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deviantART: by:D-Garcia http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:D-Garcia&section=today deviantART RSS for by:D-Garcia en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:38:13 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png My First dSLR http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/19985350/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/19985350/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:15:31 PDT blog contact portfolio links videos

So yeah...

Yesterday I went to Circuit City and purchased my first Digital SLR. I had been shopping around for about a week and finally decided to break down for one. I checked out Best Buy earlier this week and they had a whole dSLR setup with financing. Though only one model had a $50 discount. I finally decided to go with CC since (I believe) the employees are paid by commission. Though that's usually a bad thing, it's a good thing for getting a good deal. They had a promo going on which included some firedog crap, a ... For Dummies book, and a printer. I didn't really need a printer so, even though it technically wouldn't cost me anything they threw in a 4GB SD Card and even lowered the price of the camera by $50 to match their online store. So yeah, sweet deal!

About the Camera

I went for the (new?) Olympus E-420. It's somewhat of an entry-level camera and the price was just right for the features (around $550, lens included). I really love the size and weight. The last SLR I used was my Dad's old (like 10 years) Canon Rebel, and that was a huge heavy monster of a thing. But the E-420 is light and small Â supposedly the world's smallest. I love it. I love it.

What now?

It's really just a hobby for me but that's what I said about design. Now my life and job revolve around web (and some print) design. I'll be reading up on the Dummies guide and perhaps some online articles. If you have any tips or suggestions for an SLR newb like me, please don't hesitate to comment.

I'll be posting some pics to an old flickr account.

]]> ~D-Garcia New Journal CSS http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/18970866/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/18970866/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:40:35 PDT blog contact portfolio links videos

Pretty Simple, Eh?

Well, here it is. Along with the launch of my new portfolio and blog comes a new dA journal CSS. It's nothing like the other stuff but it's just something simple, which is exactly what I need. Nothing more, nothing less.

About the Code

Well, let's just say dA does a pretty crummy job at letting you customize your journal with CSS. You can't even have a list of properties within your code, every entry has to be separate. This results in some seriously hideous and repetitive markup.

What they need to do is just open it up. So what if some people will screw around with it too much and make code that looks like crap? It's worth it to us that know what we're doing.

It's not just the css

It's also the markup that we are allowed to post. Though, most markup is permitted, it is rendered terribly. Why not just let us choose how it will be displayed. For example, instead of making code optional wherever you insert it, it should either be mandatory or blocked altogether. See, if there were a "HTML" button so you could edit the complete code that will be inserted it would allow me to make sure that I get the results I want (Especially after spending a load of time on the CSS).

But instead, It's confusing and ugly. (Also, somebody enable style-able headers instead of making me div everything...)

So, yeah.

Anyways, as far as what I will be doing within the future... I don't know yet. I'll still post some stuff here whenever I get a chance, but I've been really getting into both web design and motion graphics.

Account Management

As far as the paid account... It's gonna expire in just about two months. I would actually consider continuing the paid membership just because of the CSS Journals. No other reason could get me back. And if they don't improve the features I won't continue my membership. It all really started when I decided to purchase some dA stickers. The payment form wasn't working and dA still charged my cc (over and over). I never received my stickers. I reported the problem and never heard back from deviantART. What a waste.

But...

DeviantART's strong point has always been the community. (Now mostly overrun by 15-year-olds. Don't get me wrong, nothing bad about young peoples running a community. That's how I really started... But my teen years were spent in front of a computer. Not trying to find myself, my image, where I belonged - not expressing myself, not trying to be the internet's copyright police, not pretending to know more than I did. Instead, I worked countless hours trying to find out how things worked and why.) What I'm trying to say is, back in the day, the internet was a different place.

My First (Public) Motion Graphics Attempt

Well, yes. It's not finished, and it certainly isn't the final result of what's shown in the demo.
But it's okay, I think. I've never taken any motion graphics classes or anything like that. Just learned it all on my own.

And that's the video.
Both in YouTube format and Full-res.
Enjoy, comment, fav, etc. etc. etc.

Featured Art!

Unarguably, the greatest part of dA is the Art. So check out this month's great artists!
If you'd like to be featured or would like to feature someone, just note me!

WANT MOTION?

Here ya go! It's as easy as 1-2-3-4!
Step 1:

Cease all foaming of the mouth.

Step 2:

Download the right software.

Step 3:

Find the right tutorials.

Step 4:

The 3C's! Copy - Compose - Customize!

Never forget:
Use your imagination.

I would never be where I am today, as a designer if I went to everyone else on how to do things. Sure, ask for advice if you get stuck. But just visualize the result and formulate the steps required to get there! Before you know it, people will ask you for advice!

