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Aasma

Hi,

It's been real long time since I last posted. I changed my blog name and designed a signature style logo for myself. So it looks bit different and maybe nice?

Anyway,
Here is a quick tutorial on how I color, shade and highlight any drawing in gimp. Initially I drew this outline in adobe draw and moved it to gimp for further detailing.

Hope it's somehow helpful to you all. :)



Get redirected to the video on Youtube by clicking below.


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Until next time,
toodles!
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It's been few days since I noticed there lies, not bags but a full load of luggage under my eyes and it really is bothering me. Thankfully, I tried few methods that really help me reduce them and also helped give my eyes a soothing feeling.



Which is why, being the nice person I am, I am gonna share five ways you can get rid of your under eye bags!


1. Potatoes



Potatoes are actually very beneficial for your skin, hair and health. In order to use them as an anti under eye bag remedy, peel the skin off and slice them in circles or even semi circles. Put them in the refrigerator for few minutes until they are chill. After which stick them on your eyes for 15-20 minutes. In the end you can wash your face off with warm water. Do this regularly for at least two weeks.

2. Cucumbers 

We have all seen cucumbers flaunting their magic on our eyes. The coolness of this vegetable lets the eyes relax properly and the ascorbic plus caffeic acid brings down the water retention. The effective way to use them is pretty simple too.
Slice them in circles and let them chill too in the refrigerator. After few minutes, stick them on your eyes for 15-20 minutes and relax your eyes. That's all! Wash your face later with warm water.  

3. Tea Bags

Yes! As surprising as it seems, tea bags can help you getting rid of eye bags/dark circles under your eyes. The caffeine helps shrinking of the blood vessels around the eyes thus reducing the puffiness. 
Put two tea bags in warm water until they are moist. Let them cool in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then all you have to do is place them on your lids and relax for 15-20 minutes and use this hack for at least three weeks and you'll surely see amazing results.

4. Spooning

This ones really the quickest and easiest of all. It cures puffiness real quick. All you need is four spoons and a glass of chilled water with ice in it. Place the spoons in the chilled water and wait until you feel like they are cold. Now place the two spoons backwards on your eyes. After sometime when it feels like the spoons aren't chill enough, put them back in the water and grab the other pair. 
The coolness is a temporary solution for puffiness of the eyes. It really gives away a soothing effect to the eyes. 

5. Sunscreen 

Using sunscreen is very important as it protects the eyes from UV rays which can be pretty harmful. It's also very necessary to choose the right sunscreen for your skin and that would be when you visit your dermatologist so make sure you do that.

Five Factors You Should Take Good Care Of

Drink Lots Of Water

I know you have read this almost everywhere but I am gonna mention it anyway. Water is very essential for your body. Not only it will help you get rid of your eye bags but also do miracles on your hair, skin and health. Dehydration causes the fluids to build up under your eyes which causes dark patches around them.

Reduce Alcohol Intake

Alcohol dehydrates the body causing less water percent in the system.

Balance Salt Intake

The salt in your body has the tendency to retain the water which ultimately causes water retention under the eyes so make sure your salt intake is properly balanced.

8 Hours Sleep

Sleep is very important and half of your problems will be easily solved once you manage the night routine. Avoid using electronic devices (phones, tablets, computers, etc) during nights in the dark and try to minimize the use. Speaking of avoiding, do not rub your eyes please! 
Stop Smoking

Smoking dries and weakens out the skin which is also the reason for eye bags.

That's all for today! I hope these tips were helpful to you. Comment below the remedies you tried and if they worked for you. Share them with people who might not want to look like zombies on purpose. ;)

Until next time,
toodles!


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Hi there!
Welcome to another graphic tutorial in which you'll be seeing a step by step tutorial on how to create and use gimp coloring/XCF. It's really simple and quick!



Please watch the video in HD and in new window if you like.
I really hope this tutorial was somehow helpful to you.
Please Subscribe to my channel for more and share it with people who might be interested. 

I am also on social media so make sure you check out my twitter, facebook, instagram, ask.fm, wattpad and everything else. My username everywhere is MyTaintedCanvas except for wattpad where I go with the username Labyrinth-

Until next time, 
A is signing off,
toodles!

