Vector v. Pixels

The main difference is that where bitmap (pixel) images are resolution dependent, vector images are resolution independent. This is basically whether or not the image is "independent from the pixel grid." When you scale up a bitmap image it becomes rough-edged and blurry, but if you scale a vector image (which is based of of mathematical equations) it is the same resolution.
Vector images are common when designing corporate logos because the designer can scale the logo as big as he wants or as small as he wants without changing the initial resolution. This allows to get an image the size of a sticker to the size of a road side billboard.

Main Link

Link used for clarification

Definition of resolution independence

Sorry for using wikipedia, but this was the only link I could find that told me what resolution independence was.

Finished Typography

I finally "finished" my typography picture. I put finished in quotes because it technically isn't finished. I just didn't have the patience to add one more layer (I had over 150 layers though that number probably could have been reduced with a deeper understanding of Photoshop Typography). So now I present to you my finished unfinished woman! The rest of the picture is for you to interpret. You can pick the lips and the rest of the body!













I call her: Abstract Woman

"Inside the War...": What I Think

I don't think that companies like Daqi should be allowed to hide information that a blogger posts. It kind of destroys the whole point of a blog in the first place.
People use blogs to vent their emotions and to speak out for what they think is right and if companies go around taking those liberties away from them then they might as well take away blogging all together. Also, I don't think these corporations should be hiring these companies; it puts out a negative vibe among their blog-using customers.
Overall, I see the good that companies such as Daqi are trying to do, however, I think they should do so with a little more appreciation of what blogging actually is. For example: Let us say that some blogger is venting his anger against Coca-Cola because that man only got five drinks when he clearly wanted a six-pack. He posts: We should all boycott Coca-Cola cause they are mean. Daqi finds this post in their search and instead of forcefully taking it off the web, they should work with the blogger on rewriting the post, giving him his sixth soda which he was so wrongfully deprived of, and then leave it be. This way Daqi doesn't offend any bloggers and Coca-Cola doesn't lose any business.
The scary part is is that companies such as Daqi work in the United States as well. Is it possible that my faux post "We should all boycott Coca-Cola cause they are mean" would be noticed and taken as real? Would I actually get that sixth soda? Honestly, if someone tried to remove one of my posts I will e-mail them a nice copy of the Bill of Rights.

Photoshop...With Words!

Here is what I got so far:

Ridiculous amount of layers.

Anatomy of Typography

1. Tail
2. Spine
3. Cap?
4. Serif
5. Bowl
6. Terminal?
7. Counter
8. Descender
9. Stem
10. Finial?
11. Link
12. Loop
13. Ear
14. Ascender
15. Diagonal Stroke
16. Crossbar   

I used these links:

1. Test Your Own Skills
2. Typedia
3. About

Typography

Typography is the way letters look to the reader. Typography includes the anatomy of letters, the color, the style; anything that relates to the appearance of a word/ letter is called Typography.
Typography is used in order to express certain emotions, statuses, or conditions depending on how the letter looks. For example, if you were writing a formal essay and your typography was pink, curly letters with little flowers dotting the i's, then the reader wouldn't take you seriously because you weren't conveying the proper tone.
Typography can be seen everywhere: ads, graffiti, television, newspapers. Everywhere one looks he/ she can see some form of typography. Even this update has it's on typography.
View the new gadget I added that says "DDoH" (Daily Dose of Hampton). Each letter has it's own typeface from the rest of the group.

Photoshop- Ten starter tips

I used the tips on this here tiger:

Gormah, Slavik. Tiger 2. N.d. sxc.hu. HAAP Media Ltd., 22 May 2010. Web. 8 Nov.
     2010. <http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1283209>.

This is the bear from my trip in 
Colorado. He is also the 
foundation for
my bear falcon.

2nd Six Weeks

This six weeks I have created a trip through Thailand, experienced CMYK and RGB, toyed with a Spectrometer, I have dabble in the arts of Photoshop, and created a falcon-bear hybrid. Overall, I think this six weeks has been more interesting than the first. My work ethic however, was kind of "off" for the first half of this grading cycle. I might have played too many games. Hopefully in the third six weeks I can become a Master Photoshoper and make my bear-falcon more believable.

I found the elusive Bear-Falcon

Today for  multimedia, I used photoshop to add a more simplistic version of my bear-falcon using nineties style CMYK. First, I created two layers making one of them 50% opaque white. Using the ssecond layer I traced the lines of my original photo and storked it with the brush tool. I created a third layer in which I colored in my image using Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow (from CMYK). I also through in a lime green so I wouldn't have two white shapes touching each other. (I also through in a cartoon boy at the end).

Color Box Applet

Go here to see what I used.

1. Blue+Green=Cyan
2. Blue+Red=Magenta
3. Blue+Red+Green=White

4. Yellow+Magenta=Red
5. Cyan+Magenta=Blue
6. No colors mixed=White

7. When the yellow is reduced, the black (all colors mixed) starts turning shades of blue. First dark, then it grows progressively lighter.

8. When cyan is reduced, the black (all colors mixed) starts turning shades of red. First a dried blood/ brown color, then it lightens into a classic red.

Go here to see what I used.