Self Promo

Check it out yo!

USER INTER... ]]> ~D-Garcia New CSS Design... DOWNLOAD! (T) http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/13845930/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/13845930/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:15:17 PDT gallery | contact | watch | favs | optimized for safari 3 | â Maximize This Journal â

First Things First

So, like I said, here it is!
The final version of this Summer's CSS. Be sure to download the code to the right â«
The features are highlighted below in the "CSS Features" section. Please feel free to comment and ask questions on it.
I'm starting to design my own websites for local clients. You can check out an unfinished version of one here.
I do recommend that you view this using Safari 3. It's an amazing cross-platform (at least Mac and Win ) web browser with some great features! What I really love about it, is that it is compatible with the latest CSS3 features, putting it way ahead of the competition.

CSS Features

There are several new things added since v1.0, the most exciting being the two-column layout and the 'quotes' thingy shown below:

This is gonna be some really cool quote thing... 'aight?
You can quote something that someone said or use it to display code and stuff...

~Danny

Among other new things is the menu bar on top.
It's not a real menu, rather, just a set of links that are shown non-obtrusively but are noticeable enough to provide the user with a clear form of navigation.

There's the new color scheme, which I wasn't so sure about, but since have fallen in love with.
To complement this scheme is the use of the repeating background and header images forming what appears to be an illusion of depth and dimension.

Extras:
There are some little things here and there that add to the whole experience.
Some things like being able to "Maximize" the journal as well as color-matching links and let's not forget the Pop-Tart at the bottom.

Tagged!

I've been tagged! (by *prld)

1. Post these rules:
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

Here it is!
1. I am a graphic designer (at least that's 1/10^th my title at work, the other 9/10^th involves random tech support...)
2. I have a 17in. MBP and it's not big enough for work and not small enough for school.
3. I love my family.
4. I don't like really fat and really skinny girls. (and i mean dangerously obese and chop-stick thin...)
5. I'm trying to loose weight and stay fit. (Down 10lbs. this summer!)
6. My first video-game was Donkey Kong Country on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
7. I'm starting my own local design company with a friend of mine.
8. I think dA is the best thing ever since the internet.

and if you're on my friend's list... you may be getting tagged!

Featured Art!

Unarguably, the greatest part of dA is the Art. So check out this month's great arti... ]]> ~D-Garcia What it is: http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/12316351/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/12316351/ Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:48:42 PDT _{v1.5 (Spring Edition)}

GfxCorps

designer's couch

I highly suggest you people head on over to dC and check it out. It has been critically acclaimed by many of designers (who sit on couches) as one of the better groups on dA. I'm thinking about joining. The problem is, I need to design more deviations that fall under "logos" and/or "corporate" to qualify for membership. Can't wait for summer break, then I'll get down to some serious designin'.

Sweet!

I finally got my car back from the shop. I bought a nano for my v-moda headphones. I found the lightsaber on dead rising (hint: toy shop - there's also a really cool water gun there). I got a 250gb external HDD. "Planet Earth" premiers on Discovery Channel on Sunday. I now have PS:CS2. I got good grades on midterms. I finally got around to updating this darn journal.

Not-so-sweet

I was sick for a week, and now I need some sleep.

Borderline

Let's see, when I was traped in the Windows world I checked out Cain
It's a "tool" that is used by all sorts of good people that strive for the betterment of society (sarcasm).
But nevertheless it's vital for the recovery of passwords and permissible surveillance.
Remember, always abide by the law, at least when you know you're gonna get caught...duh!

Featured

Out of my bag (or hat, whichever you prefer) of tricks:

fl33 -1600x1200
direct .jpg download

Other people's magic:

ALUMIN Icons 1
by *Psychopulse

if you would like a friend's work featured, just note me, comment, email or send me an MSN message
only one work (other than mine) will be featured a month (unless popular demand states otherwise)

THE END

]]> ~D-Garcia It's freezing cold but it never snows here http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/11266676/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/11266676/ Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:51:34 PST _{v1.4 (Winter Edition)}

GfxCorps

StealThisCSS

I highly suggest you people head on over to StealThisCSS and... well... steal some css. You usually have about a 1 in 150 chance of winning some code, nonetheless it's worth it.

Sweet!

