http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:tirsden/10115079&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:tirsden/10115079 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sat, 25 May 2013 08:06:20 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/convenient-Firefox-bookmarks-181670489 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/convenient-Firefox-bookmarks-181670489 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:39:19 PDT convenient Firefox bookmarks nonadult resources/tutorials/appreference/other tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2010-2013 *tirsden @tirsden Click the download button to view full size.

This is something I've been doing for quite a while and others may find handy if you haven't already discovered it. You can make bookmarks on the Bookmarks Toolbar without giving them a title, so they all cram together nicely in a fast, visual interface. Obviously this only works with sites that have an identifiable mini-icon for bookmarks, but most sites do anyways.

What you do is:

1) Go to the Bookmarks menu and choose Bookmark This Page.

2) Either leave the Name it wants to give it, or name it just a blank space, aka " ". If you want to keep a short name (like some of mine), put it in now, and ignore steps 5 and 6.

3) In the Folder drop-down menu, choose Bookmarks Toolbar.

4) Click Done.

5) Right click the new bookmark where it has shown up on the toolbar, choose Properties, and delete the name entirely. There doesn't need to be a blank space or anything.

6) Click Save.

Done! As you can see from my setup, folders with short names are also handy for things you don't want to have right on the bar but also don't want to go fishing through the main bookmarks tree for. Folders can be added to the toolbar via the Organize Bookmarks function of the Bookmark menu; you can also add Separator bars that way (the little vertical lines).


Firefox's interface and all icons/artwork/contents displayed in this deviation are meant for educational use only, and are not intended to be a breach of copyright. The icons/artwork/contents belong to their respective copyright holders. ]]> Click the download button to view full size.

This is something I've been doing for quite a while and others may find handy if you haven't already discovered it. You can make bookmarks on the Bookmarks Toolbar without giving them a title, so they all cram together nicely in a fast, visual interface. Obviously this only works with sites that have an identifiable mini-icon for bookmarks, but most sites do anyways.

What you do is:

1) Go to the Bookmarks menu and choose Bookmark This Page.

2) Either leave the Name it wants to give it, or name it just a blank space, aka " ". If you want to keep a short name (like some of mine), put it in now, and ignore steps 5 and 6.

3) In the Folder drop-down menu, choose Bookmarks Toolbar.

4) Click Done.

5) Right click the new bookmark where it has shown up on the toolbar, choose Properties, and delete the name entirely. There doesn't need to be a blank space or anything.

6) Click Save.

Done! As you can see from my setup, folders with short names are also handy for things you don't want to have right on the bar but also don't want to go fishing through the main bookmarks tree for. Folders can be added to the toolbar via the Organize Bookmarks function of the Bookmark menu; you can also add Separator bars that way (the little vertical lines).


Firefox's interface and all icons/artwork/contents displayed in this deviation are meant for educational use only, and are not intended to be a breach of copyright. The icons/artwork/contents belong to their respective copyright holders.

]]> http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/tutorial-basic-fractal-tweaks-75893021 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/tutorial-basic-fractal-tweaks-75893021 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:36:56 PST tutorial: basic fractal tweaks nonadult resources/fractal/tutorials tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2008-2013 *tirsden @tirsden [link] from the original fractal. I blame the content entirely on the song I'm listening to (O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei: [link] ) and lack of sleep.

The actual creative process behind the original work was nowhere near this cut-and-dry. I reverse engineered my choices based on the final Photoshop file for the sake of this tutorial. During the actual working process, I did a lot of "*click* hmm *click* ooh cool *click* eww *click* hmm." Basically, the more you screw around in Photoshop, even with basic things like layer types and opacities, the more you see what neat tricks it can do.

I actually did step 11 (the teal color brush) right after step 4. This showed me that I had the basis of the colors I wanted going, but the process for step 4 killed most of the color. Hence why I went back to the original fractal and made pink and blue copies to bring the color back out, while not losing what I liked from the step 4 choices.


