3d Graphics Creative Workshop, The Palette, Edinburgh….
This is my final workshop in September. It is at the really great Palette, at St Margaret’s house in Edinburgh. This will be slightly different to the Creative Exchange workshop. As it is at an arts venue, it will be more concept based and idea based. You will also…
3D Graphics Workshop…Creative Exchange…
My second workshop in September 2014 in Edinburgh. This one will be the most pricey one. It will be a creative course but with detailed technical processes. It is also a bit more expensive as we have the possibility to use the 3d Printer at this premises. Contact me today…
Free Alternative To Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace…
Free Alternative To Illustrator Live Trace (Trace Bitmap In Inkscape) Instructions from James Abell Today while I was looking for an alternative to Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace, I found a great free application – Inkscape. It has a tool called TraceBitmap where you can vectorise an imported bitmap. Here is also…
5 Expressive Drawing Tips Slideshare…
5 Expressive Drawing Tips from James Abell As well as the Expressive drawing tips on the Google air hangout jam. I have made this booklet. I am really passionate about drawing in the expressive way. In this booklet I say that ‘there is no such thing as a bad drawing,…
Expressive Drawing Tips Google Jam…
On the 7th of September 19:00 (GMT) I am doing Google Air Hangout Jam. If you are reading this after this date, then the video above will have the recorded event in it! I also have a free booklet that I have made to accompany this Google Air Hangout, it…
Design A City Project…
I made this booklet about the city design project, I often teach to children and teenagers. Design A City Project from James Abell It teaches, creativity, design concepts, problem solving. They always have fun too! This project can be part of an art based lesson or as a task based…
Are portable devices worth buying?
I’ve become a huge fan of touch computing. I believe that most things we think of as “computers” will be de-facto tablets, either in our pocket, in our hands, possibly even mounted on our wrists or forearms. I can’t wait for the iPad 5 this week (I’ll be ordering three),…
Demo of a Featured Post
You probably have stories in your blog you want to highlight to your readers. This is commonly referred to as “Featured Posts” or “Featured Content”. If you are using WordPress, displaying these featured posts can be achieved in various ways, one of which is using a plugin like Jetpack. …
How to follow your favorite blogs
I was having a conversation the other day with one of my good friends about Pinterest. She was telling me that she wished more of her friends pinned stuff because her Pinterest feed wasn’t moving very fast. I suggested she follow some of her favorite creative bloggers because if she…