CTMAN5ON

Hi. Long time no see. I am moving to a new account. My new user name will be MontyChristo86. I will be migrating my artwork slowly but surely to the new account. I have changed a lot since my last post, but I am not gone forever.

As I have said in my last journal entry, I am currently looking to things other than Adobe for making art. Just recently, however, Adobe has just released details on the latest version of their Creative Suite (CS5). While I am still skeptical about Adobe overall, there were some things I found in the suite that even I was astonished by. In this post, I will reveal what programs and features intrigue me about this long-standing product. A) Adobe Illustrator CS5 In this rendition of the famous vector tool, there are tons of improvements. First and foremost is the ability to draw paint strokes that actually behave like vectors. This is a featu

I really fell behind the curve on this page. I had an independent study that required my full attention. Luckily, I will be graduating on December 18th from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. (YES!) I will have a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art then. On the software front, I have decided to give up on Adobe. I found that they really don't listen to their customers as much as they say they do. Also, their software is too big and clunky. In fact, I am grabbing as much open source software as I can. I will be using GIMP, Blender, and Inkscape to create works of art now. I will also use Zbrush and Groboto to supplement them. Now that I will be