Author Archive for Chad Baldwin
Graphic Artist / Illustrator / Photographer and computer "GEEK" - If I find something cool, I am always interested in sharing this with other people.. That is what is so great about the internet. LEAVE A COMMENT and share any thoughts or cool links that might benefit other people and there search! -Chad
How to Load brushes into Adobe Photoshop
[wpcampaign1] Loading brushes into Adobe Photoshop is actually quite simple. Most Photoshop users out there will look at this and say, “oh loading Photoshop brushes is simple.” However, if you have never done it, I would love to show you how. So, if you are asking yourself, how do I load custom Photoshop Brushes in [...]
Clique Cartoon for Illustration Friday
I have to admit, this weeks topic was a little tough for me. I guess I can say i really didn’t have the creative juices flowing. Here is my Clique Cartoon for Illustration Friday. I have already seen a lot of other illustrations done by other artist on the “Clique” topic and have seen a [...]
How Do I Resize My Digital Photos?
If you are looking for a FREE software program that will resize your digital photos on the fly. I have something here I think you will like. I have always been in need of a software program that will resize my digital photos. What is really cool is this program I am about to show [...]
Download Free Professional Designer Fonts
As a designer, one of the elements you must have in your design package is an arsenal of good fonts or typefaces. As a graphic artist I am always looking for “free fonts to download”. I must mention however, it is not easy finding professional looking fonts for free. After lots of research, I have [...]
Island Cartoon for Illustration Friday
So this weeks topic for Illustration Friday I had to think about for a sec, because the first thing that I think comes to mind for most people. I think would have to be someone stranded on an island. So I didn’t what to come up with the typical. So I thought about it a [...]
Drawing and Painting Digital Cartoons
Why do I feel drawing and painting digital cartoons is better than traditional pencil and paper… Now since this is my own personal preference I think I am in titled to my own opinion. J Since I create all of my illustrations into the computer, I would like to explain why I like to use [...]
A Basic Look at How Layer Masks Work in Photoshop
When working on an illustration or a photo. It is always best to use layer masks when masking out pieces of your art. The reason you use layer masks is to preserve the pixels so if at any point you decide to bring back the pixels, you can. Layer masks allow you to “erase” so [...]
How to Create Glass Buttons in Illustrator
You see it all over the Internet. The shinny glass buttons. Seems like every web site you go to has those glass buttons that make the web page stand out with a little bit of a pop. Even though I think the glass buttons that you see on the Internet might be a little over [...]
Getting Rid of Duplicate Music in iTunes
My guess is I am not the only one that has duplicate music in my iTunes library. Getting rid of the duplicate music in your library is easy to do however, it is involves some time. Like most people you’re I Tunes music library probably has over a few thousand songs. So using the feature [...]
Free Online Photoshop Application
Ok so this is not Photoshop, but has a lot of characteristics of Photoshop. Read Below Online applications are starting to become the tool now days. Today I came across a free online painting program that allows you to paint and draw right into your web browser. Also you can edit images with this free [...]
