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Pictoplasma, the first ever documentation of modern character design, presents a comprehensive overview of this truly global graphic language and illustrates the remarkable status figures with lively traits and faces have achieved in our society, culminating in a visual feast. As likeable, global identifiers they act as indispensable mediators in the era of multimedia, serving purposes as diverse as branding, logo design, game design, web design, icons or mascots. Selected from more than 6,000 excellent entries Pictoplasma offers both independent artists and corporations an international platform.
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PhotoshopCAFE was founded by award winning Designer and best-selling author Colin Smith. This site has one of the largest collections of original Photoshop tutorials on the web. Check out an amazing gallery of all-Photoshop work, tips, tricks, add-ons, forums, huge contests and inspiring articles. See the Training videos that has been hailed as the "best on the market" by various sources. Colin has written 15 books, been featured in almost every major graphics publication, won numerous design awards and speaks regularly at conferences around the nation. He still finds the time to offer up his very best at no charge at the cafe. With the combination of awe-inspiring Graphics and easy to understand instructions. photoshopcafe.com. |
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Kidrobot is planet is a premier creator and retailer of limited-edition art toys, mini-figures, posters, clothing, action figures and more! If you like characters then you are going to love kidrobot.com. |
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Prickie is an online shop for button badges designed by a wide range of talented artists. It also serves as a platform for artists to promote and sell their works, without having to worry about running a shop. All artists get a commission from sales, and are free to set the prices for their own work. Prickie invites participation from more artists and designers on a regular basis. If you’d like to join the fun click here!
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One effective way to get create quality moji's is to use both Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2 together.
After your artwork has been created in Illustrator, unlock all of the layers and copy the entire image. (Ctrl+C)
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Open up Photoshop CS2 and create a new image that is 500px X 500px on a white background.
Create a new layer and paste your image from Illustrator. (Ctrl+V)
A dialog box will appear asking what you would like to paste your image as. Smart Objects work best as they can easily be altered in size without experienceing pixelation problems.
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Resize your image to best fit the entire canvas.
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Once you are satified with your moji, choose File..Save for Web
GIF of JPG?
GIF's tend to work better if your moji has large areas of unniform color and if the total number of colors is around 256. If your mojji is very intricate and detailed, similar to a photograph, JPG would be a better route.
The result should be a moji that is ready to be uploaded. |
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