my IQ is back, my homeworks are getting done faster, no one is in my way telling me that its ok to ignore homeworks and exam. and my teachers don't scold me now. 

Now, everything is as smooth as I never meet them, I know that I have made the right choice. 

For now, I'm trying to be the best version of myself, I believe that I can be more succeed than them.

Wish me luck.😉

Oh and, although I'm not longer with the "friends", The Corners of The World will still be continue. 

(I can't throw away a chance to learn because of them.)

Second, I'm learning a bunch of new things in this year, I just learned how to swim and I'm learning many other Rubik's Cube other than 2x2x2 until 5x5x5, I'm also learning Kong Ming's Lock (Aka Lu Ban's Lock) and also Kloski. Beside that, I'm learning crochet and flute as well. (Shh...Don't tell my dad, he still don't know that I'm learning these two.) I'll post my crocheting results and maybe I'll record some videos of the others as well. Who need wrong-way-leading "friends" when you have so many things to learn? 😉

Then, I just went to my external hard disk to arrange my IDK-How-Many-Gigabytes-Of-Uncertain-file and found that I have so many WIP projects: 

Photoshop: Snowglobe

Photoshop: Wine Label

Photoshop: Pencil Drawing

Photoshop: Splatter Rose

Photoshop: Summer to Winter

Photoshop: My Hollywood Sign

Illustrator: Copper Pipes Text Effect

Illustrator: 3D Phone

3Ds Max + Marvelous Designer: Bed+Bed sheet+Pillow

Flash/HTML: Falling Snow Animaiton

And much more……My hands are sore...

These project will be completed as soon as possible during school holidays.

And last, I'm making a new template for my blog and the blog name will be changed. (My age is already more than 13 and the name is really not suitable for now. (I started my blog when I'm 8 so thats why the name sound like this.)) Stay tune!

I may sound proud or bossy in my posts, but believe me, that happens because I'm happy of the projects that I succeed.

I don't know why I'm making this post, maybe to mark a milestone of my life?

Before I publish this post, I hope that I could live the fullest live and I hope that you will too.

初一禁忌

1.已出嫁的女儿不可以回娘家
过年的第一天如果嫁出去的女儿回娘家，
意指着会把娘家吃穷，因此只能在初二或者初三回娘家，
但是其中的含意是嫁去的女儿已经是别人家的媳妇了，
过年婆家一定有很多人来拜年，
媳妇要帮忙奉茶服侍，因此初一不可以回娘家。

2.早餐忌吃稀饭、荤食及药品
过去的传统穷人家才吃稀饭，
所以在年初一的上午一定要吃干饭（就是普通的饭），
表示家里整年度都会很富有，

而年初一的早上叫做万神盛会，
表示所有的神出来拜年，
因此为表尊敬首先不要吃荤，要吃素，

说是“初一吃药一整年，
而且啥病也治不好”，
所以除了重病不得不吃以外，
初一最好不要吃药。

3.忌叫他人姓名催人起床
年初一的上午不要叫人姓名催人起床，
这样表示对方整年度都要人催促做事情。

4.忌跟还在睡觉的人拜年
年初一时对方还在睡梦中不要跟对方拜年，
等对方起床再拜年，
因为这样会让对方一整年都在病床中。

5.禁忌动刀子和剪刀
说是“初一动了刀和剪，
口舌是非全难免”。
刀为凶器，可剖开牲畜，意味着凶和破的不吉祥之意。

6.忌动针线
说是“初一动了针线，
挑了龙筋长针眼”。
(生下的小孩，眼睛如同针眼一样小)

7.忌斧子劈木柴
说是“初一斧子劈开柴(财)，
劈开再也回不来”。

8.忌借钱
说是“初一借了别人的钱，
一年四季靠外援；
初一借给别人钱，财产外流一整年”。

9.忌打碎家具
(盘、碗、酒具等易碎物品) 认为打碎家具，
一年四季不吉利。不过在当今社会，
当孩子们由于不慎打碎了家具也不要紧，
只要大人们赶快说上一句：
“岁(碎)来(了)好，岁来好，岁岁平安”，也就化凶为吉了。

10.白天不可午睡
过年期间白天睡午觉，
表示整年度都会很懒惰，
其中的含意是因为过年期间有很多客人到家里拜年，
如果睡午觉的话对人很失礼。

11.忌倒污水、垃圾、扫地
过年期间不要从事洒扫的工作，
因为这样容易把家中的财气扫掉。

12.忌被他人自口袋掏取物件
过年期间不要让人从自己口袋掏东西，
这样表示整年度钱财都会被人家掏走。

13.忌向人讨债
过年期间不管是被要债或者
是跟人家要债的人在一整年间都会很倒楣，
因此忌讳向人讨债。

14.忌洗衣
水有水神，水神的生日在初一初二，
因此这两天不要洗衣服。

要过年了！这些小常识你都懂了吗？
以前留下来的习俗，
来源已不可考，也不一定有科学根据，
不过还是有很多长辈，非常坚信。
提供给各位做个参考！