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Try some vinpocetine.honestrosewater said:Sorry, I'm moving very slowly - rough day.
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Try some vinpocetine.honestrosewater said:Sorry, I'm moving very slowly - rough day.
zoobyshoe said:I love Chuck Close.
It's funny you should discover they work well as "small avatars", though. The originals are like, 3x larger than life.
honestrosewater said:I always saw it as little lamb. I don't know where the little part comes from though. Both of my grandfathers were pastors, and my siblings and I all have Biblical names: Jason, Rachel, Rebecca, and Nicholas.
Hm, is that Adam Daniel?
My middle name is Diane, BTW. I think it's from Diana, the Roman's Artemis.
There are two great sites for finding character names:
http://www.behindthename.com/
http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/surf-by.cfm?Baby=Yes
Eh, it looks like the second one is now requiring subscriptions for something, I don't know. They were my favorite.
Okay, I let the smile determine the width and centered it:zoobyshoe said:Actually, no. If you want to focus on the Mona Lisa's smile and you're resricted to a square, you need only make the smile the size you want it to be in that square, and center it there. Let the nose and chin fall where they may, they aren't going to strike the viewer as "invasions" as you predict. People's eyes go to the center of focus, and the brain automatically understands things at the periphery are not important.
I've seriously done that before. I was going to make one for the avatars, because the editor I'm using doesn't have a grid or any way to measure anything other than going into resize it. But I didn't feel like measuring it myself.You can practise cropping any image you can get up on your screen ...<snip>... to see how it would look cropped that way.
I don't know what my last name means. Someone said my mother's name, Rawley, was changed from Raleigh when they came to America. But I don't know whether it's true. They're from Virginia. There's a Rawley Springs in Virginia too, I think.loseyourname said:Yes. The full name, including surname, would be "man formed from the ground, God is my judge, of the coast." The surname is Spanish.
I think Diana and Artemis were both moon goddesses. Artemis was also goddess of hunting but fertility instead of virginity, which was Athena. I think - I'm not quite with it now.Diana was later associated with Artemis, probably by Ovid, but was originally the Roman goddess of virginity and hunting.
Interestingly enough, my two old neighbors (who were sisters) were named Cynthia and Diana. Diana was said to have been born on Mt. Cynthus and both names are associated with the moon (Cynthia literally translates to "moon").
Yeah, I noticed.etymology in general fascinates me (in case you couldn't tell by now).
Bring out The Gimp. It's free (as in beer).honestrosewater said:the editor I'm using doesn't have a grid or any way to measure anything
Try some picamilon.honestrosewater said:I'm not quite with it now.
I was just going to search PF for some free editor I remember them talking about - that's the one. One of these days, I'm going to have a problem that you won't be able to solve.hitssquad said:Bring out The Gimp. It's free (as in beer).
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net
No. That is not part of my programming.honestrosewater said:One of these days, I'm going to have a problem that you won't be able to solve.
This time I know what I need: :zzz:hitssquad said:Try some picamilon.
easycart.net/BeyondACenturyInc./Neurological.html#4090
Aha. Why didn't you say so? Try some Modafinil.honestrosewater said:This time I know what I need: :zzz:
:grumpy: We knew you were tricksy.hitssquad said:Why did you post the molecular diagram for gasoline, Rose?
just kidding
I see what you mean. The shadow under her nose is much darker than I recalled and unbalances the composition. The viewer wants the camera pulled up to include her eyes.honestrosewater said:"Sure, I focus on the smile first, but then what? The rest is just 'there', or at least, it seems that way to me. There's nothing pleasing about the image as a whole..."
I've tried mouths before but don't remember ever making them work - even with no restrictions. Everywhere you go - chin, cheek, nose - it's just not a good setup. You don't want just the mouth, but what else do you include? (I don't know.)zoobyshoe said:I see what you mean. The shadow under her nose is much darker than I recalled and unbalances the composition. The viewer wants the camera pulled up to include her eyes.
I guess if you're going to do a disembodied mouth, you'd have to "airbrush" out all the distractions. I wonder if, in her case, it would then still be recognisable as La Giaconda?
Ever see The Rocky Horror Picture Show?honestrosewater said:I've tried mouths before but don't remember ever making them work - even with no restrictions.
No, but I've seen the mouth. I wasn't thinking of a stand-alone mouth. And that's an open mouth, which changes everything! ()zoobyshoe said:Ever see The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
hitssquad said:Bring out The Gimp.
No, it's a singing mouth. The opening song is done by a disembodied mouth with very red lips.honestrosewater said:No, but I've seen the mouth. I wasn't thinking of a stand-alone mouth. And that's an open mouth, which changes everything! ()
Because we were thinking of Tap.honestrosewater said:And why didn't you guys mention the Stones?
The spinal kind?hitssquad said:Because we were thinking of Tap.
He doesn't say much, though.honestrosewater said:The Gimp rocks, BTW.
I like subtlety, so I like it dark and rich the way it is now. The extroverts might want it brightened.honestrosewater said:Do I need to brighten it or such?
I thought it was some weird statue. Now it just makes me sad.hitssquad said:Not a beaver. Leave it to Fetus.
I think you did a good job of selecting the brightest elements of the picture, so no need to brighten it.honestrosewater said:Surprise! I couldn't do anything with Gw/PE. I may try later, but I really like this one. What do you think? Do I need to brighten it or such?
[/URL]hitssquad said:I guess I should associate you with cows, then.
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