If you read last week’s post about lasso tool edges, I said I could save the layers as a PSD file for future use. And I promised to explain how to use that edge template this week to create other edges/papers. If you didn’t read last week’s post you may want to go back and read that first or most of this might be a bit hard to follow. If you have your PSD file from last week, please open…
We’re already nearly three full weeks into the new year and it’s time for me to get back to giving you creativity tips. I love fresh starts. However, I certainly don’t want to go cruising headlong into the new year too quickly. So, I thought I’d take a few weeks to ease into tips. I’m going to try keeping things on the simple side until we get our 2026 “sea legs”. I want to start with a tip about custom…
This may not be the best first creative tip of the year but I want to get one thing off my chest and be done with it for the year. I came of age in the information technology era. Oddly enough, I don’t always appreciate where technology has taken us. Over the years here on the blog, I have repeatedly mentioned how often technology complicates things. That said, I do appreciate some advances, but those are oft times far outweighed…
It’s a brand-new year and I thought I’d start 2026 with basically the same simple tip I’ve used as the first post of the new year several times now. Pick a word for the year! January always feels like a clean slate, the perfect moment to pause and reflect before stepping into the rest of the year. It’s less about rigid resolutions and more about creating an anchor I can return to whenever I need clarity throughout the year. It…
2026 is now less than 2 days away! Coming to grips with the new year should involve looking ahead. This is the perfect time to try and let go of all the less than pleasant features of 2025. But letting go isn’t always easy, is it? In some ways it’s an issue of relinquishing control. Stop gripping so tightly. Tell life what you want, but let the universe decide how and when. Surrendering control opens the path for things to…