Weapons of choice: Apophysis 2.02, Photoshop 5.5, workfiles for [link] , [link] gradient, lyrics from O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei ]]> [link] from the original fractal. I blame the content entirely on the song I'm listening to (O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei: [link] ) and lack of sleep.

The actual creative process behind the original work was nowhere near this cut-and-dry. I reverse engineered my choices based on the final Photoshop file for the sake of this tutorial. During the actual working process, I did a lot of "*click* hmm *click* ooh cool *click* eww *click* hmm." Basically, the more you screw around in Photoshop, even with basic things like layer types and opacities, the more you see what neat tricks it can do.

I actually did step 11 (the teal color brush) right after step 4. This showed me that I had the basis of the colors I wanted going, but the process for step 4 killed most of the color. Hence why I went back to the original fractal and made pink and blue copies to bring the color back out, while not losing what I liked from the step 4 choices.


Weapons of choice: Apophysis 2.02, Photoshop 5.5, workfiles for [link] , [link] gradient, lyrics from O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei

]]> http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/simple-organizer-project-50655043 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/simple-organizer-project-50655043 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:29:36 PDT simple organizer project nonadult flash/interactive tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2007-2013 *tirsden @tirsden It's worth it though for the image quality. Boring preloader too... plus DA's taking forever to load even small things lately... don't worry, it'll load eventually. Anyways this is where I keep most of my gaming cheat codes, hints, self-drawn maps, etc. I consider it one of the most valuable things I own.

Luddite Geek credited at the end of this (for pointing me to the project via his blog) is also known as ~Geak-of-Nature here!

Original idea by: FullContactGEEK


Weapons of choice: 3x5 cards, binder ring, Hamtaro sticker, oriental paper, clear packaging tape, various felt-tipped pens, cute pillow for starry background, borrowed digital camera, Photoshop 5.5, Flash 4 ]]> It's worth it though for the image quality. Boring preloader too... plus DA's taking forever to load even small things lately... don't worry, it'll load eventually. Anyways this is where I keep most of my gaming cheat codes, hints, self-drawn maps, etc. I consider it one of the most valuable things I own.

Luddite Geek credited at the end of this (for pointing me to the project via his blog) is also known as ~Geak-of-Nature here!

Original idea by: FullContactGEEK


Weapons of choice: 3x5 cards, binder ring, Hamtaro sticker, oriental paper, clear packaging tape, various felt-tipped pens, cute pillow for starry background, borrowed digital camera, Photoshop 5.5, Flash 4

]]> http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/how-tirsden-draws-stuff-49362291 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/how-tirsden-draws-stuff-49362291 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:01:40 PST how tirsden draws stuff nonadult resources/tutorials/tradart/drawing/other tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2007-2013 *tirsden @tirsden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Full view!

Yessah, that is how I draw stuffs. If anybody actually uses this to create something, I wanna seeee! You can try and draw this exact picture if you want, and post it to DA just gimmie a lil' credit and link to this tutorial!


Weapons of choice: whatever's listed in the tutorial, really crappy paper (oops), and Photoshop 5.5 ]]> Full view!

Yessah, that is how I draw stuffs. If anybody actually uses this to create something, I wanna seeee! You can try and draw this exact picture if you want, and post it to DA just gimmie a lil' credit and link to this tutorial!


Weapons of choice: whatever's listed in the tutorial, really crappy paper (oops), and Photoshop 5.5

]]> http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/quick-dirty-Apophysis-tutorial-49441080 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/quick-dirty-Apophysis-tutorial-49441080 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:12:15 PST quick+dirty Apophysis tutorial nonadult resources/fractal/tutorials tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2007-2013 *tirsden @tirsden and I learned after making this tutorial that you can hit ctrl+b to make a new fractal if you don't like what Apophysis or your own tweakage gives you.

Apophysis is completely free: [link]

VERY cool Apophysis tutorial by `sya here: [link]


Weapons of choice: Apophysis 2.0 and Photoshop 5.5 ]]> and I learned after making this tutorial that you can hit ctrl+b to make a new fractal if you don't like what Apophysis or your own tweakage gives you.

