School... I have two tests today, neither of which I studied for. *sigh* I wish it were still holiday break. T-T Meh...
I spent most of yesterday working for this pin design for a science competition called WESEF. Apparently, it's being held in NYC this year, or maybe it's always held there. I'm not sure. Anyways, this is the pin I designed. If it wins,it's going to be handed out to people who win international recognition in the contest. You have to include the words "WESEF" "2007" and "New York" on the pin, which can be a maximum of 1.25 inches in diameter. I think the one of the prizes for winning the science competition (not the pin competition)is that you go on an expense-paid vacation to NYC.
Since I don't think I was very clear in my explanation I better say that there are 2 competitions. One is the science competition. The other is to design a pin that will be handed out either to the winners or the participants. What I entered is the pin contest, not the science contest. I don't think this pin will win (I'm not great with computer art), but I thought it came out sorta cool looking.
I just discovered this program the other day. It's called "Microsoft Digital Image Pro", and apparently it came free with my computer... and all the while I was struggling with Microsoft Paint (pixel by pixel torture) I had htis program and never even knew! XD I found b/c I was cleaning out my computer of spare files. I think this program is supposed to be a Microsoft attempt at something like photoshop. I'm not sure though. As far as I'm concerned, anything that's even a tiny bit more advanced than Microsoft Paint is good. Yeah, I really hate Paint. You have to do everything pixel by pixel, which makes it extremely annoying to work with jpeg images, because there are so many dots which are just slightly different colors.
Anyways, I gotta leave for school now. Bye.
~xanth~
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Yeah, it's a big pic, and doesn't really fit here (I uploaded the original version, not the one I scaled down to 1.25" x 1.25")
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May the gods of sporks and insanity be with you,
~Xanth~