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Waddup guys? It's been a little while. I did miss blogging so here I am rambling via these words. This Gimp tutorial is about Simple e-Book cover. I hope you all will enjoy it. Let's get started, shall we?
The main focus here is the text placement and the picture you choose.

STEP ONE

Open a canvas of 340x500.
STEP TWO

Fit your image to the canvas size by using the Scale tool


STEP THREE

Click on the text tool and add the title. In my case, I added two different layers for text. My first layer is, 'Wicked' and the other is 'Games'. The font, I used is LeviReBrushed and the color code is #000000.

 STEP FOUR

Right click on the top text layer and select 'Merge down' so now both the layers can act as one. 


STEP FIVE

Once the text layers are merged, click on the Rotate tool from the tool box and rotate the text in a way that it seems as though it is painted on her face.

STEP SIX

To make the text look more realistic on her face, click on Filters > Distorts > IWarp. 


STEP SEVEN

Check on the Swirl CW in the Deform Mode. Once you have done that, start clicking on the letters individually. In my case, I clicked on 'W' and 'G' a little more than others because I wanted those to look bumped because of her nose's depression. This will create bumps and depressions on the layer so it looks as if it's actually planted on her cheek and not just a layer dryly added. Once you think you are satisfied, click on Ok. (You can always Undo your actions if you feel like doing them again by pressing Ctrl + Z)



STEP EIGHT

To make the text look even more realistic because I am not yet satisfied, Select the Perspective tool from the tool box and drag the top two corners downward. This will help in making the text lay flat on her cheek.



STEP TEN

Next, I changed the text layer mode from Normal to Overlay so it looks something like this.


STEP ELEVEN

Obviously it looked a bit faded so right click on the layer and Duplicate it. Decrease the Opacity of the Duplicated layer so it doesn't looks very dark.


STEP TWELVE

Add the Author's Name or your watermark. For this, I have used QuickSand in Italics.


Lastly, I added Gimp Coloring to make it look more presentable. Coloring adds great deal of effect in a picture so it's a important step too.

This is how the end product looks. As you can see, adding coloring made a lot difference. You can also create your own coloring. I'll be demonstrating a step by step tutorial on that too. 

I hope this tutorial was helpful to you!
Please share it with people who might be interested.

I would love to see your recreations, post them in the comments below or tag me on social media.
Until next time,
A is signing off,
toodles!

P.S I have also posted few PIXLR tutorials, check em out if you are interested! :D
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In this tutorial, we are emphasizing on coloring the graphic/image. It requires five to ten minutes. First of all, you just have to open pixlr and select pixlr editor. 

Click on create a new image and set the desirable size.

STEP ONE:

Open the image you desire to color. Make sure its HD (High Definition). 
In my case, I chose Emma Stone's face shot. Paste the URL by Selecting Layer and clicking on Open Image URL as a Layer.


STEP TWO:

Now all we have to do is play with adjustments. Firstly, I went through Brightness & Contrast. I adjusted the Brightness to -6 and Contrast to -5.



STEP THREE:

Click on Adjustments and Select Hue & Saturation. It entirely depends on the image you selected, all you have to do is play with it. 
The settings suitable for this image are; 
Hue: 10 
Saturation: -29 
Lightness: 1


STEP FOUR:

Next Click on Adjustments and Select Curves. 
Now this is a little tricky yet fun. 
You can go through the Presets, if any one of them suits you can select that. Or you can also Click on the Color Picker that I have encircled with a Red Marker at the Right Side of the Graph. 
After you have selected this tool, With its help, click on different angles of your image.
At some angles it'll be very dark, slightly dark, very light, slightly light. So you have to try different angles. 
When you are fully satisfied, you can click on OK.


I was satisfied already. But if you aren't you can also go through other Options regarding Adjustments. Below are some; 
Color Balance 
Color Vibrance 
Levels 
Exposure

Make sure you save them as PXD. Now you can use this coloring in any picture you desire. All you have to do is open this coloring as a new layer onto the picture.


I hope this tutorial was helpful to you. I would love to see your recreations, comment them below using the code;
[IMG]IMAGE-URL-HERE[/IMG]

Share this with someone who might be interested!
Until next time,
A is signing off,
toodles!
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Welcome to PIXLR corner where I'll be sharing step by step tutorial on how to make a simple book cover for e-book websites etc. Note that this tutorial was originally on my weebly website and posted in 2014 therefore it suits perfectly for beginners. 