Apophysis is completely free: [link]

VERY cool Apophysis tutorial by `sya here: [link]


Weapons of choice: Apophysis 2.0 and Photoshop 5.5

]]> http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/make-friendship-bracelet-cords-56505081 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/make-friendship-bracelet-cords-56505081 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:31:03 PDT make friendship bracelet cords nonadult resources/tutorials/artisancrafts tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2007-2013 *tirsden @tirsden I actually do hope this is useful; ~Perfectly-Obscure asked me how I made a cord I used recently so there ya go! If anyone is actually able to make something following this, please let me know LOL I'd like to know just how much sense this tutorial makes.

Edit: ~wemustnotforget knows the same method shown in this tutorial, so if anyone would like to see more finished cords and the variations you can do with them (looser fits, more or less strands) check them out here: [link]


Weapons of choice: supplies listed in tutorial, borrowed digital camera, Photoshop 5.5 ]]> I actually do hope this is useful; ~Perfectly-Obscure asked me how I made a cord I used recently so there ya go! If anyone is actually able to make something following this, please let me know LOL I'd like to know just how much sense this tutorial makes.

Edit: ~wemustnotforget knows the same method shown in this tutorial, so if anyone would like to see more finished cords and the variations you can do with them (looser fits, more or less strands) check them out here: [link]


Weapons of choice: supplies listed in tutorial, borrowed digital camera, Photoshop 5.5

]]> http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/light-shading-in-Photoshop-5-5-43479341 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/light-shading-in-Photoshop-5-5-43479341 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:46:20 PST light shading in Photoshop 5.5 nonadult resources/tutorials/digiart/dpadigi/photoshop tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2006-2013 *tirsden @tirsden Anyways, this is how I do my very-light-shading CG coloring technique. I hope it makes sense, and it's for Photoshop 5.5 cuz that's what I use. Enjoy!


Weapons of choice: recent deviation [link] , Photoshop 5.5, ImageReady2.0, Microsoft Paint.


This tutorial has been featured here:


(edit: okay I thought this was missing a major step but I forgot I showed how to make the lineart in the new layer way at the beginning of this in a way I don't usually do it myself... you can, if you wish, instead of copying the lines from the sketch onto the new layer, use the paint bucket in the selected area on the new layer (just select the new layer after the step that says "select inverse..." and then use the paint bucket tool with the color of your choice inside the selection where the lines need to go). You can also use the gradient tool instead of the paint bucket, stretch the gradient over the entire picture and see what you get ) ]]> Anyways, this is how I do my very-light-shading CG coloring technique. I hope it makes sense, and it's for Photoshop 5.5 cuz that's what I use. Enjoy!


Weapons of choice: recent deviation [link] , Photoshop 5.5, ImageReady2.0, Microsoft Paint.


This tutorial has been featured here:


(edit: okay I thought this was missing a major step but I forgot I showed how to make the lineart in the new layer way at the beginning of this in a way I don't usually do it myself... you can, if you wish, instead of copying the lines from the sketch onto the new layer, use the paint bucket in the selected area on the new layer (just select the new layer after the step that says "select inverse..." and then use the paint bucket tool with the color of your choice inside the selection where the lines need to go). You can also use the gradient tool instead of the paint bucket, stretch the gradient over the entire picture and see what you get )

]]> http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/easy-bubbles-in-Photoshop-5-5-43484390 http://tirsden.deviantart.com/art/easy-bubbles-in-Photoshop-5-5-43484390 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:41:07 PST easy bubbles in Photoshop 5.5 nonadult resources/tutorials/digiart/dpadigi/photoshop tirsden http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/i/tirsden.gif?6 Copyright 2006-2013 *tirsden @tirsden

Weapons of choice: Microsoft Paint, Photoshop 5.5, and ImageReady 2.0 ]]>

Weapons of choice: Microsoft Paint, Photoshop 5.5, and ImageReady 2.0

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