Geek girl chronicles of a blog design enthusiast.
Bad Girls Throughout History Postcards by Ann Shen As I mentioned in my previous geo post, I’m going to show you how I create my Photoshop geo shapes. Photoshop shapes are versatile because they can be scaled to any size without becoming pixelated. And besides, Photoshop shapes can become part of your Custom Shapes library. [...]
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DvF-inspired tiger art nails / f**k off iphone case by candies The geo trend has been around for a while now. I first noticed multi-faceted design patterns in jewelry, most notably A Merry Mishap’s geometric-cut earrings and later with WXYZ’s statement rings. I’ve also seen polygonal patterns in decorative home objects (like this and this) [...]
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I used to dislike tablets because they made my handwriting look like I had written it left-handed — and I’m right-handed! I even upgraded because I thought there was something wrong with my first tablet. To my surprise, the new tablet didn’t improve my handwriting. But, after lots of practice, I observed that my handwriting [...]
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A clip from Monki’s Table of Contents (Issue No. 8) / Art by Minni Havas My Monki fixation has intertwined with my abiding love for boxes and borders. One of the most eye-catching features of Monki Magazine is their use of borders to frame photos, especially their use of rotated frames to grab our attention [...]
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Madewell Delectables: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Hey guys, here’s another Delectables post and this time, I’m going to show you how I made my round RewardStyle affiliate ads that you can see between the second and third posts. When I decided to have ads for my stuff, I chose a gray circle because [...]
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I installed these calligraphy brushes last week. I’ve only used them to draw arrows, really (like the ones here and here). Though I’m obviously not a calligrapher, I enjoy using these brushes anyway. I love how the angled nibs create natural-looking lines of varying width and taper. Very nice. If you like these brushes and [...]
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