http://www.threadless.com/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:13:33 -0500 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:32:54 -0500
I asked one of my best friends, Debbie, whom I love to death and she lives in Gainsville, Florida, if she would order "CorelDRAW 7 for Dummies" by Deke McClelland from Amazon.com for me. After ordering "PaintShop Pro 7 for Dummies", (which I still have yet to open, since I don't have PaintShop Pro 7) she ordered the correct book, and the book is freaking great.

My CorelCRAW book came with aqua-seagreenish paint all over it (which is probably, I literally just realized after having this book for the third week, is probably screenprinting ink, as i safely assume this book belonged to a graphic designer back in 1992 and probably more since then), and page 61 has a vertical tear where it was almost ripped out of the book, it's hanging by about an inch of salvation, lol, I crack myself up, poor page 61. Hee hee. I have to get offa my @ss and get the Scotch Tape from Baby's drawer to mend it. I don't feel like getting up. I need to fix that page before it dies. I also need to relax my hair. It's all nappy and stuff.

I really hate using those relaxers. I'm afraid it's going to melt my hair. Ever since I began using the Just For Me Texture Softener kit with Sunflower Oil (oh mah grash, you guys should get a whiff of that Sunflower Oil, it's smells DEE.LI.SHUS), I've been afraid to go back to regular relaxers, although I'm pretty shure the same stuff is in both products: lye. Lye is a straightner. There's those relaxers that say 'lye-free', but that's a lie (no pun intended, but it works out that way, so by all means, please enjoy the pun and give it a good home :).

My book and i converse! (Not 'conversate', that isn't a real word, though people use it.)

CORELDRAW 7 FOR DUMMIES: "What did you learn today, TheGayestGoth?"

ME: "I learned the difference between a vector program and a raster program!"

For you @ssholes who snorted/are snorting at thast last comment I made about learning the difference between vector and raster, remember once that you weren't the high-and-mighty graphic designer you are today and many of your submissions still have yet to be voted to be printed on a Threadless shirt. That's right, I went there. The same way God blessed you with the ability to create designs is the same you could wake up one morning and it be gone. Also remember that computer you're using to do your designs, like that spiffy Mac, is going to be considered woefully outdated one day, like goldfish-heel platforms.

'Tis my turn to snort, cos i don't remember those. Lolz.

computer is manufactured and designed by imperfect hands, the same hands capable of mistakes. Therefore, if sn imperfect imbeing, the capable of inaccuracies and falls short of perfection--Christian or not--will create a computer the same way. REmeber that quote your math/algebra (same thing, more advanced) teacher used to say to the class, "A calculator is only as smart as the person operating it?" Same goes for a computer. The computer is only as perfect as the person(s) who designed it.

Much like we get tired, slow down, forget things, and have glitches, so does your awesome! computer. Much like we are going to die one day, so is your awesome! computer.

Back to my learning about vector and raster programs.

Actually, I learned the difference between a raster program and a vector program almost two weeks ago. More like a week and a half, but I stil know the difference. I personally prefer vector. Seems more logical to me if I need to print the same design on a shirt, a mug, or a billboard.

Perhaps there is a different reason to use raster programs. I don't why someone would use it, it seems silly to me, but it was created for a reason, so is it used for a specific type of design or something? Let me know. Please be nice. I don't entertain smart-aleck responses. I do that on YouTube. (My video are at www.youtube.com/thegayestgoth)

Before CorelDRAW 7, I was using Paint. There's a HUGE difference between the two, did you know? I thought Paint and Corel worked the same way. Like I could just drag and pick up and fill in colors and create shapes the same way you can in Paint, i tought you could the same way in Corel. Hell, I thought ALL graphic design programs were used the sme way.

Go ahead and laugh about my using Paint. Some people have to work for a living, using what they've got, and I truly don't mind. I've created some FANTASTIC stuff on Paint. Woo!!!

Occasioanlly, I still use Paint. It's fun. Yayy! ^_^

Today, in CorelDRAW 7, I learned how to make a wedge in a graph, and I also learned how to transform a star into a pentagon and into a barrage of other shapes. Basically, I can abuse the star until it is not longer recognizable. Yay for graphic abuse!!!

Screenprinting and graphic is most def something I'm wanting to get more into. Eventually, I'll have my own clothing line which will be wonderfully affordably. And I don't mean the Paris Hilton-type affordable, either. (Once, I saw her on television talking about her new shoe line or some crap like that, and she said--actual quote--"Yeah, they're, like, a hundred dollars, so they're, like, really affordable for everyone." B*tch, I KNOW you was playin'! A hundred bucks where I live is rent for a year-and-a-half's advance for some people!!! Poor delusional, material princess, who's biggest worry is what shade of lipstick to wear to the Humanitarian Awards.)

