[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]

March 2024 Photo Theme - Many - Alchemist - Mar 28, 2024 - 9:03am
 
Breaking News - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:52am
 
The Obituary Page - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:50am
 
NY Times Strands - geoff_morphini - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:37am
 
NYTimes Connections - geoff_morphini - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:29am
 
Wordle - daily game - geoff_morphini - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:25am
 
Radio Paradise Comments - pilgrim - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:19am
 
Business as Usual - black321 - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:09am
 
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •  - black321 - Mar 28, 2024 - 7:44am
 
Trump - rgio - Mar 28, 2024 - 7:29am
 
Outstanding Covers - thisbody - Mar 28, 2024 - 5:51am
 
Today in History - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 28, 2024 - 4:28am
 
Ukraine - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Mar 28, 2024 - 2:36am
 
USA! USA! USA! - R_P - Mar 27, 2024 - 7:40pm
 
Little known information...maybe even facts - haresfur - Mar 27, 2024 - 6:21pm
 
Live Music - oldviolin - Mar 27, 2024 - 5:08pm
 
RightWingNutZ - R_P - Mar 27, 2024 - 3:48pm
 
Lyrics that strike a chord today... - miamizsun - Mar 27, 2024 - 2:44pm
 
Please Don't Post Here - Red_Dragon - Mar 27, 2024 - 11:02am
 
Motivational Office Cliches... - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Mar 26, 2024 - 10:20pm
 
(Big) Media Watch - Red_Dragon - Mar 26, 2024 - 6:18pm
 
YouTube: Music-Videos - miamizsun - Mar 26, 2024 - 4:10pm
 
Israel - R_P - Mar 26, 2024 - 12:24pm
 
Photos you have taken of your walks or hikes. - Steely_D - Mar 26, 2024 - 12:04pm
 
Solar / Wind / Geothermal / Efficiency Energy - islander - Mar 26, 2024 - 8:00am
 
Is there any DOG news out there? - Beez - Mar 26, 2024 - 7:24am
 
Food - Steely_D - Mar 26, 2024 - 1:41am
 
Vinyl Only Spin List - kurtster - Mar 25, 2024 - 6:56pm
 
Derplahoma! - Red_Dragon - Mar 25, 2024 - 3:48pm
 
Frequent drop outs (The Netherlands) - kingen - Mar 25, 2024 - 2:43pm
 
China - R_P - Mar 25, 2024 - 11:59am
 
Musky Mythology - R_P - Mar 25, 2024 - 11:20am
 
Play history seems to indicate that I"m streaming 24/7, b... - jarro - Mar 25, 2024 - 10:44am
 
April 8th Partial Solar Eclipse - Coaxial - Mar 24, 2024 - 6:22pm
 
New Music - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 24, 2024 - 5:07pm
 
Dental Floss Tycoons, and other Montana Myths, Facts, and... - Red_Dragon - Mar 24, 2024 - 12:32pm
 
Orbiting Earth - oldviolin - Mar 24, 2024 - 9:42am
 
Basketball - oldviolin - Mar 23, 2024 - 2:50pm
 
What Makes You Laugh? - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 23, 2024 - 1:54pm
 
Joe Biden - kurtster - Mar 23, 2024 - 11:17am
 
Technical Streaming Note for Nerdy RP DIYers - sjagminas1 - Mar 23, 2024 - 10:16am
 
Museum Of Bad Album Covers - Proclivities - Mar 23, 2024 - 8:56am
 
Other Medical Stuff - Antigone - Mar 22, 2024 - 3:06pm
 
Country Up The Bumpkin - oldviolin - Mar 22, 2024 - 11:06am
 
Pernicious Pious Proclivities Particularized Prodigiously - Red_Dragon - Mar 22, 2024 - 9:17am
 
Memorials - Remembering Our Loved Ones - Bill_J - Mar 21, 2024 - 8:54pm
 
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum - VV - Mar 21, 2024 - 2:29pm
 
Can you afford to retire? - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 21, 2024 - 2:15pm
 
Bug Reports & Feature Requests - blt - Mar 21, 2024 - 12:49pm
 
Mixtape Culture Club - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 21, 2024 - 11:10am
 
Baseball, anyone? - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 21, 2024 - 7:11am
 
