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Before & After: Presidents

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We’re all about mashing things up–probably because we don’t want anything with sharp edges lying around—here at Madmann Graphics. With that in mind, we gave our inmates a new project we’re calling “Before and After.” We asked them to take two things with a name in common and run them together to make a new, …Read the Rest…

 
 

Headline Smash! – 5/17/2012

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It’s time for another Headline Smash, where we take two actual headlines from the day’s news and, with the help of photoshop, show you what the front page would look like if they were smashed into one.  

 
 

Headline Smash! – 5/15/2012

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Headline Smash!

Today we present another new regular feature…. Headline Smash! We start with two news stories ripped from the day’s headlines, like Law and Order without the annoying CHUNG CHUNG sound effect, mash them together, and show you the resulting newspaper front page. Confused? You won’t be in a second….  

 
 

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Tutorial: Light Sources, Drop Shadows & Cast Shadows

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Take a look at this shop. I’ve seen this same problem asked about in numerous help threads thoughout the years. Pretty straightforward, simple headswap I knocked out in three minutes depicting that great religious leader Pope House The First. But something about it looks really “off”. I get this all the time, people can tell …Read the Rest…

 
 

Tutorial: Let’s Talk About Rez

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♪  Let’s talk abou rez, bay-beeeee  ♫ ♫  Let’s talk about print and screen  ♪ ♪  Let’s talk about all the different DPI your work can be  ♫ ♫  Let’s talk a-BOUT rez.  ♪ Resolution is one of those areas in which many beginning (or even more advanced) photoshoppers seem to take the Freeper Earmuff …Read the Rest…

 
 

Tutorial: Selection 101

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Photoshopping is not actually all that complicated a process. With a few basic tools and the right source images, you can produce images depicting whatever you like (whether or not they will hold up in court is another matter entirely). However, before we get to how to create anything your mind’s eye can imagine, I’d …Read the Rest…

 
 

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“Unlikely” & “Improbable”

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My entire existence can be classed as a bunch of components  best described as “unlikely” or “improbable”.  I’m a blue-eyed Indian. I watched my grandmother graduate from high school, and I was best man at my parents’ wedding. I’m balding, yet I have more hair on my head than most women I meet (Yes, I …Read the Rest…

 
 

Misleading Blog Post Title

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Now that I have the bare walls and foundation up around here and a few of you insane shoppers poking around and showing me what’s still broken, I’ve had a minute to think about the differences between the new site and the old one. Besides the fact that the new one is much more complicated …Read the Rest…

 
 

The Raccoon Manifesto

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  [This is a repost. It originally appeared on the front page news, which drops off the page after a week, never to return. I wanted to retain a copy onsite, so that's the reason for the repost.] Alright. So…. For awhile now, I’ve kind of been feeling a little bit like a man without …Read the Rest…