http://www.puglypixel.com Geek girl chronicles of a blog design enthusiast. Sun, 12 May 2013 22:46:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/21/freebie-geometric-shapes-backgrounds/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/21/freebie-geometric-shapes-backgrounds/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:58:50 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=66166 Happy, Happy Festivus! As I was trying to make a festive tree using basic geometric shapes, I realized that the shapes alone had a charm of their own. Besides, the tree I made looked really corny, so instead of a tree, I created some “party confetti” backgrounds using squares, triangles, and circles in various color [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/21/freebie-geometric-shapes-backgrounds/feed/ 0 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/19/noteworthy-gifts-for-bloggers/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/19/noteworthy-gifts-for-bloggers/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:00:42 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=66027 Mouseover photo for enumeration; list of links after the jump. I realize that I should’ve written this post a few weeks ago, but this idea just popped into my head this morning as I was waking up. This is the first gift guide I’ve ever compiled. None of it should come as a surprise, though. [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/19/noteworthy-gifts-for-bloggers/feed/ 1 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/17/ps-i-love-you-geo-shapes/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/17/ps-i-love-you-geo-shapes/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:00:24 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=65902 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. [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/17/ps-i-love-you-geo-shapes/feed/ 0 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/16/colour-lover-fashion-pirate/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/16/colour-lover-fashion-pirate/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:16:50 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=65861 Arabelle @ Fashion Pirate // color palette details Teal Lips Arabelle is wearing a combination of Chlorophyll by Lip Tar and Apocalips by Illamasqua. ∴ credits ∴ photo of arabelle via fashion pirate (reblogged with permission) vintage label-inspired shapes futura medium (osx default font)]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/16/colour-lover-fashion-pirate/feed/ 0 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/12/ps-i-love-you-geo-patterns/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/12/ps-i-love-you-geo-patterns/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:15:50 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=65154 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) [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/12/ps-i-love-you-geo-patterns/feed/ 0 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/11/iphoneographie-14/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/11/iphoneographie-14/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:50:30 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=65119 Japan Center Beauty Clinic Here are some phone snapshots I took in Japantown yesterday. I was going to run them through my VSCO app, but I figured that the colors look pretty good as they are. I had a run-of-the-mill lunch and then went to have an icy taro yogurt afterwards. Very important note to [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/11/iphoneographie-14/feed/ 0 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/10/magnificent-lula-no-15/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/10/magnificent-lula-no-15/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:01:39 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=65080 Lula Magazine No. 15 I got issue #15 of Lula last week and I’m really loving it. It’s 300 pages of goodness, with only 25 pages of ads. It’s a little pricey, but it’s totally worth it for the 100′s of pages of great photos, typography, and inspiring layouts. I even managed to read two [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/10/magnificent-lula-no-15/feed/ 0 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/09/noteworthy-radlab/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/09/noteworthy-radlab/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:45:17 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=64909 friendship bracelet / colorwheel ring set / colorband ring/ original photo (pre radlab) Over the years, I’ve collected many actions. Some I’ve downloaded for free and others I’ve bought. The right action can magically transform a stale photo into eye candy (hello, Instagram!). But, as much as I appreciate my massive collection of actions, I [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/09/noteworthy-radlab/feed/ 0 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/07/p-s-i-love-you-penmanship-and-wacom-tablets/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/07/p-s-i-love-you-penmanship-and-wacom-tablets/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:45:48 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=64843 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 [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/07/p-s-i-love-you-penmanship-and-wacom-tablets/feed/ 1 http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/05/fab-font-vermandois/ http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/05/fab-font-vermandois/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:45:05 +0000 Katrina http://www.puglypixel.com/?p=64796 dress: D&G That Dolce leopard skin dress is one of the beautiful things I just can’t see myself wearing — ever. I’m always covered from chin to toe, but still, I really do appreciate that lovely dress. Given the choice, I would always go with those clunky leopard pony creepers. I suppose that’s why I’m [...]]]> http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/12/05/fab-font-vermandois/feed/ 1