What Did You See Today? - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 20, 2024 - 5:13pm
 
Annoying stuff. not things that piss you off, just annoyi... - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 20, 2024 - 4:31pm
 
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see - Antigone - Mar 20, 2024 - 3:10pm
 
Russia - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Mar 20, 2024 - 11:44am
 
Photography Forum - Your Own Photos - Proclivities - Mar 20, 2024 - 9:33am
 
2024 Elections! - Lazy8 - Mar 20, 2024 - 7:26am
 
Economix - R_P - Mar 19, 2024 - 4:36pm
 
Name My Band - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 19, 2024 - 10:53am
 
RP automation with iOS Shortcuts App - jarro - Mar 19, 2024 - 10:15am
 
Delicacies: a..k.a.. the Gross Food forum - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 19, 2024 - 10:12am
 
Irony 101 - Proclivities - Mar 19, 2024 - 6:02am
 
New Forum Member on "What Makes RP Great" - miamizsun - Mar 19, 2024 - 4:38am
 
Cache stopped working on old Android Phone - Eisenwindel - Mar 19, 2024 - 1:50am
 
Cryptic Posts - Leave Them Guessing - Bill_J - Mar 18, 2024 - 8:23pm
 
Damn Dinosaurs! - oldviolin - Mar 18, 2024 - 8:16pm
 
One Partying State - Wyoming News - geoff_morphini - Mar 18, 2024 - 3:58pm
 
Great guitar faces - skyguy - Mar 18, 2024 - 3:33pm
 
Despots, dictators and war criminals - R_P - Mar 18, 2024 - 12:41pm
 
Uploading Music - dischuckin - Mar 18, 2024 - 11:55am
 
Media Matters - thisbody - Mar 18, 2024 - 10:03am
 
NASA & other news from space - miamizsun - Mar 18, 2024 - 4:13am
 
MEALTICKET - drinpt - Mar 17, 2024 - 4:13am
 
What makes you smile? - Steely_D - Mar 16, 2024 - 7:31pm
 
Apple Computer - GeneP59 - Mar 16, 2024 - 12:02pm
 
Index » Radio Paradise/General » General Discussion » Graphic designers, ho's! Page: 1, 2, 3 ... 28, 29, 30  Next
Post to this Topic
Manbird

Manbird Avatar

Location: ? ? ?
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 24, 2023 - 7:20pm

Whoops! Darn foreign designers!



Manbird

Manbird Avatar

Location: ? ? ?
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 9, 2023 - 12:19pm


Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 9, 2023 - 10:13am

New - holographic, sci-fi stickers - "Discarded Planet".  2.35" x 3"  Available on Etsy.

Manbird

Manbird Avatar

Location: ? ? ?
Gender: Male


Posted: May 27, 2023 - 5:43pm

creative-logos-that-use-negative-space-brilliantly


BlueHeronDruid

BlueHeronDruid Avatar

Location: Заебани сме луѓе


Posted: Mar 30, 2023 - 7:20pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:









Coaxial

Coaxial Avatar

Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 30, 2023 - 4:21pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Almost 3 decades ago, someone in town wanted to have a mural painted on the "bean mill" structure in the middle of town. They decided to do a design contest and asked for something cool like a trompe l'oeil of a climber on a rope or something. I don't do contests very often because they're not very profitable, but this one was more important to me AND their idea was terrible so I submitted a design "What would Scott not grimace at when he sees it every day for the next decade?" —it was only supposed to stay up for 10 years. Well a few days ago I mentioned to the mayor that it was getting pretty shabby and needed to either be repainted or taken down. I know that they had probably had this discussion and basically tabled it because they didn't want to upset me. I say whatever, just don't leave it to decay. So they didn't waste any time! It's in the local paper today, and I'm sort of verklempt that (so far) so many of the comments on Facebook are in favor of keeping the design and just repainting it.

 
Very cool!{#Cheers}
Beaker

Beaker Avatar

Location: Your safe space


Posted: Mar 30, 2023 - 3:21pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Almost 3 decades ago, someone in town wanted to have a mural painted on the "bean mill" structure in the middle of town. They decided to do a design contest and asked for something cool like a trompe l'oeil of a climber on a rope or something. I don't do contests very often because they're not very profitable, but this one was more important to me AND their idea was terrible so I submitted a design "What would Scott not grimace at when he sees it every day for the next decade?" —it was only supposed to stay up for 10 years.