I got a MacBook Pro for my Birthday! And a backpack for it on Christmas!
specs: 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 17 in. Non-glossy Widescreen, 3GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 100 GB HDD (it's the fastest they had), and the cruddiest graphics card I've ever used.
Mac laptops, in my experience, excel in every field but the gaming "sector" (<- corny word), I shouldn't have to buy a desktop Mac just to have nice graphics.
Other than that, I love it. As they say: once you go Mac, you never go back (except on weekends and holidays just to refill on some CS:S)

Not-so-sweet

Well, so much for that new Camry... yup, u guessed it... car accident.
Worst part? Hit-and-run.
Even worse? (wait. how can that be even worse if the other part was the worst part?)
I have to pay the insurance deductible(?) - $1,000.
And it's gonna take until February to get it back from the shop.
Oh well, easy come, easy retard-tries-to-pass-me-on-a-turning-lane.

Borderline

Let's see, I checked out BitRocket as soon as I got my Mac, it was okay, I guess, not allot of extra features, really nice and simple. Which was also the downside, it just sort of left you wondering at times if it was really working.
So I trashed that and got Azureus, and their new service which I found 3 seconds ago, Zudeo.
Really good, no wonder everyone uses it, lots of features that adapt to whether you're a beginner or an expert at torrenting. Remember, always abide by the law, at least when you know you're gonna get caught...duh!

Featured

Out of my bag (or hat, whichever you prefer) of tricks:

wanted: whadayaknow -3-
direct .zip download

Other people's magic:

Anaphobia
by ~DJSPHYX

if you would like your work featured, just note me, comment, email or send me an MSN message
only one work (other than mine) will be featured a month (unless popular demand states otherwise)

THE END

]]> ~D-Garcia What it is: http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/10561644/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/10561644/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:23:13 PST _{v1.3 (Fall Edition)}

GfxCorps

Borderline

Anyone here ever used allofmp3.com ?
I have signed up for it, the problem's that they only accept master card, and not Visa. Apparently they've undergone some lawsuits.
They give you $0.20 USD for free when you sign up.
So that's enough for about a song and a third. The problem's that their encoding process highly limits the quality of the audio. Even at 128bit it hurts your ears.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
So, I switched to Apple's iTunes Store thing.
a buck for a song? it's too expensive for me once seeing allofmp3.com's prices. But at least it's reasonable quality.

Sweet!

I just got a new car: Toyota Camry 2007
It's one of those cars that feels nice and heavy. Like you could drive it through a building and come out better than it came in.
Not my kind of car, exactly, since it's a family car, and I'm still 17. But at least I can afford it.

Decisions...
I'll be getting a new laptop pretty soon. I can pretty much get whatever I want, the problem is that I don't know if I should get an Apple or a Dell?
For some of you it's not even a question, it's Apple hands down.
The problem with macs is that they're overpriced when you compare their hardware components to that of a PC. Don't give me the excuse that macs perform faster because of the Operating system. I'm not about to pay $500+ just because of an OS. The only reason that I would get a Dell XPS is because of the Graphics Card, it comes with the latest version that you can get for a laptop from NVIDIA. Which is really awesome, macs run ATI cards, which means that if I load bootcamp, my performance with games is already limited.
Just let me know what you have and what your experience has been if you have either a Dell or an Apple notebook.

Monthly Thought

"You are the reason everyone hates the internet..."

THE END

]]> ~D-Garcia CSS Journal Complete (v1.0) http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/10316805/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/10316805/ Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:15:20 PDT _v1.2.3

GfxCorps

What's All This?

Well, this is what you get when you subscribe to DA,
Finally, after hours of painstaikingly (<-- probably spelt wrong) updating, modifying, updating, modifying, (etc.) my journal with css.... it is COMPLETE!

Welcome to my devious journal v1.0, official release.
_{(just updated to v1.1) (v1.1.5) (v1.2) (v1.2.3)}

So, What's To Come?

Probably regular, weekly, or bi-monthly updates... featuring transparent bars and what-not.
Just keep watching! I'm still fairly new to the whole css thing and it seems pretty straightforward once you spend a couple of hours figuring out what does what.
I really thank all of those ppl out there that put out guides, templates, and journals (thank web broswers for "view source") for all to see.

And, What's Featured In This Here Journal?

To start off with, there's a really cool header at the top. Links have been changed for easyer use.
try it out:

link test for hlcomic!

my personal pics!

keep up with the rest of the world!

Little things here and there that help make this journal unique.
And my favorite! -> seperated sections w/cool titles and page-fliping action!!!
[link]

CSS Menu NOT in the Works

too hard 4 me right now...
still learnin'

THE END

]]> ~D-Garcia Devious Journal Entry http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/10166888/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/10166888/ Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:11:22 PDT

=GfxCorps=
that's corps as in:
(kôr, kr) A body of persons acting together or associated under common direction
It's not complete, I have some things to fill in yet, including a non-flash version for all you dial-up people out there.

