we will be organizing our graphics and font resources in this journal, for ease of use and ability to share.

if you are looking for us for conversation or interaction,
you can find us at fileg (tay) and notarysojac (jim)

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A number of people have been asking variations of this question in my graphics communities lately.
This is a trick I use that can help with making colorizations or when removing backgrounds in Photoshop.
It's good when there are little details (like wisps of hair) that you want to keep.

I use PS CS at the moment, but I've been using this trick since PS5,
so most versions should be able to do it. I don't know anything about PSP,
so I can't say if it will transfer.





(  Using channels to help select fine details )

Because Tay craves fonts the way some women crave shoes...

( Font Resources )

lj community resources for icons

picture resources for icons

photo resources

Curves:


Curves can be tricky and a little intimidating to use, but there are some great simple tricks you can do with them, too.
This is one for colour correcting.

( colour correcting )

( Tolkien Fonts )

this is how I make the sketch effect

I am far from completely satisfied, but it does get some results I love. Please let me know if you find any good tricks to improve on the process





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( this one was done by a much quicker process - I am hoping to find a way to combine them )