Well a few days ago I mentioned to the mayor that it was getting pretty shabby and needed to either be repainted or taken down. I know that they had probably had this discussion and basically tabled it because they didn't want to upset me. I say whatever, just don't leave it to decay.

So they didn't waste any time! It's in the local paper today, and I'm sort of verklempt that (so far) so many of the comments on Facebook are in favor of keeping the design and just repainting it.






Nice!  Nothing like having your work featured prominently and for years!
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 30, 2023 - 3:16pm

TIL that Oriole legend Boog Powell's given name is John Wesley Powell.
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Mar 30, 2023 - 3:09pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Almost 3 decades ago, someone in town wanted to have a mural painted on the "bean mill" structure in the middle of town. They decided to do a design contest and asked for something cool like a trompe l'oeil of a climber on a rope or something. I don't do contests very often because they're not very profitable, but this one was more important to me AND their idea was terrible so I submitted a design "What would Scott not grimace when he sees it every day for the next decade?" —it was only supposed to stay up for 10 years.

Well a few days ago I mentioned to the mayor that it was getting pretty shabby and needed to either be repainted or taken down. I know that they had probably had this discussion and basically tabled it because they didn't want to upset me. I say whatever, just don't leave it to decay.

So they didn't waste any time! It's in the local paper today, and I'm sort of verklempt that (so far) so many of the comments on Facebook are in favor of keeping the design and just repainting it.




coolio!
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 30, 2023 - 3:05pm

Almost 3 decades ago, someone in town wanted to have a mural painted on the "bean mill" structure in the middle of town. They decided to do a design contest and asked for something cool like a trompe l'oeil of a climber on a rope or something. I don't do contests very often because they're not very profitable, but this one was more important to me AND their idea was terrible so I submitted a design "What would Scott not grimace at when he sees it every day for the next decade?" —it was only supposed to stay up for 10 years.

Well a few days ago I mentioned to the mayor that it was getting pretty shabby and needed to either be repainted or taken down. I know that they had probably had this discussion and basically tabled it because they didn't want to upset me. I say whatever, just don't leave it to decay.

So they didn't waste any time! It's in the local paper today, and I'm sort of verklempt that (so far) so many of the comments on Facebook are in favor of keeping the design and just repainting it.




ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 20, 2023 - 11:27am

 haresfur wrote:


Teaching making change in school isn't so much for the person making change as for the person getting the change. When I was in France many years ago, short changing people seemed to be a national sport. Late one night as I stumbled home (just tired, not drunk, honest) I stopped at a weirdly open late bakery and bought some baklava. The owner gave me my change and as I was staring blankly at my still stretched out hand,, he looked at me and added some more coins. 

Ok, nevermind if kids won't ever pay cash.


When I worked at a liquor store in Oakland, I got really fast and most people either didn't care or they had their head in the game and were comfortable with how I did it: fan out the coins in one hand and say "...that makes $4" and then fan out the bills and say "and that's $20." It's only when they care and are expecting me to say "your change is $16.33" that they balked. Easy enough to slow down and show them, though, because the money's still in my hand.


haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 20, 2023 - 9:59am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Nah, it shouldn't. It's a job-specific skill and it's not related to being able to do math. The minute I catch someone trying to do math in their head, I stop them (when I'm the trainer). It's just counting. 


Teaching making change in school isn't so much for the person making change as for the person getting the change. When I was in France many years ago, short changing people seemed to be a national sport. Late one night as I stumbled home (just tired, not drunk, honest) I stopped at a weirdly open late bakery and bought some baklava. The owner gave me my change and as I was staring blankly at my still stretched out hand,, he looked at me and added some more coins. 

Ok, nevermind if kids won't ever pay cash.
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 20, 2023 - 8:34am

 Lazy8 wrote:

How hard is it to vectorize a single-color jpg graphic? Iron-on transfer company charges extra for raster.



