Free Resources for Editing and Drawing

Today I am going to share with you two free resources for photo editing and drawing. If you are a Photoshop user and are tired of paying for their subscription and getting constant updates, these may work for you. I will provide links to the software and YouTube channels for tutorials on each piece of software. The two resources are GIMP and Krita (pronounced like Cheetah).

GIMP

GIMP is available for Linux, Windows and MacOS. According to the GIMP website -

“The Free & Open Source Image Editor

This is the official website of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes.
Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins.”

A couple of experts on YouTube in GIMP are Logos by Nick and Davies Media Design. Check them out.

Krita

I recently stumbled upon this software so I am not too familiar with it. I watched a couple of tutorials to see what it is about.

According to the Krita website -

Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

concept art
texture and matte painters
illustrations and comics

I’m not familiar with any YouTube channels for this resource yet. When I find some, I will post them on my blog.

I hope you find these two free resources helpful in future creative processes. Let me know in the comments if you have used these or if there are any other good ones.

Thanks and have a good one. Peace.

Free Resource - Inkscape

With this blog, I want to share free resources for those who can not afford expensive software like Adobe Creative Cloud so I will share free resources and my favorite tutorial channel(s) from YouTube to help you out. Today, I am going to briefly discuss Inkscape.

I started using it recently and I’m learning something new every time I use it. It is the free equivalent to Adobe Illustrator. Here are some examples of what I created in Inkscape.

I created all of these following tutorials by Logos by Nick. His tutorials are easy to follow. You should give it a try and see what you can create.

I am going through his Logos by Nick Academy where I am learning Inkscape, GIMP, Logo Design Academy, and How To Get Hired On Upwork (create logos for companies). I am working on a side hustle by learning logos, brands, and how to create them.

I hope you give Inkscape a try. Let me know in the comments if you have tried Inkscape, are using Inkscape, or any other vector graphics software.

Thanks and have a good one. Peace.

New stuff

I’m trying my hand at creating logos in Inkscape and GIMP. Here is what I have created so far. I’m going to learn more techniques and post what I create here.

My initials created in GIMP

Logo created in GIMP

I have been following tutorials on YouTube from Logos By Nick. They are easy tutorials to follow. If you are interested in learning Inkscape and GIMP, you should give his channel a look.

I hope you like these I have created. Please like, comment, and subscribe if you haven’t. It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Peace.

Storm Chasing Chronicles Part #2 is up

I was able to storm spot or chase from May 23rd to May 28th. The video below are highlights from each day. There was no way I could have put every lightning strike into one video without it being over 20 minutes long. I hope you enjoy it.

If you liked it, please let me know in the comments below. If you haven’t subscribed to my YouTube channel or to my blog, please do so. It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and have a good one. Peace.

Storm Chasing Chronicles #1

On May 16th, we had storms come through the area. I drove out to one of my favorite areas to storm spot and documented the storm chase.

I hope you enjoy the video. Please like, comment, and subscribe to my YouTube channel and here if you haven’t yet.

Thanks and have a good one. Peace.

How to Capture Lightning with your Phone

We recently had storms come through south of where I live. I was able to go out and get lightning shots. The video below is a quick tutorial on how I captured lightning with my phone.

I hope this is helpful for someone. If you have any questions, comments, please put them below. If you haven’t subscribed, please do.

Thanks and have a good one.