STEP ONE:

First of all, you just have to open PIXLR and select PIXLR editor. Click on create a new image and set the size as 500x812.


STEP TWO: 

Next you need to find a suitable image from different sites, in my case google images works best. I searched for 'moon' because that's what my cover is about. When you think you have found your suitable image, Go to Layer and select Open image URL as a layer and then paste the URL. Make sure the image you choose is appealing. This is how your image should look.


STEP THREE:

Next, you have to add text. I have used two separate layers. First layer is where I have written 'Under the' and the second layer which lies just below the first text, 'moonlight.' The font I have chosen is Times New Roman and the size is 60.


STEP FOUR:

Now you have to select drawing tool from the tool box and use rectangle tool to draw a tiny rectangle. Change the color of the background from black to white. (Beside fill shape) Once you have drawn a rectangle, duplicate the layer by right clicking on it and selecting 'Duplicate Layer' on the layer box.


STEP FIVE:

Select the second rectangle layer and go to Edit in the menu box. Click on free transform and rotate the rectangle slightly. You can also adjust the sizes by free transform. This is how the image should look.


STEP SIX:

This is the part where you have to add the subtitle in those rectangles. Select Type Tool from the tool box and write the subtitle. Do not write the whole subtitle together, cut it in two that way you will be able to adjust it in the rectangles. 

For the 'Is where' you don't need to do anything, just type it and after adjusting it in the box, duplicate its layer so that it gives bold effect. 

While for 'I can see you', you have to right click on its layer and select Rasterize layer. (You wont be able to use free transform tool if you don't Rasterize text layer). And then rotate it, after adjusting it, duplicate its layer as well. 
The font I selected for the subtitle is Orator Sd and the size is 23.


STEP SEVEN:

For the Author's name, select the type tool again and type in the name of the author. I have used Orator Sd in italics and the size for it is 35. 

Next, select the very first layer which is your image. Click on Adjustments on the menu bar. 
Select Curves, a window will appear. 
In which you have to change the Presets from Default to Warmer.


This is how your end product should look.


I hope this tutorial was somehow helpful to you. I would love to see you recreate this cover. Post your creations in the comments below and I shall double tap them. ;)

Share this with people who might be interested!
Until next time,
A is signing off,
toodles!




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Welcome to another gimp tutorial on how to cut out PNG pictures i.e delete out the whole background with the exceptional of the subject. For this, I have selected this sassy picture of Shay Mitchell (Because she's beautiful and my brother's woman crush everyday). Anyway, 7 to 8 simple steps and you are done!

STEP ONE:

Open your picture in gimp as a layer. Make sure it's HD so it's easy for you to focus on the details.

STEP TWO:

Right click on the layer and select Add Alpha Channel so now when you erase the background, instead of being white, it'll be a tile pattern.

STEP THREE:

There are more then one methods by which you can erase the background of a picture. First is the wand tool. Click on the part you want to delete, say I clicked on the yellow part which you can see is selected. You can also press shift and do the selection, that way is easy too. Once you are done, press delete on your keyboard.

STEP FOUR:

Another way is the path tool which we used before as well in our first tutorial. Make the selection around the subject. Make sure you have zoomed in the picture so it's detailed and easy.


STEP FIVE:

Once you have made the selection all around the subject, right click anywhere on the picture. Put the cursor on 'Select' and click on 'From Path.'

STEP SIX:

After which you have to click on 'Invert' option so the selection is inverted, i.e the selection is now all over the background except the subject.

STEP SEVEN:

Now just press the delete key on your keyboard and you'll notice the background is completely erased.

STEP EIGHT:

Obviously there are few details still left, as you can see the part near Shay's hair, it's still yellow. In order to perfectly erase that, right click anywhere on the picture. Put your cursor on select and click on 'By Color'. This option will help in selection according to the color. Therefore, by clicking on the yellow part on her hair, a selection is made. Press delete and that shall get removed as well.


And there you have it. The perfect PNG of Shay Mitchell. Eight easy steps and you're done!


I hope this tutorial was somehow helpful to you.
I would love to see your recreations, post them in the comments below by using the code;
[IMG]IMAGE-URL-HERE[/IMG]

Please share it with people who might be interested! :D

Until next time,
A is signing off
toodles
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