Depends on the detail going in/coming out but send it to me and I'll let you know.

tl;dr: Easy
Lazy8

Lazy8 Avatar

Location: The Gallatin Valley of Montana
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 20, 2023 - 8:04am

How hard is it to vectorize a single-color jpg graphic? Iron-on transfer company charges extra for raster.
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 22, 2023 - 8:26am

 islander wrote:


Yeah, these are training issues. 

At our favorite South of the border fruit and veggie stand, they often prompt the clueless gringos with "tienes trenta dos pesos?" when some one is trying to buy 132 peso worth of stuff with a 500 peso bill. I've tried to explain from the position behind them that they just want small bills so they don't use up all their change, but it usually ends up with the person emptying their pockets and the cashier picking through their coins to get it right.  


There was a time when North of the Border the conversation would be like that, "do you have 32¢?" or "I have the change," meaning yeah I just gave you a 20 but let me dig for coins. I imagine anyplace the cash registers don't have calculators, this is still common. You're making it easier on the cashier when they have to give you exactly $10 back, but you're also controlling the more difficult part of the exchange so everyone's happy. When they ask "do you have 32¢?" it may be that they are low on small bills but often it's a cue that they're paying attention and won't rip you off/don't try to claim you gave him a $100. 

When I worked in Yellowstone, a lot of people (mostly not from the USA) would lay out everything in their purse/wallet/coffeecan* and let me pick through it for what I needed. I had this happen one time before I realized I needed to recruit the next person in line to watch what I was doing. 

*I got one old guy on his literal trip of a lifetime, who took out a bill and said "is this still worth anything?" It was a $50 Silver Certificate from 1957 IIRC, absolutely mint condition except for the indentations from having been stored in  coffee can for decades. I said absolutely, then at the end of my shift I bought it from the till. I didn't make a lot when I sold it so it's not like I gouged the guy. 
 I agree it's not exclusive to kids. I've had plenty of grownups hand me back the extra money with a *tsk* *tsk* you gave me too much money!

oldviolin

oldviolin Avatar

Location: esse quam videri
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 22, 2023 - 8:25am

should be ain't what it used to be,  but who's counting?
rgio

rgio Avatar

Location: West Jersey
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 22, 2023 - 8:24am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Nah, it shouldn't. It's a job-specific skill and it's not related to being able to do math. The minute I catch someone trying to do math in their head, I stop them (when I'm the trainer). It's just counting. 

That's rote math knowledge, and it's something that's not as common as it was 50+ years ago.   If you have to count a quarter, a dime, and a nickel...you can't make change quickly.  Rote skills enable higher function and should be a goal for everyone that travels the educational system.  All of the BS about experiential learning and "everyday math" is weakening our collective ability to reason at higher levels.

I will concede that using Apple pay for everything changes the amount of practice people get and eliminates the weight component of "change", but all of the examples listed below highlight the frustration that many feel when dealing with math that has been "hard-wired" since elementary school (decades and decades ago).   It's frustrating to deal with those who never learned basic skills because they struggle to function at levels most of us expect from everyone.

ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 22, 2023 - 8:08am

 rgio wrote:

I don't think making change is something we should be training people to do.   K-8 education should cover that. 

Nah, it shouldn't. It's a job-specific skill and it's not related to being able to do math. The minute I catch someone trying to do math in their head, I stop them (when I'm the trainer). It's just counting. 
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 22, 2023 - 7:21am

 rgio wrote:

There are real benefits to cursive (probably even for lefties).   https://www.corporatespecialti...


I write much of day for my job - I have to take notes, contact info, etc.  I still like getting new pens and pads.  I'm also a visual artist, so I often have a pen, pencil, or brush in my hand anyhow.  Though when painting (either art or house-painting), I'm pretty ambidextrous.
ptooey

ptooey Avatar

Location: right behind you. no, over there.
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 22, 2023 - 7:18am

 Proclivities wrote:

I never liked having to write in cursive; it was great when by high school and college, teachers no longer demanded it.   Then again, I'm left-handed and like most things, cursive (as well as calligraphy) was designed for right-handed people.


I HATED writing in cursive. Was told by several teachers especially in elementary and middle school that it was a skill I was going to need if I were ever to go to college. Well, here we are.

See also "you're not always going to have access to a calculator".

Page: 1, 2, 3 ... 28, 29, 30  Next