_{none for now, I hate ads...}

_{Awesome?

that'd have to be:

FlOw

_{FlOw is a game about piloting an aquatic organism through a surreal biosphere where players consume other organisms, evolve, and advance their organisms to the abyss.

As part of Jenova Chen's thesis research, flOw inherits an embedded design of active DDA (dynamic difficulty adjustment), players with differing skill levels can intuitively customize their experiences in the zone and enjoy the game at their own pace. Addicting is the most common word its fans use to describe it.}}

]]> ~D-Garcia Devious Journal Entry http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/9193649/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/9193649/ Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:24:25 PDT

=GfxCorps=
that's corps as in:
(kôr, kr) A body of persons acting together or associated under common direction
It's not complete, I have some things to fill in yet, including a non-flash version for all you dial-up people out there.

_{btw, here's a really cool quote from a really cool guy from a really cool website that goes out to all y'all World o' Warcraft fans: (sort of reflects my stand on games)

When I said I was going to try out World of Warcraft the other night, I got lots of e-mail begging me not to. People were afraid I'd get sucked in and never return to the comic. Well, no worries. I tried WoW out for a few hours. It's cute. Enjoyable I guess. I'll play a little more until the 10-day trial is up, but I don't imagine I'll buy it. I'm old skool, yo. I'm single-playa. I like to aim at my enemies. Hit the pause button when I gots ta pee. Quicksave and quickload. Dats how I roll.

And $15 a month? Y'all are insane in the membrane.

btw (again), Oblivion turns out to be sort of what Warcraft is but w/out it bein' online, IT NEVER ENDS! awesome...)}

_{Awesome?

that'd have to be:

fotologue.jp

It is like a japanese version of Flickr

is it worth it? definately, it's feature-full, including famous extras such as exclusive galleries (as opposed to just exploring pics), tags, search, two languages (jp, eng), favs (both pics and users).

Pros:

Highly interactive, great (growing) community, tags, forums, daily pics, great interface.

Cons:

Only 20mb of space pre month (somehow I'm currently using 124%), not alot of english users to converse with, no upgradable subscriptions.

so head on out to fotologue.jp and sign up!

or check out my gallery!}

]]> ~D-Garcia Devious Journal Entry http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/8847405/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/8847405/ Mon, 22 May 2006 17:30:12 PDT .

oooolala
Change of plans, instead of getting Wacom's Cintiq 21UX (com on ppl it's like $3000)
my dad bought me a Intuos3 12x12
12x12!!! THAT'S LIKE A WHOLE FOOT OF DRAWLIN' SPACE!!!
it's huuuuge
it's perdy
"what did it feel like getting it in the mail?"
like opening up a mac, except you normally woudn't tackle the fedex guy
hehe
I loves it
it's zuper kewl

anyways, all this means that I'm gonna make some amazingly cool stuff now.
look out not really...
l8tr

]]> ~D-Garcia 1000 PageViews http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/8276251/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/8276251/ Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:48:40 PST .

]]> ~D-Garcia Fine Arts http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/8043112/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/8043112/ Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:43:10 PST That's today (it's 2:40 AM) I'm touching up some
final things on two designs
and a Monochromatic drawing.
I'm so tired, I'm gonna collapse.
^{now for some stinkin' sleep...right after I finish this little thing right here.........}

]]> ~D-Garcia Senior Play http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/7088157/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/7088157/ Sat, 19 Nov 2005 10:46:35 PST In a couple of months I'll be getting one of these sweet babies! (hopefully!)
Wacom's Cintiq 21UX
check out more of it here: [link]

]]> ~D-Garcia Argh! http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/6673322/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/6673322/ Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:43:42 PDT Gotta get some sleep...

]]> ~D-Garcia Oh Goody! http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/6261682/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/6261682/ Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:33:22 PDT So now I can do stuff and not waste time!

]]> ~D-Garcia WOOHOOO!! http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/5458861/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/5458861/ Wed, 25 May 2005 15:43:58 PDT I can't believe it!
I missed my computer.... ]]> ~D-Garcia 3D is Good http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/5368849/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/5368849/ Sun, 15 May 2005 21:54:16 PDT I have started using Cinema4D. It's preaty cool.
And RealFlow, which simulates dynamic fluids for supremely realistic effects.
I have something that has to do with XBOX but I don't know if I am alowed to post that. Oh well, time to look over the DevArt guidelines... ]]> ~D-Garcia A new "THING" http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/5098486/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/5098486/ Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:44:25 PDT I have seen some very cool stuff.
Look forward to a couple more. ]]> ~D-Garcia Beginners Luk http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/4475198/ http://D-Garcia.deviantart.com/journal/4475198/ Tue, 01 Feb 2005 20:54:32 PST ~D-Garcia