That's weird. Maybe it was the custom icon. Maybe it just didn't feel like cooperating. Programs tend to be particular when it comes to extra stuff (alpha channels, paths, etc..) …

Thanks tie and Demonhood for the help and Demonhood you were right - the drop shadow did give me problems, but in the end I do now understand transpanencies better. The previous a…

I've found that with this signature thing (or posting images to the web in general), it's been best to make sure I had either: a) no transparency (for detailed images) or b) transp…

Much better cake. I like the simplicity of the second one. It's a damn shame that 24-bit PNG files aren't more widely supported. Having web graphics with alpha channels is just …

Thanks man, I need to adjust it a bit - even though the 'D" is aligned vertically, it bothers my eye that there's so much space above the letters as compared to underneath them. I'…

I have a good one, but damn!!...can't open my iDisk today, wonder why? Ah, here it goes.. Guess what family this is, click the pic for enlargement. If you really don't know, he…

DAMN! That's a real smooth job. How can I ever top that one? ------------------ Erik K. Veland That's no ordinary rabbit

Not quite as good as l'ignorante's post but I decided to add a touch of humour to the situation: I know it's a bit large to be posting direct in, but I really can't be bothered…

hehe, pretty amusing Dogma. i've considered adding some blood to mine, but after seeing l'ignorante's excellent job with the hollow necks, i'm not so sure. another update to come…

This is the best challenge yet! Keep 'em coming! I love it! l'ignorante's especially! That is awesome! <edit> Here's what I started with, if you're interested. &a…

Here's something I did after a company picnic quite a while ago. Sort of works for this, since I had to fabricate the tree behind my boss's head so he could do his dance of joy... …

Wow, game-set-match! (The blood was already on the racket, wasn't it?) Thank you all for the nice comments! I have to admit it did take me longer then just the lunch-hour to make. …

I've made my image a bit more screen and modem friendly. And iTomato, nice one, but the blood is a bit cartoony, I would like to see some hanging entrails in that! --------------…

I wasn't going to do the blood, but with the racket being so red already, I thought why not.. The arteries and blood are a little cartoony, especially on the head, but I think it …

Ok, so I went a little crazy with the blood, but who could resist with a challenge such as this... -click for full-size animated version. Trees are hard, BTW. I had most of i…

So much for tourism... -Rick ------------------ ================ Rick Yaeger: rick@macmerc.com MacMerc ================

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I can't believe I posted this stuff as a guest...

poo poo. Reply, shmeeply..

That's funny, I just switched to Illustrator. I was just frustrated by the layers management in Freehand. I may go back to Freehand for 10 in OS X. But somehow I prefer Adobe all o…

I gotta admit that is is a bit of a pain to keep switching back to that weird little pointer to make the handles appear in Illustrator. Freehand has the upper "hand" there for sure…

I originally learned illustration software with Freehand several years ago. Since that time I have switched to Illustrator. The main reason I switched was that I was having trouble…

I like Illustrator... I think most people will tend to like and use the program they "grew up with." I also use both Freehand and Illustrator and will freely admit that each prog…

Oh well.......I'm not sure what your problem in color seps is, I've been doing spot color seps from Freehand since it was Aldus and have never had a problem printing out my films. …

I am also intending to upgrade from PhotoDeluxe. Based solely on what I've read, it's my understanding that LE is based on Photoshop 5, whereas Elements is based on Photoshop 6. It…