I used to draw designs on t-shirts with a Sharpie when I was fourth grade and kept right on up until I'd moved to San Francisco.

There, I found some old acrylic paint and screenprinting ink (which there is evidently a difference between, but I still have yet to learn what that difference is) in the basement of the house I used to live in--formerly known as Guerrero House, which was a program owned by Catholic Charities CYO that housed homeless youth ages 18-24 for 18 months and is now owned by Larkin Street Youth Services, I think--899 Guerreo Street, the house I will buy back someday, and began painting on my shirts.

i ran back upstairs to the third floor, grabbed two of my shirts (a black shirt and a white shirt), and began painting on them.

I painted "San Francisco. Taste the rainbow." on the black shirt with white acrylic and "Tell your mom I want my ball gag back" on the white shirt using black acrylic.

Once, as I was walking down Castro Street towards the Walgreens on 18th & Castro and wearing my "ball gag" shirt, a woman asked to take a picture with me, saying she thought my shirt was hilarious. I may have told her I made it myself.

See, eventually, I'd like to be able to actually MAKE my own shirts--meaning going to Hancock fabrics, selecting a fabric, finding the perfect thread, build a tshirt pattern, and sew the t-shirt--, then screenprint a design on it. Sounds cool, right? Hellz yeah! And I'm gonna do the same with pants. Since I'm large, I make/wear flare/bellbottom pants to attract attention away from my large waist and look more proportionate. I'm going to make a pair of black pants, design a rainfall of stars using CorelDRAW 7, and screenprint them onto my pants.

I'm extremely against sweatshop, as EVERYONE should be, so making my own clothing will cut down on the supply-and-demand of mass-produced clothing. If everyone would make their own clothing, overseas sweatshops would have to shut down because they'd be losing business...no demand, no supply.

Granted, that isn't going to happen, not in this world anyway, but I'm not going to be part of it. My conscience is very bothersome and would not permit me to do such a thing. Besides, Jesus wouldn't do it and God disapproves, and that's all I need to hear.

I'm glad to know Threadless uses tshirts that aren't manufactured in a sweatshop. I used to like CustomInks,com, but Idon't know where those shirts come from and there's nothing on CustomInks' site saying where the shirts some from. That means they more than likely come from a play where they shouldn't. If you purchase from CustomInks, you may as well go rob a cor blood bank, becasue that's what you're doing anyway when you purchase a shirt from companies like CustomInks. Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, all those other popular maufacturers...it's all sweatshop shit. Sorry for the profanity, Threadless, but that needed to be stated like that.

Nothing good ever some from that money and if you purchase shirts for screenprinting or whatever reason you use those shirts for and don't research the brand, then shame and you, and the profits you make will burn your hands.

Soldering on quickly through the bloody book, CorelDRAW 7, I've got to begin making funds to make to begin buliding my empire for God and everyone else here on this earth.

And to think, it all started with a crappy, near obselete Windows98 that was once considered the highest of technology...


Thanks be to God, yo! However, the only thing that sucks about this 9x is how IE6 limits my access to certain sites. For instance, if you use IE6 on Threadless, a big orange banner appears at the top of the screen saying, "HEY! It appears you are using Internet Explorer 6. Unfortunately, some parts of the site may not work properly with this browser. We suggest upgrading to Internet Explorer 7 or switching to Mozilla Firefox. If you're on a Mac, try Safari. "

Like I've got that option. The 9x I have was given to me by someone I used to go to church with that HE got from a friend. So I'm working with what God gave me, and it's getting the job done.. I'm not griping. The same way God blessed me with this computer, he can also take it away.

I got CorelDRAW 7 out of a portfolio my aunt gave us a few years ago when SHE gave us an old-ass computer. It's not cool to dump old shit on someone because it's obselete. If it's obselete, you need to toss it, not give it to someone to make yourself feel better.

Sometimes, the thought doesn't count. REALLY.

For now, I'm lovin' CorelDRAW 7. I'm learning something new and doing something I've wanted to do since fouth grade. When one of my designs get voted for and printed, I'll have enough to purchase screenprinting equipment, ink, and the whole nin yards! I'll be able to pay for photography school, and eventually be able to pay for the surgery Mama needs on her knee replacement and hip replacement.

QUESTION: Would someone, please, tell me the difference between acrylic paint and screenprinting ink? Be nice! I really don't know.

I love learning new stuff, and it's so damned fun! It's just as much fun as Namasensei's Japanese Course on YouTube (which can be found at www.youtube.com/bumnumba1).

For the love of CorelDRAW 7, Namasensei's Japanese Course is NOT for the sensitive of ears. I'm just saying...

Damn. Life is good, and I'm feelin' it. Amen ;)





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