Daily Deviation PSD

Posted in Pseudoart on April 21st, 2009

As my newest wallpaper, Growth, unexpectedly got a Daily Deviation at Deviantart, I got asked a lot of times for the original render, techniques and such. I thought I'd give a little bit back to the community, by letting people see the original PSD. I remember when my Photoshop skills were a bit rough, and seeing other peoples PSD really helped me out.

Therefore, the full resolution PSD of Growth can be downloaded here. Feel free to ask questions here on the blog and I'll answer the best I can. It is a 15 mb download and in Photoshop CS4 format.

I were quite surprised at the DD, though, as this wallpaper has been lying on harddisk for nearly a year, and I didn't really like it that much. I added some additional grading and texture and then released it anyhow.

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Huge site update

Posted in Pseudoart on April 2nd, 2009

I've finally finished a massive update. My portfolio is now online, as well as an extensive tag system. All wallpapers, portfolio items and blog posts are cross referenced through tags. This does make the tag page a bit ugly, due to the different ways of showing those three seperate sections, but it will have to do, for now. The RSS feed is still missing the portfolio, though - but it will come soon.

Thank you for your patience - I hope you'll enjoy.

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Spam

Posted in Links, Pseudoart on March 31st, 2009

Wow. This is the reason you want to include captcha or other human indentification tests on your submission forms. That forum is just crawling (pun intended) with spambots.

In2media won a Creative Circle Award, which is the second one we've won. This time it was for Normann-Copenhagen, which also got an FWA some time back.

I also have the pleasure of having added a new wallpaper to the site last night. It was a remix of two unfinished walls, and I think it turned out just fine and somewhat creepy yet fun.

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Site updates coming soon

Posted in Pseudoart on March 23rd, 2009

I've been working on getting my portfolio up, but it will take at least a few more days to get everything in order. Besides having to do a player for the video work, I also have to screendump a bunch of stuff and write a lot of text. But at least the backend in is place for it now. I've managed to conjure up some nifty Ajax stuff, which I'll be blogging about at a later time. I'll also share some code, mostly custom connectors I've written to various jQuery plugins. Usually there's PHP connectors included, but rarely there's Cold Fusion ones.

But as I said, it'll take some time. Still no new wallpapers ready - I'm struggling, actually. Having learned a few new tricks, I'm trying to employ them, but so far I've failed in my attempts. As you might've guessed from my previous ones, I rarely do the same thing many times around. If I do, it's with a big twist or an enhancement of previous works.

In other news, my old web co-host, Precurser, released his first wallpaper of 2009. Go check it out, nifty stuff.

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Blog update

Posted in Pseudoart on March 16th, 2009

I've added comments to the blog. You really should comment on anything, just to register your handle or name. Otherwise, someone might beat you to it. I've tried a different solution this time, comment posting is handled with Ajax, and as such, you currently need JavaScript to post. Not to worry, eventually I will enable regular posting as well, but it's sort of an experiment. I'd like to see if I can beat the spambots this way, and if it works properly.

Also, there will be an option to remember your details soon. Just working out the kinks with jquery cookies.

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RSS feed

Posted in Pseudoart on March 14th, 2009

This entry contains a few updates regarding the site and a little bit of things to come. More specifically, we're talking RSS, new wallpapers, comments, the header, visitor count and other goodies.

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Colors

Posted in Pseudoart on March 11th, 2009

After seeing the site on a different monitor - namely, the one at work - I'm a bit worried that it's too dark. I checked it on all three screens at home (workstation, server and laptop), and it was a bit dark on the server. While I realize that my screen at work probably just is configured a bit dark, it probably still would be a good thing to lighten everything a bit. That means cutting out all the design elements again, and change a few colors in the stylesheet. Not exactly fun.

That just bugs me.

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New site

Posted in Pseudoart on March 8th, 2009

Hi, and welcome. A lot can be said about my earlier efforts at keeping a site running for extended periods of time. Most of it wouldn't be flattering, really. But this site is build upon my custom backend, which is powering several portfolio sites. This means that, at least when it comes to the backend, I'll be set for a while.

I usually outgrow a design before I even get it down in HTML, which is why I've settled on a fairly simple design this time. Believe me, it took several attempts, and some even got quite detailed and nearly finished in HTML. But by using a standardized CSS API this time, I could do the site fairly quickly and effordlessly.

I hope I'll be able to update the blog fairly regularly, but we'll see how it turns out. But at least I can add new wallpapers quite easily, something I haven't been able to do for a long time. Portfolio and other goodies are coming, probably sooner than later.

Anyways - I bid you welcome to this new version of Pseudoart, and hope you'll enjoy your stay. And check in often, please. :)

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