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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Sid Pasha & Un-functional keys...

Posted by Levent Leo Buyukgural at 9:43 AM Labels: life 2 comments

I have un-functioned keys on my keyboard. Part of is new pillow for Mr. Sid. Please don't asked me to use number pad for a while :) His cuteness is killing me...

Goruldugu uzere klavyemin bir kismi Mr' Sid'in yastigi olarak hizmet gostermektedir. Lutfen icersinde numaralar olan mesajlar beklemeyin benden bi sure.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Wine with Oscars... / Oscarlar ile birlikte sarap

Posted by Levent Leo Buyukgural at 9:14 PM Labels: life 0 comments

March 7th 2010,It was such an enjoyable night with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosting 82nd Academy Awards. Neil Patrick Harris performed at the stage with a small mix of music and dance.

It was full of first times… First African American screenwriter (Geoffrey Fletcher), first women director (Kathryn Bigelow) won the Oscars… And guess what it was hard to believe but it was also first Oscar for Sandra Bullock too… Hard to believe… So hard to believe it.

7 Mart 2010, Steve Martin ve Alec Baldwin'in sunuculugu ile 82. Akademi Odul toreni eglenceli bir aksama donustu. Neil Patrick Harris'in muzik ve dansla karisik sahne performasina denicek yok dogrusu...

Birbirinden farkli ilklerin gerceklestigi bir Oscar'i da geride biraktik. Ilk zenci yazar, Geoffrey Fletcher ve ilk kadin yonetmen, Kathryn Bigelow Oscar odulune layik goruldu. Ayrica inanmasi zor olsa da Sanra Bullock ta ilk defa Oscar odulunu kazandi. Gercekten inanmasi cok zor...

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Weekly Freebies from "I Stock Photo"

Posted by Levent Leo Buyukgural at 10:08 AM Labels: freebies 0 comments

I stock photo is giving away one free photo every week. You need to create an account to download the freebies. if you are into it here is the link. :) http://www.istockphoto.com/free_image.php Enjoy your new high really high quality images. :)

Creating 3D Planets

Posted by Levent Leo Buyukgural at 7:24 AM Labels: tutorial 0 comments

Hello everyone. I want to share with you tutorial about illustrator’s 3D tools. I know illustrator is not a 3D modeling program but with the 3D tools you can create some 3d objects easily. So let’s create our galaxy today.

GETTING RESOURCES:

OK. Before we start we need some texture maps to put on our shapes to look like real planets. For this tutorial I am using a texture map for Mars which I got from http://www.oera.net/How2/TextureMaps2.htm . You can your maps online from Google, Yahoo or other search engines.

Illustrator: 3D Planets

Posted by Levent Leo Buyukgural at 7:22 AM Labels: tutorial 0 comments

Hello again. :) So with my last tutorial I tried to show you how to use 3D Revolve tool to create sapphire. And we created planet mars with this tool. Today I want to expand this tuttorial and want to show you how to create a disco ball. Basicaly we are going to fallow same steps but this time we are going to create our own texture map. So let’s start.

ADJUSTING GRID LINES:

To create the right texture I am going to use grid lines as guides. If you dont see the grid lines in your art board you need to click on “show grid” option (View/ Show Grid). If you want you can adjust the spacing between each grid and subdivisions. For this adjustment you need go “Edit / Preferences/ Guides & Grids”. From the pop up menu you can adjust the spacing and

subdivisions, even the guide colors.

New Blog New Start...

Posted by Levent Leo Buyukgural at 7:14 AM Labels: life 0 comments

Hello everyone,

After sharing 3 bottles of wine and eating 2kg shrimp with my roommate, Nea, I am super energized and couldn't sleep :) Well... And get inspired... :) Re-designed my blog. Hope you will enjoy it :) New posts are coming soon...