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Sunday, December 12, 2004

  A member on the OtakuBoards, who apparently is a Satoshi fan, PMed me, asking how I edited the image for my banner.
Okay, before you ask "HUH?", here's a link to the wallpaper where the image came from.
Clickie!
Notice that part of Daisuke's wing is intersecing with Satoshi's. Yes, I did use this part. So how'd I fix it?
The great part about this image was that it was crystal clear. No funky pixels.
1. Deleted the black wing part with the magic wand tool.
2. Using my brain, I figured which colors to use: Chalky blue and white. I used the eyedropped tool to select one of the blues nearby, and filled in the gap.
3. Using the push tool (very hand, it is), I arched and pointed the section of white that got cut off from the black. The section was starting to take shape, but it needed a little more something...
4. Using the eyedropper tool again, I selected a slightly lighter shade of the chalky blue and dabbed it on.
5. Using the push tool again, I blended the two blues together, and lightly smuged in some white stuff.
Complicated? No, not really. It turned out stunning, and I was quite proud of myself. But I won't tell you how to make the images bright and shiny. You'll have to figure that out for youself. ^.~
AHAHAHA!!! Thatith remindsith meith! (TRANSLATION: That reminds me!)
*takes deep breath* MR. VANDENBOSCH SAYS WE'RE PLAYING HIKARI AT THE MARCH CONCERT!!! YAYYYYYYY!!!
Mr. Vandenbosch is my band director, who's uberly awesome. Me, Lorenza, and Meg-chan played Hikari (Kingdom Hearts) for him, and he was utterly enthused about it. We kept pestering him to play it to the band.
Then, one day in band, he said the magic words:
"A few people in here -"
At that point, Lorenza glanced at me, and I glanced at Meghan.
"-have been nagging and nagging me to play this song."
At that point, Lorenza, me, and Meg-chan started giglling.
"So here." He walked off the podium thingie, pressed the play button, and soon, Hikari filled the room. He faced the flutes and said, "Flutes, I dunno how we're going to do this, but -" Flutes were taking the place of strings.
Mr. V sat down on his chair, then turned to me and asked, "How long is this song?"
"Uh, three minutes. Three and a half."
"Ah. Good."
There came the climax, and cymbals crashed and blared from the speakers, startling my relaxed band director.
And now, I'll shut up, and get all my stuff ready for my lunch table's Secret Santa. XD
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