Archive for the ‘Web Trends’ Category

Install Drupal on 1and1

Monday, February 8th, 2010

As part of my graduate assistantship, I am building a website for a project connecting international librarians. However, in order to get started on following my bosses’ specifications, I needed a content management system (CMS) that could handle the work and be easy to update for a non-programmer like myself. After a tip from a close friend, I started investigating Drupal and found out that it is used by the White House and the group that is paying me for my work. With this reassurance, I decided set forth on my journey.

The first thing I needed to do was to learn about Drupal. I choose Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours which is not the best edited book. However, it’s a starting point. The next part was to install Drupal on my 1and1 hosted server. Below are the steps that took me two hours to figure out:

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Tablet Drawing: WIP

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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I snuck in some time between homework and attending class to practice using the tablet.

Hometown

Monday, January 25th, 2010

via New Math

Mighty Life List

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

I first heard of Maggie Mason from ABCNews talking about women bloggers. I quickly fell in love with her blog (though it’s been a bit on the outs lately) and was inspired by her to keep chipping away at my own blog (what you’re reading now). For a good discussion about Maggie’s Mighty Life List, click here. In short, it’s a list of things you want to do before you die. I’ve been having trouble building mine but I’ll update this post with new items as I think of them:

1) Write a completed novel
2) Take Dad to Hatteras Point, NC
3) Carry a child to term/be a mother
4) Learn how to watercolor

Lilith’s Beautiful Logo

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

I’m blown away by the simplicity but well-thought out design behind Lilith Fair’s logo. My favorite part is how they managed to make it look like it’s still in the planning stages with the bottom of the L stretching across to touch the other letters.

Up too late: nightmare inducing animation

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Shiver found this old “for ha-has” link. You probably shouldn’t watch it before bed like I am.

Kaimaru Drawing

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Done on the tablet tonight in Photoshop. The process can be viewed here:

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Also, Shiver went back and drew the official version.

My Livestream Coloring Session

Thursday, January 14th, 2010



I’m no where as near talented as Shiver, but this is a start. I don’t know how shadows or highlights work on the facial plane so I’m mostly guessing here.

Shiver’s Coloring Technique on Livestream

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

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Last night, I convinced Shiver to share with me her coloring technique via Livestream and it was amazing! She brought Adramuth to life beautifully from the original sketch to have a well-rounded face that was both mischievous and promising of his future self.

Man shagged by rare parrot

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Oh, Stephen Fry! <3

The best commentary is in the last 45 seconds or so as Stephen Fry comments on the man going to be having an egg after having been mated with.